Facebook has announced it has a dedicated team in place to detect fraudulent or fake posts on its social media platform after it emerged fraudsters had used the image of Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince as part of a Bitcoin scam. The fake news story, which appeared as a sponsored post, claimed Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed,[...]
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Manchester United have finally completed the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka after splashing £50million to get the defender from Crystal Palace. The 21-year-old England star signed a five-year deal worth £80,000-a-week that will keep him at the club until at least 2024. Wan-Bissaka will wear the No 29 on his back at Old Trafford. According to the[...]
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US President Donald Trump has said that the deportation of undocumented migrants will begin after July 4. “We will be removing large numbers of people starting sometime after July 4,” Trump said as additional report said that US Immigration authorities had earlier announced plan to launch a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived[...]
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Barely 24 hours after saying it will not interfere in the rape scandal involving COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo and wife of singer Timi Dakolo, Busola, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has said it will be investigating the matter. Speaking on the rape scandal, President of the christian association, Reverend Samson[...]
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A sneakers producing company has just made sneaker production more fashionable and interesting. The company is now worth $1 billion on the NewYork Stock Exchange StockX has officially reached a $1 billion valuation after its most recent funding round, co-founder Josh Luber told CNBC on Wednesday. The company, which brands itself as the “stock market[...]
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Some Apple retail locations now sell a glucose monitor that integrates with the iPhone to give people with diabetes a way to track their blood sugar through Apple's Health app. One Drop is an aesthetically designed blood glucose monitor with an associated iPhone app that integrates with Apple's Health app, as well as a separate[...]
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LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault's fortune has crossed the $100 billion threshold to reach $100.4 billion, an increase of nearly $32 billion this year, according to Bloomberg. That's the largest net worth bump seen by anyone on the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index this year. The boost comes in part from increased demand for Louis Vuitton handbags and Hennessy cognac[...]
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Madagascar pulled off one of the great shocks of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after defeating the Super Eagles of Nigeria to finish top of group B. The newcomers, who had never scored against the Super Eagles, defeated the three-time champions 2-0 on Sunday at the Alexandria Stadium to advance to the knockout stages. The Super Eagles[...]
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President Donald Trump on Sunday shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as they met at the demilitarized zone that has divided the Korean peninsula for 66 years. After shaking hands with Kim over the line that marks where their two countries and their allies fought each other to a standstill in[...]
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Earlier today, wife of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly COZA founder, Pastor Abiodun Fatoyinbo, Modele, spoke for the first time since the allegation of rape by Busola Dakolo surfaced and she said her husband is not a rapist. Reacting to Modele's speech, social commentator, Japhet Omojuwa wrote; In 2013, the Sunday after Ese Walter broke[...]
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The Presidential Committee on Impact and Readiness Assessment African Continental Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement has submitted its report to President Muhammadu Buhari. The committee, which is chaired by Desmond Obadiah, recommended that Nigeria should sign the treaty. Receiving the report at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Buhari said the treaty will have positive and negative[...]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a N2.5 billion defamation suit against Lauretta Onochie, special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media. Atiku filed the suit before a federal capital territory (FCT) through Mike Ozekhome (SAN), his counsel. Onochie had tweeted that Atiku was on the watch list of[...]
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