ABUJA — The Monetary Policy Committee rose from its first meeting in the year, in Abuja, yesterday, with a decision to retain the Monetary Policy Rate, MPR, at the current 13 per cent, the Cash Reserve Ratio, CRR, on Private and Public deposits at 20 per cent and 75 per cent respectively.

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State Sunday received 500 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, from Plateau, Kaduna, Adamawa and Yobe States, promising to employ educated ones among them.

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, yesterday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to alter the wish of Nigerians at the February elections.

I have seen a few patients in Lagos these last few weeks whose MRI scans show something called osteophytes. Someone, usually a fellow physician, has requested this investigation. A few times the report has already been discussed in detail with the patient. But the patient is not satisfied. He/she is concerned ……a tumour? A growth? cancer in the bone? The patient wants more explanation and answers. Osteophytes, otherwise known as “bone spurs” are none of these.

Intelligence agencies and technology companies need to reach a new agreement on data-sharing to prevent attacks like those in Paris earlier this month becoming commonplace, the former head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service said on Tuesday.

In the periods before and immediately after Nigeria’s independence in 1960, doctors and mining engineers were amongst the best remunerated officials in the Nigerian civil service. There were also government establishments like the Lagos Executive Development Board which employed Architects, Town Planners, Engineers, Estate Surveyors, etc. who were better paid than their counterparts in similar positions in the Ministry of Works.

Online money transfer service, WorldRemit and telecoms operator, MTN have signed a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to send remittances instantly to MTN’s Mobile Money customers across the world.

The Federal Government has approved a new funding plan that will ensure that cotton, textile and garment firms access long-term, low interest loans to finance their operations.

Leading semiconductor chip manufacturers, Intel Corporation, recently unveiled the Intel Core M processor, which the company says is the first commercially available 14nanometer (nm) processor.
Filed Applications Engineer, Intel Semi Conductor West Africa Ltd, Mr. Oluwatobi Shada, told Hitech that Intel created the new Intel Core M processor in order to “fill a gap in the market place.” According to him, “before the introduction of the Intel Core M processor, there was not a solution that delivered high performance within a thin, fanless form factor. These new processors provide outstanding performance with greater energy efficiency to enable long battery life in cool, quiet fanless designs.”
Continuing, Shada said: “The 14nm process enables the Intel Core M processor by enabling higher performance at lower power levels through 2nd generation 3D transistors, improved scaling, and a version of the process that is targeted at low power processors. The change to 14nm comes with a decrease in power consumption, and these chips will use 30 percent less power than Haswell processors which already suggest a significant improvement over last year’s Haswell processors.
This processor was purposely built to deliver the optimal blend of mobility and performance; the best in class performance for thin, fanless 2 in 1s- a computer that can function as a flat tablet. Intel Core M processor is built on a new architecture known as Broadwell in line with the “Tick Tock” model adopted by Intel. “Intel 5th Generation Processor is the latest generation of processor that will be powering Notebooks, Tablets and 2in1s,” said Shada, “Broadwell is Intel’s codename for the 14 nanometer nm die shrink of its 4th Generation processor codename Haswell microarchitecture.”
Speaking on the tick-tock model, Shada said: “Intel releases new processor families each year since 2007 while adopting the “Tick Tock” model. Using this model, Intel commits to—and has effectively delivered—continued innovations in manufacturing process technology and processor microarchitecture in alternating “tick” and “tock” cycles. The “tick” processors feature improvedperformance and energy efficiency on a smaller, more refined silicon chip, while the “tock” processors usually improve the value of the increased number of transistors existing from the “tick” release and also add the latest technology updates available.”
The company is currently tracking more than 20 designs based on the Core M processor. Those systems are expected to be on shelves in retail stores starting in October 2015.

Lagos—A Lagos customary court, yesterday, dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Segun Falaye and his wife, Celestina, over his love for alcohol and Indian help.