The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the company, is a defendant in a suit, No LD/6903GCM/2023, before a Lagos High Court, instituted by the Isale Eko Descendants Union (IDU), following its production ‘Gang of Lagos’. The IDU had sued the company, claiming ₦10 billion damages before Justice Idowu …
Read More »Former Amazon employee sentenced to 16 years after stealing nearly $10 million
A former Amazon.com manager has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after stealing over $9.4 million from the company while working there. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kayricka Wortham stole over $9.4 million from Amazon while working as an operations manager in Georgia …
Read More »US govt accuses Jeff Bezos’ Amazon of duping millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime
The U.S. government has accused retailing giants, Amazon of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. Amazon Prime offers fast, free shipping on millions of items, various discounts and access to movies, music and television …
Read More »Mikel Arteta used Amazon documentary to motivate Arsenal for ‘revenge’ vs Newcastle
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta used clips of last season’s Amazon documentary to motivate his players for a ‘revenge’ win over Newcastle at St. James’ Park on Sunday. The Gunners lost the corresponding fixture 2-0 last May in their penultimate Premier League game and ended up missing out on a Champions …
Read More »Can Lula save the Amazon?
Video Duration 28 minutes 00 seconds 28:00 Deforestation in Brazil is threatening the future of the world’s biggest rainforest. When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to power in January, he promised to end deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Logging and desertification surged to a 15-year high under his predecessor, …
Read More »Solar Energy Useless Without Good Batteries in Brazils Amazon Jungle
Solar panels with a capacity to generate 30 kilowatts no longer work in the Darora Community of the Macuxi people, an indigenous group from Roraima, a state in the far north of Brazil. The batteries only worked for a month before they were damaged because they could not withstand the …
Read More »Baby clings to life after Amazon worker kills his pregnant fiancée
An Amazon worker in Minnesota, USA, allegedly shot and killed his pregnant fiancée days before she was due to deliver their baby, who was later born at a hospital and is clinging to life. Kyla O’Neal, 31, was rushed to the hospital after she was shot in the parking lot …
Read More »‘Brotherhood’ heads to Amazon Prime Video after N300m+ theatrical run
Jade Osiberu’s action-thriller is set to hit the streaming service after spending 14 weeks on the big screens. Debuting in theatres on September 23, 2022, the movie opened with N53.23 million, earning N118.50 million in the second week. The film crossed the N200 million bar in its fourth week; a …
Read More »The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, a Unique Part of Brazils Amazon Region
A riverside park in Boa Vista, which would probably disappear with the construction of the Bem Querer hydroelectric plant, 120 kilometers downstream on the Branco River. The projection is that the reservoir would flood part of the capital of the state of Roraima, in the extreme north of Brazil. CREDIT: …
Read More »Al Michaels on Amazon Prime Co-Worker 2 Chainz: ‘You know him as a pair of chains’
Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit are not the only big acquisitions Amazon made for its first season of Thursday Night Football. The network also added 2 Chainz to host a weekly livestream concert with a different artist every week following the games. That started in October, which means that Al …
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