The past Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Clement Ebri, has pleaded with the Federal Government to intervene in the rebuilding of infrastructure in the state. Also, the Commissioner for Information, Asu Okang, has described the call by the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon, Abasi-Otu V, for Governor Ben […]
Year: 2020
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators, MTN Nigeria and 9Mobile, to carry out trials on the workability of embedded Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) service in Nigeria. the commission stated that the trials, approved to run for one year, would involve testing 5, […]
The Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Digital Encode Limited, Dr. Peter Adewale Obadare has said no company is totally immune against cyber attacks. The Information Technology expert noted that the high dependency on the internet and adoption of digital transformation has led to the increase in cybercriminal activities. […]
Following the successful conclusion of the Innovative Forum organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) to draw a roadmap towards COVID-19 recovery in the ICT industry, the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has expressed readiness to partner with the Association to further seek ways of igniting the […]
The former Governor of Lagos said this in an article on Sunday while denying allegations that he was behind the incident. But he lamented that many people are now wrongly blaming him for the shooting though he has nothing to profit politically or otherwise from the incident. Tinubu insisted he […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally broken his silence on Lekki shootings in Lekki, Lagos by soldiers which claimed the lives of EndSARS protesters on Tuesday, October 20. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari explained he decided not to talk on the […]
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) said it would scale up the enrolment and issuance of the unique National Identification Numbers to Nigerians and legal residents from 500,000 to 2.5 million monthly. Aliyu Aziz, director-general, NIMC, said this was the commission’s renewed commitment towards the provision of identity services to the […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators (MNOs) to carry out trial on National Roaming Service for a period of three months, The approval is for three months and will expire end of October, because it actually commenced August 1. National roaming services means […]
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has apologised for the network outage being experienced by service subscribers, in recent days. The Association in a statement on Wednesday attributed the network disruption that still subsists as of the time of filing this report to power cuts and operations-related […]
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has shortlisted five hundred young people that will go to the next stage of its App Challenge. The initiative according to the Minister’s Media Office was launched on July 2020 by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare which was […]