Nigeria now ranks as the fifth-largest country in the world and number one in Africa for Opera Mini browser usage, surpassing other technology-savvy ...countries like China, the United States and Brazil, the company has said in a press release.The report, which revealed the top four sites for Nigerian mobile surfers to be Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and the BBC, also shows that Nigerians now engage in more data services with 90 percent of mobile surfing done using Opera Mini.
The company say the flexibility of the mobile browser, adapting to more than 3,000 different mobile-phone models, from basic feature phones to the latest smartphones has also accounted for the surge in the mobile web users, which is responsible for the 73 percent of all mobile web users in Africa.
France wants to assist Nigeria in checking the menace of the Boko Haram sect, among other security challenges facing the nation.
The last bomb and gun attacks launched by the group in Maiduguri, Damaturu and Potiskum left at least 150 people dead and several public buildings in ruins.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Alain Juppe, on a visit to Abuja yesterday said his country was ready to share information, coordinate intelligence with Nigeria and train security agents on checking terrorism in the country.
Juppe, spoke at a joint press conference with his Nigerian counterpart, Mr.Olugbenga Ashiru.
He condemned the Boko Haram attacks and said his visit was primarily to show solidarity with Nigeria on the issue.
Nigeria and China are set to form stronger ties as both countries, on Wednesday, agreed to explore making Nigeria a major manufacturing zone for China's ...
key industrial enterprises, according to reports from the Vanguard.
Mr. Weng Jieming, the director of Chongqing Liangjing New Area, a multifaceted manufacturing industry, said apart from encouraging Chongqing to export their goods to Nigeria, the government also has plans to “support the companies, especially in the motorcycle and automobiles industry, to make direct investments in Nigeria for local production."
Nollywood big boy and fashion mogul, Jim Iyke, was on Thursday, November 10, 2011, arraigned for Criminal Breach of Trust, Criminal Force, Assault, Cheating and Criminal misappropriation before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court.
The Police Prosecutor, Chijoke Okezie, told the court that the popular actor defrauded an unsuspecting lady to the tune of N15 million (Fifteen Million Naira) on the pretense that he would give her...
15 percent equity shares of his entertainment outfit, Untamed Records Ltd. According to court document, the lady, Habiba Abubakar, had written a petition to the Inspector General of Police asking that the matter be investigated. Surprisingly, investigation into the case revealed that the accused, Jim Iyke, indeed 'deceived' Habiba Abubakar.