Newgioco Completes Acquisition of Virtual Generation Limited

Accretive Acquisition Accelerates Global Expansion and Reinforces Portfolio of Market-Leading Gaming Technology Platforms

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Newgioco Group, Inc. ("Newgioco" or the "Company") (OTCQB: NWGI), today announced that the Company has completed the acquisition of Virtual Generation Limited ("VG"), a leading developer of virtual gaming software, together with Naos Holding Limited, a private holding company (''Naos''), effective January 30, 2019 for approximately $4.5 million in a combination of cash and stock.

Transform Banking With Newgen's Easy-to-use BPM Platform at Makeathon 2019, Lagos

Transform Banking With Newgen's Easy-to-use BPM Platform at Makeathon 2019, Lagos

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 4, 2019  /PRNewswire/ --

Newgen Software, a global provider of banking software solutions, today announced Makeathon 2019, Lagos, Nigeria. The event will focus on creating powerful banking processes using easy-to-use low-code BPM platform - OmniFlow Intelligent Business Process Suite (iBPS).

The Political Warfare of the 2019 Presidential Election in Nigeria

With less than two weeks to the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria, the leading presidential candidates have intensified their political campaigns in every region of the country. But majority of Nigerians making noise on social networks online in support of the ruling party and the main opposition party are ignorant of the real warfare in the presidential election.

Video: "We Cannot Control Cryptocurrency." - Central Bank of Nigeria

"We Cannot Control Cryptocurrency." - Central Bank of Nigeria

Central Bank cannot control or regulate bitcoin. Central Bank cannot control or regulate blockchain. Just the same way no one is going to control or regulate the Internet. We don’t own it.

Musa Itopa-Jimoh,
The Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Banking and Payments System (CBN).
Bitcoin News.

41% of new users in 2018 came from Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. However, Nigerians who use Paxful to buy Bitcoin, often pay at least 20% more for Bitcoin than international users.
- Ray Youssef, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Paxful.

What is Cryptocurrency? Simple Explanation for Non-Techies

Basically, a cryptocurrency is a digital asset that is represented by unalterable entries that are made in a distributed, shared database or a ledger which is spread out over a network of computers.

The Solution To the Crash of Bitcoin

The gold rush for #bitcoin is over. The solution to the heartbreaking crash of the overpriced cryptocurrency will not depend on the #chinesenewyear or any Astrology, but on the success of the Lightning Network and new dapps from blockchain technology. This is the big picture. pic.twitter.com/P2O5UIkMJF

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) January 31, 2019

I actually predicted that the price of bitcoin will be on a download spiral a year ago on January 20, 2018 in my article on Nigerians Report Online: "Bitcoin Does Not Grow On Trees"; when I said, "Bitcoin does not grow on trees. It grows in your Blockchain wallet."
You can read the comprehensive article on Nigerians Report Online.

Sun Awards 2019: Lady Chukwudozie Celebrates Her Husband

SELFIE TIME!

See the Photo Gallery of 40 Photographs
on TALK OF THE TOWN By Orikinla

Non controversy: Behind every successfully man is indeed a dutiful, intelligent, loyal, beautiful, loving and hardworking woman. Lady Ada Chukwudozie, the amiable wife of industrialist, Sir (Dr.) Daniel Chukwudozie, Chairman of the Dozzy Group, fits the above bill. At the recent 16th annual Sun newspaper Award, the Okija, Anambra state born business mogul was conferred with the Sun’s Manufacturer of the year (2018) Award. On hand to receive the Award on behalf of her husband was Lady Ada Chukwudozie.

View the complete photo gallery on
https://totnaija.blogspot.com/2019/01/sun-award-lady-chukwudozie-eulogies.html.

Nigeria On Top 10 Countries Of Where To Invest in Africa in 2019

Top 10 Investment Attractiveness-Ranked Countries:

1. Egypt is Africa’s largest economy GDP-wise, boasting the biggest consumer market in the Middle East and North Africa, its diversified economy receiving large FDIs.
2. South Africa is also still an FDI hot spot, with the country's currency and capital markets a cut above the rest of Africa’s, according to Fauconnier. But she warns that subdued economic growth and this year’s upcoming elections have created political-party divisions, which hamper policymaking.

Top 10 Countries With Reachable Nodes on Jan 28, 2019

Image Credit: Intel.


GLOBAL BITCOIN NODES DISTRIBUTION
Reachable nodes as of Mon Jan 28 2019 14:12:56 GMT+0100 (WAT).
10320 NODES.

Top 10 countries with their respective number of reachable nodes are as follow:

RANK COUNTRY NODES
1 United States 2532 (24.53%)
2 Germany 1962 (19.01%)
3 France 696 (6.74%)
4 Netherlands 501 (4.85%)
5 China 398 (3.86%)
6 Canada 394 (3.82%)
7 United Kingdom 346 (3.35%)
8 Singapore 320 (3.10%)
9 Russian Federation 274 (2.66%)
10 Japan 249 (2.41%)

See the top 100 countries on https://bitnodes.earn.com/.

President Buhari and the Political Amnesia of the Opposition

I don't believe in crying over spilt milk.

Politics will be boring without the political drama. Sit back with Coca Cola and popcorn and enjoy it, instead of having hypertension over Nigerian political cliques and intrigues.. Writing books on the current affairs of Nigerian politics is the best. Political history is important for political studies and for the benefit of posterity. My part two of "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream" is already in progress.