Rocket Internet Launches Another eCommerce site in Nigeria

Rocket Internet, the startup incubator has launched yet another ecommerce site called kaymu following the success of jumia.com.ng and the launch of other ecommerce sites like sunglasees.com.ng, glamour.com.ng . Kaymu.com.ng is an online auction site where people can create an account and start selling their products, it is purported to be an ebay clone.
The founder and managing director is Lukas zels of formerly the vice president (operations) at lazada in the phillipines and its board of directors include raphael afaedor founder and managing director at jumia and gbolahon fagbure, director operations at rocket internet.

If you would like to start selling or buying on the site you can visit it at http://www.kaymu.com.ng/

Tramp Under The Bridge

I saw this guy sometime ago under the bridge at surulere.
Funny Innit

New Shopping Site Launching Soon

There is going to be a new online shopping site called gidimall.com were you can shop using your blackberry  ipad or pc online and pay with your debit/credit card and have it delivered to you in 24hrs. So you can avoid the hassle of going to your local market, traffic, long queues in the supermarkets and so on and so forth, you can shop right from the comfort of your home, when you are on your bed.

So people visit http://gidimall.com/ and shop with ease.

Just Take a Look At Ajah Market

Take a look at the state of ajah market lagos. Is it not appauling

Gulder Ultimate Search IX Auditions

Yesterday 21/09/12 was the lagos audition for the gulder ultimate search IX (gatekeepers fortune) .Pictures above. There were some funny moments during the first stage of the test were applicants were required to run round the hockey pitch of the national stadium surulere two times. Ladies were required to run round once.

Julius Aghahowa Spotted on the Lekki Expressway

Nigerian footballer Julius Aghahowa was spotted on the lekki expressway on saturday 23rd june 2012 at 6:30 pm , close to the ikota shopping complex when street hawkers paraded his mercedes benz suv. After that he gave them some amount of money which they almost ripped each other apart when it came to dividing it.

Progress on Lekki Ikoyi Bridge

Above are pictures of the progress of the lekki ikoyi bridge

Make all lanes E-Tag lanes on the Lekki Toll Road

All the payment methods i.e (e-tag, swift pass ) should be available on all the lanes at the admiralty Circle Plaza and conservation plaza on the lekki toll road.
People usually make mistakes by driving into the e-tag lanes when they don't have e-tag and will have to reverse back which normally causes delay and lots of confusion.
The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) have to address that issue.

Nigeria to Send Astronauts to space by 2015

Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Ita Okon Bassey,  Thursday, said that Nigeria would by 2015 put its first set of astronauts to space.

Dstv Competitions

To celebrate the launch of TRACE Sports on DStv (Channel 129), 

one DStv subscriber and their partner can win a trip to London 

and tickets to the most awaited sports event of the year! 

TRACE Sports, a new-format channel dedicated to revealing 

intimate behind-the-scenes stories of the world’s favourite 

sporting heroes launched on Tuesday 

17 April 2012 at 16:00 CAT on Dstv. 

The channel will be available to DStv Premium subscribers.

To win, simply follow this link to win

http://bit.ly/JDhUyH

The prize includes:

• Return flights from country of origin to London
• Meet & and greet with TRACE Sports representative at 

London airport

• Shuttle transfers
• One night’s accommodation and complimentary breakfast 

in a 3-star hotel in London

• City tour of London
• 3 meals (2 lunches & 1 dinner)
• Category A Stadium Tickets for the Athletics competition 

on 10 August (AT014).

Arsenal Fc to Play In Nigeria

L-R Boutros Boutros, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Corporate Communication; Arsenal’s Manager , Arsene Wenger and Tom Fox, Arsenal’s Chief Commercial Officer at the Press Conference to announce the team’s 2012 pre-season overseas tour in partnership with Emirates Airline

Arsenal Football are to Play in Nigeria on 5th August. China, Malaysia and Hong-Kong have been chosen alongside with Nigeria to host Arsenal's 2012 pre season overseas tour in partnership with emirates. Arsenal are to play at the National Stadium Abuja were many Fans of Arsenal Fc in Nigeria have a chance of watching the Gunners play on 5th August.

Street Trading in Lagos

The residents of Lagos have been warned by the Lagos state government to desist from patronizing street hawkers/traders (after the death of a street hawker in ikoyi lagos) as you could be prosecuted if you buy anything from street traders under the street trading law.

New Nigerian Police Uniform

The president of Nigeria has approved the test run of the new Nigerian camouflage police uniform pictured above as a way of re-branding the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).The test run of the new camouflage uniform will boost the image of the police offers when on their duty posts.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria Drops in FIFA Ranking

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped in the latest FIFA ranking (15th February 2012) by 11 points from 45 to 56.This is very usual for the Nigerian National Team to drop points, our highest FIFA ranking was 5 in 1994 and since then the Super Eagles haven't even reached the top ten on the world ranking list .
Zambia climbed to 43rd position from 71 after winning the Africa Cup of Nations which is a very huge blow for the Euper Eagles.

Fuel Now N141 Naira Per Litre

The price of PMS ( premium motor spirit) will now cost N141 per litre as from today. 

This measure was taken so as to save the country some money that could be used for development projects which will amount to N1.2 trillion ($7.5 billion) or about 25 percent of the government’s 4.8 trillion ($29.5 billion) spending plan in 2012.
There is no need for anybody to engage in panic buying/hoarding, as adequate supply has been guaranteed. However, some fuel stations in Lagos have stopped selling pms so as to benefit from the post-subsidy price which is now N141 per litre.