The growth and increasing visibility of Colombia’s Muslim community has elicited a reactions over the past couple years, ranging from outspoken resentment to a relatively high number of new conversions to the religion. According to a paper published…
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Are you in the market for a new smartphone, on a tight budget, but want to get something powerful enough that you can use comfortable for years to come? Until now, the best answer would probably have been the Moto G – a quad core phone running stock…
The Windows 8.1 Update 1 news keeps coming, and things seem to definitely be improving in the Windows department now that Steven Sinofsky is out. According to Microsoft scene group Wzor, who also leaked news that Windows 8.1 Update 1 would give users…
Nigeria’s ruling party, never out of power since the nation returned to civilian rule, faces a Valentine’s Day test of voters’ affections next year, after a date was set for elections. Voters in Africa’s most populous nation will go to the polls on…
Thousands of people have fled across Nigeria’s borders with Cameroon and Niger amid renewed clashes between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram insurgents, the UN’s refugee agency said Friday. Adrian Edwards, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner…
In the wake of today’s great news for Microsoft’s bank account (and stock market performance), it seems only fitting that we’d also get news about an update to its current operating system, Windows 8.1. A post on ZDNet cites an unnamed but supposedly…
After CES wrapped this month, tech sites and bloggers started talking about how the lack of Windows-focused products signified the beginning of the end for Microsoft and its flagship operating system—though, I disagreed. Today, the company released…
A Washington federal judge this week ruled that an IP address can’t be used against you as evidence of piracy, or less specifically, your IP address can’t be used solely as evidence to drag you into a copyright infringement lawsuit. This federal…
Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term. “The commission has scheduled the presidential and National Assembly…
According to a press release, it seems Qualcomm has just announced that it acquired Palm’s patent portfolio from HP which comprised of approximately 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications in the US and approximately 1,000 granted patents…
Experts on Green Economy have commended Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan CON, for the leading role he is playing on climate change in Africa and for the concrete measures his administration have put in place in promoting a low carbon economy. Governor Uduaghan promised to deploy the policies and programmes the State Government has put in place in that direction in providing empowerment for youths and women in the state. Two leading members of R-20 (Sub-Regional Governments across the world formed to promote green economy), Mr. Terry Tamminen and Mr. Christophe Nuttal, who were in Asaba for a workshop…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan CON “2013 Man of the Year” Awards by various leading newspapers in Nigeria have been described as a befitting recognition of his exceptional leadership and vision. The former Military Administrator of the defunct Bendel State, Brigadier General Samuel Ogbemudia (Rtd) in a congratulatory message expressed satisfaction on the choice of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan CON, emphasising that even as he found their unanimity very striking and unprecedented, he agree with them on the kernel of their coincidental judgement. He noted that Dr. Uduaghan’s vast ideas and achievements especially the “Delta Beyond Oil” initiative made his…
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has approved a 300-bed extension at the Delta State Teaching Hospital, Oghara. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health Monitoring, Dr. Rukevwe Ugwumba disclosed this immediately after the 2014 budget defence session of the State Ministry of Health. Dr. Ogwumba said the 300-bed extension would further enhance the quality of health care services at the hospital, adding that the Governor has already approved the drawing of the project waiting for award of the contract, expressing optimism that the 2014 State budget now before the State Legislature would make adequate budgetary provision for…
The sum of N3.5 billion has been proposed by Delta State Ministry of Housing for the building of houses for Civil Servants and other Deltans in the 2014 fiscal year. The Commissioner for Housing, Chief Paulinus Akpeki disclosed this when he appeared before the Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Housing to defend this year’s budget proposal of his Ministry. Chief Akpeki who was accompanied by some Principal Officers in the Ministry said funds for building of houses by the State Government in oil producing areas of the State were not handled by his Ministry, but by DESOPADEC. The…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated the Task Force on House to House Ground Rent Project with a charge on members of the taskforce to be dedicated to their duty in order to achieve tangible results. The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG), Comrade Qvuozourie Macaulay, said that his vision on assumption of office in 2007 was to create massive awareness on the economic policy trust of the State Government in fast-tracking and sustaining economic growth of the State. He said Government is committed to this objective and will remain focused…
Simmering tensions over a key oil-producing state in Nigeria mounted on Thursday, as the country’s two main political parties traded threats and insults, stoking fears of violence in the run-up to elections. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Scientists have confirmed signs of water on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. A team led by the European Space Agency detected water plumes spewing from two regions of the dwarf planet using the infrared Herschel Space…
Tens of thousands of striking workers at South Africa’s top three platinum producers agreed Thursday to take part in government-brokered talks aimed at ending the dispute and limiting economic damage. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction…
As the old saying goes, “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” There seems to be enough smoke regarding Apple’s plans for the iPhone 6 that a call to the fire department may be in order. Today, the Wall Street Journal is jumping in on the rumor…
I switched to T-Mobile on Friday, taking advantage of the deal unveiled by CEO John Legere at CES earlier this month. Today, news broke that T-Mobile has suffered a security breach, compromising important customer data stored on servers at an unspecified…