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Daily Archives: June 25, 2018

Quick unboxing of the Infinix Note 5 with Andriod One

On the 24th of June, Infinix Mobility launched the Infinix Note 5 in partnership with Google at the Burj Khalifat building in Dubai and I was there. Here is a quick view of the device. Specification Android  8.1 Oreo 6.0 ”  [...]

June 25, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Accounteer wins 2018 MEST Entrepreneur challenge

Following the 2018 MEST Africa Summit which took place in Cape Town and lasted three days, Nigeria’s Accounteer would go to win the competition, receiving an award of $ 50,000 in equity investment from the Meltwater Foundation Read more on Techpoint.ng Techpoint.ng [...]

June 25, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Viewing the African tech market through the eyes of a foreigner

I had the pleasure of attending the recently concluded Afrobytes conference, which held in Paris, France. My primary reason for attending the event, asides being a speaker, was to learn and see how people perceive the African tech market. I [...]

June 25, 2018 Technology Business & StartUps

Buhari speaks on APC National Convention, Oyegun’s exit

President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following the conduct of their elective national convention. The convention was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Former Governor of [...]

June 25, 2018 Government and politics

What Saraki said about his position in APC

Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, has said “time will tell” on his position in the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Saraki made the disclosure at a farewell dinner for delegates of the International Press Institute (IPI), who [...]

June 25, 2018 Government and politics

3 pupils die, 27 others hospitalized as cholera outbreak hits Gombe

At least three pupils have lost their lives and 27 others hospitalized in a fresh cholera outbreak at Tsangaya Islamic school, Madaki, in Gombe State. The State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kennedy Ishaya, confirmed the outbreak to newsmen in Gombe [...]

June 25, 2018 Health issues

Benue crisis: Nigerian Air Force deploys two fighter jets, 300 Special Forces

The Nigerian Air Force has deployed two fighter aircraft and 300 Special Forces to Benue State following renewed crisis in the state. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, disclosed this weekend when he paid a visit to the [...]

June 25, 2018 Military

Buhari speaks on fresh Plateau Killings

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally reacted to the fresh killing of about 86 people in Plateau State. Hope For NIgeria reports that Plateau Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of 86 persons in attacks on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and [...]

June 25, 2018 Incidents

Three APC convention delegates die in Kano road accident

It was tragedy as three All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates from Kano State died in an accident on Kano-Zaria road on their way to the party’s national convention in Abuja at the weekend.One of the victims and a councilor representing [...]

June 25, 2018 Incidents

Gunmen attack Plateau villages many feared dead

Gunmen attack Plateau villages: It was a killing spree by unknown gunmen yesterday in Plateau. Unconfirmed reports put the number of people killed at more than 100.The attacks, said to have started at about 11:00 p.m., occurred in the three [...]

June 25, 2018 Incidents

Farmers kick over alleged land grab by Cross River, seek N500m compensation

The allocation of land by the Cross River government to a South African firm for a massive agriculture project has pitched the Governor Ben Ayade administration against over 400 farmers from Ochon settlement in Obubra Local Council of the state.Bulldozers [...]

June 25, 2018 Societal issues

NUPENG faults N11.5b infrastructure budget cut by National Assembly

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has faulted the N11.5 billion infrastructure vote cut in the 2018 budget by the National Assembly. The oil workers argued that the action portends a negative socio-economic [...]

June 25, 2018 Oil & Gas

NEITI laments revenue loss, seeks urgent review of production contracts

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has declared that the old agreement used in computation of revenues to be shared between the government and oil companies is no longer acceptable, calling for urgent review. Despite the fact that the [...]

June 25, 2018 Economy