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Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google

Black Friday: Outdated online listings may undermine retailers — Google

By Juliet Umeh Nigerian retailers preparing for Black Friday may lose ready-to-buy customers if their Google listings carry outdated opening hours, unanswered phone numbers or old product photographs. Google’s Director for East and West Africa, Olumide Balogun, gave the warning as Nigeria prepare for Black Friday and December festive shopping season. Black Friday falls on […]
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Seven social media trends that can get you ahead of curve

Seven social media trends that can get you ahead of curve

By Agbolade Omowole Looking ahead to the future is not a walk in the park and you can’t feature effectively in a future you don’t picture. The core of this article is to provide you with the top seven social media trends that will get you ahead of the curve. Why social media? The way […]

Harmonization of national biometric database’ll reduce corruption – NCS

Harmonization of national biometric database’ll reduce corruption – NCS

By Emeka Aginam THE Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has thrown its weight behind the recent    directive by President    Muhammadu Buhari on Ministry, Department and Agencies, (MDAs)    to harmonize the collection and usage of biometric data instead of replicating efforts. This directive by President Buhari , according to the NCS President, Prof. Sola  […]

Telecom sector drops in GDP contribution for Q1 2015

Telecom sector drops in GDP contribution for Q1 2015

The contribution of the nation’s telecom sector to the economy took a declining dimension in the first quarter of 2015. This followed its contribution of N1, 344,485.25 million in the first quarter of 2015, in real terms. This figure represents 8.38 per cent contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Production (GDP) in the period under review.

Danbatta talks tough, says NCC to be guided by three cardinal principles

Danbatta talks tough, says NCC to be guided by three cardinal principles

Unless this initial posture is mere icing on the cake, known in the local parlance as initial gra gra, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC’s new Executive Vice Chairman, Prof Umar Danbatta seems unruffled by challenges of the telecom sector. The man is talking tough already. No wonder, he, first of all, ruffled feathers at the commission before ever sitting down – an apparent signal that he is prepared to attack both the problems of the sector and those who would not quickly fall into the same page of action with him.

Now your phone can credit itself

Now your phone can credit itself

SEE what social media has done? Innovations are rife everywhere and every business that is not online is no business. A few years ago, printing of recharge cards was more or less one of the booming businesses. But, not anymore! At least, not at the level it used to be, because today, right in your mobile phone, also lies the airtime you need to load and make calls. The only thing is to know how to access it.