First New 2020 Corvette Auctioned For $3 Million
New York – The first 2020 model year Corvette available for sale to a customer was auctioned off Saturday night for $3 million. The redesigned model is the first Corvette with its engine mounted behind the seats, rather than in the front under the hood. The car was donated by General Motors (GM)and all proceeds from the auction went […]
Instagram Deletes The IGTV Button Because No One Used It
Instagram has quietly removed a button that was perched on the top of people’s feeds and directed people to IGTV, its fledgling long-form video hub. The IGTV button used to be next to the direct-message arrow on the top right corner of the app. People weren’t clicking on the button — they were discovering videos other ways, […]
BBC Boss Tony Hall To Step Down In Six Months
Embattled BBC boss Tony Hall will step down in six months’ time, he told staff on Monday, as the British broadcaster grapples with a damaging equal-pay ruling and scrutiny over funding. “I will give my all to this organisation for the next six months… but in the summer I’ll step down as your Director-General,” he […]
Evacuation Ordered As Philippine Volcano Seethes
Philippine officials ordered a crackdown Monday on people being allowed daily visits to the homes they fled after Taal volcano erupted, citing threats it could still explode at any time. Over 110,000 people have taken refuge in evacuation centres since Taal burst to life a week ago, but many hard-hit towns have permitted people in […]
17-Yr-Old Indian Boasts Of World’s Longest Teen Hair
17-year-old Nilanshi Patel has moved from being a local celebrity to an international one as she boasts of the title of having the teen with the world’s longest hair. Patel previously held the title with 170.5 centimetres (5.59 feet) as of December 2018 and she has bettered her own Guinness World Records with a […]
Abu Dhabi Authorities To Demolish Meena Plaza
Thirteen years after construction started on Meena Plaza, one of Abu Dhabi’s iconic buildings, authorities in the country have marked it for demolition. Construction on the 246,500-square-metre development, comprising three apartment towers and an office block, began in 2007, but was halted twice before being abandoned in 2015. However, the authorities said, the abandoned Dh1 […]
Huawei Goes To Canada Court To Fight US Extradition
A senior Huawei executive whose arrest in Vancouver led to a breakdown in Canada-China relations headed to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud. In order to secure her […]
Google Chief Urges ‘Proportionate’ AI Regulation
As the EU puts the digital revolution at the heart of policymaking it should take a “proportional approach” to regulate artificial intelligence, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google said Monday. Pichai, also the boss of Google’s parent company Alphabet, argued before an audience at a Brussels think tank, Bruegel, that companies like his own — […]
My Second Term Is A Done Deal – Obaseki
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has alluded to his insistence on fighting inherent corruption in the system as the major cause of challenges experienced by his governmemt. Speaking to a teeming audience of Edo indigenes at a Town Hall meeting in Lagos on Sunday, Obaseki said, “This is why I am having problems. A […]
Boko Haram Cuts off Maiduguri from Power Grid
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday disclosed that Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State has been cut off from electricity supply from the national grid. TCN in a statement from its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah explained that supply to Maiduguri and its environs were cut off because the insurgent group, Boko […]
AfDB To Invest $250m On Water, Sanitation in FCT
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed plans to invest $250 million in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) water and sanitation integrated project to improve water supply and sanitation in the satellite towns. The Senior Director of AfDB, Mr. Ebrima Faal, made the revelation in Abuja when he led a six-man delegation on a courtesy […]
LCCI President Appointed WCF Member
The World Chamber Federation (WCF) has appointed the President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, to its governing council. The WCF is a global network of 12,000 chambers of commerce drawn from over 100 countries with headquarters in Paris, France. It enhances the capacity of chamber of commerce to foster […]