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A San Francisco jury has ordered Tesla to pay a American-African former employee nearly $3.2 million for racial discrimination. In October 2021, Tesla was ordered to pay Owen Diaz $137 million by a jury when the original trial ended in October 2021. A judge later reduced the amount in keeping with legal standards, but Diaz rejected the judge’s proffered damages amount in favor of a new trial. Diaz was an elevator operator at the electric vehicle-maker’s Fremont, California factory between June 2015 and July 2016, where he was subjected to racist abuse and a hostile work environment, according to the court…

Access Bank has become a leading commercial bank in Nigeria with a strong presence in different African countries and beyond.  One of the key strategies employed by the bank to achieve its growth objective has been through acquisition of other commercial banks. Over the years, the bank has grown through various mergers and acquisitions, expanding its reach and consolidating its position as a key player in the financial services industry. Owned by Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe from Rivers State, the bank has acquired some of the notable banks. In 2012, Access Bank acquired Intercontinental Bank, one of Nigeria’s leading banks at…

The Federal High Court, Lagos has granted social media influencer, Blessing Okoro, better known as Blessing CEO, N10 million bail for alleged cyber-bullying. Blessing CEO was arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command before Justice Yelim Bogoro on six count charges bordering on alleged cyber-bullying, libel, and exhibiting uncensored movies. During the hearing on Tuesday, April 4, the influencer’s lawyer filed a bail application before Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court in Lagos on her behalf which the police did not oppose to the bail application. Also read:  Alleged cyber-bullying: Court remands Blessing CEO for two months- Court…

The Federal Government has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April as public holidays to mark 2023 Easter celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who announced this in Abuja on Wednesday, urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience which were attributes and practices of Jesus Christ, as exemplified by His ministry on the earth. In a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, the minister called on Christians and all Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray for an end to the security challenges…

Akwa Ibom General Hospital, Awa Iman in Onna Local Government Area of the state has performed three more surgeries in transvenous cardiac pacemaker implantation.  This brings to five the number in the hospital as the facility recorded two in February 2023. Briefing newsmen at the hospital, the surgery Team Leader, Dr Eyo Ekpo described the cardiac pacemaker implantation as a life saving procedure that helps to control heart beat, he noted that “this implant is not common in general hospitals.” “The first pacemaker implant carried out at the General Hospital, Awa Iman took place on the 15th of February 2023…

Ex-US president, Donald Trump has become the first to be impeached twice and first to face felony counts in the country’s political troubled water. Israel Umoh Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to an adult film star in 2016. He entered the plea after being placed under arrest at a federal courthouse in Manhattan, the culminating moment in a historic day that marked the first time a US president has ever been charged with a crime. Mr Trump, who is the front-runner for…

The Federal Government has cautioned the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi against inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who gave the warning in Washington DC during his official engagements with international media organizations, described it as “treason.” During a recent interview with Channels TV, Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, urged President Muhummadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria not to participate in the swearing-in of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu on May 29. Obi in responding to…

Cross River High Court, Calabar has ordered the State Government to pay the paramount ruler of Etung Local Government Area of Cross River State N50 million damages for illegitimate removal from office. The Court also ordered the reinstatement of His Royal Majesty, Dr. Ntui Atue Oru Ojong, with all benefits accrued to him during the period with immediate effect. The monarch was suspended from office by the state governor in May 2021, without any benefits to him, for allegedly misappropriating cocoa funds. Delivering his judgement on March 23, 2023, Justice Elias O. Abua, said the compensation is to assuage the…

Despite certain denials, some politicians have berated Mr. Peter Obi’s conversation with Bishop David in the leaked viral audio video online. On Saturday, Peoples Gazette had leaked to the public a telephone conversation between Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, and Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide. In the audio clip, Mr Obi asked Mr Oyedepo to help spread his message to Christians in the South-west and parts of North-central. Addressing him as “daddy,” the LP’s standard-bearer told Mr Oyedepo that the just concluded presidential election was a “religious war.” “Daddy, I need you to speak…

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) distributed N9.3 trillion to 36 states in Nigeria  in 43 months, during the second tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of the 43 monthly reports of the FAAC, indicated that from June 2019 to December 2022, Delta State got the highest allocation, followed by Akwa Ibom and Rivers States. The NBS is yet to upload the FAAC reports for January, February and March 2023, when our correspondent checked it on Sunday. Also read:  FAAC: FG, States, LGs Get N954.085b for July Allocation For the 43 months period, it…