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48-year-old Senegalese-American singer and businessman, Akon, has said he was much happier when he was poor because life is tougher for the rich than the poor.  He said this on Monday, October 4, while defending a statement he made in the wake of actor Michael K. Williams’ d*ath in September 2021. The artist had used Williams’ d*ath as proof that the more money some makes, the more problems they accumulate. Speaking in an interview with TMZ, he said, “Nobody can sit there and tell me, that I didn’t go through poverty. I was the young African kid, barefoot and playing soccer in the village with no electricity, no running water, I knew what that looked like – believe me, I know what poverty looks like. But I also know what success looks like, and from my personal experience, I’m having more problems successfully dealing with all that comes with success than I had when I was poor. I was actually happier when I was poor.” 

Tesla Inc. has been ordered to pay nearly $137 million to a black former employee who won a ruling that the company failed to stop his supervisors from calling him the “N-word” at the electric-car maker’s northern California plant. A federal jury concluded on Monday, October 4, that the company had neglected to take reasonable steps to prevent Owen Diaz, a lift operator hired in 2015 through a staffing agency, from being racially har*ssed. The jury in San Francisco awarded Diaz $130 million in punitive d*mages and a further $6.9 million in compensatory d*mages, his attorney, Lawrence A. Organ, told the Washington Post. Owen Diaz in his lawsuit had described the Fremont, California, plant, as a 'hotbed of racist behavior' where he was subjected to daily racist ab*se including the N-word, over a course of 11 months from 2015 to 2016. The 52-year-old claimed fellow employees drew swastikas and left racist graffiti around the plant, while he said one of his s...

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who led last month’s coup in Guinea, was sworn in as interim president on Friday promising to respect the West African state’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule. Doumbouya, who led the overthrow of president Alpha Conde on September 5, was sworn in by Supreme Court head Mamadou Sylla for a transition period of unspecified length. The new interim president spoke of his “commitment” that neither he nor any member of the junta would stand in any future elections that the military have promised to organise after the transition period. His administration’s mission is to “refound the state” he said, by drafting a new constitution, f*ghting corruption, reforming the electoral system and then organising “free, credible and transparent” elections. He once again said nothing at the time of his swearing in about how long he will remain the interim leader. The new president also promised to “respect all the national and internation...

A Nigerian man, Abuchi Johnkennedy Onyenecherem, and a Thai woman, Ampha ‘Pink’ Phatthap, who were reportedly involved in online ‘romance scams’ that saw their victims swindled  of at least B11 million (N134,474,028.70), have been arrested in Thailand. According to a statement by the police on Thursday, September 30, the suspects were  apprehended at a rented room in Srisoonthorn, Thalang, Phuket on Tuesday, September 28. Officers explained that Ampha had created fake identities online, via Facebook, LINE and other online platforms, and deceived victims by enticing them into a romantic relationship, and then having them send money to pay for living expenses, gifts or to send items back to them by post. Ampha confessed that over six months she had tricked her victims into sending more than B11mn to a specified account. She was then instructed by a network in Bangkok to transfer the funds to other bank accounts. She further confessed she was paid for h...

  The Federal Government has declared Friday, October 1, as public holiday to mark the Nation’s 61st Independence Anniversary Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Nigerians on this year’s Celebration of the Country’s 61st independence and assured Nigerians of Government’s commitment to tackle and eradicate all forms of challenges –be it political socio-economic and all diverse problems. “A country of about 200 million and above people whose natural talent, grit and passion glitter like the precious DIAMOND that we are. Nigerians are sparkling like diamonds in the pack, whether in Academia, Business, Innovation, Music, Movie, Entertainment, Fashion and culture. We are indeed the leading black nation in the entire world and no doubt Africa’s pride and beacon of hope,” he said. The Minister in a statement by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, conf...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the right to 14-day paternity leave for male Federal civil servants to allow them to bond with their infants. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents on Wednesday by the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, after the week’s virtual FEC meeting presided over by Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She said this is to enable for proper bonding between the father and a newborn, either natural-born or adopted, especially at the early stages of the child’s life. Mrs. Yemi -Esan further explained that fathers of adopted babies of less than four months will also enjoy this gesture. 

After becoming the first people in Ireland to be convicted of human trafficking for the prostitution ring they ran, two Nigerian women have received jail sentences of five years and eight months and five years and one month respectively. Alicia Edosa, 45, and Edith Enoghaghase, 31, were each found guilty of two counts of trafficking women around Ireland on dates between September 2016 and June 2018 following a six-week jury trial at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court in June. They were also each convicted of a single charge of organising prostitution as well as a series of money laundering offences. Enoghaghase’s husband, Omonuwa Desmond Osaighbovo, was also convicted of four related money laundering offences. All three had pleaded not guilty to a total of 63 separate offences. At the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, September 28, Judge Francis Comerford said the two accused had taken advantage of vulnerable women who had no real alternative but to accept their exploitation...