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Driven by faith, Government hikes electricity tariff

Electricity prices will take a leap, not necessarily of faith, on June 1, 2012 as government is saying we need that to attract investors. Now that is faith which is an evidence of things not seen as I haven’t seen anything this government, and the ones before, have done even when they tell us to [...]

Cement versus Asphalt: The next bout could be in Lagos

The Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (considering their acrimonious relationship, I wonder how they managed to form a group) and Business Day Newspaper are stumping for a conference to promote concrete as an alternative to road paving. In Nigeria, even unborn babies know that our major issues are beyond electricity or lack of it  (babies [...]

Gmail now 10GB

Gmail now offers free 10Gb of space. And 5Gb for documents and then another 5Gb for drive. Microsoft’s Skydrive is 25Gb for old customers and loads of other places to shutter dross. Some days  storage wouldn’t be measured anymore. Trust me, someone is going to try that soon.

Google Drive – Spanner thrown into cloud storage works

Google finally opened up the Google online storage locker today. Or was it the day before yesterday? But then who cares. All I know is that I now have 5GB of space on Google Docs to store as much dross as my heart desires. So what’s dropbox’s gonna do? Over the next few days, I [...]

Getting online on shoestrings

There is no better time to get your business online than now. Nigeria is rapidly embracing the internet for business and if you have read the previous article on why you need get your business online, you would have known about the multitude of inherent benefits. Despite the opportunities, it still makes sense to proceed [...]

Getting your business online

It would be interesting to know how most Nigerian businesses have survived without having websites so far. But then the reasons are not farfetched. Internet penetration in Nigeria used to be very low, so low that years before now the only way you could send an email, even business correspondences with sensitive information, would be [...]

As she flew away, her wings whipped the air gently

She came on a quiet Sunday (May 19, 1946) but left on not such a quiet note. On April 7, 2012  DT Olowe was buried. A perfect example of what we should aspire to be. She flew away serenely, never to be seen again. As her wings whipped the air gently; we the kids were supported [...]

How to send free SMS to MTN, Airtel, Glo and others.

Nothing beats free, at least that is what some wise sage said some time ago. Why he said that I wouldn’t even know. I don’t even know if “a stolen bread tastes better” came before that but I can assure you that is somewhere in the bible (Proverbs 9:17). The gist is that you can [...]

God Took His Angel Away

September 28, 2009 my dad quietly left me behind to be with the Lord. I took comfort in my mum. An angel in flesh. No one ever had a bad word to say about her. Stern and born a head mistress but she had love thoroughly coursing through her veins, dishing help left right and [...]

Lagos Cashless Initiative; Strapped to a Whimpering Rocket

The Cashless Initiative should rocket the economy of Nigeria to greater heights. That was the plan. Picture the Nigerian economy precariously strapped to the back of a badass rocket standing ramrod straight in the sweltering sun. Yes, the sun in Lagos is something else. Then the CBN Governor steps forward gallantly to light the rocket [...]