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The world’s largest smartphone battery lasts up to 15 days on a single charge

There's lots of interesting research – involving things like mushrooms,aluminium, and hydrogen – looking to find the next generation of energy technology that will replace our current lithium-ion batteries, but what if you don't want to wait for the future to arrive? Well, how about we just insert a mega-big-ass battery into your next phone and see how that goes? That's the exact thinking behind the new K10000 smartphone from Chinese tech company Oukitel. This model crams in a gigantic 10,000 mAh (milliampere-hour) battery that's billed to last between 10 and 15 days

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America’s most hated man, Martin Shkreli, who raised the price of AIDS drugs arrested

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli who earned the title 'America's most hated man in September', when he jacked up the price of the anti-parasitic drug Daraprim, that benefits AIDS patients, pregnant women and cancer patients from $13.50 to $750 has been arrested. It is alleged he illegally used stock from the biotechnology firm  he owned, Retrophin Inc. to pay off debts related to his struggling hedge fund and to pay back angry investors. (more…)

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Shiite Leader not in Army’s Custody – Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai says the leader of the Shiite group, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky who was earlier arrested by the military, is no longer in their custody as he has been handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution. Buratai said this when he received ‎a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) at the Army Headquarters, Abuja today. (more…)

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EFCC arrests Stallion Group MD over N1.25billion payment he made to Dasuki, Yuguda

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Managing Director of Stallion Group, Harprrie Singh, over a suspicious N1.25billion payment he made into the account of former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda for Former National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki. Investigations by EFCC revealed that ‎one of the companies being investigated in the arms deal scandal, Jabbama Company, a bureau de change operator, had received payment of N1.375 billion from Stallion group with a later deduction of N100 million, leaving a balance of N1.275billion. The ‎