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It is 20 years. Yes, that's how old Google has been in service as a social and economic tool for the world.  The Country Director, Google Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor informed the public in a statement in Lagos. She adds that apart from Google Search being a way of finding information, it had proven invaluable in helping people find jobs, start businesses, and even save money. “This month marks a major milestone for the world’s most popular search engine, as Google Search turns 20. “Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with the aim of organising the world’s information to make it universally accessible and useful, the Search Index now contains hundreds of billions of web pages and is well over 100 000 000 gigabytes in size. “It is by some distance, the world’s number one search engine. This is in no small part, thanks to its efforts to ensure that users can instantly access information that is contextually relevant to them and their surroundings. “From ...

The Nigerian Presidency has denied any rift between President Muhammadu Buhari and Lawmakers and also also adds that the Executives are not seeking any confrontation with the parliament despite his refusal to sign the amended Electoral Act Bill nor  is he against the use of card readers in the forthcoming elections. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, who stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said the president’s decision to decline assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018, had nothing to do with the use of card readers. Shehu, therefore, dismissed the allegations of opposition politicians, as well as some newspaper editorial opinions creating the impression that the President was against e-voting and the use of card readers in the 2019 elections. The presidential aide expressed the readiness of Buhari to sign the Electoral Act after effecting all the necessary corrections, adding that he (President Buha...

Internet access in Nigeria could improve very soon with some recent developments. One of which is the proactive step mentioned by the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS). They affirmed that the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)’s licensing of more infrastructure companies (InfraCos) is aimed towards achieving the 30 per cent broadband penetration target. The National President of NATCOMS,  Adeola Ogunbanjo, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. NAN reports that Nigeria developed a five-year strategy (2013-2018) in 2013, through the Presidential Committee on Broadband. The aim is to drive internet and broadband penetration in the country and to scale up NCC’s broadband growth by 30 per cent in 2018. According to him, we have only four months to go, and actually, the target cannot be met and that is what is worrying the NCC, which is leading to the licensing of more InfraCos. ...

Another means of engaging Nigerian youths could be around the corner. This opportunity is coming from the Certified Computer Manufacturers of Nigeria (CCMON). The President of CCMON, Bode Pedro made the statement in Abuja that, “We need to create job opportunities for youths in the country”. Pedro said the CCMON has a number of pinpoints apart from the business of sales of computers to create opportunities for youths. “We do this by providing youths an opportunity to learn device-related services; fixing, repairs, maintaining computers, printers and other forms of computer devices. “With the introduction of local content, more jobs are created because local manufacturers add value to the system,’’ he said. Pedro also said that local manufacturers have assemblers and product helpers. “We have few people that are involved in quality control and quite a number of people work with them. “There is also an eco-system within the computer manufacturing industry; pack...

Professor Oladele Osibanjo, says that the ultimate solution to curbing plastic waste is for firms generating them to switch from non-biodegradable polymers to biodegradable polymers. Biodegradable polymers are designed to degrade upon disposal by the action of living organisms. Extraordinary progress has been made in the development of practical processes and products from polymers such as starch, cellulose and lactic acid.  Osibanjo, a retired Professor of Chemistry, said this in an interview with on Wednesday in Lagos. He noted that food and beverages companies as well as packaging firms were the greatest culprits generating single-use non-biodegradable polymers. The Professor added that because switching to biodegradable polymers would take time, the firms could, in the interim, put in place a “take-back or collection system” for the waste generated by their products. “Water sachets are the cheapest and handiest non-biodegradable waste. Every minute ...

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong  the former governor of Abia, Orji Kalu on Wednesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. The governors and Kalu met with the president separately behind closed doors at the president’s private residence. Former governor Orji Kalu, who also spoke to journalists after the closed door meeting with the President, called on Nigerians to continue to support the Buhari administration to enable it deliver on all its promises to the citizens. Kanu, who was turbaned as ‘Danbaiwan Hausa’ by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, lauded President Buhari for implementing programmes and policies aimed at transforming the nation’s economy for the good of all citizens. President Buhari met behind closed door with all his family members from within and outside the state at his residence in Daura on Wednesday. 

Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong  the former governor of Abia, Orji Kalu on Wednesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. The governors and Kalu met with the president separately behind closed doors at the president’s private residence. After the meeting, Governor Amosun addressed journalists that he went to Daura to greet the President in the spirit of the Sallah celebration. He said: “It is just part of what we should do during celebration like this – to come and just say `hello’ to our leader. “People are waiting for me back home, they have been with me since day before yesterday, throughout yesterday, early this morning and I had to sneak out to come and just say `hello’ to Mr President.’’ The governor, who described Ogun state as “almost a one party state’’, reassured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will record impressive electoral results in 2019 general elections, in spite of the report...