Acting President Goodluck Jonathan in a conversation with Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) during his recent official trip to the United States of America.

America’s Got Talent is a talent-hunt show in the United States of America, seeking to find the very best of raw showbiz talent in that country. It is open to people of all ages, and does not restrict what type of performance the contestants put up. As a result, it has featured singers, dancers, magicians, [...]

The Associated Press reports that the first flight for Pet Airways, the first-ever all-pet airline, took off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale, New York, USA on Tuesday. According to Wikipedia: Claimed to be the first airline designed specifically for pets, the company was founded by Dan Wiesel and Alysa Binder in Delray Beach, Florida, who [...]

From the moment the US government released information that President Obama was visiting Ghana between 10th and 11th July 2009, there have been a lot of grumbling from neighbouring Nigeria. Now that the US President is just a few days away, the grumbling is getting even louder with Senator Jubril Aminu (Chairman of the Foreign [...]

The US Secret Service has released the first photos Wednesday of the new presidential limousine that will transport Barack Obama down Pennsylvania Avenue next Tuesday as part of the 56th Presidential inaugural parade after he is sworn in at the Capitol. BBC News quotes the Secret Service Assistant Director for the Office of Protective Operations [...]

I couldn’t stop the tears of joy streaming down my black face as I watched Senator Barack Obama give his thanksgiving speech this dawn, live on CNN. This historic, smashing victory over the status quo only goes to emphasize a philosophy I always believed in: “Nothing is impossible”. Now I can add this famous one [...]

Making money online with Google Adsense. Will I earn less if I reside in Africa?

The verdict is out: Nigeria is still among the top ten countries from which fraudulent credit card transactions and other forms of cyber-crime originate though USA and UK lead the pack. According to WikiNews: The United Kingdom is listed second in a report on global cyber-crime statistics, behind the United States and ahead of cyber-crime [...]

In the first part of this blog post, I discussed Making Money Online: Getting paid by cheque and explained why you should avoid getting paid by cheque where and when possible. In this blog post, I will be highlighting another means of getting paid online: Paypal. There are several forms of e-currencies. There are digital [...]

Whether you are an affiliate (a member of a multi-level marketing scheme [MLM]), an online forex or hyip investor, or you run an online store or make make money online somewhat, you need to get paid. There are several ways of getting paid but which one you choose will depend on your country of residence, [...]

I regularly glance through the leading Nigerian Internet-based discussion forum Nairaland, to keep an eye on the current trends in Nigeria. Knowing the typical lack of a sense of priority of some Nigerian leaders, I wasn’t very surprised to see the topic: “Lagos Assembly Launches Website For Obama” on the Webmasters section of Nairaland last [...]

Nathan Vardi, writing for Forbes.com, discusses means by which one could move money anonymously. Digital currencies, particularly e-gold, was mentioned as one of the means: cash is king  4. Digital currency. According to the Justice Department, between 1999 and 2005 child pornographers, hackers and identity thieves made use of E-gold, an online payment system in [...]

A press release issued by Graphcard this morning: Tried, True and Visionary UBA Group Plc Embraces VTN Technology to power ecommerce in Nigeria Laurel, MD USA : December 12, 2007 The largest bank in Nigeria  and Africa’s emerging global bank, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and LFR Communications, Inc., a ground breaking e-commerce provider, [...]

This blog post is a direct response to Erik Hersman’s blog post: The problem with e-commerce and online payments in Africa. Erik Hersman, a fellow African blogger, shared his thoughts about the need for an African e-payment system. He starts with a lamentation that is indeed true: A lack of true online payment options is [...]

ValueClick Media, a leading online advertising company has now added Direct Deposit (Automated Clearing House) as a payment option for US and Canadian-based publishers on their advertising network. With this method, publishers who opt for it can receive money earnings straight into their US or Canadian bank account, in US Dollars for months when their [...]