GLO Gains Most Porting Subscribers

National Operator, Globacom, recorded the most gains according to the porting figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for March and April this year. This was contained in the Port-Out Activities of Mobile Network Operators' report made available by the industry regulator on

Teenage Girls Trade Sex for Mobile Phones In Sierra Leone

Teenage girls in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown are selling their bodies to buy mobile phones, putting them at increased risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, says a study by Save the Children. "Mobile phones represent everything that an adolescent associates with being young, hip and fashionable. They are part and parcel of the idea of what they want to become, and to get them they engage in

School Deploys E-Learning Technology In Lagos

A private primary school in Lagos State, Saint Saviour's School, Ebute-Metta, has deployed e-learning technology to provide quality education to the pupils of the school. The need to deploy the technology is in line with its vision to use innovative technology to drive education.Tagged 'LearnPad', the device is an exciting tablet computer built and designed by

Cybercrime On Increase in Kenya

Increased internet penetration and technological advancements in Kenya have been driving innovation and business growth, but the same innovations are also exposing the public to cybersecurity threats, according to a recent

INEC will replicate Ekiti success in Osun, 2015 polls - Jega

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, assured on Tuesday that it would repeat the feat it recorded in last Saturday’s election in Ekiti State in future elections. The Commission’s Chairman, Attahiru Jega, who stated this in Abuja at a meeting with the leaderships of the 26 registered political parties, said the experience in Ekiti election would be improved upon specifically in both the August 17 governorship election in Osun State and the 2015 general

Ekiti cannot afford to be in opposition to FG - Afe Babalola

Legal luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola, has congratulated Mr Ayo Fayose on his election as the next governor of Ekiti State. In a letter to the Ekiti governor-elect, dated June 24, 2014, Chief Babalola said he wrote to “formally congratulate you most heartily and warmly at your resounding victory at the Saturday, June 21, 2014, gubernatorial

We Sell Human Parts To Pastors - Muslim Clerics

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, thereafter directed the SARS Commander, Abba Kyari to arrest the four-man gang identified as: Olakunle Ogunsola, Oyebamiji Olalekan, Rasheed Opeyemi and Akorede Wasiu.

The gang members each confessed to the crime, revealing how much they buy the body parts, what they use the body parts to do

Confusion in Kano Over Sanusi’s Appointment As Emir

Reports emanating from Kano, northern Nigeria indicate that there was confusion in the ancient city early this morning as rumors spread that President Goodluck Jonathan has decided to arrest newly installed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Boko Haram Demands Cows In Exchange For Abducted Women

No fewer than 20 young women from three clustered nomadic settlement were abducted on Thursday, June 5, by suspected Islamist Boko Haram group near Chibok, close to the place where the group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the villages of Bakin Kogi, Garkin Fulani and Rugar Hardo along Damboa road in Chibok local government

Stella Damasus Reportedly Faked Assassination Attempt

You must have read about the assassination attempt on Nollywood actress Stella Damasus’ life in Abuja. As earlier reported, sources close to Stella and Daniel claimed 12 armed gunmen attacked their home in Abuja asking for Stella.