Three brothers charged in alleged scam impersonating Joshua Alabi

Three brothers charged in alleged scam impersonating Joshua Alabi

BY AIDOO HAROLD

 CITI NEWS

1.    Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? 

Yes, the image represents the headlines from my perspective

The gesture he made in image says it all

 

2.    What emotions does the image evoke? (Does it create urgency, sympathy, or controversy?)

The image creates urgency

 

3.    Is the image manipulated or biased? (Does it frame the story in a particular way?)

For me  I don’t know wether it’s manipulated or biased  according to how I saw

The image there nothing showing wether is manipulated or biased

 

4.    How does composition affect storytelling? (Consider framing, lighting, and focus.) 

Focus, The image captures one angle of the story

 

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It doesn’t

 

 

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Others have captured the right images which properly shapes the perception of the reader.

 

8.    Is the image culturally or politically significant? (Does it reflect societal biases.)

It is politically significant

 

 

Israeli forces kill 67 Palestinians seeking aid in northern Gaza, Hamas-run ministry says

 

By Aidoo Harold

Source.BBC NEWS.

1.    Does the image accurately represent the headline’s message? 

Yes, the image represents the headlines from my perspective

The gesture he made in image says it all

 

2.    What emotions does the image evoke? (Does it create urgency, sympathy, or controversy?)

The image creates urgency

 

3.    Is the image manipulated or biased? (Does it frame the story in a particular way?)

For me  I don’t know wether it’s manipulated or biased  according to how I saw

The image there nothing showing wether is manipulated or biased

 

4.    How does composition affect storytelling? (Consider framing, lighting, and focus.) 

Focus, The image captures one angle of the story

 

5.    Does the image add depth to the story or simply reinforce the headline?

It doesn’t

 

 

6.    Would a different image change the reader’s perception of the news?

Yes it would

 

7.    How does the image compare to others covering the same story?

Others have captured the right images which properly shapes the perception of the reader.

 

8.    Is the image culturally or politically significant? (Does it reflect societal biases.)

It is politically significant

 

 

Japan's PM vows to stay on despite bruising exit poll

 

BY AIDOO HAROLD

BBC NEWS

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said he has no plans to quit, despite projections his ruling coalition will lose its majority in the country's upper house.

Voters went to the polls on Sunday for the tightly-contested election, being held at a time of frustration at the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior partner Komeito over rising prices and the threat of US tariffs.

Speaking after polls closed on Sunday, the prime minister said he "solemnly" accepts the "harsh result" but that his focus was on trade negotiations.

Having already lost its majority in Japan's more powerful lower house last year, the expected defeat would undermine the coalition's influence.

The coalition needs 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber - with an exit poll from public broadcaster NHK projecting them to win between 32 and 51.

On Sunday, NHK projected it "may be difficult for the ruling coalition to maintain their majority". 

Half of the seats in the upper chamber were being voted on in Sunday's election, with members elected for six-year terms. 

If the coalition takes home less than 46 seats, it would mark its worst performance since it was formed in 1999.

Jeffrey Hall, a lecturer in Japanese Studies at Kanda University of International Studies, told BBC News support for more right wing parties had cut into the LDP's conservative support base. 

"Prime Minister Ishiba is considered not conservative enough by many supporters of the former Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe," he said. 

"They think that he just doesn't have the nationalistic views on history, he doesn't have the strong views against China that Abe had."

Shinzo Abe was formerly the leader of the LDP and was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, in office twice between 2006 and 2007, and 2012 and 2020. 

Mr Hall said some of the party's support had gone towards the Sanseito party - who would now be saying things which "haven't been said in public before by members of the upper house," - noting the party's pull towards "conspiracy theories, anti-foreign statements, [and] very strong revisionist views about history".

Ishiba's centre-right party has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955, albeit with frequent changes of leader.

The expected result underscores voters' frustration with Ishiba, who has struggled to inspire confidence as Japan struggles against economic headwinds, a cost-of-living crisis and trade negotiations with the United States.

Many are also unhappy about inflation - particularly the price of rice - and a string of political scandals that have beleaguered the LDP in recent years.

The last three LDP premiers who lost a majority in the upper house stepped down within two months, and analysts had predicted that a significant loss in this election would yield a similar outcome.

This would open the field for a potential run at the leadership by other notable LDP members, including Sanae Takaichi, who finished second to Ishiba in last year's leadership election; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former economic security minister; and Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

In any case, a change of leadership within the ruling party would almost certainly unleash political drama and destabilise Japan's government at a pivotal moment in US-Japan trade negotiations.