Glo offers subscribers 3-in-1 recharge option

Glo has unveiled a unique 3-in-1 Recharge Option to make the process of loading regular airtime credit, international calling packs and data bundles more convenient for its subscribers.

The 3-in-1 recharge option gives its customers the convenience of topping up their airtime credit for various services directly without going through the process of first topping up their prepaid accounts before‎ allocating the airtime for data bundles or international calls.

Launching the 3-in-1 recharge option at the Mike Adenuga Towers in Lagos, Head of Operations, Bisi Koleoso, said the company decided to simplify the airtime recharge process in order to provide customers with more convenient options in line with its avowed commitment to put subscribers first in everything.

Head of Operations, Bisi Koleoso, delivering his welcome remarks at the launch of the convenient 3-in-1 Recharge Option for Globacom subscribers in Lagos. With him, from L-R, Globacom Official, Ronke Ali Oke, Coordinator Gloworld, Mr. Dimeji Amao, and Globacom Official, Omolade Odunola.

“Under the new arrangement, customers who want to directly top up and add to their main balance should dial *123*PIN#, while those interested in directly buying a data bundle without cramming codes should dial *223*PIN#. Similarly, subscribers wishing to load International Direct Dialing (IDD) packs should dial *323*PIN#,” Koleoso added.

He said the introduction of the new 3-in-1 recharge option was particularly timely for subscribers who make international calls because Glo recently crashed the cost of making calls to key destinations such as United States, Canada, India, China and UK to as low as 10k per second‎.

Koleoso also disclosed that customers who use the *223*PIN# option to load a data bundle will get an extra 385MB of data when they load a N1000 credit instead of the 350 MB of free data they would have received if they had used the conventional recharge option to load the same N1000 recharge credit.

He noted that the launch of the 3-in-1-recharge option was in sync with Globacom’s relentless desire to make recharge very convenient and accessible to all and sundry on the different call platforms of the company’s network.

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Glo launches Jolof, offers N25, N50 recharge options

Glo Jolof, a product that offers subscribers the lowest recharge option in the country at N25 with three minutes of call time and three sms, has been launched by Globacom to lower the bar for Nigerian telecommunication subscribers to make calls at pocket friendly rates.

Two of the three minutes are for calls within the Globacom network while the third is available for the subscriber to call any other network. All the three sms are on net.

Also introduced under the Glo Jolof package is the N50 recharge string, which gives the subscriber 6 minutes of call time and 6 SMS, thus giving telecommunication subscribers more value for money. Out of the six minutes of call time, four are for calls within the network while two are for calls to other networks. The six short messaging services (sms) are for on net utilization. The tantalizing benefit is valid until midnight of the same day of recharge.

Announcing the product in a statement on Sunday, Globacom’s Head, Business Support, Mr. Yomi Ogunbamowo explained that the proudly Nigerian company designed “Glo Jolof” in fulfillment of its brand promise to continue to give subscribers a delightful experience on the Globacom network at pocket-friendly rates.

He said, “it is very easy to benefit from this offer. Subscribers willing to utilise the N25 or N50 recharge strings should dial *0805*25# or *0805*50# respectively and the value of N25 or N50 as appropriate will be deducted from the account balance of the subscriber. The subscriber can then use the N25 or N50 respectively to enjoy the special bundle of three minutes and six minutes for calls as well as three sms and six sms.

Ogunbamowo said ‎as long as subscribers have sufficient balance of N25 or N50, they can dial the recharge string and enjoy the benefits, adding that the value a subscriber would get from the N25 and N50 recharge strings is almost double the value the subscriber would have gotten if he or she made the calls or send sms from his or her main account credit balance.

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Don’t eat bush meat, Sultan warns Muslims

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, on Tuesday warned the Muslim ummah (community) against the consumption of monkeys and bush meat to avoid contracting the dreaded Ebola virus.

Abubakar noted that since it was first confirmed medically that the disease was discovered in monkeys and fruit bats, it would be reasonable for Muslims to avoid such, including other bush meat.

A statement on behalf of the Sultan by the JNI’s Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar in Kaduna on Tuesday said, “As confirmed by medical experts, the disease was first discovered in monkeys and contacted by those who eat monkeys and other sources of bush meat. Alas, in Islam eating of monkeys had already been discouraged (Makruh), according to many scholars of Islamic jurisprudence. Thus, we should continue to uphold this verdict as it also serves as a preventative measure.”

He also urged Muslims to abide by all health tips for the prevention of the disease seriously, noting that the culture of personal hygiene as well as proper sanitation must always be emphasised

According to him, Islam is a religion of cleanliness, adding that as reported in a sound Hadith, “Cleanliness is half of faith.”

Therefore, the Sultan called on Imams and Ulama to continue sensitising their respective followers on the dangers of the disease and the preventive measures they are supposed to imbibe.

He added: “Nigeria has now joined the league of West African nations with the deadly Ebola outbreak. Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia were reported as taking the lead. The Nigeria Ebola case was first reported with the arrival of a Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer with the disease in Lagos and subsequently died at a Lagos hospital”

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Cure for Ebola at last?

For Ebola, an illness of exceptional contagion which first outbreak of the virus was in 1976, its origin traced to Congo and Sudan, cure for the dreaded disease seems to have been found in the United States (US).

Two American citizens in Liberia struck by the ailment while on medical missionary work, Nancy Writebol and Dr. Ken Brantly flown to the US to get treatment have improved tremendously, after being given the experimental drug.

The two Ebola victims, who had travelled 6,000 miles from West Africa in special aircraft, were admitted at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, are now getting much better. They were unable to walk on arrival, but are now doing so.

The report named the serum as ZMapp – an experimental drug, even not yet approved for clinical trials, although already used on small number of monkeys. It was grown in green house with genetically modified tobacco. So far, the drug is working well on the Ebola patients.

Manufactured by a US pharmaceutical company, ZMapp was supposed to hit the market in 2015, but is being tried because of the current deadly epidemic caused by the virus now ravaging Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea with nearly 900 people killed by the disease which has made inroad into Nigeria. With one person dead and eight people confirmed positive to Ebola, Africa’s most populous country could be fatally threatened.

The two Americans have reportedly got up on their own after the drug was administered on them, seen as a big surprise. They are already recovering.

Patients afflicted by Ebola are usually quarantined, going into isolation in the four West African countries where the disease is ravaging, well protected and temperatures taken twice a day.

The (US) plans to send 50 health experts to West Africa and help the health authorities in combating the scourge. Ebola is virtually out of control in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea as dozens of doctors and nurses have died in efforts to give medicare to victims.

Unlike Africa with poor ineffective and obsolete medical facilities, the US has top class infrastructure and medical personnel to take quick care of Ebola victims. Among these are the Centre for Disease Control, CDC, the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, IAID, and several others who are up to the challenge.

The experimental serum has brought some ray of hope to the global community including Nigeria.

The World Health Organisation has contributed $100 million to fighting Ebola and so too the World Bank, concerned about the spread and devastating effect of the scourge.

In a radio interview, Professor Oluyemi Akinloye, head of Clinical Chemistry, Medical Laboratory, University of Lagos, said only little has been done in Nigeria towards research for Ebola cure.

No magic in scientific Ebola cure. It’s a big challenge for Africa. No magic in scientific research, as there are protocols to be followed. Asked about the Ebola experimental drug, he seemed not aware of this development, but agreed that some vaccines have been produced in Nigeria and currently tested on mice which is quite good.

“The Ebola epidemic can be opportunity to test these vaccines and speed up trials in Africa. We are dealing with humans. Emphasis should be on precaution to control the spread. All scientists in Nigeria are coming together,” he stated.

Akinloye assured that physicians are talking, not doing so bad in fighting the epidemic. On Professor Maurice Iwu’s claim that bitter kola could be a remedy, he noted that this was still in experimental stage.

“Traditional medicine has its protocol and a lot still has to be done.” Other contributors to the radio programme lamented that it was shameful that since 1976, there has been no vaccine for Ebola. One of them asked what the Federal Government has been doing since the outbreak in Liberia, Sierra Leone, etc.

Chief Research Director, Research Institute of Traditional Medicine, Dr. Idowu, disclosed that research had been conducted on the virus. “We’ve gone to roots. In Yoruba, Ebola is called Ajakale-Arun, which is medicinal plant,” he stated. On whether bitter kola can cure Ebola, he said it had not been tried yet.

Source: vanguard news

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#EbolaVirus : Bankers Now Wear Gloves To Serve Customers | See Photo

This is Union Bank’s Yaba branch in Lagos and that is the Chief Executive/Group Managing Director, Mr. Emeka Emuwa serving customers yesterday. #FearOfEbola

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Facebook Launches Free Internet Browsing for Africans

Facebook has just revealed its first mobile app that will help Africans

get online free via its initiative internet.org which was launched last year to help developing countries have access to cheap internet.

The initiative is first releasing its first app in Zambia, the app is currently android base, it gives free access to cool internet base web services totally free.

The app will allow users have access to online web services like:

• Wikipedia • Google search
• Facebook
• AccuWeather
• Go Zambia Jobs
• Kokoliko
• MAMA (Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action)
• Messenger
• WRAPP (Women’s Rights App) and
• Zambia uReport
Facebook’s boss said in his post that “Right now, only 15% of people in Zambia have access to the internet.

Soon, everyone will be able to use the internet for free to find jobs, get help with reproductive health and other aspects of health, and use tools like Facebook to stay connected with the people they love.”

But currently the free internet access will be for only Airtel Africa customers in Zambia.

Nigerians will be waiting patiently for this awesome service.

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BBM on Lumia Smartphones

For so long, many have waited for BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on the Lumia smartphone collection.... and, it is finally here! So, Lumians get to the Windows Store on your phone to download the BBM Beta app for free.

Microsoft Mobile made the announcement on Friday, 1st August, that users could now download the BBM app on their smartphones. But hold on... the app is only available for Lumia smartphone running on Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. Continue...

To download the app is quite easy; go to the Windows Store on these Lumia smartphones, search for ‘Blackberry Messenger’ or ‘BBM Beta’ app, click on install to download.

The app has also been tailored for Microsoft's Live Tile user interface, and users will find three sections in BBM - Chats, Contacts and Feeds - which can be accessed by swiping through the app.

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