South Korean prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence for Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, according to an appeal filed on Monday. They were appealing a court ruling that acquitted the chairman of fraud-related charges stemming from contentious merger of two Samsung subsidiaries in 2015. During Lee’s final hearing at the Seoul High Court, […]

MacKenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has sold 11 percent of her Amazon shares, a transaction valued at approximately $8 billion. This decision significantly reduces her overall holdings in the e-commerce giant and aligns with her ongoing commitment to philanthropy. A divorce settlement turned philanthropic powerhouse Scott, who emerged as one of […]

The U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, to lead a newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in his incoming administration. American entrepreneur and Trump’s fellow Republican, Vivek Ramaswamy, will join Musk. Together, they will tackle inefficiencies and waste within federal agencies. Trump made the announcement in a […]

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has instructed telecommunications companies—Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom, and Jamii Telecommunications—to block access to Telegram during specific hours of the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams amid concerns of widespread cheating. The restriction, which is in effect from November 1 to November 22, occurs daily from 7:00 a.m. and […]

The presidency has addressed safety concerns of vehicles that run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) after Malaysia announced a decision to phase out CNG-powered vehicles by July 2025. Nigerians were worried and wondered why Malaysia was doing away with the same CNG-vehicles that the Nigerian government was eager to adopt. But Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser […]

Equatorial Guinea’s government has banned its residents from using WhatsApp to download and share multimedia files, following the leak of explicit videos involving a high-ranking government official, Baltasar Engonga, the Director General of the National Financial Investigation Agency. The controversy erupted when investigators, searching Mr Engonga’s residence as part of a fraud probe, uncovered multiple […]

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris launched a campaign on Tuesday encouraging young people, particularly gamers, to participate in the 2024 elections through her new “Freedom Town Map.” Think about what happens when, having launched Fortnite one day, you find yourself in a fun and engaging digital environment that is also trying to teach you […]

Mauritius authorities on Saturday walked back an earlier directive to restrict access to all social media platforms until after the nation’s general elections scheduled for November 10. Backlash greeted the news of a social media ban announced by the Mauritius government on Friday, days after a TikTok account leaked classified government data and recordings in […]

House of Representatives member Alex Ikwechegh on Tuesday tendered an apology over his violent conduct towards a Bolt driver, describing himself as one who is “human’ and “infallible.” Hours after footage of him slapping the Bolt driver went viral and sparked a backlash among internet users who accused the legislator of misusing his position and […]

Stephen Abuwatseya, driver of Bolt ride-hailing app, on Monday petitioned the Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun to urgently investigate lawmaker Alex Ikwechegh’s threat to make him “disappear.” Mr Abuwatseya filed the petition through his legal counsel Marvin Omorogbe of Deji Adeyanju & Partners law firm on October 28, hours after a viral video showed Mr […]

The House of Representatives has announced that it is actively “monitoring media reports” regarding an incident involving lawmaker Alex Ikwechegh (APGA, Abia), who is accused of assaulting a Bolt driver, Stephen Abuwatseya.  This incident, which occurred on Sunday evening, has sparked widespread public interest and concern, especially after a video of the altercation went viral. […]

Alex Ikwechegh, a member of the House of Representatives, on Sunday, slapped a Bolt driver more than two times, called him a “monkey” among other insults and threatened to make him “disappear” over a grouse that was captured in footage that has now gone viral. Stephen Abuwatseya had arrived at Mr Ikwechegh’s residence in Maitama, […]

No fewer than three persons were hospitalised after a cylinder storing Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) exploded at NIPCO gas station in Aduwawa area of Benin, Edo state. A viral video showed a mangled vehicle with the boot of the car torn open as bystanders gathered and commiserated with a man who sustained minor injuries. The […]