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The Niger-Delta militants could define what they were fighting for..
Anybody still remember what deranged boko haram is fighting for?

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For all the advances we've made in mobile computing, transferring files between your phone and your desktop is still kind of a pain in the ass. We've tried using dongles, adapters and even double-sided USB thumb drives , but none of them really solved the problem. Today, Sandisk announced a new solution: a wireless, battery-powered USB flash drive. SanDisk's Connect Wireless Stick was actually designed to address two problems -- the chore of moving files between devices and the internal storage limitations of modern smartphones. Want to cart some movies and high resolution pictures around with you, but only have 16GB of storage on your phone? Put them on the Connect Wireless Stick: it can hold up to 128GB and can stream data to your phone for 4.5 hours on a single charge. The stick can also automatically back up photos and videos from your phone's the camera roll. Not bad. As a file transfer system, Sandisk's new stick still sounds a little cumbersome -- but as a small, wireless storage expansion system for iOS and Android devices, it's pretty unique. Interested? It hits stores today for $30-100 in 16, 32, 64 and 128GB sizes.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/16/sandisk-connect-wireless-stick/

Precious91:
God bless you,sir.This is what gospel is all about

I tell u. Nice one from the Mog

Nice Auto

donholy28:
I hope say i no go see dix nonsense for Front Page

only the mods will decide cc lalasticlala and ishilove

toluine56 Well online payments keep gaining traction as time goes by.
I myself used to be scared of online payments.
I now need 3 accounts, my diamond classic(main acct)has no debit card, no online banking , I don't even use the phone recharge feature.
I do those with my Gtbank and standard chartered accts.

maimalari:
@ the bolded, why not ebonyi, abia, imo or other Ibo speaking states?

well any where.its all good.

7 REASONS WHY PAYING ONLINE ISNO LONGER AS
DANGEROUS AS YOU THINK.


Whenever I walk into a bank and join a very
long queue, I can’t help but remember that
bank advert in the 90s – a man would walk
into the banking hall carrying a mat, go up to
the teller and ask for his tally number. When
asked why he brought the mat, he would say, “I
know I’m going to sleep here overnight.”
That scene makes the wait a little bearable.
Okay, that’s a lie. Nothing makes waiting on a
long queue bearable in Nigeria, not even the
Nigerian gbedu the banks sometimes stream
over the airways.
Thankfully, the Central Bank’s cashless policy
aided the proliferation of online shopping and
online banking in the country. The services
don’t run buttery smooth just yet, but for now
we make do and I’m thankful for the options.
In case you’re still apprehensive about paying
for stuff online (and I don’t blame you if you
are), here are 7 reasons that could change your
mind.

1. Security Tokens and One-
Time Passwords
A one-time password (OTP) is a password that
is valid for only one login session or
transaction and usually expires in a few
minutes. Your bank will send you this number
whenever you try to make online payments with
your card. One major advantage of this is the
password is sent to a device (like the security
token) or a phone number that you have
exclusive access to.
Therefore, even if your card details gets into
the wrong hands (i.e. the yahoo boys), the OTP
verification process ensures they still won’t be
able to pay for anything with your card. That’s
a win in my book.

2. Payment Processing
Services
These are third party services which handle
transactions from various channels such as
credit cards and debit cards on behalf of the
card owner and the online business. Examples
include eTranzact, Paga and Paypal. Paga is
currently in its fifth year and already has 3
million users.
Paypal is new in Nigeria but is a worldwide
brand name with enough street cred.
If you’re really paranoid about online shopping,
these guys have your back.

3. Smart phones and secure
apps
Most businesses with an online component as
well as native online businesses have apps. The
proliferation of mobile phones makes the
proposition of being able to still drain, sorry
serve, your customers on the go irresistible.
These apps are usually coded with security
features which ensure your transactions are
discrete. Another reason to stop going to the
bank as though they pay you wages to visit.

4. Social Media
You have friends. They are on Facebook. Some
of them already shop online. Trust me, they will
have lots of suggestions on where to buy that
new bag. Or questions about why you’re still
using your crappy bank. Or why you should
never bank with theirs.
Look, it’s 2015 and new media drives
perception. Any business willing to keep their
customers happy and get new customers is
currently doing all they can to ensure nothing
negative crops up on the social media channels.
So, social media is a check and balance
system. Go ahead and do your online shopping.
If the company tries to play a fast one, let the
world know. Make them regret ever messing
with you. Make them pay. (Insert evil laugh
here).

5. The Internet
A quick internet search can give you so much
information about the website or service you
are investigating – their physical location,
quality of service, their customer service, and
so on. This ensures you’re not falling for a
scam.

6. Plenty of safety tips online
which are easy to follow
In this age of information overload, it’s easy to
get knowledgeable about almost anything. Let’s
face it, your money is precious; you worked
hard for it. So, getting updated on safety
precautions for online payments isn’t too much
to ask. And, like the good book says, the
commandments are not grievous –
never use a public computer for online
transactions,
remember to look for the padlock
symbol on the address bar and ensure
the address begins with “https” not
just “http”
Avoid too good to be true offers and
deals. They usually are.
And so on. There are several more tips online
which if you adhere to, you’ll be pretty safe.

7. Personal testimonies
I’ve been paying for internet and several other
services exclusively online for over 2 years.
During that period, I’ve had just one issue
which was arguably my fault and it was
rectified quickly and yes, I got my money back
complete. There are thousands of other
testimonials like that. So, online money
transactions are not as ill-fated as you may
have feared.
After all my grammar, it’s still your prerogative
to part with your hard earned cash. I once
listened to the Head of Marketing of one of the
Nigerian banks say, “It’s quite difficult for some
people to adopt cashless transactions. Some
folks are just set in their ways. They want to
see the physical cash and also whom they are
paying the money to. And that’s fine too.”
On the flip side, some people meet their future
spouse on such long queues so I guess it does
have its advantages.

http://techcabal.com/2015/07/17/7-reasons-why-paying-online-is-no-longer-as-dangerous-as-you-think/

cc Lalasticlala

OmaBliss:
Yes oh!

Na so...

Mr President, Speed up the bridge so that the south east will know its real.
Do two major roads too.
Visit Anambra state, yea we know the VP came a couple of months back but try and show your face here.
Let em know its all good that they are in safe hands.
Do something for the south east.

Anambra Amaka!

its still early to tell

pretydiva:
Na only mgbeke actress fit act dis kind part. U can't expect d likes of mercy johnson,rita Dominic, ini edo et al 2 feature in dis part

These folks you mentioned all started from somewhere. no be abracadabra

Sunymoore:
Yeah! As a Muslim from North East, I concur! I hate Hijjab now, I prefer seeing mini skirt girls than those wearing Hijjab,because girls wearing mini skirt will not kill me and they are minding their business!

Spot on

PassingShot:
Very good development. All those who participated in one way or the other to compromise Nigeria should be treated as enemy of the state irrespective of their tribe, religion or ethnicity.

Let's just imagine Dasuki was an Igbo or a SS person, our brothers and sisters from the East would have started crying blue murder. PMB will pursue all cases on their merits and demerits and not on where you come from or who you are.

Will you die if you don't mention your "Igbo brothers" on your post?

utumunta:
Honestly this man should be made to step aside so the state can move forward. He has proven to be incapable of governing that state.

I hear prior to his elavation as Governor, he used to be the song composer for AD, A C N, APC(south west). That was his qualification for the job.

Lol! I guess that's why he spent a lot on his giant talking drum project.

Thats a mini Cooper. awesome gift!

more: https://www.nairaland.com/2456868/apple-samsung-may-make-sim

its all good

More...

There's a new flagship Android smartphone coming, but it's not like all the others. Oh no, this one comes from Marshall Headphones, and it's all about music. Called the London, it has two front-facing speakers, not unusual, and two audio outputs, which is far less common, plus a dedicated M button at the top of the handset for instant access to your tunes. A gold-accented scroll wheel on the left side serves as the volume control. Marshall is also touting the high-quality audio processing inside the London and is bundling a set of its Marshall Mode in-ear headphones to complete the package. The Marshall London is otherwise a very conventional Android smartphone. It has a 4.7-inch, 720p display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and an 8-megapixel camera. The battery's not huge at 2,500mAh, but it is removable, plus there's a microSD card slot for adding extra storage. But, of course, this phone isn't about the specs, it's about the music. And, well, it's about that surprisingly awesome design. The London has been priced at 4,995 Swedish krona (roughly $590) for an expected delivery of August 21st.

The SIM card as we know it may be about to
disappear . According to the Financial
Times , Apple and Samsung are in discussions
with mobile carriers to help develop and
implement a new SIM card standard that
could make it easier to switch between
service providers. The report refers to the new
standard as an embedded SIM — or an e-SIM
— which would remain inside the phone and
give consumers the ability to switch carriers
without getting a new card, rather than
locking them into a specific carrier, as they do
now. That means no more swapping SIMs to
switch phones or carriers; it would all be done
through an interface on the device.

The new standard is expected to be ready
sometime in 2016, but we've already seen
Apple take a step toward this type of card.
Last year, it introduced LTE iPads that
included something called the Apple SIM,
which offered people a choice between
multiple carriers and in some cases the ability
to switch carriers when they liked. Getting rid
of the SIM card tray, if not also the SIM card
itself, would give Apple and other phone
manufacturers the ability to make their
devices a bit thinner, which is something
they'll like however slight the difference is.
The Financial Times reports that it doesn't
expect the Apple SIM to disappear just yet —
it's entirely possible that it could show up in
an iPhone before the e-SIM arrives.
The GSM Association, an industry group that
represents mobile operators, tells the Financial
Times that "the majority of operators" are on
board with the shift over to e-SIM. That
reportedly includes AT&T, T-Mobile owner
Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica, and
Orange, as well as other international carriers.
The association confirmed Apple and
Samsung's participation in developing the new
standard, but the companies' involvement may
not yet be final. The association says of
Apple: "While we are optimistic, a formal
agreement with them is still in progress."
It'll be interesting to see how the embedded
SIM plays out, as the big carriers aren't likely
to love it. Already, we've seen AT&T
interfering with Apple's Apple SIM plans, while
smaller carriers like T-Mobile and Sprint seem
to embrace how easily it allows iPad owners
to switch providers, giving them a better
chance of luring away competitors'
customers. Apple is likely a large presence in
all of this: it's wanted to see the SIM
disappear for some time now, and it seems
that it has the power — for the most part —
to get carriers on board.


http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/16/8978539/embedded-sim-card-apple-samsung-involvement

Nigerian stocks posted a seventh
consecutive weekly loss, the longest
streak since September 2011, as
investors anticipating a devaluation
of the naira continue to shy away
from the country’s assets.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange dropped
2.2 percent since Monday. The index
gained 0.3 percent at the close on
Thursday, snapping 11 days of losses.
The market, which is closed on
Friday and Monday for Eid
celebrations, has dropped 7.2 percent
this quarter, the worst-performance
globally outside of China, according
to a Bloomberg ranking of 93
primary indexes.
Nigeria’s central bank has
introduced several trading
restrictions to support the currency
of Africa’s biggest oil producer in the
face of an almost-50 percent slump
in crude prices in the past year. Last
month it stopped importers of 41
items ranging from private jets to
toothpicks from using official foreign
exchange markets. That’s led to a
surge of demand for dollars on the
black market, reinforcing investors’
belief that a devaluation of the
official rate is necessary, according
to Ayodele Salami, chief investment
officer at Duet Asset Management.
The spread between the black-market
and interbank currency rates “has
opened up massively,” Salami, who
oversees about $200 million of
African equities, said by phone from
London. “It’s causing foreign flows
into the Nigerian market to reverse.
That’s why you’re seeing people
reduce their exposure to Nigeria.”
‘Inflationary Spiral’
The naira fell 0.3 percent to 198.90
per dollar at 3:20 p.m. in Lagos, the
commercial capital, having mostly
traded between 198 and 200 since
the start of March. Black market
dealers sold dollars at a rate of 241
on Thursday, Hasan Melo, head of
Roysygma Bureau de Change Ltd.,
said by phone from Lagos. Non-
deliverable forwards indicate the
naira will weaken to 249.75 in 12
months.
The central bank’s moves risk
creating an “inflationary spiral” as
local manufacturers struggle to fill
the void left by imports dropping, JF
Ruhashyankiko, an analyst at
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., said in an
e-mailed note Wednesday.
Average yields on naira-denominated
government debt rose 3 basis points
to 15.3 percent on Wednesday, the
highest since March 30.

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-16/nigeria-stocks-post-seventh-weekly-loss-as-investors-eye-naira

cc naijacutee, puskin , FOD

Radoillo:
This is equally true of the Chinese and other East Asians - another cultural bloc that tends to score very highly on IQ tests. They've had a culture that emphasises scholarship (Confucianism, the Civil Service exams) for centuries.

Very True

most of em are unemployable

dunkem21:
APC propaganda arm @ work.
Paragraph 2 ..Several sources told SR .. Paragraph 3 .. One of our sources .. Paragraph 4 .. One source familiar to Anyaoku .. Paragraph 5 .. Our source ..

Please somebori count the "sources of this junk article"

..Fifth columnists!

Lol

wheesin:
I still dont get it..ncc is becoming a menace, our network providers are punching us and not giving us our moneys worth but nothing is done to them

In the US before you realease a phone in to the market, it must go through the FCC. its left for the FCC to run tests and certify the product is good for the american people.
That is also the job of our NCC in Nigeria.
Innjoo released their phone while certification and approval was still ongoing. What they did was wrong.
Anyways its good to know that NCC is getting stronger.

Seun, Lalasticlala, ishilove....... are y'all seeing all these?

slap1:
At least 25,000 is fair for now.

You mean $100 is fair? Ask Mr emefiele he will tell you what the USD really exchanges for in naira. Forget the lie on the CBN website.

Aderupoko2:
Are they high on Origin bitters or what?

They are not high . emefiele's policies will reduce their purchasing power ,so I think asking for an increase is in order