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A male teacher at a Lewisville ISD high school has resigned weeks after being placed on administrative leave over a video of him wearing a dress for spirit day on campus.Rachmad Tjachyadi, or Mr. T, as students know him, taught in North Texas for 22 years. On February 14, the right-wing account libsoftiktok, which has 2.8 million followers, posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) a short video of Tjachyadi talking to students at Hebron High School while in a pink dress with matching hat and jewelry.The video drew…

After eight years of Democratic leadership, North Carolina’s next governor could be a guy with a long history of shitposting on Facebook. Mark Robinson, the winner of the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, has served as North Carolina’s lieutenant governor since 2021. He shot into the national spotlight in part by devoting himself to Donald Trump and making a slew of incendiary, deeply bigoted comments. Trump has endorsed Robinson for the state’s top job, and even called him “Martin Luther King on…

Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, will appear before the House of Representatives to speak on the state of the economy, the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Danzaria, announced on Monday. Mr Cardoso is scheduled to speak to the lawmakers during plenary to brief them on the free fall of the naira and other issues affecting the monetary side of the economy. According to the statement issued by Mr Danzaria, the CBN governor will appear before the lawmakers for a sectorial debate focusing on the financial…

The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, on Wednesday, summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Cardoso, over the state of the nation’s economy. Chairman of the Committee, Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos East) directed the CBN governor to appear before the lawmakers on Tuesday next week by 3 p.m. at the senate complex, Abuja. Mr Abiru, who announced the resolution of the committee after a closed door meeting of its members, said the session with Mr Cardoso would…

Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has reacted to reports of internal “disquiet” among CBN staffers following the management’s decision to move certain departments to the CBN Lagos office. On 12 January, the CBN through a circular by the director of its human resources department conveyed its plans to decongest its head office in Abuja. “The action plan focuses on optimizing the utilization of other Bank’s premises. With this plan, 1,533 staff will be moved to other CBN…

Getting access to cash may become harder for Australians, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has warned.Speaking at the Australian Payments Network Summit on Tuesday, Bullock said Australians may need to travel further to access cash services in the future if cash access points, including bank branches and ATMs, continue to disappear.WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Use of cash in Australia plummetsWatch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>“The declining use of cash is ... challenging the…

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) is sounding the alarm on the dangers of social media in a new interview, pointing out that it could lead to more mental health issues especially among young people. Cox said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that youth mental health is “the issue of our time” in an interview that aired Sunday. Speaking alongside Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (R), Cox warned that social media is fueling the “skyrocketing” rates of depression, anxiety and self-harm among young people. “We have seen, again,…

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) suggested in a Sunday interview he would not back state-imposed restrictions on children’s social media use, saying that responsibility, instead, should lie with the parents. “I think the responsibility belongs with parents, not the government,” Polis said when asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether he would be open to more restrictions on social media in his state. “I have a 12-year-old and a nine-year-old. We don’t allow them on social media yet.…

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has described Godwin Emefiele as “the worst CBN Governor” in the nation’s history. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Mr Moghalu provided an assessment of Mr Emefiele’s tenure, shedding light on various critical areas of concern. He cited Mr Emefiele’s failures in maintaining Naira stability, illegal lending practices, an unlawful presidential campaign, and the mishandling of the Naira redesign policy with disastrous consequences for the…