Tech

PASCAL OPARADA Sixty years is a long shot in anyone’s life to make a meaningful impact. You have age, wisdom, hindsight and experience all packed into one. Like a good Nollywood movie plot, all these years seem to have been rolled…

PASCAL OPARADA Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, the social networking platform for the working world with about 650 million users, is known best as a place where people connect online either to build work connections, for recruitment or…

Pascal Oparada A campaign by technology experts in Nigeria is calling for a stop to police harassment of tech workers in the country. The hashtag, #StopRobbingUs, is gaining momentum on social media and is aimed at drawing the…

Pascal Oparada There is no questioning the power and value of social media. It is a venerable powerhouse, supporting nearly every facet of brand development and growth. Research from Sprout Social, a social media-sharing…

PASCAL OPARADA When looking for diapers for your baby, what name readily pops up in your head? Or when you are craving for noodles, which name do you pin it on? In 2005, there was a vicious campaign against Indomie noodles, produced…

PASCAL OPARADA Earlier this year, Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, appointed Seun Fakorede, a 27-year-old, as a commissioner. The appointment generated a lot of controversy on social media. A lot of people thought the governor was…

Google on Thursday called for continuous use of Google map and its features to ease traffic, especially in Lagos. Its Communication Officer in West Africa, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said that traffic was a big challenge, especially in big…

Pascal Oparada The Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Conveners of the Corruption Not In My Country Project is set to launch a new mobile and web application device designed to empower Nigerians to report corruption on October 10, 2019 at the…

Pascal Oparada One of Nigeria’s formost mattress and bedding products manufacturer, Mouka, has notched up an endorsement from the Nigerian Association of Orthopaedic Manual Therapists (NAOMT) ahead of the company’s  60th anniversary.…

Pascal Oparada Pay tv in Nigeria has come of age. Competition is getting fiercer. Nigerians are paying exorbitantly for what subscribers in other countries pay little. In 2010, StarTimes emerged on the scene and promised to disrupt…