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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets to boost food sufficiency. This was disclosed Saturday by the Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, during an interface with residents of border communities in Kongolam and Mai’Adua border stations. Mr Adeniyi hinted that the president has decided to exercise his power “according to the feelings…

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You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet.However your smartphone got wet, you now need to dry it. But what do you do? There's lots of advice on the internet, some of it conflicting. Apple inserted itself into the debate recently when it put out an advisory that included a warning against using rice. Here are some things to keep in mind next time your phone has an unintended encounter…

Standing behind a parked vehicle in front of her shop loaded with some food commodities, 58-year-old Nkiruka Romanus wipes her face with the back of her palms to clean a simmering sweat. It was a hot Saturday afternoon in late January and Mrs Romanus recalled how she and her late husband started the foodstuff business with N15,000 in 1994. Mrs Romanus, popularly known as Mama Chikwado, has been in the business of selling food items such as beans, rice, flour, and sugar among others at the Olojudo market, Ido…

After years of users doing it anyway, Apple has finally published guidance confirming that putting your iPhone in a bag of rice isn't a great way to deal with liquid getting inside your phone.In an update to the "liquid-detection alert" support page (thanks, Macworld), Apple now states, under the section about what not to do, "Don't put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone."It's less of an issue with more recent iPhones, which have been waterproofed for up to…

The issue isn't that rice will infiltrate the iPhone – since the iPhone 12, all iPhones are IP68 rated, making them waterproof up to a depth of 6 meters for up to 30 minutes, as well as dustproof. The real problem lies in the rice congealing in the ports and speakers, where it can become difficult, or even impossible, to remove. Simply put, don't use rice!Other "don'ts" from Apple include:Don't stick foreign objects such as Q-Tips or paper towels into connectors.Don't use an external heat source or compressed air to…

For over a decade, the home remedy for people who drop their iPhone in the sink, a puddle, or, ahem, the toilet has been the same: Dry it off and stick it in dry rice as quickly as you can. Now, Apple is finally weighing in on that fix—and warning people it could do more harm than good.“Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice,” the company said in a recent support post. “Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.”While you’re at it, don’t dry your phone with a hair dryer or external heat source and…

For years, owners of drowned iPhones have sworn by the rice soaking hack. Apple is raining on their parade.Photo: Orapruek (Shutterstock)Saving a wet iPhone by putting it in a bowl or bag of uncooked rice has been a popular go-to rescue methods for years, with the logic being that the rice absorbs the excess water from the phone. However, the God of iPhones has recently come out to warn poor mortals against resorting to rice in these situations, saying it could make things worse.Is USB-C Finally Coming To iPhone?In a…

The iPhone does water resistance so good it’s practically waterproof. Apple won’t call it that because it technically can’t offer the feature. But we’ve seen countless stories of iPhones surviving longer water immersion periods. If you splash your iPhone with water or drop yours in the toilet or pool, it’ll probably be fine. Icky, but fine. The newer the iPhone, the better its chances of surviving such an accident. Just wait for the iPhone to dry, and you’ll be able to use it as before.  However, it turns out…

Image Source : APPLE SUPPORT DOCUMENT Apple advises against rice trick for wet iPhones For years, people have turned to the old trick of putting wet smartphones in a bag of rice to dry them out. However, Apple now warns that this method could actually cause more harm to iPhones. “Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of…