The Presidency has put up a spirited defense for the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isah Pantami asking Nigerians to forget his past as it relates to his confessed tendencies towards terrorism. In a statement by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu on Thursday, Pantami’s utterances that seemed to have […]
Month: April 2021
Gunmen who attempted to abduct the Bursar of the University of Benin, Mr. Victor Imagbe, Thursday morning, have reportedly killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ugiagbe Alex Osaghae, who was on guard duty at the home of the Bursar along Sapele Road, Benin. The […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has arrested an Instagram comedian and social media influencer, Nwagbo Oliver Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, alongside 34 others for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud in Lagos. The other suspects are: Chinedu Omesu Christian, Gafar Kunle Adedamola, Chuka AnieboRichard, Nwagbo Chidera Oliver, Dibo […]
Inundated with requests from the telecom industry for trial Frequencies in certain Spectrum bands for the purpose of verification of certain concepts and theories, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has made some clarifications in this regard. The NCC recently said in a public notice titled: Proof of Concept (PoC) […]
The Federal Executive Council, (FEC) on Wednesday avoided discussing the issue of statements ascribed to the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami even though Nigerians have been calling for his removal from his ministerial position. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]
A notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apolos was on Wednesday, arrested during an early morning raid of his hideout at Mbausi in Isialangwa North area of the state by operatives of the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). It was gathered from NDLEA […]
Smile Nigeria has explained the recent network outage experienced by its customers. In a statement issued in Lagos, the company regretted the inconvenience the outage may have caused its customers. Smile disclosed that the outage was due to network upgrade and modernization activities that it embarked upon to strengthen its […]
Mr. Muhammed Rudman, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Nigeria’s first and only neutral IXP, will chair NITRA TECHNOLOGY FORUM 2021 which is slated to hold on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos. The event will gather industry stakeholders in the Cloud hosting services […]
Federal Government says it has concluded plans to Kick-start the new rollout of the Digital Switch Over, DSO, in Lagos State, scheduled for April, 29, 2021. DSO, is the process of transitioning from analogue to digital television broadcasting. The transition from analogue to digital television decision followed a treaty agreement […]
Telecommunications companies have insisted that the banks have to pay the N42 billion debt for the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and called for the intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the dispute. Representatives of mobile network operators said at the […]