Straight Talk with Chukwudi Obi

The dawn of the internet age opened up many more opportunities across the globe. The impact it has had on the country in the last decade is not only resounding but significant. Nigeria is among the top ten countries using mobile devices and internet. According to Professor Cleopas Angaye, DG NITDA and guest speaker at the 2014 edition of Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, Nigeria ranks seventh in the world with 167,371,945 mobile devices in use in the country. It might be even more since it is estimated that one in every three Nigerians uses two mobile phones. The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) in its official publication, The Communicator had said the country’s mobile subscriber database had hit, 167,371,945 with GSM technology contributing 7.76 per cent to the nation’s GDP. The Commission said subscriber’s teledensity rose from 86.62 per cent in September, 2012 to 92.14 per cent in February, 2014. As at February 2014, the commission said the total number of interne...

The deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, has claimed its first victim in Lagos, Nigeria in the early hours of today. Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance in Monrovia, Liberia was confirmed dead by a Liberian embassy official who pleaded anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the issue. According to the official, Mr Sawyerr’s death was confirmed to him by Nigerian embassy officials, who were monitoring the case. Recall that yesterday Sawyerr, 40, Liberia, who arrived Lagos recently, suspected to have the Ebola Virus Disease EVD, was quarantined in an undisclosed private hospital in Obalende, Lagos. Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, told newsmen that the hospital housing the Liberian has been cordoned off and the victim isolated. According to her, “On account of (the victim) working and living in an endemic region for EVD, and the presentation of non-specific constitutional symptoms and signs (fever, malaise, bod...

Microsoft' Gear  Up devices recently launched in Lagos.  L-R Paul Okeugo Senior Business Manager, a senior executive, and Mario Okonya,  Business Manager, Gear, Nokia West and Central Africa  at the launch of Microsoft Gear Up devices in Lagos  More devices on display  L-R Nick Imudia MD, a senior executive and Mario Okonya  Business Manager, Gear, Nokia West and Central Africa @ the launch of Microsoft Gear Up devices in Lagos recently  A cross section of  the devices on display  L-R Paul ,Mario and David Akindele of Ematic Mobil Solutions EMS the official  distributor of the devices at the launch  info@sucoconsulting.com, 08030902410, www.facebook.com/chukwudi obi.33, @sonsnid741,