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HILLARY ESSIEN

Hillary Essien is a reporter with Peoples Gazette focusing on special reports and critical national news. She is a lawyer with 2 years of writing and reporting. Prior to working with The Gazette, Hillary served as an administrative assistant at a non-profit organisation focused on food security for children of low income households.She is on Twitter @Hillary_essien
November 8, 2021

Apple trails HP, Dell as third most popular U.S. laptop brand

HP has the highest U.S. market share at 35 per cent, followed by Dell with 27 per cent, and Apple trailing at 24 per cent.

November 7, 2021

CBN freezes Nigerians’ bank accounts for trading cryptos

The Buhari regime had banned trading of cryptocurrencies through Nigerian bank accounts on the excuse that it was being used for money laundering and other financial crimes.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. [CREDIT: Bloomberg]
November 6, 2021

LIVE: Bracing insecurity, Anambra voters decide guber race for Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo, others

Eighteen political parties are participating in the governorship election this year as Governor Willie Obiano wraps up his two terms of four year each in March 2022.

November 4, 2021

Michelle Wu elected as Boston’s first woman, person of colour mayor

Ms Wu, a daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, is the first woman and woman of colour to be elected to this position.

Michelle Wu
November 4, 2021

UK approves COVID-19 pills

“Today is a historic day for our country, as the UK is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19.”

November 4, 2021

Facebook deletes PM’s post inciting Ethiopians to kill rebels

Social media platform Facebook has taken down a post by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urging Ethiopians to kill and bury rebels.

November 3, 2021

Blockchain adds record 22 million unique crypto wallets in a year

Bitcoin, and other digital coins such as Ethereum and Shiba, have continued to gain acceptance as a medium of exchange.

cryptocurrency
November 3, 2021

U.S. warns against takeover of Addis as Tigray rebels advance towards Ethiopian capital

The U.S. warning was delivered via an address by Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

November 3, 2021

Facebook to delete one billion users’ facial recognition profiles

“We’re shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. People who’ve opted in will no longer be automatically recognised in photos and videos.”

November 2, 2021

CryptoPunk ranked most valuable as top 5 NFT collections hit $10.2 billion

CryptoPunk has made some of the most expensive NFT sales, with Punk #3100 selling for 4,200 ETH or $7.58 million on March 11.