FirstBank has launched a promotion in cooperation with Interswitch to reward users of the FirstMobile app, its industry-leading mobile banking application. FirstMobile Cash-out is the name of the promotion. The promotion will last three months. The promotion, which began on Monday, March 21, 2022, will end on Tuesday, June 21, […]
Year: 2022
To avoid potential cyber vulnerabilities, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has recommended telecom customers and other Information and Communications Technology (ICT) end-users to always enable automatic update features for AVAST and AVG antiviruses. This was featured in recent advice issued by the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the Commission’s […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a new tax on phone calls in the country to pay for free healthcare for the vulnerable group. This is despite recent initiatives by telecommunications firms to raise their service prices due to an unfavourable operating environment. The telecom tax of at least […]
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has re-echoed the need for key players in the sector to create value within the digital economy using data to enhance the process. Prof. Pantami said this while launching the World Development Report 2021 in Abuja. The Minister who […]
A Lagos mobile court at Bolade Oshodi, headed by magistrate T. O. Fashina, has jailed for three months (3-months) a 32-year-old environmental offender, Abubakar Sanni, who posed under the guise of cart pushing, to vandalise and steal iron rods at Karim Kotun area of Victoria Island, Lagos. The Managing Director/CEO […]
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) is slated to begin ranking Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Offices (IPTTOs) around the country in order to foster demand-driven research and propel Nigeria into the comity of technologically independent nations. The establishment of IPTTOs in the Nigerian knowledge institutions across […]
The alleged fraud in sales and allocation of Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) shops has been ordered to be investigated discreetly. This follows a media report suggesting that several POWA stores were sold fraudulently to multiple bidders, sparking a quarrel among the buyers and prompting the petitioners to seek the […]
The Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office of the OHCSF, Dr Marcus Olaniyi and the Permanent Secretary, Service Policy & Strategy Office of the OHCSF, Dr Emmanuel Meribole with delegates from the OHCSF on a study visit to NITDA The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been commended by the […]
According to figures issued by the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria’s telecom operators continue to excel in their operations and service delivery (NCC). According to Technology mirror.com.ng figures on industry performance from April 2021 to March 2022 revealed excellent results in key areas of operations used to gauge industry […]
The Federal Executive Council approved a plan to incentivise and further harness Nigeria’s digital innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, during its meeting on 18th May 2022. This followed the presentation of a memo by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. The approval will enable […]