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Los Angeles is set ablaze up to 24 times a day. The cause? Thousands of homeless encampments. This ...

Citizen, which was created in New York City in 2017, uses cellphone locations to alert its seven million users of safety hazards and possible criminal activities in their areas, including ones that are unfolding in real time with live discussions and footage from users who are at the scene. In the last few years, the company has expanded to Los Angeles, Baltimore and more than a dozen other locations. Los Angeles County partnered with Citizen during the pandemic to produce an app for contact tracing. On its website, Citizen says the app allows users to “get the real story from people on the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 31 March 2021 In the recent past, I have had to be drawn into a number of media interviews on the desirability of zoning political offices and the agitations for a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Over the weekend, I spoke on this issue on Democracy Today on the Africa Independent Television and was also on The Podium, the current affairs programme of Love 104.5 FM, Abuja on Monday, March 29, 2021. As a political scientist and prominent member of Nigeria’s civil society I believe strongly in equity, justice and fair-play. I am also a strong advocate ...

Kanu’s misplaced mission   Mazi Nnamdi Kanu needs no introduction being a newsmaker by social media standards. He is leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which is more of a movement than a geographical expression in practice. His objective is to have a ‘Biafra state’ carved out of the present Nigerian nation and he defines its geographical composition as consisting of all five states in the south-east  zone as well as Rivers, Delta, Kogi and Benue states, despite objections from some of the listed states. IPOB has eclipsed its predecessor, the Movement for the S...

Top LAFD brass are using free Lyft rides, Google Nest gear and home security systems to entice firefighters unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Both Terrazas and Mayor Eric Garcetti have said they would potentially make the vaccination mandatory if firefighters remain reluctant as time goes by, though neither has yet to indicate he is ready to take that step. “The LAFD will continue to offer the vaccine to its sworn members on a weekly basis,” Terrazas said. “I and our union partners strongly encourage all of our firefighters to get the vaccine as soon as possible.” Judy Mark, presid...