The police authorities in Lagos have recovered a stolen mace from the Ogun State House of Assembly, Abeokuta. In a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the mace was retrieved at Abule Ado area of the state by operatives attached to the Trade Fair Section. “The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State Police Command today Friday 11th December 2020, recovered the missing mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly at Abule Ado Area of the state at about 8.30 am,” the statement partly read. “The police operatives, who…
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Samsung has finally confirmed the launch date for the Samsung Galaxy S21 series, something many reports have been speculating for a while now. The company has confirmed that the Galaxy S21 series is going to be launched on January 14; 2021 – the final day of the virtual CES. The Galaxy S21 series will come with three devices – the Samsung Galaxy S21; Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The date of the launch has been confirmed by the Samsung experience store in Bengaluru. The Opera House store told Android Authority; that they will start selling…
T-Mobile might look as thought it’s late to the game by unveiling its first 5G hotspot today; along with a variety of 5G standalone hotspot plans. After all, Verizon and AT&T have offered 5G hotspots for a while now (although they began with significantly limited coverage). But T-Mobile’s particular blend of wide 5G coverage; and better-than-LTE speeds means the device should be more accessible to more people. Plus, the carrier’s standalone 5G hotspot plan is priced to compete, starting at $30 for 10GB; and $40 for 30GB, and topping out at 100GB for $50. In comparison, AT&T’s standalone hotspot plans…
Youths in Rukpoku, Rivers State set bonfires after a tricycle operator was shot dead allegedly by a police officer on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Youths in Rukpoku and Rumuodomayah communities in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have occupied the street in protest following the killing of a commercial tricycle operator popularly known as Keke Marwa. Eyewitnesses said trouble started on Thursday morning when a policeman around Rukpoku asked the Keke driver for ₦100 bribe which the driver could not provide. The police officer was said to have fired a shot directly at the driver killing him on…
Today, Microsoft announced that SharePoint now has 200 million users in the cloud. It’s a major milestone for the service, and also a milestone for the firm’s Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscription offerings. Also, it pointed out that it’s been named a leader in the Gartner Content Services Platforms Magic Quadrant for this year. As Microsoft points out, SharePoint is the backbone of content collaboration in Microsoft 365. It’s the backend behind document sharing in OneDrive, and more. Microsoft also says that it’s behind its new Lists offering; and it lets people create pages with video in Stream. While…
WhatsApp recently added some new feature updates to the platform on both iOS and Android; and one of those new additions were improvements to the wallpapers on the messaging app. You will be able to customise the wallpapers on WhatsApp to your liking as long as you have the latest version of the app so head over to the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store and update it. WhatsApp’s updates on wallpapers include custom wallpapers for chats, doodle wallpapers, a new stock in the wallpapers gallery and the option to set separate wallpapers for light and dark mode…
According to the latest report from mobile app analytics firm App Annie. TikTok was the most downloaded app globally this year. TikTok has been downloaded the most this year; both on Android and iOS. TikTok has beaten Facebook to be the most downloaded app this year. Facebook is now the second most downloaded app followed by WhatsApp. App Annie even predicts TikTok to break the 1 billion monthly active user (MAU) club in 2021. This year, it secured the eighth position among apps with the most number of MAUs. TikTok also rose to the second position for consumer spending this…
Apple recently announced the need for new app privacy labels for all apps on the App Store that developers; and companies have to ensure exist. These privacy labels mention exactly what data these apps are collecting from users and how. WhatsApp criticised these new privacy labels and said that it was unfair since these privacy labels did not seem to apply to Apple’s own apps that come pre-installed with iOS. Apple has responded to this by stating that there will be privacy disclosures for its own apps as well. Facebook-owned WhatsApp told Axios that the provision was anti-competitive because Apple’s…
A Nigerian-Kenyan couple have lost their bids to overturn a 15-year jail term for drug trafficking. The Nigerian-Kenyan couple, a Nigerian man and a Kenyan woman, were sentenced to 15 years each in jail; for having Sh6.3 million narcotics on them. They had taken their conviction to an appeal court. However, the court has ruled that they will continue to serve their terms, having both lost their appeal. The Nigerian man was identified as Nnamdi Egesimba. On the other hand, the Kenyan woman is known as Leila Muli. Both were convicted of narcotics trafficking. They were ordered to pay fines…
George Amaechi Okeaghalam, a Nigerian pastor who is set to walk the aisle on Saturday, December 12; has engrossed himself in controversy after he reportedly defiled a 5-year-old girl in Umuguma village, Owerri. The 49-year-old pastor has reportedly been arrested by men of the Imo State Police Command. According to a report posted by an NGO (Sweet Mothers Foundation) on Wednesday, December 9, the pastor; said to be a neighbor and acquaintance of the victim’s parents lured the victim to his house while she was out playing; and had carnal knowledge of her. He also threatened to kill the child…