SAMSUNG NX 1

Samsung has been pretty inventive in the digital camera world. It was the first to offer an really extensive Wi-Fi system (which continues to this day), Android-based cameras (though Nikon launched a model at about the same time), and arguably the first dedicated 'selfie cams' with its DualView models.
The company has yet again come up with something new, this time in the enthusiast mirrorless space. For the first time ever, Samsung has managed to create an APS-C-sized, 28MP CMOS sensor that's backside illuminated. BSI sensors move all the circuitry behind the light-capturing part of the sensor which allows it to capture more light, improving low light performance and reducing noise. Until now, the largest sensor with backside illumination was 1"-type (around 1/3rd the size of APS-C).
The NX1 sits in a crowded field of excellent cameras - both DSLR and mirrorless - such as the Nikon D7200, Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Panasonic DMC-GH4 and Fujifilm X-T1. Each of these models has its own appeal, whether it be the excellent video specification of the Panasonic, the compactness of the Fujifilm or the all-round capability of the Nikon. While they share similar price tags and build quality and aim for broadly the same audience, the NX1 has quite a few tricks up its sleeve beyond its clever sensor, to try to break into that respectable club.

Samsung NX1 key features

• 28.2 megapixel APS-C BSI-CMOS sensor
• Hybrid AF system with 205 phase-detect points covering 90% of the frame
• 15 fps burst shooting with continuous autofocus
• 4K (DCI 4K & UHD) video recording using H.265 codec
• Can output 4:2:2 8-bit 4K video over HDMI
• Stripe pattern AF illuminator with 15m range
• Weather-resistant magnesium alloy body
Context-sensitive adaptive noise reduction
• 3" tilting Super AMOLED touchscreen display
• 2.36M dot OLED EVF with 5ms lag
• LCD info display on top of camera
• Built-in 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• USB 3.0 interface
• Optional battery grip

Those specification highlights should give you an idea of Samsung's ambitions for this camera: not only does it feature the largest BSI sensor we've ever seen but also the highest pixel count on that format. Just as importantly, it incorporates one of the most extensive on-sensor phase detection systems we've seen. This, along with the magnesium alloy body and top-plate LCD info display, makes it clear that Samsung wants its NX system to compete with the best APS-C models on the market. As you can see, there are some features that have never been seen before on an enthusiast ILC, such as the sensor, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and use of the more efficient H.265 codec. The AF illuminator has a stripe pattern which allows for its long reach, although Sony did something similar with their Hologram AF feature many years ago.
The quad-core DRIMe V processor (derived from the Exynos SoCs Samsung uses in its high-end smartphones) is capable of cranking out giant 28 megapixel images at 15 fps, recording two different flavors of ultra high resolution video, and reducing EVF lag to almost nothing. The camera has a new autofocus system (NX AF System III) which the company says is the fastest on the market. It combines 209 contrast detection and 205 cross-type phase detect points that cover 90% of the frame.
The body of the camera goes for about three hundred and seventy eight thousand naira plus.
 

THE HUNT FOR THE SAUDI RUBBISH GIRL

After a sharply dressed Saudi man mocked a young migrant picking through rubbish, others rushed to try to find the girl and give her money.

The young man stopped to take a selfie in front of an African migrant picking through rubbish in Jeddah. He spotted that the young girl, maybe about 10 years old, was wearing a shirt displaying the logo of the al-Ittihad football team, and saw the opportunity for a quick joke.

"Look at where al-Ittihad is, in the bin," the man wrote underneath the photo on the image-sharing app Snapchat.

The image was then taken off Snapchat and widely shared on other social networks, as well as reported in the media. Not many people found it funny. The overwhelming sentiment online was outrage and anger: people who saw the picture thought it was in poor taste, even racist, and that the man was using a poor child as a prop.

"It's a publicity stunt, poor girl doesn't even know what's going on, he's pathetic," 

 

 SOURCE: BBC

Glo launches My Phone Double promo – Offers 800MB bonus to data subscribers

National telecoms operator, Globacom has launched a new high-speed internet data promo that will instantly give double data bonus to subscribers on the network. Dubbed My Phone Double Promo, the offer will enable Glo subscribers on the My Phone Bolt plan to get more data volume to browse the Internet and download or upload data.

According to Globacom’s Marketing Coordinator, Adeniyi Olukoya, with the promo, subscribers on the My Phone Bolt plan who would have received 800MB of data at the price of N2,000 will now get a double data volume of 1,600MB valid for 30 days at the same price of N2,000.
“This is a great promo from Globacom designed to ensure that we deliver more value to our Glo Bolt subscribers in the New Year. With double data volumes to browse the web, they will be able to do more, thereby becoming unlimited as they work towards achieving their dreams and aspirations for the future,” he said.
Olukoya explained that the new plan works like any Bolt plan and shares all the Bolt attributes as it is shareable, auto renewable and available for prepaid and post-paid subscribers.
He added that this is another way Globacom empowers upwardly mobile Nigerians to remain in constant touch with the world. He encouraged those who are not yet on the network to grab this great opportunity. “All they need to do is to walk into any Gloworld shop, buy a SIM, register it and choose My Phone data plan”, he said.
To enjoy the data promo, a subscriber can send “55” by SMS to 127 or dial the USSD code *127*55#. Alternatively, the subscriber can log on to htpp://hsi.glo.com to begin to enjoy the new offer. The promo will last for 3 months.

Senator Saraki leads 10 others to APC from PDP

Senator Bukola Saraki has finally dumped Peoples Democratic Party for All Progressives Congress –along with 10 other senators today.
Joining Saraki (Kwara Central) at APC are Umaru Dahiru (Sokoto South), Magnus Abe (Rivers South East), Wilson Asimobi Ake (Rivers West), Bindawa Muhammed Jibrilla (Adamawa North), Mohammed Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central), Aisha Jummah Al-Hassan (Taraba North), Mohammed Ali-Ndume (Borno South), Mohammed Shaba Lafiaji (Kwara North), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa West) and Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir (Sokoto East).
The senators in the opposition party are now 44, but PDP still leads with a majority.

Shekarau, supporters dump APC for PDP

Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, former Governor of Kano, along with thousands of his supporters,  has dumped the All Progressives Congress for Peoples Democratic Party.
At an elaborate ceremony in Kano, the orator moved to the ruling PDP.

‘I CAN’T ACT NUDE FOR ANY REASON’- Elsie Eluwa

Fair skinned Elsie Eluwa is a United Kingdom returnee set to take the make believe industry by storm. Her performance ‎​​​in Desmond Elliot’s Finding Mercy has earned her a place ‎​​​in entertainment lover’s heart. 

Her journey into acting began like that of a lot of people in the entertainment industry. She started very young from church and took it into school. She became a very active member of the drama team, both in church and in school. She did one stage drama in the late 90′s As the sun comes down.
That got a lot of hype. But it was about that time She went off to the university and then dabbled more into presenting and media.

Colorado High School Student Sets Self on Fire in Cafeteria

A student at a suburban Denver high school set himself on fire in the school's cafeteria today and is in critical condition, authorities said.

A female teacher was treated for minor cuts when she broke a pane of glass to access a fire extinguisher and a school custodian used the extinguisher to put the fire out, Westminster Police Investigator Cheri Spottke told ABC News.
The student, who is 16 but otherwise not identified, is in critical condition with severe burns, Spottke said.
The incident happened at 7:12 a.m. in the cafeteria of Standley Lake High School in Westminster, Colo. Police said students were present in the cafeteria at the time, but none were injured.
The school released a statement saying in part, "A student sustained severe burns when he entered the school cafeteria and lit himself on fire. The student has been transported to an area hospital and is in critical condition. Our hearts and prayers go out the family and school community."
"At this time we do believe that this was a suicide attempt," Spottke said.
Investigators do not know why the boy set himself on fire, and are talking to his friends, school employees and his parents for clues, Spottke said. They are also reviewing surveillance video from inside the school cafeteria, police said.
Police would not comment on whether the boy said anything before lighting himself on fire, or if he had doused himself in gasoline or any other accelerant.
Spottke told ABC News affiliate KMGH, "We don't know of any threats ahead of time at this point but that's something that we're looking into obviously-social media and that type of stuff we're looking at to see if there were any threats made."
She added, "We're taking the most precautionary measures. Nowadays with everything that happens in these schools, we're going to go through the entire school- room by room, floor by floor, to make sure there's not any other devices or anything like that."
School is closed today and Tuesday, and counselors are being brought in to help, police said.
Today's incident was the latest to affect a Denver-area school in recent weeks.
On Thursday, Columbine High School, where two gunmen killed 13 people in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls. The alert applied to a half-dozen other schools in the area, in the same school district as Standley Lake, but was lifted the same day.
On Dec. 13, student gunman Karl Pierson, 17, fatally shot Claire Davis, a 17-year-old classmate at Arapahoe High School in Centennial before killing himself in the school's library. Pierson reportedly had threatened a teacher and librarian who had disciplined him last year and allegedly was seeking that teacher when he entered the school, investigators have said.
Westminster was home to 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who was abducted on her way to school and killed in 2012. Austin Sigg, who was 17 at the time of the crime, was sentenced to a life sentence plus 86 years. Jessica's disappearance put Westminster and neighboring Denver suburbs on edge as police, aided by an army of volunteers, searched for her and then her killer.

President Goodluck Jonathan in Yola pictures.

                       President Jonathan being welcomed by the AdamawaState Governor Murtala Nyako

                                   President Jonathan receiving a Flower from little Miss Rita Patrick

President Jonathan, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Mashl Alex Badeh and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako

                                      At the commissioning of the Nigeria Airforce School in Yola

   President Goodluck Jonathan left being welcomed by the Lamido of Adamawa , Alh Barkindo Musthapha

Beyonce's Sexy, Revealing Grammys Dress Was a Size 2!

The pressure was on for "Project Runway" winner Michael Costello heading into the Grammys this past Sunday.

He wasn't just making anyone's dress, he was making Beyonce's dress - you know, that super revealing one.
"We didn't have any of her sizes or measurements," he told E! News. "The dress was just made to fit a sample mannequin. It's smaller than a size 4. She is tiny! That dress is at least a 2/4. She looks amazing. I just love the way it all came together. Ty [Beyonce's stylist] knew it was going to fit."
What! Beyonce's stylist went on gut instinct and just assumed the dress would fit? Apparently he had the fitting the day of the show on Sunday.

Mike Adenuga’s daughter Bella expects second baby and set to relocate to the united state for delivery na wah ooo

Billionaire Dr. Mike Adenuga’s daughter Bella and her husband Jameel Disu will soon welcome their second child. Bella Disu who is an Executive Director at her father’s telecoms company Globacom is said to be heavy with another pregnancy and with what is on ground she will soon deliver the precious seed in her tummy.
Bella Disu, because of her present condition, has been absent on the social radar for some time now, she was also absent at the recent GLO/CAF Award sponsored by Globacom which held at The Expo Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos which is very unusual. Unlike the previous editions of the awards where she (Bella) will be the one to present the final award which is the Africa Footballer of the Year to winner.
 The expectant mother will soon relocate to the United States where she had her first baby, ahead of her delivery date. She has slowed down on her work schedules in her office located at Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, delegating some of her tasks where it is necessary.
Bella and her husband Jameel Disu welcomed their first baby boy named Jaiye in March 2011, just one year after their talk of the town wedding in Lagos. The couple got married in April 2010 at a lavish ceremony adjudged to be one of the most expensive in recent times. The ceremonies shook Lagos social scene to its foundation for the three weeks it was held.

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo arrived Abidjan, Cote d‘Ivoire

Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo being received by  the  Minister  of Africa  Integration  Mr. Ally  Coulibaly on  arrival  at the Felix Houphouet Boigny airport  in Abidjan  on Monday, January, 27, 2014

Withdrawal of Parliamentary Support does not in any way threaten democracy’- GOV. FASHOLA

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday lent his weight to the directives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to all its National Assembly representatives to block all federal government legislations, stating that the withdrawal of support by parliamentary representative from the executive does not in any way threaten democracy.
The Governor who spoke in an interview with newsmen after handing over the Ajao Estate/Ejigbo Link Bridge in Ejigbo, said rather than threaten democracy, it indeed will strengthen it.
“It strengthens democracy because whenever people have raised their voices at a point where they have no alternatives, instead of resorting to violence they are resorting to a legitimate tool to bring the executive to the table to say let us talk, we must have a negotiated compromise in order to go forward”.
“If you close that, then you are setting the expressway to anarchy. It is a legitimate tool, the Americans have used it, the British have used it when it suited them in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, they told their government at a time to invade Iraq and when it did not suit them, in a spirit of non- cooperation to the government of the day which was a coalition, they said you cannot go to Syria”, he added.
The Governor noted the interest which the subject matter has generated and some of the comments that have been made especially by the Peoples Democratic Party’s information management mechanism, which showed that there is a lot of learning about the democratic process that they still need to do.

Bishop Oyedepo introduces e-payment of tithe and offerings to Covenant students

The amiable bishop and founder of Living Faith Chapel popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has introduced e-transact for the collection of tithes and offerings in church.

According to our source, there is now a big notice just at the entrance of the university which says:
Pay your tithes and offerings on the go
For tithe dial *389*77*Amount#
For offering dial *389*78*Amount#
“A colleague of mine saw this recently and he was so amazed at another development in the church of God. He paid a courtesy visit to Covenant University to see some of his friends. But while having a walk down the campus, he saw the picture above, he smiled and said to himself ‘I feel papa is back with a cool technology.”

I don’t mind showing certain parts of my body – Ella Mensah

Ella Mensah a Ghanian actress who doesn't mind exposing certain parts of her body
but wont go nude for any reason even if offered ten million dollars she said.

Pictures: Fashola Commissions 10.6mw IPP Alausa Power Project EKO ONI BAJE OOO

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (2nd left) being conducted round the newly commissioned 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Power Project , by the General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi (left) at the State Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday, October 17, 2013. With them are: Group Managing Director, Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu (middle), Project Manager, Oando Plc, Engr. Oluwaseun Ogunnuyi (2nd right) and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mrs. Regina Iyabo Obasa (right).

The newly commissioned 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Power Project during its commissioning by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) at the State Secretariat Alausa Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday October 17, 2013. INSET: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN cutting the ribbon to commission the Plant. With him are: His Deputy, Hon. (Mrs) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (4rdright), Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Engr. Taofeek Tijani (2nd left), his Finance counterpart, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi (left), Group Managing Director, Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu (3rd right), Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Regina Ihejiahi (2nd right), Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mrs. Regina Iyabo Obasa (right) and the Chairman, House Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Hon. Lanre Ogunyemi (3rd left).

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (2nd left) being conducted round the Control Room by the Project Manager, Oando Plc, Engr.Oluwaseun Ogunnuyi (2nd right), during the commissioning of the 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Independent Power Project, at the State Secretariat Alausa Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday October 17, 2013. With them are: Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Engr. Taofeek Tijani (3rd left), General Manager, Lagos State Electricity Board, Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi (left) and the Group Managing Director, Oando Plc, Mr. Wale Tinubu (3rd right).

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (left) being conducted round the newly commissioned 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Power Project , by the Project Manager, Oando Plc, Engr. Oluwaseun Ogunnuyi (right) at the State Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday, October 17, 2013.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN (middle) inspecting the newly built 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Power Project shortly after its commissioning at the State Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja, on Thursday, October 17, 2013. With him are: His Deputy, Hon. (Mrs) Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (left), Project Manager, Oando Plc, Engr. Oluwaseun Ogunnuyi (right) and others.

The newly commissioned 10.6 Mega Watts Alausa Power Project during its commissioning by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) at the State Secretariat Alausa Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, October 17, 2013.