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Tesla CEO, Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud
Elon Musk has accused the social media platform, Twitter, of fraudulently holding back information about the company as part of a countersuit. The countersuit by the billionaire and Tesla CEO alleges that Twitter committed fraud, breach of contract, and violation of a securities law in Texas, where Musk lives. Musk’s…
Read More »Two Nigerian Fintech Executives Arrested in the United States for $167 Million (Photo)
The United States has jailed two top executives of a United States-based fintech company, Ping Express. The executives who are Nigerians have been sentenced to 27 months imprisonment for breaching money laundering rules. The fintech executives who are Nigerians with the names Anslem Oshionebo and Opeyemi Odeyale pleaded guilty to…
Read More »Elon Musk’s SpaceX booster rocket catches fire (video)
A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing in Texas. Things went south in a Monday, July 11, test in Texas where space company’s Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype exploded as seen in a livestream recorded by the…
Read More »Elon Musk threatens to pull out of $44billion Twitter deal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has threatened to pull out of his deal to purchase Twitter as he accuses the social media giant of ‘resisting and thwarting’ his right to information about spam and fake accounts on the platform. Musk threatened to walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter…
Read More »Elon Musk Announces His Starlink Network Is Coming To Nigeria; Mentions Benefits
The world’s richest man and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk on Friday, received approval from the federal government to launch his Starlink network in Nigeria. The SpaceX founder will now be competing with the likes of MTN, Airtel, and several others for Nigeria’s massive telecommunication market. The billionaire’s announcement revealed that…
Read More »Elon Musk threatens to pull the plug on the Twitter deal
Elon Musk has threatened to pull the plug on the Twitter deal until the social media company shows proof of its spam account figures. The Tesla CEO, who last month offered $44billion for the tech platform, disputes their claims that bots represent around five percent of their users, believing the figures could be ‘much…
Read More »NFT: Nigerian Photographer Sells 3 Pictures For N740k In One Night
A Nigerian photographer has cashed out on Non-Fungible Tokens. In a Twitter post, Adewunmi Rasaq Babatunde revealed that he sold three of his photographs for the sum of N740,000. He sold the photographs at Non-Fungible Tokens, NFTs, on Opensea. The photographer said that each picture was sold at 0.15 ETH…
Read More »Former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, Hails Elon Musk’s Acquisition Of Twitter
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man has been praised for his acquisition of Twitter. Former boss and co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey said this in a Tweet while reacting to the $44 billion deal. Dorsey tweeted: “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to…
Read More »MTN Nigeria’s Chief Risk Officer, Cyril Ilok Resigns
Cyril Ilok has tendered his resignation at MTN Nigeria. Ilok resigned as the chief risk and compliance officer of the telecom giant. Uro Ukpanah, company secretary at MTN Nigeria, in a statement on Wednesday, said the resignation would be effective from September 30, 2022. “Ilok joined MTN Nigeria on November…
Read More »Vanguard Group Displaces Elon Musk as Twitter’s Largest Shareholder
Vanguard Group has displaced the richest man in the world, Elon Musk as the largest shareholder on twitter. On Thursday, April 14, Vanguard Group increased its stake of 8.4 percent (67.2 million shares) in Twitter to 10.3 per cent (82.4 million shares), according to documents sent to the U.S. Securities…
Read More »Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion to be ‘transformed into a private company’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to buy 100 per cent of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash, stating that he wants it to be transformed into a private company. Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, April 14, represents…
Read More »Elon Musk Buys 9.2% Stake In Twitter, Microblogging App’s Shares Rise By 26%
The news was announced in a regulatory statement on Monday, which led to the rise in shares during pre-market trading. Elon Musk The richest man in the world, Elon Musk has bought a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter. As a result of his purchase, shares of the social media giant…
Read More »Tech Trainer Who Got N1.5M From Don Jazzy Called Out For Harassing Female Applicant
The man, named Chizom, had requested Don Jazzy to sponsor 100 Nigerian youths for his tech company’s mentorship programme. Chizom A Nigerian tech guy has landed in hot soup. This comes after he was accused of soliciting for s*x from female applicants. The man, named Chizom, had requested Don Jazzy…
Read More »Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion In Hours As Facebook Plunges
Stock slide knocks his net worth down to $120.9 billion Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline.…
Read More »Data Of 1.5 Billion Facebook Users On Sale At Hacker Forum
Amid global outage of Facebook along with its associated platforms, the data of its over 1.5 Billion users are now being sold in the dark web. A report said the data are being sold on a Hacker Forum. Sputnik News reported that in late September, an announcement was posted on…
Read More »SHOCKING: 8-year old Brazilian girl named world’s youngest astronomer
Her passion for astronomy has being glowing since she started learning how to walk. Today, at just 8 years old, Nicole Oliveira is named the world’s youngest astronomer while she’s now looking for asteroids as part of a NASA-affliated program. In addition to that, she’s attending international seminars and meeting…
Read More »What You Should Know About Your Phone’s IMEI Number
What is the IMEI number? The IMEI number is a unique identification number that allows the registration of any mobile device. The IMEI of a device thus enables a mobile telephone operator to identify it. With the IMEI number, the operator will be able to issue the authorization for the…
Read More »FG Releases Important Info On 5G Deployment In Nigeria
A new update concerning the 5G network has been released by the federal government. Recall that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government on Wednesday approved the National Policy on fifth-generation (5G) networks for the country’s digital economy during the weekly Federal Executive Council. In a statement made available to newsmen on…
Read More »List of Smart Phones WhatsApp Will Stop Working On From November
WhatsApp will stop working in 43 smartphones by November, it has been revealed. As a result, the Facebook-owned platform has introduced a new feature to allow iPhone users to migrate chats to Android phones. Users of 43 different models of smartphones will soon be unable to use the popular instant messaging…
Read More »Elon Musk’s Tesla Now Worth $630 Billion
One of the richest men in the world, Elon Musk is so happy right now. This comes after his company, Tesla earned a staggering $630billion after its quarterly profit surpassed $1billion for the first time. The financial milestone was announced on Monday, July 26. The Palo Alto, California, company earned…
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