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on January 14, 2017

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Samsung chief Lee arrested as South Korean corruption probe deepens

'Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee was arrested on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal... rocking the highest levels of power in South Korea, dealing a fresh blow to the technology giant and standard-bearer for Asia's fourth-largest economy. The special prosecutor's office accuses Lee of bribing a close friend of President Park Geun-hye to gain government favors related to leadership succession at the conglomerate. It said on Friday it will indict him on charges including bribery, embezzlement, hiding assets overseas and perjury. The 48-year-old Lee, scion of the country's richest family, was taken into custody at the Seoul Detention Centre early on Friday after waiting there overnight for the decision. He was being held in a single cell with a TV and desk, a jail official said. Lee is a suspect in an influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to impeach Park in December, a decision that if upheld by the Constitutional Court would make her the count

Dubai Police set to ban the usage of Social media in schools

Dubai Police will launch an awareness campaign in schools urging pupils to avoid--- surfing and chatting on social media sites when they are in school following complaints from parents about the practice. They would also coordinate with the Ministry of Education to address the issue and recommend banning online engagement by pupils while at schools. Brigadier Dr Mohammad Al Murr, Director-General of the General Directorate of Human Rights at Dubai Police, said many parents have told him that their children are staying online for a long time when they are at schools. Brigadier Al Murr said: “Parents said their children stay online for a long time on sites like Facebook and Snapchat, and that they are annoyed. The parents said they can control their children when they are at home but they can’t do anything when they are at schools.” Dubai Police said they had run many awareness campaigns in schools about the dangers of social media as the children can be abused and blackmailed by strang

Read this interesting write up against President Trump's Muslim Ban by Reuben Abati,a Nigerian based writer

Reuben Abati, a Nigerian based public relations officer has written a long interesting post on President Trump's executive order. Read the article below: I am not a fan of Donald Trump, the incumbent President of the United States. I didn’t stand with him. I stood with her- Hillary Clinton- in the last US Presidential election. No other election in recent American history has been more international in terms of interest and emotional involvement. Trump’s election even divided the Nigerian middle class. Majority of Christians in Nigeria stood with Donald Trump. They liked his anti-Muslim rhetoric, and in a country where religion is such a volatile subject and the Christian community feels as if it is under siege from radical Islamic extremism, it was easy for a category of Nigerians to see Trump’s politics being in sync with their own fears and expectations. Pro-secessionist, Biafran and Christian protesters in the South East also supported Trump. On his Inauguration Day, they org

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