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Nigeria army probes recent Boko Haram strikes




yohaig.ngThe Nigerian Army on Sunday said it's launched a probe into recent assaults by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives near Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno state.

At least 85 people died when insurgents torched a village on January 30 and stormed, the third assault in four days had mainly conquered the jihadist group.

"The recent ill-fated attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on communities close to Maiduguri, despite our successes, call for worry," the army said.

"The Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the assaults... All cases of indiscipline and relevant actions of misconduct including human rights abuse in the operations is going to be tried by the Special Court Martial," said the statement said, without clarifying what the probe was inquiring.

Tens of thousands of individuals have fled their houses near Maiduguri for the capital and many are scared to return, following the recent attacks, despite government guarantees of their safety.

Buhari in December promised that Nigeria had mostly won the fight against Boko Haram, but since the militants have killed dozens in suicide attacks and raids, including over the border in Cameroon.

Rights group Amnesty International has also accused the military itself of perpetrating war crimes and potential crimes against humanity in the length of its operations from the group.

Boko Haram, which seeks a hardline Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has killed some 17,000 people and driven more than 2.6 million others to flee their homes since the beginning of its insurgency in 2009.
Nigerians the Change Mantra of Misunderstood APC

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, tHE Minister of Information and Culture, yesterday said that the Change mantra was mostly misunderstood by Nigerians and won the 2015 presidential election.

Speaking in a stakeholders' meeting with the Executive Council of the Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), Mohammed stated that though the party campaigned using change mantra, it's been taken by Nigerians to mean that as soon as Buhari was sworn in, the next day, things would change completely in Nigeria.

The minster kept that Nigerians must comprehend that things do not occur this way because the country cannot continue to be doing things the exact same way and anticipate a different outcome.

"Yes, we all know what the ills are; corruption, indiscipline... but it's not limited to individuals on top. Each one of us has a function to play," he said.


According to him, it is the reason the Buhari-headed government is coming up with the 'Change Begins with You Campaign'.

"The malaise crippling the fabric of the society now, 'everybody is guilty," he noted.

The Minister noted that an average Nigerian, given the slightest opportunity, would cheat, noting that corruption cuts across gender, age and professions in the nation.

"Nigeria cannot satisfactorily account for the lives that was lost just because some pharmacists decided to adulterate drugs. We can't quantify how many lives we have lost due to the danfo drivers that wake up in the morning before hitting the road to drink paraga. Many of the traffic bottleneck in Nigeria today is on account of indiscipline," he said.

In moving forward, he solicited for the partnership of members of ADVAN, particularly in carrying out a number of its campaign and election promises to Nigeria, to which the President of ADVAN, Mr. David Okeme, vowed its members unalloyed support.

In his answer, Okeme promised that his members would support government attempts because companies want a great state to boom.

"It's in the best interest of business to make sure things are working well for the indices to be looking up," he said.

He nevertheless, advised the government to copy a few of the models being deployed by corporate businesses particularly in the area of behavioral change.
Facebook records 16 million users monthly


Facebook announced 16 million people with 100% of them coming on cellular on a monthly basis in Nigeria visit Facebook. Daily Times, 7.2 million people visit Facebook with 7 million on cellular.

Facebook's visit coincided with Friends Day (4 February), or Facebook's 12th birthday. In size, the global Facebook community has doubled throughout the past five years, and its community in Nigeria continues to grow.

"For us, Friends Day in Nigeria was about hearing the stories of our community using Facebook our system to grow and connect with others. We now have made astonishing progress over the last year. We're only 1% done in Nigeria and inspired to do even more in this quick-moving, mobile first nation," said Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President, EMEA, at Facebook.

Nunu Ntshingila, Head of Africa for Facebook, said: "This is the year we deepen our partnerships with Nigerian businesses. We're dedicated to Nigeria, and in this visit we shared insights at scale, where people are - on their mobile phone on how to deliver personalised promotion, with agency partners and our business. We need to make sure Nigeria - its people, its agencies and its businesses - realise the chance that technology and mobile bring."

Ntshingila continued: "We understand the mobile platform folks use the most in Nigeria is Facebook and up to 77% of Nigerians on Facebook use their cellular device to discover new products. Nigerians are sophisticated mobile users and this sophistication is increaseing fast - individuals are ahead of companies, and we're here to help businesses create cellular-first options to develop their company."

Where Ntshingila and Mendelsohn spoke about entrepreneurism and technology can drive markets and create jobs Facebook also hosted a dinner for women leaders in Nigeria.
NASS to ensure regulations that are right industry


THE National Assembly (NASS) will be to make sure that right regulations that could ignite rapid growth and development in the telecommunication sector are pursued vigorously.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Gilbert Nnaji, who stated this in Abuja in the launch of Airtel Service Centre in the Senate wing of the NASS, said that the committee is focused on promoting an enabling environment that would nurture growth, prosperity and development in the telecommunications sector.

He noted the committee is collaborating with key stakeholders in the sector, especially Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to commence the overview of the Nigerian Communications Act of 2003.

The lawmaker commended Airtel Nigeria for their commitment to expanding their retail footprints all over the country therefore bringing telecommunications services nearer to the consumers.

Before,the Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Olusegun Ogunsanya, symbolized by the Chief Sales Officer, Godfrey Efeurhobo noted that Airtel is a customer-centric organisation which is extremely aggressive in growth and passionate about delivering quality service to the consumers.

He detected that Airtel had undertaken similar jobs in different parts of the nation to ensure that its clients can reach us and get the best quality of service.

"Desire to make sure that its customers enjoy quality service through technology and individual superiority. World class showroom to make sure that customers experience the world class touch that could help optimizes our rich range of unique offerings in data, voice as well as other value-added services" he added.
Digital economy to aid Nigeria's achievement of MDGs


FOR Nigeria to realize the aim of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), it is important for the market to be digitalized.

This was the perspective of the Chairman of the Africa ICT Alliance, (AfICTA), Dr. Jimson Olufuye, while addressing audience at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 10), at the United Nation Headquarters, in New York.

Olufuye, who used the occasion to charge world leaders on the necessity to imbibe the culture of responsibility and transparency, digital economy, noted that without those variables, realizing a sustainable development mightn't materialize.

According to him, there was demand to provide infrastructure to the insides, more sub-national Internet governance forum, imbibing the culture of transparency and accountability, rule of law, enthronement of multi-stakeholder approach for policy development and potential enactment and streamlining of regulatory frameworks across Africa.

Stating the digital economy is worth more than $4.3 trillion, he noted that there was need to handle the problem of high roaming costs and interconnection rates among states.



ogenwaozuzu.comAccording to him, to the GDP alone, ICT contributes more than 10 per cent in Nigeria, adding that its power as an enabler is enhancing productivity across other sectors of the market.

Noting the requirement to streamline regulatory frameworks across Africa, he explained that, "ensuring that we achieve a real information society is a variable of how enriched national economies are.
"So, every thing possible should be carried out to promote free speech because it's in free speech originality evolve and initiation which is key for sustainable development thrive".
UK based Nigerian invents computer keyboard in local languages


A UNITED Kingdom based Nigerian, Adebunmi Adeniran, has developed a keyboard enable and to support writing in at least 12 Nigerian languages, with correct signs and tones to give the reader immediate meaning. The Keyboard, known according to her, was imagined as an effect of her passion to ensure that Nigerian local languages are learned with ease so as to stop the languages.

Adeniran stressed that the creation was a product of a long and comprehensive research, which came from her love for languages "The concept for NAILANGS started out of the urge to find a good functioning and stress free Yoruba keyboard to type in as utilizing the characters in 'insert' mode was like surviving in the ice age!'.
"With NAILANGS computer keyboard, there is no need to switch from one computer to another because once it's downloaded, one has the capacity to type in English and it can be made a bilingual due to the character of Nigerians who generally talk greater than a language. With the essential, one is able to type the three official languages, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba and other six recognised languages which are Effic, Idoma, Hausa/Fulani, Tiv, among others."

According to her, one reason for her choice of keys is the amount of people in a special ethnic and their passion to talk their dialect "such language is Urhobo people, they're very passionate about writing their language, so I have incorporated their keys, though they mightn't be a part of the so called recognise languages, since they want to do something with their language."

NAILANGS computer keyboard, which will be virtual, is available on all platforms including Google Playstore, iOS shop and Window (Desktop) for downloads.

Dissatisfaction was expressed by her in the rate where Nigerians use their dialect as a secondary language rather than primary language. According to her, "Coming back to Nigeria from the united kingdom in the last one month has been an eye opener, while the children over there are itching to talk our languages, whether is Hausa, Igbo or Yoruba,I find it very painful that I've come to Nigeria and the Children are not being believed our own language."
Gloo.ng starts 2-hour express delivery service

IN response to increasing market demands, leading on-line supermarket in Nigeria, Gloo.ng, has established a two-hour express delivery service.

Gloo.ng said besides the requirement to satisfy increasing market demands, the new market proposal is also targeted at boosting the well-being of active homemakers.

Based on the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Olumide Olusanya, the service is unique and first in class in Nigeria.

He said the express service extends the convenience of Gloo's award-winning same day service (generally employed for monthly stock-up purchases) to last minute, crisis or unplanned purchases.

Olumide described that the system is constructed in such way that these states are verified in the idea of checking out; stressing that only orders that match the aforementioned conditions will see the "2-Hour Express Service" option presented included in the delivery options on the checkout page.

A minimum order of N4, 000 is required, a maximum limit of N8, 000 is what's permitted and home appliance products are excluded."

He added that all a customer must do is select this option as delivery process if he/she wants to work with the 2-Hour Express service. "Your ordered goods will likely be delivered within 2 hours of us sending you a Delivery Advice Evidence message. The 2-Hour Express service attracts a N999 express delivery fee and payments are prepaid before an order is processed.

The 2-Hour Express service attracts a N999 express delivery fee and payments are prepaid before an order is processed.

According to him, since the service is still in beta stage, "we're now limiting it to delivery places on the Lagos Island.

He also used the chance to expatiate on Gloo.ng's purpose to "redefine and own the word 'supermarket' in Nigeria" and the vision to "be The Largest Nigerian Supermarket," finally giving busy homemakers, irrespective of pull or class, no single motive to visit a brick-and-mortar supermarket or and open market in just about any Nigerian city.
Investor backs iROKO funding for African content after Netflix arrival


Movie supply service iROKO and Nigerian on-line television on Monday announced $19 million worth of new deals, including with French giant Canal, to improve operations and take-up across Africa.

The deals for capital financing and content development come only weeks after US streaming giant Netflix enlarged to 190 countries, putting them in direct competition with the Lagos-based company.

"We are taking Nollywood content to Africa," iROKO creator Jason Njoku told AFP in an e-mail, referring to Nigeria's domestic film industry.

"We've strategies to dub content into French, Swahili, Zulu -- so we'll stand apart from Netflix in terms of localisation of content. We are not going wide and deep into content that is local.

"However Netflix entering to the African market is truly exciting, as it shows the enormous potential of the market. For us, we are flattered to be mentioned in the same breath as them."

iROKO, whose operation has been dubbed "the African Netflix", said in another statement it planned to make "at least 300 hours of original content in 2016, with the expectation of doubling that by 2018".

Cell phone use has exploded in modern times in Africa and firms for example Njoku's have tapped in to increasing Internet access through smartphones and also the popularity of Nigeria's film industry on the other side of the continent.

Nollywood is the world's second-biggest film industry when it comes to production, is estimated to employ some one Punch Newspaper million people and contributes 1.2 percent of Nigeria's GDP.

As section of the deal that was brand new, the board that was iROKO is joined by Canal Overseas manager Jacques du Puy, the statement said.



yohaig.ngThe Paris-based company's chief financial officer Fabrice Faux said the investment would result in a "scale-up in French-speaking Africa, with clear ambitions as well as the means to reach them".
Glo Ambassadors charge Nigerian youths on work that is hard


Globacom, bRAND ambassadors of telecommunications firm, have counseled Nigerian youths to adopt the virtue of work and discipline to eventually become successful in society.

Popular comic, Bovi Ugboma, and Nollywood celebrity, Adekola Odunlade, who are both Glo ambassadors gave the guidance during interactive sessions using their lovers at the Globacom pavilions at Bar Beach, Victoria Island, and Agege Stadium, Ikeja, hearts of the One Lagos Fiesta (OLF), sponsored by the business.

In Victoria Island, Bovi charged Nigerian Newspapers youths to concentrate on self-development and become masters of their areas as a way to get the best things of life, including signing endorsement deals with top corporate organizations such as Globacom.

While answering a question on what his expertise has been since he became a Glo ambassador and how an ambitious artiste could break into that big league of brand endorsement, Bovi said the focus of this kind of ambitious entertainer should be to achieve excellence in his chosen area of endeavour.
"Brand sanction relationships are symbiotic in nature," said Bovi, who signed an endorsement deal with Globacom in July 2015. He clarified that Globacom as a firm loves to connect with artistes who make an effort to shine in their own field, adding that brand endorsement was the way of motivating them to attain excellence in their own chosen disciplines and reaching out to the youth of the company.

Many youths were brought by the comedian, whose appearance in the Glo pavilion, including up and coming artistes, advised them to concentrate on mastering their art and refrain from chasing fame for the sake of it. He warned that reaching recognition before professional excellence is the reason why many supposed stars fizzle out fast.

At the Ikeja center of OLF, Odunlade advised the bunch who have been mostly youths to shun social vices that embrace hard work when they are to succeed in life and will endanger their lives. He took pictures with many of these and signed autograph for over five hundred of them.
Two other Glo ambassadors, Basketmouth, a comic, and Burna Boy, a musician , also took turns to answer questions.