June 2019

Google earns $4.7b from news industry

Google earns $4.7b from news industry

June 14, 2019 12:59 am

Search engine giant, Google, made a whopping $4.7 billion from the work of reporters last year via search and Google News.

This took a huge cut from the online ad revenue of media houses which lost a crucial source of income, resulting in many of them getting shrunk or closed, a report said yesterday.

News is a significant part of Google’s business, according to a study to be released next week by the News Media Alliance (NMA) which represents more than 2,000 newspapers across the US.

The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that $4.7 billion, president …

Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

June 14, 2019 12:39 am

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Thursday arraigned two persons for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits valued at N108,000.

Olayiwola Segun, 27 (M) and Musa Rasidat, 22 (F), were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye.

The defendants, whose addresses were unknown, are facing a charge of stealing.

The police prosecutor Inspector Johnson Okunade told the court that the defendants and two others on the run committed the offence between June 4 and 6 at 1500 hrs (3pm) at Ronak Biscuits factory at Oke-Ureje in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

The prosecutor alleged that the defendants, a sales representative in the factory, …

IPOB, bishop cleric trade words over RUGA in South East

IPOB seeks release of members arrested in Akwa Ibom State

June 14, 2019 12:21 am
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday demanded the release of its members allegedly arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday.The group, in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in Enugu yesterday, said that 122 of its members, including a three-year-old child, were arrested by the police and Department of State Services (DSS) officials during a peaceful gathering in the state.

Read Also: IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

He said that no amount of arrest would deter the harmless members from continuing with their peaceful agitation for the realisation

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Indonesia to bar online advert of cigarette

Indonesia to bar online advert of cigarette

June 14, 2019 12:03 am
Indonesia’s communications ministry on Thursday said it would remove all cigarette advertisements from the internet, following a request from the health ministry.

A cigarette, also known colloquially as a fag in British English, is a narrow cylinder containing psychoactive material, usually tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking.

The health ministry cited existing laws banning the promotion of cigarettes and instructed the communications ministry to take action.

Read Also: Nigerians smoke over 20 billion sticks of cigarettes yearly

The ministry’s spokesman Ferdinandus Setu said that communications Minister Rudiantara immediately instructed his department to crawl the internet for ads

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Facebook to begin monitoring phone activities with new app

Facebook to begin monitoring phone activities with new app

June 13, 2019 10:19 am

Social media giants, Facebook will once again begin paying people to monitor their phone’s activities through a new application called Study.

Study will monitor which other applications are installed on a person’s phone, the time spent on them, your location, additional data, among other things. Facebook says it won’t see any specific content including messages, passwords, and websites you visit, thereby adhering to a somewhat reasonable privacy rule.

The launch comes several months after the company’s last user-tracking research application, Facebook Research, was shut down due to a pair of controversies.

Read Also: Farrakhan reacts to his ban on Facebook…

Hepatitis B more infectious than HIV - Expert

Hepatitis B more infectious than HIV – Expert

June 13, 2019 9:58 am

Dr Bello Kumo, a consultant Gastroenterologist with Ahamadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, says Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is more infectious than HIV.

Kumo stated this in a paper entitled “Face to Face with Hepatitis B: Cost and Burden”, presented at a public lecture organised by Kashim Ibrahim Fellows (KIF) in Kaduna on Thursday.

The consultant, who expressed concern that not many people have knowledge about the disease, added that multitude of patients were not identified early enough and managed.

He explained that the virus could be transmitted through contact with blood and body fluid, adding that it could infect …

Kenyan lawmaker beats up female colleague

June 13, 2019 9:38 am

A member of the Kenyan Parliament representing Wajir East, Rashid Kassim has been arrested hours after allegedly assaulting Wajir County Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi.

Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi was allegedly beaten up on Thursday morning by Wajir East MP Rashid Amin in the parliament building.

It is alleged that Gedi engaged him in a heated discussion before she was assaulted by the MP.

Read Also: Kenya seeks $750m loan from World Bank

The MP demanded to know why Gedi, who is a member of the budget committee, did not allocate any money to his Wajir East constituency.

Gedi narrated …

Cadbury Nigeria wins three HR awards

Cadbury Nigeria wins three HR awards

June 13, 2019 9:21 am

Cadbury Nigeria Plc over the weekend announced it won three prizes at the HR People Magazine Awards and Gala 2019, which took place recently in Lagos.

The awards are ‘Best Recruitment Strategy’ and ‘Employer of Choice’ (under 1,000 employees).

This was contained in a statement from the company, which states that Cadbury Nigeria’s Human Resources Director, Mr. Tope-Phillips Aikhuemelo, also received Commendation as ‘HR Leader 2019’ at the event.

The event celebrates excellence in the HR profession and recognises top people, initiatives and strategies that have excelled in various organisations.

Cadbury Nigeria beat Unilever Nigeria Plc and IHS Nigeria to
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Rand slips over Ramaphosa campaign donation probe

Rand slips over Ramaphosa campaign donation probe

June 13, 2019 9:10 am

South Africa’s rand slipped on Thursday, as investors were unnerved by an investigation into a donation for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2017 campaign, leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) party.

Ramaphosa has said he will cooperate with the investigation into whether he misled parliament over the donation, made by the head of services company Bosasa, and analysts say there is no immediate risk that he could be removed from office.

Read Also: NC wins South Africa’s election with 57.51%

But the anti-corruption watchdog’s investigation increases political uncertainty at a time when the economy is performing poorly.

At 0710 GMT, …

Shell

‘Shell can’t pay compensation without damage assessment’

June 13, 2019 2:45 am

Leaders of Amazor Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have advised the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) against moves to pay compensation without carrying out a post-spill Impact Assessment of communities affected in May 2018 Trans Ramos Pipeline Oil Spill which devastated Amazor and its communities in the River Ramos Area.

The Chairman, Chiefs and Elders’ Council of Amazor Community, Chief (Dr.) Gari Suwa, in a statement yesterday, said the council was aware of plans by the company to discuss compensation with some handpicked members of the community.

Read Also: FGN’s $406.7m debt recovery suit against Shell …

Explosion hits Rivers shopping mall

Explosion hits Rivers shopping mall

June 13, 2019 2:34 am

A gas explosion has rocked SPAR shopping hall in Port Harcourt, injuring many and causing a major damage to the complex.

The Guardian gathered that the blast occurred in one of the restaurants on the second floor of the busy facility near the Government House in the city.

The Rivers State Police Command spokesperson, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed that no life was lost.

Read Also: French police arrest 2 suspect over bomb explosion

But the bang, which gutted a part of the building, forced workers and shoppers to scamper for safety.

An eyewitness feared that some workers of the eatery that …

Wike removes fees in public primary, secondary schools

God gave us victory in election – Governor Wike

June 13, 2019 2:17 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said God personally intervened in the electoral turbulence to give the state a desired victory.

A statement by the governor’s media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, said he spoke at the Government House in Port Harcourt during a solidarity and thanksgiving service by the Anglican Bishops of the Province of Niger Delta.

Wike said he saw the mighty working hand of God during the elections.

He said: “We give God the glory for what has happened. During the turbulence, the Church prayed and God heard. God came down and intervened on our behalf. Our thanksgiving to …

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