The Sun has belched out a solar flare and the storm thereby created is hurtling down towards the Earth at an awesome speed. Naturally, the attention of the entire world is riveted on this solar phenomenon. The Sun is very far, but the solar storm is not expected to diminish when it reaches Earth. In any case, it is travelling at a humongous speed. Spaceweather.com says a solar flare can travel at a speed of up to 500 km/sec. The question that is on the mind is, will it have destructive power? Well, yes, it can knock out telecom and…
Author: Abiodun A.
As data protection emerges as one of the burning issues of the digital space, so has the search for one-stop privacy solutions. Sundar Pichai, the Indian-born CEO of tech giant Google LLC, shared a few of his tips in this regard to help users arrive at their privacy needs. In an interview with the BBC on Monday; Pichai talked about his password habits, digital authentication on applications, the threat of internet-based surveillance, and more. When asked about the frequency with which he changed his passwords, Pichai said that he did not change them often. Instead, he encouraged users to adopt…
Chinese-headquartered Lenovo and American counterpart, HP have dominated the statistics for global PC shipment for Q1’21. Market research from several firms agree and have respectively reported the global PC shipments data for the first quarter. According to said reports, demand remains high, particularly due to a strong commercial segment. This is because of a pandemic-driven urgency for consumers to get their hands on PCs. Component supply issues, however, remain a problem for the industry; but the extent of shortfalls and backlogs is reducing. It is remains the predominant assumption that the strong demand across different categories; as well as and…
Climate change has caused sudden weather changes on Earth, which has led to flood in many countries; especially the United State. But now, a new study has linked extreme weather events with Earth’s neighbour, the moon. The study has been conducted by American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa); which says that a ‘wobble’ in Moon’s orbit combined with rising sea levels due to climate change will lead to devastating floods on Earth. The study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change on June 21. Called ‘nuisance floods’, these currently occur in coastal areas when the tide…
A global shipment for PC notebooks reached a record high of 55.8 million units in the second quarter of 2020. The average shipment in previous second quarters had been about 40 million units; and exceeded 200 million units for the year, an annual increase of 24.5 percent. This mammoth demand has had a double-edged effect, buoying the bottom lines of some firms in the notebook supply chain; while at the same time causing shipment delay, pushing production capacity to the limit. Analyst Stan Shen said, “The notebook industry also faced an escalating shortage of components; including mostly semiconductors, because component…
The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and three others for an alleged N8.5billion fraud before Justice Ayokunle Faaji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos continued on July 12, 2021, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its sixth witness. Akpobolokemi is standing trial alongside Major-General Emmanuel Atewe (rtd), a former Commander of the Joint Military Task Force Operation Pulo Shield, and two other staff of the agency, Kime Engonzu and Josphine Otuaga. They are being prosecuted for an amended 22-count charge bordering on money…
A student, of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chidinma Ojukwu, who was allegedly involved in the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has made new revelations about the circumstances surrounding the murder. In an interview with Crime Fighters released on Monday, the 21-year-old said contrary to her initial statements that she had stabbed Ataga as a way of self-defense, she had nothing to do with his death. She explained that while they were lodged in the short-let apartment, she briefly stepped out to buy some things only to return to his lifeless body. “As I…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Jacob Samuel on an amended one-count charge of cheating. Justice J.O. Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja convicted the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him. Samuel was said to have falsely represented himself as a genuine priest or spiritualist and induced one Rebecca into delivering to him the sum of N103, 000 (One Hundred and Three Thousand Naira). Based on his plea, the prosecution asked the court to convict him accordingly. But his counsel, M.K Agbontien…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of 26.150 kilograms of heroin with a street value of over a ₦6.5 billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. In a statement issued on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the illicit drugS had arrived in Lagos in 25 parcels from South Africa through an Air Peace Airline flight on June 30 and was detained for screening following suspicion of the content of the consignment. He explained that a follow-up operation was subsequently carried out the following day when narcotics officers of the MMIA command trailed…
The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday announced that it had rescued four commuters; all of whom were reportedly kidnapped on Tafida Imesi-Ile as well as Ilare/Esa-Odo Roads; on Sunday and Monday respectively. The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement in Osogbo said that a combined team of policemen and local security outfits carried out the rescue operation. Opalola, however, said one of the local security operatives lost his life during gun duel with the kidnappers, while another sustained injury from gunshots. The statement added that as soon as the Commissioner of Police in Osun , Mr Olawale…