I developed free online tools for business owners to manage their businesses — Steven Lotanna
A Nigerian programmer, Steven Lotanna, owner of Simpleonlinetools, has explained why he developed free online tools for business owners and how they can use these tools. Stephen said he learnt how to develop these online tools while he was learning programming. “The best part about online tools is that they make it easy for you to manage your business from anywhere. Some of these free online tools for business owners to manage their businesses are; Notepad, a lightweight text editor that can be used for personal or commercial purposes. Also, Numbers To Words Currency Converter; it is a free online tool that helps you convert numbers to words.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 26, 2022 06:03 UTC
NIMC server glitch invalidates linked NINs, leaves subscribers stranded | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Though the quartet of MTN, Globacom, Airtel and 9mobile have respectively sent out links that can assist affected subscribers to get their SIMs linked, there is yet no respite for their subscribers. He said until NIMC confirms and returns the NINs, that is when confirmation is guaranteed and linkage done. “I will appeal to affected subscribers to exercise some patience. Operators usually wait for NIMC to confirm and verify collected NINs after they have sent those received to the NIMC backend. The Commission must first confirm before the affected lines can be unbarred,” he stated.
Source:The Guardian
April 26, 2022 04:49 UTC
Wema denies money laundering, bribery allegations against employee | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Wema Bank Plc has described as malicious allegations of money laundering and bribery against its employee, saying media reports were orchestrated by an aggrieved third party. Wema had been accused of involvement in money laundering to the tune of N1.7 billion. In a statement, the bank said “there is no merit” in the media publication and that the reports targeting its employee and customer are malicious. MIK/B/6/2022 – Commissioner of Police vs. Adewole Isaac & Kingsley Ananwude, for alleged stealing and money laundering involving N1.7 billion was struck out by Magistrate A.O. The bank has already engaged its solicitors to institute appropriate legal action,” the bank said.
Source:The Guardian
April 26, 2022 04:16 UTC
I was never married to late Alaafin, trending Instagram influencer, Inyeneobong cries out
Popular Instagram influencer, Inyeneobong has denied reports doing the round that she is one of the widows of late Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who passed away last Friday. Obong who is a native of Akwa Ibom but lives in Port-Harcourt took to her Instagram page, @richie_demorest, to debunk the rumour, insisting that she was never married to the king. In her words” I wonder when and where people heard that I was married to Alaafin. Please when did I get married to Alaafin? This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state…
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 26, 2022 04:11 UTC
Imo youths begin sensitisation after refinery explosion
Youths in Egbema in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State have begun a sensitisation programme following Friday night’s explosion at an illegal refinery in a forest at Abaezi community which claimed no fewer than 100 lives. According to the youth leader, the sensitization program was going on in all the communities in Egbema. Ogbanje said “We have started a sensitisation program in all the communities in Egbema. “The explosion would have been avoided if the youths had taken to legitimate businesses. We have started a campaign of reconscientisation to lure youths from oil bunkering business and other similar businesses.
Source:Punch
April 26, 2022 03:07 UTC
BREAKING: Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44bn
Twitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a joint statement announcing the takeover. Musk had taken a major stake in the firm earlier this month before lining up last week some $46.5 billion in financing to push forward with the purchase. Twitter board chair Bret Taylor said the body “conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon’s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,” according to the statement.
Source:Punch
April 26, 2022 02:39 UTC
The presidential aspirants Nigeria needs | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
At the last count, there were, between the two major political parties, 23 persons aspiring to be president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in a free and fair election. Moral uprightness, or in one word, rectitude is a sine qua non for a leader to be trusted. He who jumps from one political party founded on a particular set of principles and ideology of governance, to another that may be completely at variance with the former is unreliable, untrustworthy, and unfit for leadership. But this also applies, unreservedly, to political parties and the manifestoes they freely, without compulsion, offer to the electorate. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba is reported to see the many aspirants from his party as an indication of its capability to rescue Nigeria.
Source:The Guardian
April 25, 2022 21:31 UTC
Police in Anambra rescue “kidnapped” herdsmen | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Police in Anambra said on Monday in Awka that seven of the eight herdsmen allegedly kidnapped in the state on Saturday had been found and rescued. Police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a joint police and military patrol team found the herdsmen sitting in the bush on Sunday unhurt. They were found at Ogbene, Ochuche Umuodu in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state, he said. Ikenga added that hundreds of cows said to have been rustled were seen roaming unguided in the same area. Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Southeast, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, had alleged on Saturday that10 herdsmen were kidnapped and 300 cows rustled in Ogbaru in Anambra.
Source:The Guardian
April 25, 2022 17:28 UTC
Imo: Reps member dumps APC for PDP, seeks second term
A former Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly and member representing Nkwerre/ Nwangele/Isu/Njaba Federal Constituency, Ugonna Ozurigbo, has left the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. Immediately he joined PDP, the federal lawmaker announced his intention to seek a second term in office. The statement read in part, “The member representing Nkwerre/Isu/Nwangele/Njaba Federal Constituency, Rt. Ozurigbo Ugonna has finally declared his intention to run for a second term for the prime House of Representatives position with the Peoples Democratic Party. Ozurigbo made it known that his intention to run for a second term was on the basis of the huge development he has ushered into the federal constituency which he noted will even be surpassed in his second term.
Source:Punch
April 25, 2022 11:51 UTC
Lagos traders protest N600m loss to Ponzi scheme
A businesswoman, Chinyere Emeka-Atu, has been accused of defrauding traders and market women of over N600m in Lagos State. People from different parts of the country, who invested in the scheme, were reportedly divided into groups. Animashaun, prayed the court for additional 15 days to file proper charges at the High Court. Meanwhile, the aggrieved traders, who were outside the court with different placards, demanded a refund of their money. In January 2022, Emeka-Atu amended the constitution and said only members with 13 additional persons are entitled to N200,000.
Source:Punch
April 25, 2022 11:24 UTC
Hoteliers convert buildings, seek buyers in Synagogue Church vicinity | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The Guardian investigation showed that most of them have put up their properties for sale as their businesses have dwindled. For instance, the popular Victoria Continental Hotel has been sold while Hymax Grace Hotel and Suites, Glorious Hotel and Suites have retrenched of its over 100 staff. The main customers that lodged there were people from the church with over 100 rooms”“Now I am working as a security personnel with Glorious Hotel and suits. We have more than 200 rooms in this hotel and within the last 10 months, the total lodgers are not up 100. Akeem said: “Victoria Continental Hotel and Suites just sold their building because no customer was coming, De Lodge will soon sell their hotel and Glorious hotel.
Source:The Guardian
April 25, 2022 04:04 UTC
Politics only ‘profession’ where lying is seen as normal, says ex-Anambra gov aspirant
The important point is what we are borrowing for, at what cost and our capacity to repay. It is important to state that the fact that someone is a technocrat does not automatically confer success on him. Unfortunately, many successful technocrats keep away from politics because they believe they are safer in their comfort zones. Charles de Gaulle also said that politics is too important to be left in the hands of politicians. With what I have seen in the political space, I encourage more people who have something to offer to join politics.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2022 22:22 UTC
Police allegedly kill village head, two others at checkpoint in Ondo
Hundred of youths from Kajola community of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo on Sunday went on a rampage following the death of three people including the community leader of the area at a police checkpoint. According to her, the policemen fled the spot while the remains of the victim were taken to the village by the residents. “Other people were saying they mounted a checkpoint and it led directly to their death. “It was not due to the recklessness of the police officers, they took one way and they had an accident. “Of course, it was an oncoming vehicle that they collided with and died, it was not police recklessness there,” she said.
Source:Nigerian Tribune
April 24, 2022 20:23 UTC
2023: No one was forced to agree with consensus decision – Saraki
Saraki stated this at PDP Secretariat in Minna when he met with the state delegates to seek their support for his aspiration of becoming the PDP presidential flagbearer. They did not seek or ask that they should be involved in it, and neither were we forced into doing it. We decided on our own to go seek their involvement for a northern consensus candidate. “For the decision, we appreciate our elder statesmen for their role in the process and their patriotism and desire for the unity of the country. The former Senate President stated that when he becomes the President, there would be more women in his cabinet while youths will be made Ministers of State of various ministries.
Source:Punch
April 24, 2022 20:23 UTC
French election 2022: live results and projection from the second round
Results projection 58 % Emmanuel Macron 42 % Marine Le Pen Source: Ifop-Fiducial projected results at 20.00 CEST Detailed resultsAbout France’s presidential electionThe election on Sunday 24 April is a runoff to decide between the first two candidates from the first round of voting on 10 April. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen topped that earlier poll. For most of the campaign, it seemed that Macron, the incumbent president, would win comfortably in the second round. A key factor will be how much support Macron can garner from those who voted for leftwinger Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round. Mélenchon has enjoined his voters not to give a single vote to Marine Le Pen, but for Macron this support is more ambivalent than he might have hoped.
Source:The Guardian
April 24, 2022 19:08 UTC