The MTN Group Is Under Investigation For Illegally Transferring Over $12 Billion Out Of Nigeria

Somehow it seems the MTN Group just can’t catch a break in Nigeria. It’s like a one step forward, two steps back thing. First, it was the brouhaha with the Nigerian Communications Commission, then there’s that N16 billion copyright law suit that was filed by the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON). And now? Now, the Nigerian Senate is investigating the allegation that MTN illegally transferred $12 billion dollars out of Nigeria over a 10-year period.

Senator Dino Melaye made the allegation last Thursday at the Senate and requested permission to investigate further. In his statement, he said, “MTN Nigeria paid a sum of $284.9 million on the 6th of February, 2001, to purchase their licence of operations in this country. Between 2006 and 2016, through four Nigerian Banks and a serving minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, MTN moved over $12 billion out of Nigeria. That is about half of our external reserves. If I get the nod of the Senate I will want to bring a substantive motion on the next legislative day with substantiated facts to buttress this position.”

He closed by saying, “All hands must be on deck to recover every loot in the country. We are in a precarious situation and now is the time to recover every stolen money in the country.” As expected, his request was approved by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

This is the second time there’s been speculation about MTN Nigeria’s books. Sometime last year, Premium Times carried out an investigation regarding this same tax evasion issue and it was revealed MTN evades tax by using transfer pricing to move their profits offshore, and creating artificial operating costs. If the Senate’s investigation proves this allegation to be true, it’ll mean MTN has been evading tax in Nigeria – its biggest market – for about 10 years.

Put on your seat belts, guys. We’re in for another ride.

Twitter on the brink of being sold

Following several reports that Twitter is on the brink of being sold, the company’s stocks increased up to 21 percent on Friday. According to CNBC, potential buyers like Salesforce, Google, Verizon and other top tech companies are interested in the data that is generated by the company’s active users.

So far, this year has been a turbulent one for Twitter with 30 percent drop in stocks. Experts observed that it is due to a decline in user growth and weak ad revenue in the last two years. Most advertisers now prefer Facebook and a great number of people find it difficult to use Twitter.

Some industry analysts observed that Salesforce will be the best fit if it eventually acquires the company. Even though Google or Salesforce is yet to release any official statement up to this moment, Salesforce’s chief digital evangelist, Vala Afshar made known his opinion about Twitter in a tweet.

The company has been struggling to meet up with newer social media sites since Jack Dorsey became the CEO two years ago. In a recent move, social videos were introduced as a result of deals like the National Football League games on Thursday nights which has a slight positive effect to its previous state.

The oncoming general election debates are set to be live-streamed on Twitter. There are speculations that the acquisition deal could be finalized before the year runs to an end

Some specs to look out for when buying an Android smartphone

Just like real life, there are some features that you should take a look at before purchasing any smartphone.
These are the things that will keep your smartphone going and running smoothly without giving you any headache.

So now we take a look at some of the components that a smartphone should have before you consider buying it.




1) a battery of atleast 3,000mah: battery is the most important component of a smartphone, without a healthy and high capacity battery, you may not enjoy your phone the way you suppose to, because you will need to charge it too many times a day, especially if you use it constantly like me.

2) RAM and CPU (random access memory) : the RAM is always a very important factor when buying a new phone, RAM of atleast 2GB is recommended. With this you don't have to worry about hanging or your phone not running smoothly. As for the CPU, you should consider a 1.4ghz quad core processor.

3) OTA Update (over the air update) : this is the wireless delivery of new software or data to mobile phones and tablets. With this function you are sure that you are been updated with latest information, security patches and newest version of your mobile phone operating system. If this function is not present, you may never be able to upgrade to the latest Android version available, thus making your phone outdated.

4) 4G LTE network : 4G LTE is a network that provides speed of up to 10x what 3G network offers, so imagine 10x of 3G, just imagine how fast it will be. although 4G LTE is not currently available in all parts of Nigeria, but you should consider it. Because when it starts being available you will not be left behind.

These are far the most important things to consider, and I hope that after you have finish reading this article, you will gain some knowledge about smartphones and how to choose the Best for yourself.

How to save your Android phone battery using shutapp

Wellcome.

Some Android phones battery are not that strong.
You know that constantly using your phone daily can hurt your battery life.
To make matter worst, too many
App's running in your phone background can drain off your battery in some hours if the battery capacity is not in a good position. And am sure you may be experiencing this with your smartphone. That's why I created this article to make you know about shutapp Android app and how you can use it to save your battery life.
Shutapp is a simple and light Android app that detects apps running in your phone background and will notify you of it. Once you open The app And close the running background apps, they won't launch again unless you launch it manually. That will make your battery health stay good for a long time and also prevent fast drainage of battery power.

To download this app, launch Google Play store, then search for shutapp and then click to download it.
If you have any question, use the comment box below. Thanks

IPhone 7 now available in Nigeria for purchase

This is for those of you that have been anticipating the availability of the Iphone 7 in Nigeria, the good news is that it's available for purchase in the konga.com online store

128GB variant goes for N540,000.

and the 32GB variant goes for N430,000.

According to some tests, it is the fastest phone and is dust and water resistance. If that's the case, I think it's cheap.

Samsung announces 500,000 Note 7 replacements have arrived in the US

Samsung put out a press release today, regarding the status of the Voluntary Recall in the US. Currently, 500,000 Galaxy Note7 units are being sitting in carrier and retail stores across the US. Starting tomorrow, September 21, customers with affected units can start exchanging their Note7s.

The same release also mentions the software update, which will update Note7 smartphones with a notification for affected devices while unaffected devices get a green battery indicator



If you have not yet switched out your Note7, and(or) need more information on how to do so, more retailer and carrier-specific instructions are available at Samsung.com/us/note7recall where you can find out how and where to exchange your recalled Note7.

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whatsapp now supports user mention feature in group chat

This is one of the features we’ve been expecting WhatsApp to add for a very long time is the supports for mention in group chat. “Mention” features allow you to specifically address a contact inside a group to get their attention.


Whether online or offline, the contact will get a notification of the mention. When you're in a group chat, try typing the symbol @ and you'll get a list of all the participants in that chat. You can tap any of them or just type the first letters of anyone's name and it'll narrow down to them.



Select them and the name will show up as hyperlinked (blue) in the text entry box. Once you send the text, the hyperlink will still be there in the sent message.

Anyone can tap the hyperlinked name to get to the specific contact's page details.
This feature is now live in the latest version of  WhatsApp beta v2.16.272

Meanwhile, we are still patiently   waiting for the video calling feature.

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Tecno Mobile finally unvielled the look of phantom 6 and 6+ monster devices on their twitter handle

There was a lot of drama on Tecno twitter handle yesterday and a lot of fans actually thought they’ve been hacked… Tecno Mobile Nigeria had earlier taken to twitter to conduct a poll that had trouble written all over it.
 This is a screenshot of the poll



But its their new way of announcing their incoming Phantom beast with the Hashtag, #BeautyAndTheBeast. This is one of TECNO’s most impressive marketing strategy, and it is quite commendable.



However, they’ve unveiled the beauty and the beast out of the mask, their very own newest monster device in the phantom series which will be launched in Dubai this September 25th, 2016.


Lots of truths are surrounding this device but let us wait until the day of the launching. You can check out some of the rumored spec and Photos here.

I guess you are already prepared to witness the launch and I can only imagine the price of the next Phantom device from the third heavens.

Nice marketing strategy Tecno Mobile Nigeria.

the alpha 1.0 version of vmail.ng has been unvielled

According to a post made by one of the vmail.ng administrator, the vmail.ng alpha version is now live , Vmail is the first Nigerian email  service provider. it is  made known to us that the  alpha 2.0 Will Be the second testing version.
According to source the beta version 1.0 will also be released and will be accessed by some individuals and cooperate bodies for testing purpose.
The team also released some screenshots of the ongoing project.

a better alternative to Google Plus custom URL

Until google allow's us to choose a better URL for our Google Plus page there will always be a problem,
They call it a custom URL but you will never be able to change the default one to your choice, instead you will be asked to enter some characters.

Personally, I've got many problems with them, the most recent one is for this blog you are currently reading. I created this blog using a different name so the Google Plus page also beared the same name. So after re-branding to this current name,  I also changed my page name to the new name.  When it was time to get a custom URL for my page, I noticed that it was still in the old name,  and there is no way I can change it.
You should know that the default URL is always very lengthy and to complicated to even remember or tell someone about, usually something like this, ( https://plus.google.com/116312136656195743385 ) I decided not to change it, rather I searched for an alternative. I found out that using a URL shortner service like,  goo.gl bit.ly and so on will be even better and easier to tell your fans and other people about it.
I just registered an account with http://goo.gl , copied my page URL and shortened it, after that,  I renamed it to something like http://goo.gl/geeknify so if somebody visit the link, It will redirect to my page. as you can see it's still better and also easier to remember. Atleast for a while.

I think I've made a little sense with my tutorial. If you find yourself where I was,  you should consider the tutorial and wait to see if google will change their mind.
If you have a WordPress blog, you can even get a redirect to your page with your custom domain. E.G http://geeknify.com/googlepage So if someone click it, it will redirect to your Google Plus page.

If you have any Question, you are free to ask. We will give you a reply as soon as possible.

What you should know about the upcoming tecno phantom 6 and 6+ monster devices

It has been rumoured that tecno is currently working on its next flagship devices,  and according to the little specs the reached us, this device is going to be a rugged phone, if you recently purchased camon c9, you may be tempted to let go so early.



Below are some hints and what you should expect from the upcoming tecno phantom devices

• Phantom 6+ will have dual rotating auto-focus camera at the back with an iris scanner while phantom 6 will have just one 21MP unit at the back. However, both will have front and back cameras.

• Both phones, according to insiders, will boast of a battery capacity of 4000mAh inside a slim body measuring between 6-7mm,


• The Phantom 6 Plus will also have a fingerprint sensor at the back which will not be available on the standard Phantom 6

• Both devices will come with X20 Deca-core processor, a 4GB RAM, supported by an internal micro SD card storage with capacity of 16 GB expandable to 128GB

• Both Phantom phones will come with a USB Type-C port, a premium look with curves on the edges, metal frame, and will be lighter and slimmer than the Phantom 5.

• The Phantom 6 and 6 plus are projected to dress in stylish black, gold and grey finishing, and a “5.95” screen, lager than earlier version of the phantom.

• Tecno Phantom 6+ will have five layered metal reinforcement body to enhance durability.



Each of the different layers adds unique elements to the sturdy appearance of the device.
From bottom up, the body is made up of a Nano molding seamless metal unibody, a firm fastener, a non-detachable battery design, an aluminum magnesium alloy frame and a corning gorilla glass v3.0 on the top.

please note that this information may not be 100% correct, but we Shall see it when it gets released.

How to Find a Stolen or Missing Phone With Android Device Manager

It is important for every android user to activate this option on their device should in case the unexpected happen. Losing your smartphone can be painful but you have lots of options on how to recover it.

 

Android Device Manager is a Google’s official and easy-to-use tool to track your Android phone or tablet. The best thing about it is that you don’t need to install an app to be able to track your devices. The only requirement is that your device must be connected to your Google account; location access must be turned on and connected to the internet.



With Ansriod Device Mananger, you can do these;
>>Make the smartphone to ring for Maximum 5 minutes none stop

>>Lock the phone completely or

>>Wipe all the data and information's stored on the phone

Requirements
>>Turn on location access on your device
>>Make sure you are connected to a google account
>>Have an internet access on the device.

Go to https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Login with your google account and track the location of your phone. Simple and easy.

Airtel 1.5GB for N50 increased to N200

It's barely a week after airtel reduced their 20gb for 200 naira social bundle,  and now another bad news have reached us that the 1.5GB for 50naira has Been kicked to 200 naira,  which is bad,  considering the current economic situation. Tho the 500mb for 25 naira still remains the same.



If you can remember when Etisalat launched their night plan of 2GB for 200 naira and most of us were complaining about it, now airtel have joined them.

It seems the economy have also hit airtel, or what do you think?
Anyway, am not surprised. We have been used to their greedy behavior.

The wait is over! IPhone 7 now official, features stereo speakers and water resistance

Welcome the new iPhone 7, which just became official and there are lot of changes, some subtle, some major ones.

Starting from the design, the iPhone 7 is now water- and dust-resistant. With an IP67 certification, it can last up to 30 minutes under a meter of water.

The iPhone 7 looks almost the same as its predecessor, but with few key changes. The main among them is the new place of the antenna bands. They are now on the top and bottom edges on the back. Subjectively, this makes the iPhone 7 look a bit cleaner.

Let's take a look at the Full specs.

NETWORK
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1660, A1778
  CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1660
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1660, A1778
  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - A1660
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1660, A1778.
•Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
•GPRS Yes
•EDGE Yes

LAUNCH
Announced 2016, September
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, September 16

•BODY
Dimensions: 138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm (5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
  - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

•DISPLAY
Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches (~65.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 750 x 1334 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
 - Wide Gamut display
 - 3D Touch display & home button
 - Display Zoom

•PLATFORM
OS: iOS 10
Chipset: Apple A10 Fusion
CPU: Quad-core
GPU: (six-core graphics)

•MEMORY
Card slot: No
Internal 32/128/256 GB, GB, 2 GB RAM

•CAMERA
Primary 12 MP, f/1.8, phase detection autofocus, OIS, quad-LED (dual tone) flash
Features Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
Secondary 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama

•SOUND
Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No
  - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 3.5 mm to lightning headphone adapter incl.

•COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (Apple Pay only)
Radio No
USB v2.0, reversible connector

•FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser: HTML5 (Safari)
Java: No
  - Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor

•BATTERY
  Non-removable Li-Ion battery
-Talk time Up to 14 h (3G)
-Music play Up to 40 h

MISC
Colors Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold


Pricing

The iPhone 7 starts at $649 for the 32GB base model. It will also come in 128GB and 256GB.


The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are going to be available on September 16, with pre-orders starting on September 9.

And here's the full iPhone line-up that Apple will be selling from now on.


Pricing of the iPhone 7 in the US starts at $649 for the base 32GB model. The 128GB variant costs $749 and the 256GB - $849.

In Europe, the iPhone 7 will retail for €759 for the 32GB variant. You'll have to shell out €869 for the 128GB model and €979 for the 256GB one.

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LG V20 unveiled, 4GB ram, 64GB internal memory, 16MP camera

Today LG unveiled the highly anticipated LG V20, a successor to the rugged and powerful V10 phablet. The new V20 focuses on keeping what made the V10 so cool - the secondary display, toughness, great audio specs and impressive camera capabilities, but continues to improve the looks, the chipset, the camera experience, and the battery life.

So we can now take a look at the  specifications

NETWORK
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

LAUNCH
Announced 2016, September
Status : Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, September

BODY
Dimensions 159.7 x 78.1 x 7.6 mm (6.29 x 3.07 x 0.30 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
  - MIL-STD-810G certified

DISPLAY
Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches (~72.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~513 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection To be confirmed
  - Secondary display, 160 x 1040 pixels, 2.1 inches
- LG UX 5.0

PLATFORM
OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
CPU;  Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo)
GPU;  Adreno 530

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA
Primary Dual 16 MP, f/1.8 & 8 MP, f/2.4, laser & phase detection autofocus, OIS, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec.
Secondary 5 MP, f/1.9

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker; Yes
3.5mm jack; Yes
  - 32-bit/192kHz audio
- B&O Play certified
- 24-bit/48kHz audio recording
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth; v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX

GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC; Yes
Infrared port; Yes
Radio To be confirmed
USB Type; C 1.0 reversible connector

FEATURES
Sensors;
Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
  - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+/WMA player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor

BATTERY
  Removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery

MISC
Colors Titan, Silver, Pink

Meizu M3 Max made official with 6-inch hd display, 4,100mAh battery

With new smartphones being launched every week or less meizu doesn't want to be left behind, and they have now  announce a new smartphone dubbed M3 Max, the New meizu M3 max is powered by a MediaTek Helio P10 chipset with octa-core 1.8GHz CPU and Mali T860 GPU, and sports a 6-inch full HD display.

It comes with 3GB RAM and 64GB of expandable internal memory, with a reasonable battery of 4,100mAh in place, with support for fast charging. It comes with  a 13MP back shooter and a 5MP front shooter. There's also a home button-embedded fingerprint sensor.



The smartphone measures about  163.4 x 81.6 x 7.94mm and has a weight of 189g, the M3 Max runs  Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based Flyme OS 5.2, and have support for hybrid dual SIM and 4G VoLTE.

Color combination  include Champagne Gold, Silver, Gray, and Rose Gold. The phone has been made official in China, where it entails a price tag of RMB 1,699. While reservations have already begun, the M3 Max will be available for purchase in the country starting September 15.

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Xiaomi redmi note 4 unboxing with cool pictures

This is a sure cool phone from xiaomi. Now you can understand why we say that some smartphones are really smarter than others.

 Landing with the latest MediaTek Helio X20 Chipset. Under the hood, you’ll find2/3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of expandable storage. The 5.5-inch, 1080 x 1920 display is on par with that of its predecessor, with 4100mAh battery, you don't really have to worry about light.

some photos below.

The Redmi Note 4 comes in two models : 2GB + 16GB and 3GB + 64GB. It has a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front facing camera forselfies. Its Helio X20 SoC is clocked at 2.1 GHz and it uses a hybrid SIM slot.
It is currently on Pre-order on everbuying for $188.88