Author: Fridayposts

Ugodre Obi-Chukwu Nairametrics has received emails from subscribers wanting to know if PayPal is in Nigeria and how to set it up. Some actually have PayPal accounts abroad and will like to send money from Nigeria to their PayPal account abroad. So here it goes. PayPal is the world’s number one online money transfer platform and is used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide to send and receive money. For years, PayPal had basically shut Nigeria out due to our notoriety for Internet-related fraud. As fraud detection techniques improved as well as Nigeria’s notion as the largest economy…

{$inline_image} I’ve spent my whole life in Nigeria, and growing up I saw malaria as a minor and common illness. I had several bouts of malaria as a child, but I never understood how dangerous the disease was. Only a few years ago, when I became a volunteer Youth Peer Educator with YEDI, a Nigerian non-profit organisation that addresses youth health issues, did I learn how regularly people in Africa die from malaria. By the time you finish reading this piece, someone on the continent would have died from this disease! Through my work, I discovered that many young people…

Orange launches the 6th edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize. Four winners will receive 55,000 Euro. Please share the news to help the entrepreneurs you know seize this opportunity. If they use information and communication technologies (ICT) in an innovative fashion to exert a positive influence on society and/or the environment in Africa or the Middle East, they can have a piece in this adventure. If you are this very person and your social entrepreneurship could enjoy a little help, take part to the contest! Encouraging innovation and the use of ICT for development The Orange Social Venture…

Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State on Tuesday honoured the invitation extended to it by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Ibadan over its (the group) petition against Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The human rights group in its petition to President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC alleged that Aregbesola and his aides diverted Federal Allocation meant for the 30 local government areas in the state. It also alleged that most of the projects embarked upon by the governor on behalf of the councils did not exist. Based on the petition,…

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo THE Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Glory Dan, 31, over the murder of her 75-year-old father, Mr. Bassey Udo. The murder was said to have been reported to the police by the village head of Mbiakpan Atan, Chief Linus Okon, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Cordelia Nwawe, said on Tuesday that the crime was initially reported at ‘D’ Division Itam on May 10 and was subsequently transferred to SCID, Uyo on May 16 for investigation. She said the complainant alleged that on May…

Adeoye Oyewole, Consultant Psychiatrist, adeoyewole2000@yahoo.com Mental illness is one of the most stigmatised illnesses in the world, especially in Africa. This attitude has serious social implications for affected persons. Many have been denied marriage and other employment opportunities even when they got better. Educated folks, who know that there is treatment for mental illness like any other condition, often discriminate against such individuals. This belief has encouraged alternative methods of managing mentally challenged patients. Families would rather conceal information and sentence a relative with mental illness to spiritual cleansing instead of seeking orthodox help. The mental health policy articulation…

Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested an artisan, Henry Silas, 28, for allegedly killing a pathologist, Dr. Ivy Umana, of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, at her home in Shelter Afrique, Uyo. It was learnt that Umana was to supervise undergraduate medical students on the day she was murdered. Her colleagues were said to have called her through telephones, but could not get her to speak with them except a senior colleague, Dr. Festus Abasiubong, who received a text message from Umana’s phone requesting that the sum of N20, 000 should be given…

Solaade Ayo-Aderele For the average new mom who desires to breastfeed her newborn, how to make enough breastmilk is the ultimate goal. Despite what many might think is no big deal, a research published in peer-reviewed journal,Paediatric Study, reveals that as many as 92 percent of first-time mothers sometimes encounter challenges that may make it impossiblefor them to breastfeed their babies. Apart from the struggle to ‘teach’ the baby how to correctly latch on to the breast, there are also concerns that a new mom may not be able to generate enough breast milk to feed her baby. A…

Tony Okafor, Awka  A councilllor representing Nsogwu Umunze, Ward 2 in Orumba South Local Government of Area of Anambra State, Chidiebere Onyema, has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his nephew, Nnanyere, over a missing cell phone. The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ali Okechukwu, confirmed the incident to Southern City News in Awka, the state capital on Sunday. Okechukwu said the councilor had been detained at the State Investigation Department Awka. The state police spokesman added that investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause of the incident. The mother of the deceased, Mrs. Gloria Onyema,…

The Group Managing Director, Courteville Business Services Plc, Mr. Bola Akindele, explains the importance of employee engagement to organisations in this interview with IFE ADEDAPO What are the practices by most organisations that prevent workers’ retention? Some industries in particular are all about the value that employees must create for the company rather than what the company can create for the employees. They throw staff out and say, ‘I don’t care how you get it done, just go and do it.’ We have managers and leaders who tell their workers, ‘I don’t care how you achieve your targets, just…