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LG Closes Its Smart Phone Business After Losing ₦1.7 trillion($4.5b) In Just 6 Years LG Electronics said on Monday it would close down its loss-making smartphone business. In January, the South Korean electronics giant said it was looking at all options for the division after almost six years of losses totalling around $4.5bn (£3.3bn). LG had made many innovations including ultra-wide angle cameras, rising to third largest smartphone maker in 2013. But bosses said the mobile phone market had become “incredibly competitive”. While Samsung and Apple are the two biggest players in the smartphone market, LG has suffered from its own hardware and software issues. As LG struggled with losses it had held talks to sell part of the business but these fell through. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNRhWIVF4fW/?igshid=1vugpzp7tl0g8 • Support Paul Ikpe Blog PIB By Sharing, Liking & Commenting

Lorry Driver Who Caused Train Accident With 50 People Dead Says He’s Sorry As He Cools Of In Jail A construction site manager whose lorry slid on to a railway track and led to Taiwan’s worst train disaster in decades has expressed “deep regret”. Lee Yi-hsiang, 49, said he was “deeply remorseful” and wanted to give his “most sincere apologies”. His flatbed lorry was parked on an embankment but slipped down it, causing the train to derail on Friday near the city of Hualien. At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crash. Mr Lee was part of a team who regularly inspected Taiwan’s mountainous eastern train line for landslides and other risks. He was also thought to be the flatbed’s operator. He was questioned over the weekend by prosecutors and released on bail, but on Sunday he was taken back into custody because he was deemed a flight risk and had a previous conviction, Taiwanese media reported. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQjIRrlqIE/?igshid=157ucva31rfv2

Minister of Comnunications and Digital Economy step in to settle MTN vs Banks problem The Minister of Comnunications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, engaged the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission to settle the fight between MTN and Nigerian banks. The lenders had blocked the network provider’s subscribers from using their USSD code to recharge or make any transaction. The ban of MTN customers was a protest to the Telco’s decision to reduce bank commission. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQgPUnl-lJ/?igshid=czo5mlgjnuw • Support Paul Ikpe Blog PIB By Sharing, Liking & Commenting

Ronaldo Cry Publicly After Watching For First Time Videos Of His Late Father Who Was Praising Ronaldo “I think the interview would be funny, but I didn’t expect to cry. But I never saw these images. “I don’t know where you… I have to have these images to show my family. But I really don’t know my father 100 per cent,” Ronaldo said. The bond between father & son https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQfdQjFGYw/?igshid=1fvdzasdb0511 • Support Paul Ikpe Blog PIB By Sharing, Liking & Commenting

Tension in Imo State as Gunmen Shoot 7 Northern Traders Dead, Others Flee for Their Lives There is palpable tension in Imo state following the murder of seven traders of northern extraction, Daily Trust has reported. According to the newspaper, the victims were killed in separate shooting incidents in Orlu town and Umuaka in Njaba local government area between Friday, April 2, and Saturday, April 3. An eyewitness, Harisu Umaru Ishiaku, said the killers who were dressed in military uniform stormed the Afor Umuaka market around 8.30pm and attacked the victims. He said four of the victims have lived in the area for many years just as suspected that those behind that attack are strangers, noting that there has never any issue between the deceased and the people of the Umuaka community. Abdulkadir said Hausa traders in Orlu now live in fear, adding that some of them have relocated to Owerri, the state capital, Daily Nigerian also reported. Reacting, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s aide on g