General Electric has signed a deal with a Nigerian bank to invest $350 million in Nigeria’s ailing power sector, the country’s trade and investment minister said on Friday. Olusegun Aganga said the deal between the US conglomerate and Stanbic Bank would…
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Eight people were killed in religious violence in Nigeria on Friday, including a Christian family of seven, while a roadside bomb killed seven others in an area known for Boko Haram activity. The two incidents follow deadly violence last weekend, which…
Today, news circulated tech sites that Best Buy was offering a pretty amazing deal this weekend: the original Surface Pro, which only came out roughly a year ago, is on offer for $500. That’s a $400 discount from its regular retail price of $900.…
Social networking service Twitter has agreed to purchase over 900 patents from IBM, apparently part of an effort to settle the latter’s infringement claims against the former, all according to a post on Digits. Moreover, the two companies have also…
The Senior Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor on Foreign Relations, Mr Oma Djeba has explained why Governor Uduaghan is irrevocably committed to championing agricultural green revolution in the State. He said, Dr. Uduaghan believes that the environment is the most topical issue today that determines every sector of human existence and as such should be given utmost attention. Mr. Djeba who spoke on the love of Governor Uduaghan for the environment said, the environment will determine our economy, our healthcare and our business sustainability. He said, Gov Uduaghan’s consciousness of global climate changes and the harsh degrading environment,…
Worried by the non-compliance of contract agreements which have affected the pace of work on the projects and work efficiency, Delta State Commissioner for Works, Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, read out five policy statements of his Ministry to erring contractors, saying no contractor handling public projects must leave project site until the work is completed. Hon, Funkekeme, who read out the policy statement during his meeting with contractors handling State Government’s projects across the State, stressed the importance of working effectively at project sites according to contract agreement to avert the State government’s sledge hammer. The State Government, he said, is…
Delta State Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Charles Ajuyah (SAN) said the Ministry has recorded remarkable achievement in areas of criminal Justice in the State in the foregoing year, saying it was a period that brought kidnappers to a halt in the State. Ajuyah stated this when he led the management Staff of the Ministry before the House of Assembly Committee on Rules, Business, Legal and Judicial Matters chaired by Hon. Rufus Akpodiete to defend the proposed budget of the Ministry in 2014 fiscal year in the Assembly Complex. He said remarkable number of armed robbers and kidnappers were prosecuted and…
It seems I wasn’t the only person wondering if today’s news that Lenovo was purchasing Motorola Mobility from Google spelled the end of Project Ara, the company’s ambitious modular smartphone project. A post on the Verge reports that Project Ara…
At the top of the hour, Reuters posted a tweet that brought the internet to a screeching halt: BREAKING NEWS: Lenovo is nearing a deal to buy the Motorola cell phone division from @Google for close to $3 billion, sources tell @Reuters — Ernest Scheyder…
If you’re Microsoft and you’ve just come off a painful, losing court battle that has resulted in a total branding and marketing change for one of your most advertised products, I would assume that the last thing you’ll want to do is pick a new…
Eleven lawmakers from Nigeria’s ruling party on Wednesday gave formal notice of their intention to defect to the main opposition, in a fresh blow to President Goodluck Jonathan. The members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — all of them senators…
Today, lyrical annotation site Rap Genius has launched its official iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users who want to learn more about the music they listen to. Genius allows you to not only browse the site’s extensive backlog of song, poetry…
It may finally be the Apple TV’s time, according to reports from the NYT’s Bits blog and 9 to 5 Mac. Early this morning, Apple’s online store went down and later came up with an entire section dedicated to the Apple TV. In addition to that, there…
Aside from the recent success of the 3DS — which required a price cut and a string of solid releases — Nintendo hasn’t been able to celebrate much. It’s latest home console, the Wii U, has struggled mightily since its launch in November 2012…
Enlarge A Japanese actor performs during a presentation of a play called ‘Saigmusume.’ Kabuki Theatre is a highly stylized classical Japanese dance-drama. The related musical form, Nagauta, is powerful and dramatic, if alien to Western ears. (Jose Cabezas…
Fresh off the announcement that Samsung and Google had signed a patent licensing deal—which will enable the two companies more access to each other’s library of tech and innovations without fear of infringement suits—news broke from the Korea…
Sony is off to a fast and impressive start in the next-generation game console wars, but the company also creates a wide range of products that go far beyond gaming. Unfortunately, Sony isn’t seeing the same kind of success in these areas, which has…
It’s been a long six months since Microsoft lost the right to use the name “SkyDrive” after losing a bitter court battle with UK broadcast company BSkyB, and many have been left wondering since then what’s to become of Microsoft’s consumer…
Eurozone countries are “worried” by the problems hitting emerging economies but do not believe there is a risk of contagion, senior officials said Monday. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup which gathers the finance ministers of countries…
We’ve covered the continuing efforts of emerging economies to provide key medicines for their populations at affordable prices. To do that, they often invoke their right to use compulsory licensing to bring down costs. For understandable reasons, the…