A mob on Wednesday set ablaze a police station in Igboukwu in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State following the shooting of a motorcycle operator. According to the eyewitnesses, police officers on duty in the area killed a commercial motorcyclist on Tuesday night after shooting him over extortion. Angered by the killing of their colleague, commercial motorcycle operators gathered and moved to the police station to set it ablaze. The police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident and noted that an investigation has been launched into the incident. He added that the Commissioner of Police,…
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Netflix is taking a step ahead in the video streaming market by actually moving away from it. The firm has now started rolling out audio-only mode for its mobile app users. This means that users can just listen to the shows while on the go and catch up, without watching the video stream. According to a new report by Android Police, this is arriving to its Android app as a server-side update. This means you don’t really have to do anything or update the app to get this feature. This feature shouldn’t come as a shock since hints of…
Typically, you might go to music or video streaming services for very different reasons, but Netflix seems to want to bridge the gap between the two kinds of media with a new option in its Android app. As spotted by Android Police, the streaming service is rolling out an option to turn video off while playing content; allowing users to continue listening while using other apps or with the phone screen off. The option doesn’t yet seem to be available for everyone; but it could help users save on mobile data usage, too, assuming the video feed isn’t streaming to…
Apple iPhone 12 series launch was delayed this year because of supply chain issues that occurred die to the global pandemic. However, with things getting back on track; it is being tipped that Apple will be on schedule for the iPhone 13 launch; and it is going to happen, as is the norm, in September 2021. The fact that Apple is going to be able to stick to its usual launch schedule; comes from a report in 9to5Mac what cites an investor note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo stated that the mass production schedule for the iPhone 13 is going…
The Chairman of the Senate Services Committee, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Niger East has raised the alarm that the insecurity situation in his Senatorial District is worsening every day, saying that it has been one week of sleeplessness and horror. Senator Musa has reiterated his call on President Muhammadu Buhari to put the security operatives on their toes to ensure they live up to their responsibilities of protecting the lives of the citizens, adding that if security agencies in the country cannot guarantee the protection of lives and property of the citizens, then Nigeria may be…
Twitter announced that it’ll be shutting down Periscope as a service; with the company set to discontinue the Periscope applications by March 2021. However, it will continue to offer live video streaming through its integrated Twitter Live feature within the main Twitter app. “The Periscope app is in an unsustainable maintenance-mode state, and has been for a while;” the company explained in a blog post. “Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen declining usage and know that the cost to support the app will only continue to go up over time.” While Periscope won’t be fully shut down until…
If you’ve been using Microsoft Office on an M1 Mac, it’s about to get better — Microsoft announced an update that brings native support for Apple’s new custom chip architecture to the Windows productivity suite. The apps getting the updates are Word; Excel; Outlook; PowerPoint; and OneNote. Notably absent, however, is Teams. The updates are making the apps universal ones — meaning these versions will run on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs; so any upcoming updates or features will be coming at the same time for both platforms. If you’re a heavy user of Teams, you may be disappointed…
An Australian regulator sued Facebook Inc on Wednesday accusing it of collecting user data without permission; building on government efforts around the world to rein in the social network. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it was seeking an unspecified fine from Facebook; for promoting a virtual private network as a way for people to protect their data; while secretly using the information to pick targets for commercial acquisitions. The lawsuit echoes a landmark U.S. Federal Trade Commission action accusing the social media giant of inappropriately maintaining market dominance; by using customer data to decide on takeover targets,…
The police in Bayelsa State have arrested the suspects behind the attack which was recently carried out on the residence of the former governor of the state, Seriake Dickson. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mike Okoli stated this while addressing journalists in Yenogoa, the state capital. Gunmen had earlier in November attacked the residence of former Governor in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The police commissioner said following the attack, “We have been following the case diligently. I am happy to inform you that at the moment, five suspects connected to that incident are in our net.”…
Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed it was behind the abduction of hundreds of students in northwestern Nigeria, in what appears to be a major expansion of the jihadist group’s activities into new areas. At least 333 students are still missing since the attack late Friday on the all-boys Government Science Secondary School in Katsina State — hundreds of kilometres (miles) from Boko Haram’s stronghold in northeastern Nigeria. “I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping in Katsina,” the leader of Boko Haram said in a voice message. More than 100 gunmen on motorcycles stormed the rural school…