Technology news: Announcement of SimbaPay’s increased transfer limit raises the bar for digital transaction providers to the African continent LONDON, United Kingdom, May 3, 2016/ — SimbaPay (http://www.SimbaPay.com) is revolutionizing the remittance space through its official announcement of raising the single transaction limit to a whopping $45,000. This is substantially higher than the previous transaction […]
Author: Ugwu Hilary Ike
Amaechi and the Truth About Sanusi’s Letter to Dr Jonathan
The office of the Minister of Transport said their attention has been drawn to reports in the media that tends to infer and/or suggest that immediate past governor of Rivers State and now Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi surreptitiously and clandestinely ‘leaked’ a letter written by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) […]
The Mass Murder of Unarmed Civilians In Aba; an Attack on Human Rights and Democracy
We the Igbo Ekunie Initiative, IEI, comprised of individuals in Nigeria and the Diaspora; for the umpteenth time unequivocally condemn the heinous, barbaric and shameful massacre once again of peaceful pro-Biafra protesters who were holding prayers in a school premises in Aba by agents of Nigeria’s infamous army and police force. Such cowardly killing of […]
Who is TB Joshua, Nigeria’s Mega Preacher Accused of Criminal Negligence?
Among many Nigerian and other African Christians, TB Joshua is a prophet, a healer and a man of God. On Thursday, however, the Nigerian televangelist is due to appear in a Lagos courtroom, alongside two engineers, charged with criminal negligence that resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. The case relates to a […]
Nyesom Wike’s Unbecoming Threat to Inec, Others
THE 2015 GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF THE APC, RIVERS STATE, DR. DAKUKU ADOL PETERSIDE, ISSUED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE STATE PARTY SECRETARIAT, OLD GRA, PORT HARCOURT ON TUESDAY, 9TH FEBRUARY, 2016. INTRODUCTION You will recall that on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 the Nigerian Supreme Court handed down judgment on the Rivers […]
MTN Nigeria selects Gemalto for first commercial rollout of GSMA Mobile Connect authentication service
Universal SIM-based digital identity solution will improve security and convenience in the online economy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, France, February 10, 2016/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) (www.Gemalto.com), the world leader in digital security, has been selected to provide its LinqUs Mobile ID platform to MTN Nigeria. This new project, operated for MTN in SaaS mode […]
Global Tech Investor, Techstars, Selects its First Company from East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 10, 2016/ — The international investors that have boosted more than 650 technology startups have thrown their weight behind their first East African company, Kenya’s Bamba Group (http://www.BambaGroup.com). US accelerator TechStars believes Kenya’s Bamba Group could be the next AirBnB or Dropbox within the next five years. The experts will put Bamba […]
Gov. Wike pledges to arm-twist security agents to release PDP members involved in murder, other crimes
It has just been brought to the attention of the Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, that the Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike has given the assurance that he would do everything possible to cause the release of PDP members arrested for murder before, during and after the 2015 elections in […]
Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside Never insulted the Odilis – Rivers APC
…Says Obua is suffering from low level of education We read with mixed feeling the press statement issued by the Rivers PDP titled, “Dakuku’s Attack on Odili, Height Of Frustration, Rascality – Rivers PDP Chairman” Though, it is not our intention to exchange words with a group that have proved themselves as insensitive to the […]
Buhari, time we stopped lying to ourselves
President Muhammadu Buhari is not in an enviable position right now. Just a year ago, Nigerians were chanting “FeBuhari” and piling their mountains of soteriological expectations on him. In about six weeks, it would be one year since he won the presidential election and if anything, Nigeria has proved tougher than what body language, or […]