Poland reinstates Supreme Court judges following EU ruling
Poland’s government has reinstated a number of Supreme Court judges whom it had forced into early retirement. President Andrzej Duda formalised the move on Monday meaning that a third of top judges will now be reinstated. The government controversially lowered the retirement age for judges earlier this year, forcing many to quit, in what critics […]
Nigerian professor jailed 2 years in 'sex for grades' case
A Nigerian professor has been handed a two-year jail term by a high court in Osogbo, capital of the southern Osun State. Richard Iyiola Akindele, a former lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, had been accused of demanding sex from one of his students in order to change her grade from fail to pass. […]
UEFA Champions League draw: Liverpool vs Bayern, Man United vs PSG
Football fans all over the world are relishing the mouthwatering ties served up for the UEFA Champions League knockout stages, including a match between last season’s finalists Liverpool and German champions Bayern Munich. The round of 16 draw, held on Monday paired defending champions Real Madrid, who are chasing a fourth successive title, and Dutch […]
Menzgold management conniving to secretly pay ‘close friends’ – Staff
Staff of Menzgold Ghana Limited say some of their management have tried to flee the country as clients agitate for their locked up funds. They add that thirteen (13) of the management members, the names of whom they listed in their statement, left the country but were deported. The staff of Menzgold also accused management […]
Huawei announces Nova 4 with hole-punch display and 48-megapixel camera
Huawei has announced the Nova 4 smartphone after weeks of teasing its most standout feature: the circular “hole-punch” cut-out for the 25-megapixel selfie camera. Samsung beat Huawei to the punch (…) by announcing the similar Galaxy A8s last week, but Huawei’s phone looks to have a smaller hole for the camera. We’ll have to see […]
Uber launches bus service in Egypt
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has announced the launch of Uber Bus, a minibus service in Cairo, Egypt. “I’m excited to be in Cairo to launch Uber Bus, a product that will improve affordable transportation for millions of Egyptians by using Uber’s technology to enhance the popular minibus system,” Khosrowshahi said in blog post. “We are […]
Batch of tiny NASA satellites are about to launch with Rocket Lab
Just a month after pulling off its first commercial launch to orbit, small satellite launcher Rocket Lab is ready to put tiny probes into space again. The company’s small Electron rocket is slated to take off again from New Zealand sometime in the next week. And this time, the company’s client is none other than […]
Police use cameras, fake Amazon boxes with GPS to catch thieves
Police in Jersey City have been placing fake Amazon packages outside people’s homes to catch thieves, reports the Associated Press. Using GPS trackers and doorbells cameras provided by Amazon, police are able to track and apprehend would-be thieves. The sting operation targets the most at-risk areas in the city identified from a combination of crime […]
Andriod users can now donate to charities through Google Play Store
The Google Play Store is receiving an update today that will allow customers to make charitable donations to nonprofits from their Android device. While it may seem odd to be rallying for support for charities within the same marketplace where users download apps and games, it’s not uncommon — Apple for years has collected donations […]
Thailand set to become first Asian country to legalise medical marijuana
Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to legalise medical marijuana, but a battle is brewing between local and foreign firms over control of a potentially lucrative market. With parliament set to approve the legislation as early as next month, Thai businesses and activists have raised concerns that a raft of patent requests […]
Apple Bordeaux store vandalised and robbed during French ‘yellow vest’ riots
The Apple store in Bordeaux, France, was robbed and damaged on Saturday night by “yellow vest” protesters during mass street riots, as reported by ABC News. This is the third week the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) have taken to the streets of Paris, as part of a mobilization which began as a reaction against a […]
Apple Pay finally launches in Germany
Apple’s mobile payment technology has finally launched in Germany, some four years after it debuted in the U.S. On its newly launched Apple Pay website for Germany, Apple lists partner banks and credit card companies at launch, with customers from the likes of Deutsche Bank, O2 Banking, N26, Comdirect, HypoVerensbank, Bunq and Boon able to […]
Huawei Honor View20 and Samsung A8s have hole-punch cameras
The screens of the Samsung A8s and Huawei Honor View20 both feature a small circular space for the component.The design is intended to be less obtrusive than a “notch” – as popularised by Apple and later by many Android smartphone manufacturers. One expert said the innovation highlighted how competitive the market for mid-range devices had […]
Huawei arrest puts 'bullseye' on Apple
“Washington’s move to stifle Huawei will undermine itself,” reads a headline. “Banning Chinese companies like Huawei will isolate US from digital economy of the future,” reads another. It’s that second headline, the threat of isolation, that should give US technology companies considerable pause as we head into Ms Meng’s 12th day of detainment in a […]
