Latest News: Airtel Launches Another Plan, Smart Connect 2.0 Which Gives You 6times The Value of Your Recharge

Airtel, one of the fastest network in Nigeria has launched another plan which offers you 6times the value of what you recharge… Can I hear you say wow! 

SmartConnect 2.0, is a new offer which offers prepaid customers six times the value of every recharge. It gives you more Airtime to call all network than you can even imagine.

For instance, when you recharge N100, you get N600 airtime value instantly (N100 in your main account, N250 to call all network and N250 or 50MB data)

A recharge of N1000 will give you a whooping amount of N6000 (N1,000 in your main account, N2500 for calls to all network and N2500 or 500MB

   Recharge

N100

N200

N300

N500

N1000

Main Account Credit

N100

N200

N300

N500

N1000

Bonus Credit - Voice

N250

N500

N750

N1250

N2500

Bonus Credit - Data

N250

equivalent to

(50MB)

N500

equivalent to

(100MB)

N750

equivalent to

(150MB)

N1250

equivalent to

(250MB)

N2500

equivalent to

(500MB)

Total Credit

N600

N1200

N1800

N3000

N6000

Who is Qualified for This Plan?

To be qualified for this plan, you need to get a new Airtel SIM, register it and recharge with *126*pin# and *123# to check your balance.

What is The Validity of The Airtime?

The bonus Airtime or data is valid for only 7days while your main account balance has no validity.

Note that to rollover any bonus, recharge your line within the period of the validity and it will be extended.

Tariff Plan

Calls from Main Account and Bonus will be charged at 50k/sec.

If you remember quite alright, Glo launched something like this the weeks ago called Jollif8. Therefore, if you make more of calls, then you can consider getting yourself another Airtel sim and enjoy this offer.

Latest News: Ex-NNPC Boss Allegedly Runs Away From Nigeria As EFCC Hunts Him Over $1.6bn Diezani’s Deals

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has allegedly run out as EFCC intensifies its fight on corruption.

The former DG of NNPC who was linked to an alleged $1.6 billion money laundering and oil deals involving former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke is nowhere to be found in Nigeria.

According to The Nation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently looking for him for interrogation over the matter.

The man is believed to have sneaked out of the country since he could not be located in all his Nigerian addresses.

Also, 50 workers of the corporation are undergoing internal probe for an alleged N15billion retail outlets fraud.

NNPC management has sought legal advice on whether to hand them over to the EFCC.

The Nation reports that the EFCC has sought NNPC’s help in locating the former GMD for interaction on some aspects of the ongoing probe of Mrs Alison-Madueke.

But, in its response to EFCC’s letter, NNPC said it could not locate its former helmsman.

It was learnt that the former GMD might have gone abroad to rest.

A top source, who spoke in confidence, said: “The former GMD is needed to assist the EFCC in respect of some transactions relating to the tenure of the ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources.

“The NNPC has not been able to locate its former boss who might have gone abroad. His address overseas was yet to be located.

“We are hopeful that the ex-GMD will be honourable enough to make himself available for interaction with our team of investigators.

“Alternatively, we will look for him wherever he is.”

Apart from alleged money laundering of about $1.6billion with some businessmen, the ex-Minister is under probe also for a $115million poll bribery scam and for allegedly owning a property in Abuja worth $18 million.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2015 quizzed Mrs. Alison-Madueke in London for alleged bribery and corruption.

Apart from restricting her movement to London (a Westminster Magistrate’s Court) on Marylebone Road approved the seizure of $41,000 (£27,000) cash from her.

Although she might face trial in the UK, no date has been fixed for her arraignment.

Among the 50 Retail Services Unit officials facing internal investigation are in the unit who have been recalled by NNPC. The others are two hitherto sacked workers and 46 others.

It was learnt that preliminary findings have established that all the 50 workers have a case to answer on the diverted N15billion.

But the management of NNPC is yet to decide on whether to hand them over to the EFCC or subject the fraud to internal disciplinary measures.

It was gathered that a Group General Manager (GGM) has recommended that all those involved should be taken to EFCC for a thorough investigation.

As at press time, the NNPC management was seeking legal advice on how to resolve the case.

A reliable source said: “The N15billion fraud was committed in NNPC retail outlets nationwide and about 50 staff have been implicated so far.

“Going by the NNPC Act, we have to exhaust internal mechanism of investigating the N15billion fraud before inviting EFCC or any anti-graft agency.

“Since we have our checks and audit control unit, we must have gone far in our auditing process in order to be able to hand over our findings to EFCC. All those involved are presently going through internal investigative procedures. We have even recalled two former Managing Directors of the Retail Services Unit who have retired.

“We are also seeking legal advice on how to manage the detection of the N15billion fraud.”

Latest NewsHow to Open a Domiciliary (Foreign) Account With GTBank, Zenith Bank & Firstbank in Nigeria

Now that we have more people into online business, the best time to talk about Domiciliary account opening is now. Because in one way or the other, you will always want to transact business that involves foreign currency.

I do receive foreign currency from my clients abroad, but not into my Naira account. If you have been receiving foreign currency into your Naira account, then you are being cheated because bank rate is not the same as black market rate. As at today 02/08/2016, dollar exchange rate from black market is 381 while inter-bank exchange rate is pegged at 320. You see the difference?

What is Domiciliary Account?

Domiciliary account is a bank account in Nigeria that is operated in foreign currency. The account allows you save money in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Euro with your money valued at the prevailing exchange rate. This account is funded through bank deposits, traveller’s cheques, cash inflows and lodgement of foreign currency cheques.

Note that you cannot transfer money from a naira account to a dollar account. But you can easily transfer money from DOM account to another DOM account

So if you are a serious online business entrepreneur, and you don’t have a DOM account, then you should consider opening one for yourself. This is why I don’t too border about PayPal not receiving money because I use my DOM account to receive money from online stores abroad.

How to Open a Domiciliary Account in Nigeria

Many banks offers this services but I’m going to focus mainly on three (3) banks. GTB, Zenith and First bank.

How to Open a Domiciliary Account With GTBank Nigeria

Requirements

1. Identification Card: This simply means, valid Identity card like International passport, drivers lincense, National ID card.

2. 2 clear passport photos recently taken

3. 2 referee:  Two persons that would serve as referee and fill each of the two reference forms that will be issued to you are required. Both referees need to have a current account each preferably with GTbank to facilitate opening of the account.

4. Utility Bill: Photocopy of your Utility bill issued in not more than 3 Months

Once you have the above completely in place,

>>Visit any GTB branch closest to you and walk straight to their customer service department.

>>Request for Dom account opening process and you’ll be guided through on what to do.

Zenith Bank Domiciliary Account Opening

Requirements

1. Account Opening form duly completed & signed.

2. Two (2) specimen signature cards duly completed.

3. Two (2) recent clear passport size photographs with your name and signature written on the reverse side.

4. Residence permit (where applicable).

5. A valid form of I.D. (International Passport, Driver’s License or National I.D.)

6. A copy of a Public Utility Receipt (not older than 3 months)

7. Initial Deposit.

8. Two (02) References.

9. Make sure you have an active account with the bank operating in not less than 6months.

Once you have the above in place, walk in to any Zenith bank and request for Domiciliary account opening. You’ll be guided on what next to do.

First Bank Domiciliary Account Opening

Requirements

1. Minimum opening deposit of of $500, €500 or £300 (you can always withdraw some part of the money leaving a minimum of $100 or £50)

2. Valid means of Identification: e.g International passport, National ID or Drivers lincence.

3. Two (2) independent and satisfactory references (For Checking account only)

4. Two (2) recent passport photographs are required

5. Utility Bill, to verify your address

6. Resident permit (for non Nigerians)

Once you have all the above in place,

>>Visit any Firstbank of Nigeria closest to you

>>Head straight to their customer service desk and request that you want to open a domiciliary account with them.

>>You might be asked if you already have current or saving account with them before. If you don’t, they will open one (current or saving) alongside with the domiciliary account.

>>After that, you will be given a foreign currency account opening form, and specimen signature card to complete and sign.

>>You can decide to take all the forms home , fill them properly and return back with them to submit.

>>After they must have gone through the forms and make necessary corrections, you will be asked to go home.

>>Within 48-72hours, you will receive an SMS indicating that your domiciliary account has been open with your account.

>>Go back to the bank and pay in the minimum deposit to activate the account.

It is as simple as that. Receiving money in dollars, Euro and Pounds is very important if you are a blogger, online entrepreneur, PR or a freelancer. 

Feel free to share your own experience with other banks which are not mentioned here.

Latest News: Nigeria to resume payments to oil militants in Niger Delta

The oi-rich Niger Delta has been badly affected by instability

Nigeria's government is to resume cash payments to militants in the oil-rich Niger Delta, officials have said.

The move is seen as an attempt to curb new attacks which have severely affected oil production in Nigeria.

The government stopped the payments in February, resulting in militants accusing it of breaching an amnesty deal negotiated in 2009.

The military has carried out several air strikes in the region in an attempt to destroy militant bases.

Africa Live: More on this and other stories

Avengers cripple oil sector

The Niger Delta Avengers: Nigeria's newest militants

The amnesty programme's spokesman Piriye Kiyaramo initially said the payments, which include tuition for those studying abroad, had been made on Monday, but militants contacted by the BBC said they had yet to receive the money.

Mr Kiyaramo later told the BBC that a "hiccup" meant to money would be paid by Tuesday night.

"We expect the amnesty to be paid tonight to 30,000 youths involved in the amnesty programme. The Central Bank has released the money," he said.

Under the amnesty deal, each militant is entitled to 65,000 naira ($203; £153) a month and job training.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to power last year, announced plans in this year's budget to reduce funding for the programme by 70% amid allegations of widespread corruption.

There have been many catastrophic oil spills in the Niger Delta over the years

At the same time, a new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), stepped up attacks on oil plants and pipelines, causing a sharp fall in oil production and worsening the financial crisis in Africa's most populous state.

Oil is the Nigerian government's main source of income.

Critics accuse Mr Buhari, a Muslim northerner, of unfairly targeting communities in the southern, mainly Christian oil-producing regions, as part of his anti-corruption drive. He denies the allegation.

Mr Buhari's predecessor Goodluck Jonathan comes from the Niger Delta region.

Militants say they are fighting so local people can benefit more from their region's natural resources.

Oil spills have also resulted in environmental devastation over the years.

Latest news on Transfer window: Premier League clubs spend £475m in first month

N'Golo Kante swapped Leicester for Chelsea in a £30m move

Premier League clubs have spent £475m in the month since the summer transfer window opened on 1 July, according to business analysts Deloitte.

The figure compares with £515m at the same stage in 2015 and an £870m outlay in the whole of the 2015 summer window.

Leroy Sane's £37m move to Manchester City, confirmed on 2 August, is not included in the figures.

Deloitte says gross outlay could rise above £1bn for the first time before the window closes on 31 August.

Manchester United could bump up the spending significantly if their reported £100m move for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba goes through.

The Premier League starts a new £5.1bn three-year television deal this season.

"The prospect of increased revenue from the new broadcast deals next season has encouraged Premier League clubs to invest in this window in order to be as competitive as possible," said Alex Thorpe, senior manager in the sports business group at Deloitte.

"With a month of the window still to go, some significant deals in the pipeline and a number of clubs yet to enter the market, we may see another summer of record Premier League spending, possibly breaking the £1bn barrier for the first time."

Sky are paying £4.2bn and BT £960m for the rights to show live top-flight matches over the next three seasons and, as a result of the deal, each club can expect to receive between £30m and £50m from the Premier League for 2016-17.

The combined total spent by Premier League clubs over the summer and winter transfer windows last season was £1.045bn - up from £965m for 2014-15.

What have been the biggest deals?

Liverpool spent £25m to sign midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum from Championship side Newcastle

BBC Sport estimated that £300m had been spent in the first week of the summer transfer window, with Manchester United bringing in attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund and defender Eric Bailly from Villarreal for a combined £56m.

Manchester City had signed Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan and Celta Vigo winger Nolito for about £33.8m, while Liverpool spent an estimated £34m on Southampton forward Sadio Mane.

Since then, there has been little let-up in spending as Chelsea paid Premier League champions Leicester City £30m for midfielder N'Golo Kante.

Liverpool have also been busy, drafting in midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum from Newcastle for £25m, while the Reds have sold winger Jordon Ibe to Bournemouth for £15m and midfielder Joe Allen to Stoke for £13m.

Tottenham's £11m signing of Victor Wanyama from Southampton was confirmed when the window opened on 1 July and they have also added to their ranks with the £17m arrival of striker Vincent Janssen from AZ Alkmaar.

What are the big deals we're waiting for?

Will Everton defender John Stones be playing in a different shade of blue next season?

France international Pogba's potential return to Old Trafford - the 23-year-old left the Premier League club when his contract expired in 2012 - could break the world transfer record of £85.3m that Real Madrid paid Tottenham for Gareth Bale in September 2013.

Arsenal have had a bid of 35m euros (£29.3m) for France forward Alexandre Lacazette rejected by Lyon and the Gunners will have to increase their bid if they want to sign the 25-year-old.

Chelsea reportedly want to buy back striker Romelu Lukaku, 23, from Everton - expected to cost the Stamford Bridge club £60m-£75m.

Everton could also lose England centre-back John Stones, with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola confirming his interest in the 22-year-old, thought to be valued at £50m by his current club.

Stoke have been heavily linked with a £20m move for West Brom's 22-year-old forward Saido Berahino, while there are plenty of other top-flight clubs chasing new signings.

Leroy Sane: Germany midfielder joins Man City in £37m deal

 

Leroy Sane helped Germany reach the semi-finals at Euro 2016

Germany midfielder Leroy Sane has completed his move to Manchester City for a fee of £37m plus add-ons.

The 20-year-old has signed a five-year contract after leaving Schalke.

City manager Pep Guardiola said: "He is a special talent and an exciting player that I think our supporters will enjoy watching."

Sane, who helped Germany reach the semi-finals at Euro 2016, scored eight goals in 33 Bundesliga appearances last season as Schalke finished fifth.

"He has great technical ability, is comfortable on the ball and there is much to admire about the way he plays football," Guardiola added.

"He is fast, enjoys creating chances for others, works hard for the team and scores goals too. He also has a very positive attitude and will fit in well.

"At 20, he is still developing as a player but he is already a member of the German national side and I think he will be a fantastic asset to our club."

Listen: Sane could have been 'another Usain Bolt'

Sane said one of the reasons for joining City was to work with Guardiola.

"I think he can make me a more complete player," said Sane.

"I think I will need a bit of time to start with because it's another league and there's a different style of play, but I think I can adapt very quickly."

Very interestingDutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for online girlfriend

41-year-old Alexander Pieter Cirk flew to Hunan Province's Changsha Huanghua International Airport from Holland in the hopes of meeting his 26-year-old love interest

You might expect love to hurt, but for one lovesick Dutch man in China it resulted in a hospital trip for exhaustion.

Alexander Pieter Cirk, 41, recently flew from Holland to Hunan province in the hope of meeting his online girlfriend, a Chinese woman known only as Zhang.

But he ended up spending 10 days waiting at Changsha airport, after she failed to show up. And he has won little sympathy in China.

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Ms Zhang later told local media that she "thought it was a joke"

Mr Cirk told Chinese media that he met Ms Zhang, 26, in an app two months ago and romance blossomed.

He decided to fly to visit her, but when he got to Hunan found no-one had come to meet him.

He refused to leave the airport for the next 10 days, and was eventually taken to hospital suffering physical exhaustion, according to reports by Hunan TV.

Ms Zhang contacted the TV channel a day after the report aired to give her side, saying that she had thought it had all been a joke.

"We had advanced our romantic relationship but later he seemed a little callous towards me," Ms Zhang told Hunan TV.

"One day he sent me a photo of air tickets abruptly and I thought it was a joke. He didn't contact me later."

Ms Zhang also added that by the time Mr Cirk arrived at the airport, she was away having plastic surgery in another province and had turned off her phone.

'Doesn't he know that everything in China is fake?'

Mr Cirk was later hospitalised for physical exhaustion

On Chinese social media, the majority of users were keen to point out the apparent absurdity of the man's actions.

The hashtag "Foreign man went to Changsha to meet his online girlfriend" has been trending on micro-blogging site Weibo.

"He must be stupid, why would anyone do this?" asked one user.

"Doesn't he know that everything in China is fake?" said another.

"Perhaps she did go to the airport, saw what he looked like, and promptly turned back around," was a theory proposed by another user.

"A foreigner taking off his shoes at the airport and sleeping on a sofa! How ill-mannered!" says the comment in the middle who tried to make light of the situation

Others, however, had some sympathy.

"Here's a guy taking a relationship seriously, don't play around with his feelings," the netizen said. "If you don't want him anymore, tell him so he can go home."

"What does this say about Chinese integrity?", asked another.

Mr Cirk was scheduled to fly home earlier this week.

Ms Zhang reportedly said she would be keen to meet him after her recovery, saying she was still interested in maintaining their relationship.

Reporting by Yvette Tan

To what lengths have you gone for love? 

Latest MTN Cheapest Data Plan 1GB for #200 and 5GB For #1000 valid for 30days

MTN hasunveiledmore night plans for subscribers on its network. In the new plan, subscribers will no longer pay N2, 500 for 4.5GB night or wait till12 midnight before browsing.


Below are the newly introduced night data plans;


»1GBNight Plan, (9PM – 6AM) CostN200

»2.5GBNight Plan, (9PM – 6AM) CostN500

»5GBNight Plan, (9PM – 6AM) CostN1000

To Subscribe for any of the above night
plans, simply dia l*198# >> Choose 2 and then 8.


Note: Each of the plan is valid for 30 days.

Difficult to Root Your Phone? Root it With Kingroot V9.5

You are not new to Kingroot as its one of the easiest and fastest way to root any android devices in less than 5Min. it has constantly been updated to root the latest model devices. Regardless of the kind of smartphone you are using, it is absolutely root-able with this latest version of Kingroot.

The latest version of Kingroot version 9.5 will root some stubborn Android devices that are compatible with the app. If you’ve been unable to root your smartphone with the previous, I’ll suggest you try this latest version.

Where Can I Download it?
Download it here
PC users, download here

How to use KingRoot?

==>Run and install the downloaded KingRoot v4.9.5 on your device

==> After successful installation, start the application and wait for Kingroot to fully analyze your device, after a few seconds you will see the main window,

==>Click the Big Blue Circle on your device that says Root and wait for a few minutes (make sure you have a good internet connection).

==>Wait for the rooting to complete 100% after which King User app will be installed on your device.

To verify your root privileges, go to Playstore and download root checker>>>Install and run it and you should get a success message after then.

Note: If this version didn't work for you, you can always try out some of the oldest versions as they are still compatible with some phones.

Try it and let us know if it rooted your smartphone.

Best Cheapest Data Plan For All iOS, Android, Blackberry 10 & PC Users For August '16

   

MTN: These guys have been hiding behind the mask of recent and this is absolutely unfair. They recently resurrected wow weekend, an offer which they started and stopped 2013. This offer gives you ridiculous bonus that you’ll think will take you eternity to exhaust, but I bet you within an hour, the bonus will be truncated.

MTN Wow weekend bonus is not actually what you think it is, it zaps, it sucks until it dries up. 17.5GB acclaimed bonus by MTN when you activate 3.5GB for N2000 is not up to 2GB. I don’t know why MTN have to stretch the truth in order to lure her customers into this unavoidable temptations.

However, The best data plan I can recommend that doesn’t zap are the ones that you get from third party re sellers. See their prices below;

1GB for N600
2GB for N1200
3GB for N1800
4GB for N2200
5GB for N2800

Glo: Glo still remain the lord of the ring when it comes to huge data plans that is why they are called the grand master of data. Despite the facts that it is so cheap, not everyone will like to subscribe to paid data plans. Hence, you can rock Glo N0.0 if you have tweakware vpn V3.3  installed on your Android devices.
Apply the settings below:

APN SETTINGS
APN NAME: gloflat
APN: gloflat
Proxy: 127.0.0.1
Port: 8080
Username and password: gloflat
(Or use the default Glo APN settings)

How to Use Glo 0.00 Tweak Via Tweakware VPN
>>Install the latest tweakware that you downloaded earlier
>>Launch the app and use the following settings
>>Go to Settings
>>Bundle Settings
>>Select Bundle Settings, then tap on NG GLO 0.0.
>>Now return to the app homepage and select Free Server (if you don't have premium account)

Finally, hit the connect button

If yours doesn't connect, Activate glo PAYU, sms PAYU to 127 and you will get a reply that you are now using data as Pay As U Go to browse.

What if I don’t want all this stress of tweaking?
You can simply subscribe to glo normal data plans or from a reliable glo data resellers that gives you the below ridiculous cheap data plans

Glo 2GB for N850
6GB for N1600
10GB for N2100
12GB for N2550
18GB for N2900
24GB for N4450
48GB for N6700
60GB for N11,500
90GB for N15,500

Note that it works with Blackberry 10 Smartphones too.


How Can I use Glo Data Bundle on Blackberry 10?
It’s pretty simple, just follow the below steps

>>Go to settings>>Network>>Mobile network>>APN>> edit your apn and set it to gloflat
>>Set the Password and username to gloflat.
>>Save it and exit.

Airtel: Weeks ago, Airtel launches 2GB for N200 and 5GB forN500. This plan only works on Edge but you apply the trick here, you can use it on 3G speed. The issue now is if you’ve subscribed to this plan before, you won’t be able to use Airtel Blackberry Plan on your Android again except you completely opt out.
2GB for N200 is a virus that continually corrupt your sim from using Airtel 3GB for N1,000 data plan.

The only Airtel data plans that doesn’t zap are the weekend plans and third party data re sellers plan.

Etisalat: For now, the cheapest etisalat data plans are the one listed here.

iPhone/ iPad Users
It's advisable you go for the network that is strongest in your location. I guess you can see MTN, Etisalat and Glo cheapest data packages as posted above, any of them will work with your devices. Just make sure you scan your network strength before you choose a package.

Best Data Package for Heavy Downloaders
For heavy downloaders, the best is to have it unlimited. And no network in Nigeria for now gives you unlimited. Unlimited plans have all been scrapped including Airtel unlimited night plan. But you can get 15GB with just N500 for Airtel night plan.

Airtel’s Night Plan: Airtel recently introduced these night plan 1.5GB for N50 and 500MB for N25. The plan replaced the unlimited Night plan.

How Can I Get The Airtel Night Data plan
You must migrate to Airtel SmartTrybe by dialing *312# then reply with 1

1. Kindly Dial *312#
2. Reply with 2 for N500 For 1GB (7 days)
3. Reply with 3 for 500MB for N25 and 1.5GB for N50 (Night Plan 12am - 5am)
4. Reply with 4 for N200 for 200mb + 30Min call (Weekend: Sat and Sun)

Here is the trick on how to get 15GB for N500.
Subscribe for 1.5GB for N50, once you exhaust it, subscribe again until you are satisfied with your download.

This is just simple application of knowledge. Go ahead and rock the best data that is strongest in your location.