Tag: Laptops
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JAMB moves to address incessant power failure during CBT exams
In a move to ensure the smooth writing of exams without interruption, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has noted that Computer Based Test Centres with desktops will not be accredited for jamb exams going forward. JAMB added that only CBT centers with laptops will be endorsed for JAMB exams as from next year.
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Fraud: Stop indiscriminate arrest of youths carrying laptops, Buhari warns police officers
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force against harassing young people in their bid to arrest ‘yahoo criminals’. Buhari handed down this warning in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers on Monday in Lagos. The theme of the retreat…
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EU donates laptops, smartphones to corpers
The European Union (EU) has announced plan to donate laptops and smartphones to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports only NYSC members who worked during the 2019 general elections in Nigeria will benefit from the EU donation. The laptops and smartphones are equipments the EU used for monitoring the 2019…
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Relief as US officially ends laptop ban on Middle East Carriers
The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing to an end one of the controversial travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration. Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was the last of 10 airports to…
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US lifts Egypt, Morocco airlines laptop ban
Egypt and Morocco’s airlines have said a ban against carry-on laptops on US-bound flights has been lifted, leaving only two Saudi airports under the restrictions put in place in March. Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc said in a statement Wednesday that the ban, imposed amid fears the Islamic State group was developing a bomb concealed in…
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Electronics restriction: US lifts ban on two airlines
The United States has lifted the in-cabin ban on laptops and other large electronic devices on US-bound flights from Dubai and Istanbul, Emirates and Turkish Airlines said on Wednesday. The announcements come three days after restrictions were lifted on Etihad Airways’ hub Abu Dhabi International Airport. The ban was lifted “effective immediately” on Dubai International,…
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PC sales fall for fifth consecutive year: Reports
Sales of Personal Computer (PC), desk and laptop computers, declined consecutively in 2016, extending a slip happening since 2012, according to figures released on Wednesday by two market trackers. Preliminary figures from Gartner indicated that PC shipments last year tallied 269.7 million units in a 6.2 percent decline from the previous year. International Data Corporation…