Access Bank, Microsoft CEOs meet over commitment to improve banking practices

GROUP Managing Director of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, has re-emphasized the Bank’s commitment to improving banking practices in Nigeria and Africa by leveraging massively on technology. He stated this during his strategic meeting with Satya Nadella, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft in Seattle, United states of American, recently. Access Bank as a leading financial …

Tech firm launches app that locates advertising targets on internet

Technology company, Dochase, has developed a computer application software that is capable of locating consumers of certain kind advertisement on the internet and delivers it to them. Dochase is co-founded by two young Nigerian programmers, Chibuike Goodnews and SaintGermaine Onwukeme. “Over the years, we have discovered that 75 percent of media spending, especially on adverts …

Meet Bempu, baby temperature monitoring bracelet

As technology keeps making life easier, mothers can now monitor their babies’ temperature from anywhere through the use of the latest technology device known as Bempu. Bempu is a temperature monitoring wristband for newborn babies that can help stop babies from developing breathing and other problems. The wristband intuitively alerts a parent if the baby’s …

Social network bug exposed private data – Google

 Google announced Monday it is shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as many as 500,000 accounts. The US internet giant said it will “sunset” the Google+ social network for consumers that failed to gain meaningful traction after being launched in 2011 as a …

Buhari would have arrested me if he had found me wanting – Atiku

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would have arrested him if he had found him wanting and that he is the most investigated politician in Nigeria. Atiku made this known in a statement on Monday by his campaign organization in Abuja saying ‘ vindictiveness of President Buhari …

Why Buhari’ll defeat Atiku in 2019 – RBM

LAGOS — A pro Buhari group, Re–elect Buhari Movement, RBM, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the ratification of his candidature by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 Presidential election boasting the President will give the former Vice–President a bloody nose in the coming poll. In a statement by its Convener, Mr. Emmanuel …

Baba Sala: Nigerian govt mourns veteran actor

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed profound sadness over the death of Mr. Moses Olaiya, popularly known as ‘Baba Sala’. He said the death has robbed the country of an “incomparable thespian and a colossus of his time”. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Sam Adeyemi, on Monday, the …

Seven suspected cultists arraigned in Ogun

Seven suspected secret cult members were on Monday arraigned in an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State. The accused are: Olaogun Azeez, 18, Tijani Azeez, 22, Jelili Adeniyi, 20, Sulaiman Owolabi, 24, Murainan Shakiru, 25, Tunde Olanisa, 22, and Abinuwaye Abraham, 25. The prosecutor, Sgt. Abdulkareem Mustapha, said the seven were arraigned on a two-count …

Ex-IGP, Suleiman Abba rains curses on APC leaders after losing Senatorial ticket

Suleiman Abba, the former Inspector General of Police, has rained curses on the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He laid the curses after he was screened out of contesting for the Jigawa Central Senatorial District seat on the party’s platform. Abba, who stormed the national secretariat of the party to register his displeasure …

APC Senator, Marafa speaks on being arrested by DSS

The Senator representing Zamfara Central, Kabir Marafa, has said he was not arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Reports had it that Marafa was arrested by DSS operatives at a hotel in Gusau, the state capital, over the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Zamfara. In a statement by his …