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How Police Officers Assaulted and Handcuffed a Bus Driver to their Patrol Van in Edo

Kester Edun, a 38-year old commercial bus driver who was beaten and handcuffed to a patrol van by police officers in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State has recounted his ordeal. According to PUNCH, Kester said that the officers, who were from Esigie Police Division stopped his vehicle to search him. He said they found nothing incriminating on him. One of the passengers fled the scene after the officers found a substance suspected to be Indian hemp on the floor. (more…)

TECH

Meet The Top Facebook Messenger Bots (Created by Nigerians) That Made the Cut.

Do you remember Facebook’s Bots for Messenger developer challenge? 60 finalist teams have been selected from the entries it received from across the Middle East and Africa. For those who are wondering about the number of entries that was received, Emeka Afigbo, Facebook’s Head of Platform Partnerships for the Middle East, said: “We were overwhelmed to receive more than 1,000 entries over two and a half months for the Bots for Messenger Challenge from developers and entrepreneurs across the Middle East and Africa—each one of them solving a problem in an inventive way or

TECH

WannaCry The Viral Window Bug

The WannaCry ransomware burst into the spotlight over the weekend as reports of infections streamed in from around the globe. It was the stuff of a Hollywood techno-thriller, and we watched it unfold in real time. But how did WannaCry come to be? How did it infect so many computers so quickly? And, perhaps most importantly, how will organizations and individuals cope with the fallout? (more…)