Some Nigerians took to Twitter earlier today to make complaints receiving multiple debit alerts for trips they never embarked on with Bolt.
The multiple debit alerts received led to speculation of the transportation network company’s server being hacked. Here are some tweets below;
However reacting to the complaints made, the management of Bolt denied being hacked. The debit alerts received by customers was blamed on issue their payment partner or bank is experiencing.
Swedish teenage climate activist, Greta Thunberg has been named as one of four winners of an award often called “the alternative Nobel prize.”
Thunberg was lauded “for inspiring and amplifying political demands for urgent climate action reflecting scientific facts,” the Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Award Foundation said.
In August 2018, the 16-year-old began a “school strike” outside the Swedish parliament that inspired a youth-led movement that has staged climate strikes across the globe under the slogan Fridays for Future.
The Stockholm-based Right Livelihood Award Foundation said the jury considered 142 candidates from 59 different countries this year.
When it comes to rising tech trends, we’re seeing a big focus on products that will make your life easier. Whether that means giving you time back in your day or keeping things all in one place, products are being designed to make the wearer’s day better. Instead of trying to keep up with the constant stream of new stuff coming to market, let us do the hard work for you. Ahead, we rounded up the most mesmerizing, useful items you’ll want to get in 2019.
Four of English football’s giants will face off in the Carabao Cup fourth round after Chelsea were drawn to host Manchester United, while Arsenal travel to Liverpool.
Chelsea will be looking to avenge their 4-0 defeat at Old Trafford on the opening day of the season, while Liverpool will be trying to extend their nine-game unbeaten run against Arsenal.
The draw also produced a Midlands derby, with Aston Villa hosting Wolves, while Leicester will travel to Sky Bet League One Burton, who knocked out Bournemouth on Wednesday night.
Manchester City, Carabao Cup winners in three of the last four seasons, have been handed a home draw against Southampton, while Marco Silva’s Everton will host his former club Watford.
Colchester, who beat Tottenham on penalties in the previous round, have been rewarded with a trip to Crawley, who beat Stoke on penalties on Tuesday.
Oxford, who thrashed West Ham 4-0 in the third round, will play at home to fellow League One side Sunderland.
The fourth-round fixtures will take place in the week commencing October 28.
Reece James’ star showing in Chelsea’s Carabao Cup third-round thrashing of League Two side Grimsby Town is “just the start” for the teenager, says Blues boss Frank Lampard.
James, 19, set up Michy Batshuayi in the seventh minute before his superb cross was tapped in by Kurt Zouma.
He scored Chelsea’s fifth late in the second half before Batshuayi slotted home his second goal.
Chelsea’s Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi also scored, while Grimsby’s Matt Green netted a volley.
Lampard said: “With his end product, Reece James showed what he can do. Two assists and a goal, but Reece’s performances on loan last year at Wigan showed the talent he has got.
“I think he is going to be a big player for this club. It is just the start for Reece.”
The Blues take on Premier League rivals Manchester United in the next round after they scraped past League One side Rochdale in a penalty shootout.
It is the fourth successive season in which they face United in a cup competition.
Manager Lampard changed the entire starting XI following Chelsea’s defeat by Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, but there were several big names included.
Batshuayi has played just 32 minutes in the league this season and was on the scoresheet for the first time since January 2018.
He was joined in the starting line-up by £58m signing Christian Pulisic and 18-year-old England international Hudson-Odoi – the latter returning from an Achilles injury suffered in April.
But it was James who impressed the most – linking up with Batshuayi in the build-up to the second goal and setting up Zouma with a superb cross from the outside of his boot after the break.
Grimsby’s 32-year-old striker Green gave more than 5,000 travelling fans a glimpse of hope at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea were caught out by a long ball in the 19th minute, but from then on the hosts dominated.
Aside from an early volley from Elliott Whitehouse, Chelsea keeper Willy Caballero was barely troubled and the Blues recorded their 12th successive victory against a team from outside the Premier League in this competition.
Lampard added: “I thought Billy Gilmour ran the game from midfield, and Marc Guehi was solid. They’ve been outstanding this year.
“And the young subs showed how comfortable they are on the ball. Now the hard work starts to get in the team regularly.”
When it comes to rising tech trends, we’re seeing a big focus on products that will make your life easier. Whether that means giving you time back in your day or keeping things all in one place, products are being designed to make the wearer’s day better. Instead of trying to keep up with the constant stream of new stuff coming to market, let us do the hard work for you. Ahead, we rounded up the most mesmerizing, useful items you’ll want to get in 2019.
Reece James’ star showing in Chelsea’s Carabao Cup third-round thrashing of League Two side Grimsby Town is “just the start” for the teenager, says Blues boss Frank Lampard.
James, 19, set up Michy Batshuayi in the seventh minute before his superb cross was tapped in by Kurt Zouma.
He scored Chelsea’s fifth late in the second half before Batshuayi slotted home his second goal.
Chelsea’s Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi also scored, while Grimsby’s Matt Green netted a volley.
Lampard said: “With his end product, Reece James showed what he can do. Two assists and a goal, but Reece’s performances on loan last year at Wigan showed the talent he has got.
“I think he is going to be a big player for this club. It is just the start for Reece.”
The Blues take on Premier League rivals Manchester United in the next round after they scraped past League One side Rochdale in a penalty shootout.
It is the fourth successive season in which they face United in a cup competition.
Manager Lampard changed the entire starting XI following Chelsea’s defeat by Premier League leaders Liverpool on Sunday, but there were several big names included.
Batshuayi has played just 32 minutes in the league this season and was on the scoresheet for the first time since January 2018.
He was joined in the starting line-up by £58m signing Christian Pulisic and 18-year-old England international Hudson-Odoi – the latter returning from an Achilles injury suffered in April.
But it was James who impressed the most – linking up with Batshuayi in the build-up to the second goal and setting up Zouma with a superb cross from the outside of his boot after the break.
Grimsby’s 32-year-old striker Green gave more than 5,000 travelling fans a glimpse of hope at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea were caught out by a long ball in the 19th minute, but from then on the hosts dominated.
Aside from an early volley from Elliott Whitehouse, Chelsea keeper Willy Caballero was barely troubled and the Blues recorded their 12th successive victory against a team from outside the Premier League in this competition.
Lampard added: “I thought Billy Gilmour ran the game from midfield, and Marc Guehi was solid. They’ve been outstanding this year.
“And the young subs showed how comfortable they are on the ball. Now the hard work starts to get in the team regularly.”
The draw for the Carabao Cup fourth round saw two tasty ties, with Premier League leaders Liverpool hosting Arsenal and Chelsea facing Manchester United.
Holders Manchester City are at home against Southampton, Aston Villa play Wolves and Everton face Watford.
In an all-League Two clash, Crawley play Colchester, who knocked out Tottenham on penalties.
Oxford will entertain Sunderland in an all-League One encounter.
For the first time in the competition’s 59-year history, no Championship side made it through to the fourth round.
Matches are to be played in the week commencing 28 October.
Manchester United needed penalties to beat neighbours Rochdale in the Carabao Cup third round on a tense night at Old Trafford. Mason Greenwood put United ahead with a low strike but 16-year-old Luke Matheson smashed home a famous equaliser 14 minutes from time for League One Rochdale to force penalties. Jimmy Keohane was the only play …
Amazon wants to put Alexa in your ears, on your face, and at your fingers. That’s the promise of a new set of products introduced at the company’s annual hardware event.
On one hand, a product like Echo Buds feels like an almost inevitable answer to Apple’s ubiquitous AirPods. Other products, like Echo Frames (eyeglasses) and Echo Loop (a smart ring) are more of a question mark.
I’ve only had a few minutes with each of these, but across the board my first impression is that these new products are nowhere near as polished as Amazon’s Echo speakers, which the company has been iterating on for several years.
Echo Buds
Amazon’s answer to AirPods, Echo Buds have sounded pretty intriguing since we first heard the company was working on its own wireless earbuds. I’ve only had a few minutes with the Echo Buds, but it’s pretty clear to me they are not AirPods competitors.
Echo Buds have a much bulkier charging case.
Image: karissa bell / mashable
Like AirPods and Galaxy Buds, Echo Buds come in a charging case. According to Amazon, the buds themselves will get about five hours of playback, while the case will add an additional 15 hours. That makes the battery life better than Galaxy Buds (which only get seven hours of extra battery from the case) but worse than AirPods, which get about 18 hours.
The charging case is also significantly bulkier than AirPods or Galaxy Buds. The case will still fit in your pocket, but it could be a tight fit. The case also charges via micro-USB, not USB-C, which is disappointing.
The bottom of the charging case.
Image: karissa bell / mashable
Just, why?
Image: karissa bell / mashable
The case also has a button on the bottom that you can use for pairing or to check the charge level of the batter case.
As for the buds themselves, they are also on the chunkier side, though the design is pretty similar to Galaxy Buds. They sit snugly in your ear and a touchpad on the side can be used to control playback, activate Alexa, or toggle noise canceling. When I reviewed Galaxy Buds earlier this year, I noted that I often have trouble with this style of earbud, as they’re rarely comfortable and don’t fit well in my small ears. Echo Buds didn’t feel uncomfortable during my short demo, but they did feel a little too bulky for smaller ears.
Despite this, I was able to get a good enough seal to hear the Bose-powered noise cancellation in action. Double tap on the side of the right bud and you can switch between noise reductions and “passthrough” mode, which is meant to let in ambient noise in your surroundings. I was in a loud demo room, but I was pretty impressed by how much my surroundings were muffled (but not silenced) when noise reduction was enabled.
My main issue with this feature, though, is that each time you switch between modes, Alexa announces the change — a verbal notification that you can’t turn off. An Amazon rep told me that early testers preferred this during the company’s initial testing, but it’s something I hope they eventually change. Having to listen to an Alexa announcement every time you switch between modes seems like it would become annoying pretty quickly.
Echo Frames and Echo Loop
By far the two most unexpected products of Amazon’s big hardware event were its Alexa-enabled eyeglasses and titanium smart ring, Echo Frames and Echo Loop. The closest comparison I can think of to Echo Frames are Bose’s Bose Frames sunglasses.
Echo Frames are basically standard eyeglasses (you can opt for prescription lenses if you want), but have microphones and a speaker built in. A small button on the bottom lets you ask Alexa questions, and the audio plays through small speakers on the sides of the frames.
Echo Frames.
Image: karissa bell / mashable
At first look, the glasses are pretty chunky compared with typical frames, but when they’re on I think you’d have to look closely to be able to tell they are different from regular glasses (that’s a good thing). And, despite their thickness, I was pleasantly surprised that they are pretty light; they didn’t feel any heavier than my normal everyday eyewear.
As with my Echo Buds demo, I was in a crowded, noisy room, but I could still hear Alexa answering my questions quite clearly even though the people standing right next to me said they couldn’t hear a thing (though, again, it was noisy).
Another interesting feature is something called “VIP mode,” which lets you opt to receive specific types of notifications from your phone via Echo Frames. I’m not sure I would want many notifications beamed directly into my face, but maybe that’s just me.
Likewise, Echo Loop seems to be premised on the idea that you need Alexa available at any given moment.
The chunky black titanium-and-stainless-steel ring has a button on the underside that lets you trigger Alexa. Also on the underside are a tiny speaker and mic (there’s also a microphone on the top side of the ring).
It’s quite large.
Image: karissa bell / mashable
Normal-sized ring for scale.
Image: karissa bell / mashable
The ring pairs to your phone via Bluetooth, so you can get location-based reminders or ask Alexa to do about anything else you’d ask via the app on your phone. Only instead of audio playing through your phone, you hear Alexa’s voice through a tiny speaker on the ring that’s only audible if you hold it right next to your face.
It’s an interesting concept, but I don’t quite see the utility in it at this point. With so many other surfaces with Alexa, I’m not sure what problem the goofy-looking ring is trying to solve here.
And, to be clear, the ring is actually hideous. Yes, the model I tried was the extra-large size, but even with one meant for smaller hands, the ring is thick, black, and clearly not designed for women.
Fayasquad worldwide frontman, MUFAYA aka Faya Man comes through with yet another fire tune that’s gonna keep you on your feet for a long time. This serves as a follow up to the success of his previous single YOU BAHD.
Being an independent artist in Nigeria is almost impossible but FAYA MAN has been doing it over the years with back to back smash hits and this song right here has proven that he’s good to go. TONYOH was produced by MR MARZ, guitar by SOULARGE and M&M by XTRAORDINAIRE.
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We shouldn’t still be having this conversation, but here we are.
On Monday, Microsoft warned users of its once beloved Internet Explorer that a critical vulnerability in the browser allows malicious actors to hijack the computers of those running the outdated program. In other words, if you still use Internet Explorer, you should really stop.
Like, right now.
“The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user,” reads the warning in part. “If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.”
Microsoft writes that, “yes,” this vulnerability has been exploited.
Now, notably, this is not the first time someone from Microsoft has urged users to ditch the discontinued browser. In February of this year, a security researcher with the company urged that people stop using IE as a default browser. Oh, and in April we learned that simply having Internet Explorer on your computer — not even using it — is a security risk.
This latest addition to the “delete Internet Explorer now” chorus minces no words in warning any holdouts of the browser — stating that all a victim has to do is visit a specifically crafted website and it’s game over.
“An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights,” reads Monday’s advisory.
Sure, there’s a wonky fix available, but you have to do it manually. So go ahead and delete that relic from your forgotten past, and hop on the Firefox train.
Carabao Cup football returned this evening with League Two Colchester knocking Tottenham out of the competition on penalties. Arsenal, Manchester City and Everton all cruised into Wednesday’s fourth-round draw.
Fourth-tier Colchester United dumped last season’s Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur out of the League Cup 4-3 on penalties after a goalless 90 minutes in the third round on Tuesday.
Tottenham had named a side that should have been too strong for Colchester with the likes of Dele Alli, Lucas Moura and Eric Dier all in the starting line-up.
There was a place too for highly-rated youngster Troy Parrott, who came the closest to scoring in normal time when he hit the woodwork.
Spurs dominated possession through with 75 per cent of the ball but only managed four shots on target, although that was four more than their opponents.
Heung-Min Son, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela were all deployed from the bench as Mauricio Pochettino tried to avoid the lottery of penalties, but it was all in vain as 90 minutes heralded no more than a 0-0 draw.
In the shootout, substitute Eriksen and forward Lucas Moura both missed, ensuring Tom Lapslie’s spot-kick was a triumphant one and triggered a pitch invasion on a night that will live long in Colchester fans’ memories.
While Spurs sank, rivals Arsenal struggled to stay above water – literally – at the Emirates. Heavy rain and travel disruption saw kick-off delayed by 15 minutes to give the 8,500-strong Nottingham Forest contingent the chance to take their seats.
However, they barely had cause to get out of them as teenager Gabriel Martinelli scored his first senior goal after 31 minutes before the Gunners opened up the tie after the break.
Rob Holding, Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson all got on the score-sheet before Martinelli doubled his career tally stoppage time to give the scoreline a one-sided look at 5-0.
Holders Manchester City powered past second-tier Preston North End 3-0 with England striker Raheem Sterling scoring the opener and setting up another at the Deepdale ground.
At Fratton Park, first-half double from Danny Ings helped Southampton to a 4-0 win at League One Portsmouth in the first south-coast derby in seven years between two of the fiercest rivals in English soccer.
Barcelona edged past Villarreal on Tuesday evening but they lost their talisman Lionel Messi to injury.
The hosts, under pressure after losing to Granada 2-0 on the weekend, got off to the perfect start when Antoine Griezmann nodded home from Messi’s corner.
Less than ten minutes later they doubled their lead when Arthur fired home a rocket from the edge of the area, with Santi Cazorla doing the same for Villarreal just before the break.
Messi, who was making his first start of the season, already had gone down once in the first-half and he was taken off during the break as Ousmane Dembele came on.
It is a huge blow for Barca who have already got off to a poor start in the league.
A Malawi court on Tuesday convicted two Chinese nationals, two Malawians and a Zambian over a huge cache of ivory and rhino horns.
Li Hao Yuan, 28, and Zhang Hua Qin,42, were found guilty along with Malawians Paul Mangwe and Tsogolani Samson and Zambian Frackson Kayoli Banda, a court document said, adding that the sentencing would take place on October 21.
They could get up to 30 years in jail. The Zambian defendant had already pleaded guilty and has received a four-year prison sentence.
The five men were arrested in December 2017 after being found in possession of more than 21 kilograms (46 pounds) of ivory and $42,000 worth of rhino horns.
Poaching has decimated the world elephant population, which slumped in Africa from several million at the turn of the 19th century to around 400,000 in 2015.
According to conservation group WWF, as much as 60 percent of all elephant deaths can be blamed on poaching.
There is a huge demand in Asia for tusks and rhino horns for its purported medicinal properties.
Malawi’s director of parks and wildlife Brighton Kumchedwa called hailed it as a “very good development because these are the Chinese that have been causing havoc in the country.
“They have been accused of killing elephants and rhinos and, in the process, rendering Malawi being named as a country of primary concern for wildlife,” he said.
The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency echoed him.
“I am delighted to see the government of Malawi making such progress in its fight against organised wildlife crime. Malawi was recently identified as southern Africa’s principle transit and distribution hub for wildlife traffickers, and subsequent successes such as this are attracting positive interest and praise from the international community,” the agency’s executive director Mary Rice told AFP.
The conviction comes ahead of a three-day visit to Malawi by Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan from Sunday. The pair are due to visit the Liwonde National Park in the south of the country.
Algerian prosecutors on Tuesday sought prison sentences of 20 years for the brother of deposed president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and three other senior officials accused of plotting against the military.
Said Bouteflika, widely seen as the real power behind the presidency after his brother suffered a debilitating stroke in 2013, went on trial on Monday alongside two former intelligence chiefs and a political party head.
They face allegations of “undermining the authority of the army” and “conspiring” against the state.
On Tuesday, prosecutors at the military court in Blida, south of Algiers, “asked for the maximum sentence of 20 years against all the defendants”. defence lawyer Miloud Ibrahim said.
Former defence minister Khaled Nezzar has alleged that as protests mounted against the veteran leader in April, Said Bouteflika had considered declaring a state of emergency and firing army chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah.
Said’s detention in May along with General Mohamed Mediene, who headed the all-powerful secret service for 25 years, and fellow ex-spy chief General Athmane Tartag was part of a wave of arrests targeting the ousted president’s inner circle.
Mediene, known as Toufik, headed the all-powerful DRS intelligence agency from its foundation in 1990 up to his fall from grace in 2015.
Tartag, his deputy, succeeded Mediene and when the DRS was dismantled in 2016 he served as Algeria’s security coordinator under the supervision of the presidency.
A string of prominent politicians and businessmen have been questioned or detained over alleged graft since Bouteflika resigned in April after two decades in power in the face of mass protests.
Presidential elections have now been set for December 12, but protesters have kept up their demands for political reforms and the removal of the former president’s loyalists, including army chief Gaid Salah, who has emerged Algeria’s strongman since Bouteflika’s fall.
Zimbabwean police on Tuesday prevented a doctors’ union leader, whose suspected kidnapping sparked wide protests, from going to neighbouring South Africa for medical treatment despite a court order.
On September 8, Peter Magombeyi, a doctor, claimed he was receiving “death threats”. Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: “I have been kidnapped by 3 men.”
Magombeyi was found on Thursday night, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the capital Harare. He was alive and deeply traumatised.
On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of policemen went to the Harare hospital where Magombeyi was undergoing treatment to prevent him from leaving for South Africa, one of his lawyers said.
Earlier in the day, a Harare court had ruled that Magombeyi should be allowed to go to South Africa for treatment.
“The order stops the police from blocking Dr Magombeyi from travelling to SA to seek medical attention,” his lawyer Alec Muchadehamawho told AFP.
“More ZRP anti-riot reinforcements have arrived where police officers are preventing @DMagombeyi from leaving for the airport to board an evening flight to South Africa to access specialist medical treatment,” the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights group tweeted.
The doctor himself tweeted: “When Peter was in prison, prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him (Acts 12). THANK YOU EVERYONE. I am humbled! Love u.”
The information ministry late Tuesday said the intervention was linked to a police decision to appeal the court ruling.
“Police filed an urgent Chamber Application seeking the correction of an earlier Order of court interdicting them from preventing the release of Dr Magombeyi to proceed to SA for medical care. The matter has been set down on an urgent basis,” it said in a tweet.
Hundreds of medics had taken to the streets to demand the authorities investigate Magombeyi’s disappearance.
They accused security forces of kidnapping their colleague for heading the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, which had called work stoppages to demand pay rises.
Zimbabwe’s once-vaunted public health system has deteriorated after years of neglect and doctors complain about lack of supplies and poor conditions.
Striking doctors were demanding salary increases in a country still struggling with high inflation and fuel and food shortages after decades of economic crisis under former president Robert Mugabe, who died on Setember 6.
The Makola Division of the Ghana Police Service has arrested Amos Debi and Emmanuel Nartey for allegedly engaging in electricity fraud.
Their arrest follows a report made to the Police by officials of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana Ltd, according to an official statement issued to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday.
Narrating the details of the case, the Acting Accra West Regional General Manager of the PDS, Engineer Ankomah Emmanuel, stated that while on routine monitoring of domestic electricity installations of some customers, their staff came across two electrical power meters in a house, whose records could not be traced in the Company’s system.
The meters were thus identified as stolen from their original users.
Upon further investigations, the team realised that these meters had been illegally loaded with pre-paid credits with a “master card”; such that it made it impossible to purchase pre-paid credits.
Upon interrogations and a search of Debi’s residence, the MasterCard was found hidden in a bag.
In his caution statement to the Police, Debi admitted the offence and mentioned Nartey, a resident of Mamprobi Kamara, as the source of the meters and card.
He revealed that he charged the customer a fee of GHC 30.00 to load their meters with credit worth GHC 50.00.
Following his arrest, Nartey was identified as a former worker of the B.O.T Electrical Company, which operated a meter operating contract with the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd. (ECG).
He revealed that when the contract between ECG and the B.O.T ended, he retrieved the MasterCard and meters from the BOT Company before their final departure to China. The two have since been arraigned at the court.
Government has hinted that four Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in the Volta Region who have been relieved of their post are yet to be made public.
According to the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Letsa, who confirmed the dismissal reports, the affected MMDCEs were notified through a letter from the Local Government Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama.
Speaking in an interview with Adom News , Dr Letsa said there will be an official statement from the Local Government Ministry to that effect.
“I can confirm four of our MMDCEs have been relieved of their post for one reason or the other with their letters given to me on Saturday which was a public holiday but I haven’t chanced on the reasons they were asked to leave post,” he said.
The affected people are John Nelson Akorli, Ho MCE, Elvis Djampoh, Kpando MCE, David Dickson Dzopke, DCE for Agotime-Ziope and Wisdom Semanu Seneadzah Esq, Afadjato South DCE.
They have been replaced with Prosper Kofi Pi-Bansah, Ho MCE, Ernest Theophilus Quist Kpando Municipal, John Kwaku Agotime-Ziope District and James Etornam Flolu, Afadjato South.
A statement signed by the Local Government Minister urged the Regional Minister to liaise with the Regional Electoral Commission to conduct the confirmation processes of the new appointees.
Manchester United needed penalties to beat neighbours Rochdale in the Carabao Cup third round on a tense night at Old Trafford. Mason Greenwood put United ahead with a low strike but 16-year-old Luke Matheson smashed home a famous equaliser 14 minutes from time for League One Rochdale to force penalties. Jimmy Keohane was the only play …
