Rotimi Amaechi Triumph over Nyeson Wike

The former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, who is now the Honorable Minister of Transportation, has Triumphed over his enemy the incumbent Governor of Rivers State, Nyeson Wike.

After series of battles dating back to when Amaechi was still the Governor and Wike was a minister, now the table has turned around and Wike is the Governor while Amaechi is now a Minister. So far, Amaechi seemed to be winning, Since Wike had been sacked by the Election Tribunal, even though we have to wait for the appeal or a rerun of the election.

The battle isn't over yet and it may not end soon unless Wike seizes to be Governor, then in that case it would be "game over" in favour of Amaechi.

Meanwhile Amaechi has to deliver on APC campaign promises and time is running fast. He will have to supervise, organize and control several parastatals and agencies, all of which employ over 20% of nigerian civil servants.

Here are the list of agencies and parastatals under Amaechi:

1. Nigerian Port Authority (NPA)
2. Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,
NIMASA
3 . National Clearing and Forwarding Agency (NCFA)
4. Nigeria Shippers Council (NSC)
5. Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA)
6. Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC)
7 Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT)
Aviation
1. Federal Airport Authority Of Nigerian (FAAN)
2. Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
3. Nigeria Air Space Management Agency(NASMA)
4. Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB)
5. Nigerian College Of Aviation And Technology (NCAT)
6. Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NMA)
Land Transportation
1. Nigeria Railway Corporation
2. All Federal Roads In Nigeria ( Including but not limited to
Construction, Maintenance And Supervision)

Amaechi while speaking to newsmen, earlier today,  promised to complete all ongoing rail projects and extend rail lines to all parts of the country.

How to receive your 5000 naira monthly stipend promised by APC in Nigeria

The Nigerian Government has finally approved the monthly payment of 5000 naira to umemployed Nigerians. This was released in a statement by the new Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, while addressing newsmen after the swearing in ceremony at the presidential villa on Wednesday.

The APC had promised to pay the monthly stipend if they are voted to power during the last presidential election which brought the Government of President Mohammadu Buari.

For the past weeks it has been one of the most popular debates around nigeria, with some groups calling on the Federal Government to redeem her pledge. The debates became intense when some APC senetors rejected the motion to compel the Federal Government to commence the payments.

The following guidelines were released to newsmen for selecting the benefactors of this monthly stipend:
To qualify for the application which will be received from the 23rd of October, 2015 at the local government secretariats of the federation, you will provide answers to the following questions:

1. Do you currently eat three times a day?
2. Do you currently have a roof over your head?
3. Can you currently afford portable water to drink?
4. Are you single or married, and how many children do you have?
5. Are your children currently in school?
6. When was the last time you had a bottle of beer?
7. If you are single male, can you currently afford a girlfriend?
8. Have you made friends with the helpers of all the local restaurants around you?
9. When you go to a restaurant to eat, do you tell them what you want or you declare how much you have and let them choose what you can afford to eat?
10. Do you currently consider stealing as a viable hobby?
11. If given a machine gun, would you consider robbery as an occupation?
12. Do you think bicycle is a good means of transportation?
13. etc

If you can read this you need not apply!
Did i miss something in the list released today? Tell us in the comments

Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally named his
long-awaited ministers, who were sworn in
Today, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Buhari named himself Minister of Petroleum,
while Ibe Kachikwu (Delta State) was named Minister of
State (Petroleum).
See full list of their Portfolios:
1. Chris Ngige – (Anambra) Minister of Labour
& Employment
2. Kayode Fayemi- (Ekiti) Minister of Solid Minerals
3. Rotimi Amaechi – (Rivers) Minister of Transportation
4. Babatunde Fashola -(Lagos) Minister of Power, Works
and Housing
5. Abdulrahman Dambazau- (Kano) Minister of Interior
6. Aisha Alhassan – (Taraba) Minister of Women Affairs
7. Ogbonaya Onu- (Ebonyi) Minister of Science and
Technology
8. Kemi Adeosun – (Ogun) Minister of Finance
9. Abubakar Malami – (Kebbi) Minister of Justice
10. Sen Hadi Sirika – (Katsina) Minister of State, Aviation
11. Barr. Adebayo Shittu – (Oyo) Minister of
Communication
12. Suleiman Adamu – (Jigawa) Minister of Water
Resources
13. Solomon Dalong – (Plateau) Minister for Youth and
Sports
14. Ibe Kachikwu – (Delta) Minister of State, Petroleum
15. Osagie Ehanire – (Edo) Minister of State, Health
16. Audu Ogbeh – (Benue) Minister of Agriculture
17. Udo Udo Udoma – (Akwa Ibom)  Minister of Budget
& National Planning
18. Lai Mohammed – (Kwara) Minister of Information
19. Amina Mohammed – (Gombe) Minister of
Environment
20. Ibrahim Usman Jibril – (Nasarawa)
21. Hajia Khadija Bukar Ibrahim- (Yobe) Minister of
State, Foreign Affairs
22. Cladius Omoleye Daramola (Ondo) Minister of State,
Niger Delta
23. Prof Anthony Onwuka (Imo) Minister of State,
Education
24. Geoffrey Onyema (Enugu) Minister of Foreign Affairs
25. Dan Ali (Zamfara) Minister of Defence
26. Barr James Ocholi (Kogi)  Minister of State, Labour &
Employment
27. Zainab Ahmed (Kaduna) Minister of State Budget and
National Planning
28. Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia) Trade, Investment &
Industry
29. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) Minister of Federal
Capital Territory
30. Mustapha Baba Shehuri (Bornu)
31. Aisha Abubakar (Sokoto) Minister of State, Trade &
Investment
32. Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa) Minister of State,
Agriculture
33. Adamu Adamu (Bauchi) Minister of Education
34. Isaac Adewole (Osun) Minister of Health
35. Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Niger) Minister of State, Solid
Minerals
36. Pastor Usani Uguru (Cross River) Minister of Niger
Delta

Airtel Nigeria Cheapest Plan 1GB for 100 Naira

Airtel Nigeria has launched their cheapest plans ever for the weekend. The plan costs just 100 naira and for that you get 1 GB data to use over the weekend.

How to subscribe to Airtel 100 naira for 1GB weekend plan?

To subscribe to the Airtel 1GB weekend plan:
Just load 100 naira and dial *474*1# and to check your balance dial *140#.

However,  i still prefer my Glo 3gig for 1000 for a month. But if  you need a quick download of a gig over a weekend, then this is your cheapest bet.

BlackBerry Priv, 1st Android BlackBerry Phone

BlackBerry Priv, the first Android phone to be made by BlackBerry is launched today in UK. Its a high end smartphone, comes with BlackBerry keyboard, and BlackBerry security and softwares.

The phone comes with a 5.4 inch curved screen like the one on Samsung S6 edge, stock Android 5.1.1 bundle with BlackBerry softwares and customizations. It also features 18 MP dual-flash camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics, equivalent to Carl Zeiss. The Priv weighs 192g with a Qwerty keyboard and a 3410 mAH battery, quite thin-9.4mm.

BlackBerry CEO, John Chen, had promised four smartphones this 2015, and this is just the first. Blackberry is known for security and the name "Priv" stands for privacy. Blackberry promises to release monthly software updates for its Priv phone over the air (OTA). This will help keep its smartphone free of vulnerabilities before they enter public domain.

BlackBerry had described the Priv,
“PRIV has the authentic BlackBerry keyboard, legendary security, streamlined communications and productivity, combined with the wide world of Google Play store apps. It has been engineered with the world's finest technology, and
packaged in an ultra-thin, ergonomically perfect device with a keyboard hidden by SmartSlide technology.”

Finally, for those who are BlackBerry fans, and are accustomed to the BlackBerry keyboard, BlackBerry hub on Bb10, and other BlackBerry features - most of which have made their way to the Priv, this is a powerful upgrade as the best of BlackBerry is combined with the much desired softwares - which had been BlackBerry's greatest limitation in the past, by providing Google Play Store and GAPS- Google Apps.

Are you a BlackBerry fan? Tell us what you think about this in the comments.

Self-Driving cars the future or not

Following the millions of deaths recorded yearly due to road accidents, almost all car manufacturers are already testing their version of Self-Driving cars. But how well humans adapt to this new technology will depend on the trust they have on computers. How well will these self-driving cars perform alongside traditional cars?

The Tesla Model S and X’s automatic steering doesn’t just excel at eliminating the monotonous, at times frustrating, elements of highway driving, but also performs as a great failsafe, much like an airplane’s autopilot. If a car can be made that drives better than average human, it would make the world a safer place - even if a lot of people don't trust them.

Everyone who uses a computer has seen their computer freeze or crash or witnessed an automatic restart of the computer, and this creates some level of distrust regardless of how useful computer had been to humans. Understandably, no one would want his life risked over a software bug. After all, the self-driving cars would be made by imperfect humans.

The Docklands Light Railway, London’s autonomous railway system made in the 1980s, has only had two accidents in 10 years of use.  However, it runs only in a straight line, and still has an attendant to watch the train, and apply emergency brakes were necessary.

It's hard to completely give up control to a self-driving car, even if these cars are controlled by a "perfect computer". People are accustomed to having someone to talk to will riding. And in the case of an accident, people also want to have someone to blame for it. Trusting a human would not make us distrust the vehicle itself, but in the case of a self-driving car, the whole brand of the accident car may be distrusted.

At the end its going to be a fierce battle. People love to drive; people love being in control; people make mistakes, Computers dont, but they are made by humans. Self-driving cars may just be the future, but there is a lot to be done to get it perfect.

Tell us what you think, would you sleep if you were in a self-driven car?

Super Dog saves new born baby

A story of a Stray Dog who picked a newly born and abandoned baby and was wandering in search of the mother went viral in Social media in Arab.

It happened at a place called Kharbika, Oman. A young man who was riding a bike in the early hours of the morning, saw a Dog carrying something that looks like a dead child in its mouth with some traces of blood. He quickly raised alarm and people gathered to rescue the baby.

They thought the dog must have killed the baby to eat it. And they went closer to challenge the dog only to realize the dog was willing to give the baby away to a human as if it was sent to deliver it.

The child was rushed to the hospital, and was transferred to the emergency room, after series of tests the doctors confirmed the child was unharmed.

The Police in Oman had opened an investigation into the case to unravel the mystery of the baby. They checked all the hospital wards to ensure it wasn't taken away from the hospital, but no baby was found missing.

However, some witnesses in the hospital had revealed to the police about a pregnant girl who refused treatment from the hospital and fled away. And they suspect she may have had the baby and threw her away, and was miraculously found by the Angelic Dog.

Incredible story! What a dog...

USB OTG: Meaning and Uses of USB OTG

What is USB OTG?


USB OTG is a short for USB On The Go and its a new technology that allows smart devices to communicate with one another. So instead of connecting to a computer to transfer files, devices can connect to each other and exchange files; instead of using your modem to browse on computer you can connect the modem directly to your smartphone and browse; instead of connecting to your computer to send documents to your printer, you can connect your smartphone directly to your printer and print your documents and so on.

OTG can do much more than that. Once you enable your device to act as a USB host, it serves as the master and, you can connect several devices to it and control their use just like it where a PC. you can connect to printers, cameras, keyboards, game pads, flash drives, hard disks, mouse etc.


How to use OTG on Smartphone or Tablet?

If you device supports OTG, you will need to buy an OTG cable to be able to use the feature on your device. An OTG cable is readily available in popular online stores and local electronic or smartphone shops. A file manager may be required to use it with a usb flash drive or usb hard disk drive.

Which devices support USB OTG on Android?

The Android OS has supported USB OTG since Android version 3.1. However, most smartphone manufacturers are only recently implementing the technology in their smartphones. Most Android phones with Android version 4.3 and above will likely have support for USB OTG. These supported devices include but not limited to

• Samsung Galaxy S2, S3, S4, Note 1, Note 2, Note 3
• Sony Xperia Z, ZL, Z1 etc
• LG Optimus G, G2
• HTC X, One, One Mini
• Nexus 4, 5
• Techno Phantom Z, Z mini, A+
• Geonee M3, etc

If you are using OTG to do exciting things on your Android. Please let us know in the comments.

19 years old girl text ex-boyfriend and it went viral

A 19 years old teen, has texted her ex-boyfriend with the lyrics from a song by Adele which was quite emotional and it went viral on Twitter.

Mary Caldarella,  A 19 years old girl from Alabama USA, had texted her ex-boyfriend using one of Adele's new single Hit song called "Hello" .

Mary, amused by her ex-boyfriend's response decided to post it on Twitter, captioned, "When the ex falls for Adele lyrics".  It went viral with over 12,000 retweets and 20,000 favorites.

The poor ex didn't know it was all lyrics and was taking it all seriously.

Adele is an artist who mostly speaks on boken hearts and spurned exes

MTN steals from subscribers to pay 1 trillion naira fine

You may recall two weeks ago, the Nigerian  Communications Commission NCC, slammed Telecommunications giant MTN Nigeria a fine of 1.4 trillion Naira. The fine was handed down for keeping over 5.1m unregistered SIMS of its subscribers, even after series of warnings by NCC to disable unregistered lines. NCC has further given MTN a deadline of November 16th to pay up or face the consequences. MTN had since then resorted to doubling call rates and unwarranted deductions from subscribers credit.

MTN had in the past been criticized for creating unhealthy competitions among Telecommunications companies in the country, spamming its subscribers with annoying promotions, providing poor customer support and charging high data rates from call credit even with active data plans among others. Many Nigerians had believed that NCC officials were corrupt to have allowed MTN rule with such level of impunity, until the news of the fine was told.

Since the fine was handed down, MTN call rates had doubled across board, and there are frequent credit deductions from subscribers, supposedly in a bid to raise money to pay their fine, since their plea to reduce the fine had ended on deaf ears. I have personally avoided MTN since i noticed the trend and am sure my readers will agree its a first aid to this situation.

Nigerian Soldiers Rescue 338 from Boko Haram

Nigerian Soldiers rescued 338 kidnapped people held captives in Boko Haram camps at Bulajilin and Manawashe villages inside the notorious Sambisa Forest.
The army killed about 30 Boko Haram members while it recovered arms and ammunitions in the raid. Those rescued were 192 children, 138 women and 8 men.
However there were no indications or knowledge as to whether those rescued were among the hundreds of chibok girls kidnapped by the terrorists.