Uber riders with below-average star ratings now risk getting booted from the ride-sharing app, the company announced. “Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability,” Kate Parker, Uber’s head of safety brand and initiatives. The company wouldn’t say what rating will be low enough to get a rider kicked off —
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Indications have emerged that more companies are coming into the mainstream of meter production in the country, just as meter asset providers (MAPs) will roll out meters to 4,606,106 electricity consumers soon. The idea will enable them to maintain a stronghold of the metering sub-sector, as they would be regarded as
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The Nigeria Computer Society has advised the Federal government to fulfil its financial obligation to SystemSpecs for the use of Remita, software used by the Nigerian government to receive payments and monitor its accounts. The President, NCS, Prof Adesola Aderounmu, made this appeal at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday
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The AirDoor blasts out wind to prevent airflow into and out of the store Waitrose will start introducing "invisible doors" at its stores later this year, in an attempt to save money on its energy bills. The so-called AirDoor, developed by sustainable tech company Wirth Research, is designed to prevent warm air
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A total of 223 local and international investors in the oil and gas sector are bidding to lift Nigeria’s natural gas liquids. Bids submitted by the firms were opened on Tuesday during the 2019/2021 Natural Gas Liquids bids opening ceremony at the headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Abuja. The
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Despite the hype about the ubiquity of 4G connections by the telcos in the country, 44 per cent of mobile subscribers in the country are using 3G technology while only four per cent use 4G technology as compared to over 18 per cent 4G penetration in South Africa and 16
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About 50 junior mining firms are now doing formal mining in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Mr Bawa Bwari, has said. Bwari said this in Abuja on Tuesday during the handover to the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Abdulkadir Muazu, as directed by President Muhammadu
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The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the leading financial technology solutions provider, SystemSpecs have thrown their weight behind the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated for Thursday, June 20, at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is proposing a merger with French automaker Renault that would create the world's third-biggest carmaker as manufacturers scramble for scale to tackle an expensive shift to electrification and autonomous driving. The transaction would be structured as a 50-50 ownership through a Dutch holding company, the Italian American automaker
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Three Nigerian students have emerged the top three winners in the Global Final of Huawei ICT Competition, in Dongguan, China. The Nigerian students competed with 49 other teams with a total of 147 students representing 30 countries racing for the global trophy. One of the winners, Adebayo Abdulqudus, a 22-year-old Nigerian said:
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