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24 — Vanguard, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
MOBILE MARKET
Smart products available for Easter
celebration across Nigeria online shops
By Juliet Umeh
It is Easter week; a lot of
people are expected to relax at
home in this period of celebration.
There are different kinds of
smart products across Nigeria
Generic five in one
multifunction electric
facial cleansing brush
For as many that wants to look good
this Easter period, this smart
multifunctional electric facial
cleansing is here to help you. Its key
features include smooth skin texture,
exfoliate dead skin cells to reveal
radiant and youthful skin, effectively
cleaning through pores, prevents
whelk and fade the black eye,
restores soft and smooth skin,
reduces and erase fine lines and
blackheads.
•Xtouch AIR- FRYER-
AF2901
LG Mini Audio
Hi-Fi
With its key features,
LG Mini Audio Hi-
Fi, has the capacity to
turn homes into a cinema .
It has 330W, bass blast, Led
lightening speaker,
Bluetooth, dual USB, auto
USB.
Panasonic wireless
intercom cordless
phone
The Panasonic KX-TG1311
cordless phone is trending
presently in the industry of
wireless communication. The
handset is portable and handy and
it connects on one touch dial to
any of the extension numbers
within range and its reception is
crisp clear.
online shops to help you achieve
that.
This week, Vanguard Mobile
Market presents you smart
products to achieve a well
deserved holiday rest.
•Electric facial brush
Xtouch-Air fryer
The XTouch air fryer is a
countertop device that
combines a low-fat fryer and
cooker. It allows one to eat
healthier without giving up on the
taste and texture of your favourite
meals. Its unique rapid-air
technology circulates hot air with
speed and precision for faster
cooking and perfect results with a
tablespoon or less of oil. It cooks
fries with 70 perfect less fat; bake
or grill meats, burgers, wings and
fish with no oil at all.
•LG Mini Audio Hi-Fi
Wireless intercom for home
NCC decry continued fraudulent SIM registrations
The Nigerian Communications
Commission,
NCC, in March 2011 issued
directives to telecom
service providers to commence
Subscriber Identification
Module (SIM)
cards registration, nationwide.
Mobile phone subscribers
in Nigeria were urged
to register their SIM
cards with only appointed
agents.
The Commission also
directed that all SIM
cards, irrespective of the
network, were to be registered
in one spot where
the registration centres
were located. The exercise
was initiated following
the spate of kidnapping
and general insecurity
challenges in the
country at the time.
A total of N6.1billion
approved by the National
Assembly was set
aside for the exercise
which initially had a six
months deadline from
the date of commencement.
Subscribers were
mandated to provide
national identity card,
international passport,
driver’s licence or authentication
letter with
passport photograph
signed by traditional ruler/community
leader in
the case of rural dwellers.
Biometric information
and digital photograph
were also part of
subscriber information
required in order to ensure
proper data capturing
and building of reliable
data. The exercise
was equally made to be
free for all subscribers
because of its importance
to national security
Ȧt the end of the initial
deadline, it was discovered
that a lot of improperly
registered, unregistered
and pre-registered
SIM cards, characterised
the exercise. Worried by
this development, the
Commission in 2017 set
up a 12-member committee
to tackle the problem,
and vowed that the menace
will no longer be tolerated.
The commission based
on the report of the committee
fined some operators
found to have either
deliberately flouted the
registration principles or
refused to correct their
mistakes when informed.
However, even with all
these measures and other
warnings, the commission
says many agents
still fraudulently violate
the SIM card registration
rules, till date, thereby
aggravating the security
situation in the country.
•SIM Registration exercise
Therefore, the Commission
recently organised a
one-day sensitization
workshop on the dangers
of using fraudulently activated
SIM cards, in Keffi,
Nasarawa state.
The Executive Vice
Chairman of the Commission,
Prof Umar Danbatta,
who was represented
by the director Stakeholder
Management, Mr
Efosa Idehen in his opening
remarks said the objective
of the workshop
was to discuss and resolve
the challenges leading
to non-compliance
with the instruments of
SIM registration.
He stated that the availability
of improperly registered
SIMs in any corner
of Nigeria is a threat
to the security of the
country. He noted that
such SIMs aid financial
By Prince Osuagwu
Pan-African e-com
merce platform,
Jumia, at the weekend
listed in the New York
Stock Exchange helping
to fly Africa’s flag higher
in New York.
The listing sparked off
celebrations in all of the
e-commerce platform’s
offices across Africa as
employees rang the bell
simultaneously as it was
done in New York.
Jumia said that was
necessary because the
listing was made possible
with the team spirit
that all Jumia employees
across Africa exhibited
Co-founders and Co-
Chief Executives, Sacha
Poignonnec and Jeremy
Hodara, said: “This
achievement has been
made possible by the
crimes whose victims
are mainly hardworking
citizens of the country
even as they frustrate
the activities of law enforcement
agencies in
trying to apprehend major
criminals.
Idehen said NCC will
try as much as possible to
implement the rules that
are available to it in dealing
with defaulters.
He said: “This issue of
getting a Sim card and
insisting on registering it
immediately was not envisaged.
It was intended
to be activated for 30
days, so within that
time, a user will have
had time to register his or
her line. But we found out
operators were violating
the rules by fully activating
the lines. That was
why we resorted to having
it registered before
Jumia lists on New York
Stock Exchange
hard work of our teams,
the trust of our consumers,
as well as the commitment
of our sellers
and partners. All stakeholders
deserve credit
for this milestone, and
we are just at the beginning
of a long and great
journey. We are going to
continue to focus on our
mission and to work
even harder to help consumers,
sellers, partners
and all stakeholders
benefit from this technological
revolution”.
Founded in 2012,
Jumia started a mission
to improve the quality of
everyday life in Africa,
by leveraging technology
to deliver innovative,
convenient and affordable
online services to
consumers. Jumia further
empowers businesses
to grow, by using its
platform to reach and
serve consumers across
the continent.
Jumia is currently active
in 14 African countries
with more than
81,000 active sellers
transacting online businesses
with millions of
consumers. The e-commerce
platform says it
directly employs more
than 5,000 team members
in Africa.