Family shock at $160,000 online dating ripoff
Source: Wellington Dominion
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-16 10:42:13 -0700 | technology-news
Look before you leap in online love, the family of a terminally ill Christchurch woman is advising after she lost more than $160,000 in a dating scam. Liz lost the money between 2007 and 2009 after meeting someone claiming to...
Spinlet Partners with Etisalat Nigeria on Innovative Digital Music App
Source: PR Newswire
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-14 06:11:44 -0700 | technology-news
The Etisalat Spinlet Digital Music App is designed to enable music fans and customers to download and share a broad collection of ethnic and international songs directly to their mobile devices. "The core essence of the Etisalat Spinlet Music App...
Nigeria: Why FG Is Liquidating Nitel - BPE
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-14 01:12:08 -0700 | technology-news
Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki has said...Dikki, who spoke on a variety of privatisation issues, regretted the absence of a regulator at the Nigerian ports since the concession exercise in 2006, contending...
Nigeria: Port Security - FG Gives Agencies 45-Day Ultimatum
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-11 00:31:49 -0700 | technology-news
United States Government gave to Nigeria to improve on the security situation at the nation's seaports, the Presidency, yesterday, adduced reason why Nigeria cannot afford to take the threat lightly, saying that "If the issue is not treated with urgency...
Nigeria: Many Travails of Nigerian Child
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-10 04:32:58 -0700 | technology-news
Going by a report of the United Nations Children Fund, Nigeria is among the 24 countries with a good number of undernourished children in the world...Inadequate nutrition in childhood undermines the ability of individuals to develop their full capabilities.
Nigeria: The Tallest Hotel, Intercontinental Lagos, Opens
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-09 05:13:22 -0700 | technology-news
Expectations are high as the InterContinental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, finally opens this month. At 100 metres high, the 23-storey building is the tallest in West Africa...All rooms offer stunning views of views of either the Lagos Creek or...
Nigeria: Opon Imo - Tablet of Knowledge
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-07 10:57:26 -0700 | technology-news
Opon Imo is a standalone e-learning tablet that provides senior secondary students with the learning materials required to prepare for school-leaving examinations...It also features a dictionary, the Bible, books on the history of the Yoruba and Opon Ifa (divination corpuses)....
Africa: Curbing Hunger and Malnutrition in Africa
Source: All Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-06-05 02:30:43 -0700 | technology-news
Hunger and malnutrition with the accompanying long-term negative effect on the mental and physical development of a child is a scourge that is under reported and underestimated in Africa...The loss of 2 million children yearly to hunger is too significant...
Nigeria: Lowering Pesticide Exposure Risk With Mobile Phones
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 09:52:53 -0700 | technology-news
John Gushit from the University of Jos' department of science in Nigeria nearly lost his eye in an accident with chemicals and then started a project to teach "peasant farmers" how to protect themselves while using pesticides and herbicides. Windhoek...
Commerce just doesn't click in Nigeria
Source: Mail and Guardian
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-31 03:47:14 -0700 | technology-news
Parallel online growth in Nigeria has been stifled by deeply rooted fears about online scams. (Gallo) Our Coverage More Coverage In Nigeria, internet shopping is not all that it might seem. Take Sheffy Bello-Osagie's recent purchase of a hair product....
Africa: "Without Human Rights Education, Policy Remains Theory"
Source: All Africa
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-30 01:35:12 -0700 | technology-news
More than a decade ago, Patrick Young founded "Theatre for a Change", a non-governmental organization that uses participatory theatre techniques to empower women and men to effect change and demand their sexual and reproductive rights. Here, he talks to Amnesty...
Tech Universe: Thursday 30 May
Source: New Zealand Herald
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-29 15:16:04 -0700 | technology-news
If you're the kind of driver who has trouble with routine tasks such as checking the oil, water or washer fluid, and you drive a Ford then you're likely to find the augmented reality app from Inglobe Technologies pretty useful....
Did similar detours bring terrorism to streets of Boston and London?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-23 10:55:34 -0700 | technology-news
The early indications point to both sets of killers being second generation immigrants, who either through their social networks or online media came to militant Al Qaeda-style Islam later in life. The gruesome murder of a British soldier on the...
Netxcell joins hands with Funmobile in Nigeria
Source: NewKerala
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-22 10:06:19 -0700 | technology-news
Through this partnership, Netxcell will implement services for MTN, one of the leading telecom operators in Africa with GSM licenses in 21 countries, across Africa and Middle East leveraging the local know how of Funmobile, said a statement by Netxcell....
When Should A Website Launch As Invite-Only?
Source: Forbes
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-20 13:36:43 -0700 | technology-news
At one, I'm helping to build a new social networking website. Here's a question for fellow entrepreneurs: Should we launch the site as invitation only?...It is a real decision my partner and I need to make soon, and today I...
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