Use of smartphone has become essential part of life. Apart from high merit of communication use of mobile phone has bridged, its leap in connection on all issues of life has added nothing but reduction on trouble on transport. Now that you have your phone you don’t want to hobnob your bodies among the river of people flowing their ways to Lagos daily. You don’t want to get stuck inside that heavy heat. In every five persons, you will always find two or three using smartphone and constantly connected to the internet. However, where is the future of smartphone going?…
Author: Jide
Following a plunge in economic meltdown, the Chinese stock market has plunged to a execrable length. If in days the economy smack down could not be rescued, there could be spill of angers. Stock purchase has been held in abeyance and much of stock was bought on money borrowed from banks. According to a report, the stock market meltdown is going to a shocking digit of 3.2 trillion US Dollars. While Greece is recently fighting her way to rescue her economy in an apparently decrepit situation, a major economy power was hit by another appalling economic tragedy. First of its…
Obafemi Awolowo University has been on strike again after the Non-Academic Staff Union of the school closed down the gate and paralysed all lecture activities on campus. The action started early Monday morning after the members of the union barred the commercial buses shuttling the campus from entering the university community. Students of the university, however, could not bear the chance of missing lectures since the strike action did not include the academic members. Meanwhile, this turned newly dramatic after the students went on jumping spree by scampering the barricade made by the members of the union. The strike action…
World’s most trusted rankings provider reveals first glimpse of future Africa University Rankings University of Cape Town takes top spot South Africa dominates the top five Opinion formers from across the region invited to attend the inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit and help shape the first ever official THE Africa University Rankings Respected global higher education experts, Times Higher Education (THE), have exclusively revealed a snapshot of what the first ever ranking devoted to African universities might look like. The university rankings provider has revealed the top 15 universities in the region, based solely on their scores for research…
In a public protest against the treatment of Uighur people who have their origin from ancient Turkey, China has debunked the claim of the people as void. The campaign which took place in Turkey carried banners and posters of the unjustly treatment of the small populace of Uighur people of China who have suffered marginalization because of Islamic religion. Relations between China and Turkey have soured over Beijing’s policies toward the Uighur people, whose traditional home is in the far western region of Xinjiang. Many Turks see themselves as sharing religious and cultural ties with Uighurs, who have reportedly been…
It is no new thing that we live in digital age. In every four to five person now we hardly have a person who is not in possession of smartphone. And the world has turned cyber where everyone is constantly connected to the internet to chat with someone living millions of miles away. Most social lives we live now are permeated with social media and network. But have you ever considered this? Do you know that most people who are connected online are there to look up for health information? People want to diagnose themselves of the sickness that they…
It is true that we live in world of technology in which everything apparently lives its survival on technology. The argument now is tech really eating job in a world spread with tech. people have often argued that the swathe of technology will have in the world in the world today will definitely eat jobs in the future. So? Maybe the revolution of technology will also turn diagnostician into fungible workers and will also make more full-time position in more so like that. Tech, in short, will eat your waiting jobs. But while also eating jobs, will jobs also be…
A British Jihadi who fled to Syria to join the dreaded Islamist organization, ISIS after stabbing a US football has been killed. The move was taken after the terrorist showdown which saw ten members killed, the stabber Abu Rahin, aged 32, has been killed in the rage of airstrikes. According to an unconfirmed report, many terrorist dens and routes have been demolished after wreaking havoc of bombs on the city of Raqqa which doubles as the terrorist capital. Abu Raqin was a British national from Luton. He smarted his way through bail and fled London for Syria after the he…
Rasheedah Evans has been killed in her home while watching a movie through a stray bullet. The teenager, 16, was caught unawares after the bullet hit wall and went on to kill her while she was entertaining herself with a movie at home. In her Georgia home, Rasheedah was sitting on the couch before the bullet pierced through the wall and struck her therough the ear and killed her instantly. However, the investigator believed that the gunshot came from celebratory gunfire which was fired on 4th of July in the night. Michael Smith, who is neighbor to the victim has…
US women soccer team walloped Japanese side after they walloped them 5-2 in a final clash that saw the US side taking the women’s soccer trophy. The Japan must be feeling like Hiroshima victims after being thrashed 5-2 in the final battle for the trophy of women’s soccer. The US side routed Japan’s 5-2 in the World Cup thriller in order to become the first to win the cup for consecutive three times. However, US goalie, Hope Solo, did not go home without an award, the stunning goalie was decorated with a sleek award carved in golden glove after the…
According to report from Defence Headquarter, another jeep filled with explosives has been uncovered after a combing exercise in Muna, Maiduguri. The jeep was said to be containing Improvised Explosive devices and was recovered by Nigerian troops after the area of discovery was garrisoned off. Maj-gen. Chris Olukolade who is the Military Spokesman gave the information in Abuja after emphasizing the progress of Nigerian troops over war against terrorism. He, however, made it known that the jeep, together with two Hilux vehicles have been destroyed from the terrorist den after the search signaled a flight for the terrorists caught unawares.…
Anthony Cardinal Okogie, the Archibishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos has given it point blank for Nigerian lawmakers of taking undeservedly from the national purse as allowance. The man who let out his umbrage at the Nigerian lawmakers emphasized that the outrageous wardrobe allowances are too much and long way impediment to affect the country’s progress. He argued that the tide of change will be impossible in giving the country a big leap toward progress if the greed is not assuaged by the government. Got a title for this? Yes, ‘The moral Blind Spot of the Jumbo Package’. In his…
The technology giant, Hewlett Packard, has offered a space in the emerging challenges of the IT world. The company in a recent tour in Nigeria affirms the new advantage that modern day technology has impacted on the new way of seeing business. The company in its recent tour has made approach in giving a new dimension in which multinationals could better off their business through alliance with the company; this includes an opener for big corporations and SMEs in getting business done fast and cheap. The tour which was conducted in Lagos and Abuja; in attendance was Permanent secretary, Ministry…
World mobile giant, Blackberry, has spilled another thought into the rumour mill as a wave of speculations is going on whether the company is at the verge of releasing its first Android version. Yes, we have got the idea of what their first Android would look like. According to our source, the photo shows a device that appears to have curves on both halves of its display. What is its name? of course uniqueness is important. The phone is said to have Blackberry Venice as its codename. Different from Samsung Galaxy and other variations of Android that have crowded the…
Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole, on Friday has played the deviant one by advising ilk of jet owners to start auctioning their private jets. The advice comes as an addition after making emphasis on the recent drastic measure taken by President Mohammadu Buhari against financial leakages in the country. In a lecture titled, ‘Labour and the Nigerian Economy: What Needs to be Done’, the former labour congress statesman did not fail to pass a remark on the need to start the cleansing from the within, largely making emphasis on politicians to sell off their private jet. In his speech, he…
New study conducted through the drug Liraglutide would enhance obese people to loss weight. The drug approved by US regulators will help people carrying excessive body weight to shed at least 18 pounds of the weight. The study was conducted last year before the injectable drug was approved by the US regulator as effective on the problem of diabetes and excessive weight loss. However, the research was conducted in a randomized 191 sites in Africa, Europe, Asia, North and South America. The findings after the conduct of the study show the drug will go a long way in solving the…
Yesterday, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, made claim that that close to N60b was lost to pipeline vandalism occurring nationwide. The company said as it was 2014, N59.597 went off with pipeline damage from oil thieves. The statistical bulletin given for year 2014 gave an evidence that the pipeline destruction increased by 4 percent when it is compared to the event of 2013. The company noted that 355,690- metric tonnes of petroleum that can be valued at N44b was lost to petrol bunkering. Relating the event of Kaduna to where the loss is rated 1,080 metric tonnes, the loss can be…
Yes, you are the owner of your phone. You went to SLOT and got this phone yourself. You are very much convinced that you are the owner and at the flick of your finger, your phone must attend to your next instructions. But between you and your dear Samsung Galaxy, here is the master. Here is a directory of instructions you receive from your phone each day. Maybe you can hardly listen to such command from your spouse or your parents. You cannot even tolerate your friend whose words sound too autocratic. Charge me. That is the first instruction you…
Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) has given endorsement to the recent cargo tariff increase by the Nigerian Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance) under the auspice of the association of Nigerian License Customs Agents and association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, an agreement has been reached for a 20 percent tariff increase two months ago. Although the official approval by NCAA was just being made public, an engagement has been previously made to preview the new increase that is coming into place. In a letter of notification sent to CEO of NAHCO Aviance, dated 2nd of July, the content of the…
Psychology Today describes addiction as ‘a condition that results when a person ingests a substance (e.g., alcohol, cocaine, nicotine) or engages in an activity (e.g., gambling, sex, shopping) that are pleasurable but continued use/act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities…’ Apart from your wallet, pocket guide, handbag, pen, and handkerchief which other phone can you leave without? So many things. Obviously, you can’t leave without your phone! That your smarphone you cannot afford to lose sight off as this immediately throws you off balance. And for once, that is why I call you an addict. Not…