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NCC Set To Regulate Your Use of Social Media

Hello,  it's time to watch your backs (well, that's if you can). See main article after the cut: The Nigerian Communications Commission is considering a framework for the regulation of over-the-top services in the Nigerian telecoms market.Over-the-top services, otherwise known as OTT, are services carried over the networks, delivering value to customers, but without any carrier service provider being involved in planning, selling, provisioning, or servicing them.OTT services are offered through Internet communication.In Nigeria, the most common OTT services are WhatsApp messenger, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, and Skype which are classified under social media applications.In other words, telecom operators such as MTN, Etisalat, Glo, and Airtel lack direct control or influence over WhatsApp messenger, BBM, Facebook or Skype.Internet telephony and live streaming are also part of OTTservices.The growth of OTT services is encouraged by the access to 3G and 4G networks which offer

WORLD MOST CORRUPT NATIONS - Nigeria Has Improved, Has She Not?

Nigeria has been ranked as 136 on the list of world's least corrupt countries in the year 2015.According to Transparency International's corruption perceptions index, Nigeria's rating is a far cry from the top ten in the world as is being speculated in some quarters.Denmark, the rating revealed, tops the perceptions index for the second consecutive year but more countries are improving than worsening even as the United States and United Kingdom reached their highest rankings ever.The list released on Wednesday, January, 2016, showed that Denmark scored 91 points out of a possible 100 while North Korea and Somalia remainedat the bottom with unchanged scores of 8.Nigeria's rating is expected to be on the rise following the recent corruption bedeviling the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal for which Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser (NSA); Olisa Metuh national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), among other top dogs in thecountry are prese

Top 100 Universities In Nigeria, year ending 2015 (Look who's no 1)

The National University Commission (NUC), has named University of Ibadan in Oyo state as the number one tertiary institution in Nigeria. ‎Releasing its annual university rankings for 2015, the body, which is responsible for accreditation of schools, put University of Lagos in second place and rated Covenant University as the best private university. Below is the 2015 Top 100 Universities in Nigeria by NUC: 1. University of Ibadan, UI 2. University of Lagos, Unilag 3. University of Benin, Uniben 4. Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU 5. Ahmadu Bello University, Abu 6. University of Ilorin, Unilorin 7. University of Jos, Unijos 8. University of Port Harcourt, Uniport 9. University of Maiduguri, Unimaid 10. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 11. Lagos State University, Lasu 12. Federal University of Technology, Futo 13. Covenant University, CU 14. University of Nigeria, UNN 15. Federal University of Technology, Futa 16. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Unizik 17. Enugu State University of Science

Google Honours Lucy the Australopithecus

Hey,  Have you checked your computer today? Have you used the internet, or launched a search via www.google.com? Did you notice anything strange?   Moving apes replaced the "oo" isn't it?  Wondered what the new Google logo is about? Then let's find out. The 41st anniversary of the discovery of ' Lucy ' has been celebrated with a   Go ogle Doodle . 'Lucy' is a collection of fossilised bones that once made up the skeleton of a hominid from the Australopithecus afarensis species. She  lived in Ethiopia  3.2 million years ago. First discovered in 1973, the discovery was remarkably 'complete' - 40 per cent of her skeleton was found intact, rather than just a  handful of incomplete and damaged fossils  that usually make up remains of a similar age.‎ ‎As her named suggests, Lucy came from the Australopithecus genus, and was a member of the Hominini tribe, just like us. Lucy was one of the later Australopiths, and is believed to have lived in   what is

Who is a Minister of State?

  ‎Finally, ministers have taken their oaths of office in my country Nigeria. Perhaps there were surprises, perhaps there were not, but a few Nigerians got their speculations right.   Today I watched the President call out names of ministers designate, with their offices one after the other from the 1st to the 36th.  Like in previous successive administration, some he called Ministers, some he called Minister of State or State Ministers. A larger chunk of the populace only have an idea as to who a Minister of State is, but not an exact knowledge.   So...................... Who is a Minister of State? A Minister of State reports to the Cabinet Minister. To be precise, he/she is the junior member who works in close coordination with a Union Minister to help the latter in meeting national goals pertaining to that Ministry. It is incumbent upon a State Minister to deal with issues of the ministry under the aegis of the Union Minister. Who is a Cabinet Minister? A Cabinet