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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Commends IGP’s Strict Compliance with NIPR Act The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has been commended for upholding the tenets of the public relations practice. The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), in a letter previously circulated by the National President and Chairman of the Council Council, as […]
As MTN leadership visits the CBN Governor Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) final approval for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) licence, MTN Nigeria’s fintech subsidiary, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) Limited, legally began operations today. This comes after a successful pilot that began on May 16, 2022, […]
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has congratulated the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on receiving the National Productivity Order of Merit Award from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, and has deliberated on key areas of collaboration. While receiving delegates from the society […]
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) on May 17, 2022, commenced the zonal launching of an indigenously developed software for the establishment of a database of Nigerian professionals for implementation of Executive Order No.5 (EO5) directive of Mr President. Speaking at a one-day public presentation of the […]
Information and communication technology (ICT) has been regarded as playing a crucial role in the agricultural sector, ensuring cash flow and contributing significantly to the nation’s GDP (GDP). Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), stated this when he welcomed Mr Akinwale Alabi, Co-Founder […]
61 Firearms, 376 Ammunition, 22 Cartridges, and a Cash Sum of 2 Million Naira Recovered Following the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba’s directive to clamp down on perpetrators of crimes and criminality, as well as cut off their supply of arms, the Force Intelligence Bureau Special Tactical Squad […]