With a record-breaking seven million new subscriptions in the last seven months starting in November 2021, Nigeria’s broadband penetration showed a quantum leap, suggesting a sustained growth in the country’s effort to reach 70 per cent national coverage by the year 2025. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, […]
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After 17 years of meritorious service, former Director of Spectrum Administration Department of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Engr. Oluwatoyin Asaju, has bowed out of the regulatory body, with encomiums from management and industry experts, after turning 60. Engr. Asaju who led the team that managed the 3.5Ghz Band Auction process […]
Industry collaboration is very essential to the successful deployment of 5G Services in Nigeria, so says the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, who in Lagos earlier today, urged industry stakeholders to stand with the Commission to explore the prospects and potentials […]
Breakthroughs in medicine, technology and science through innovations and innovative products have had a significant impact on the economic advancement of the society by improving the lives of citizens and offering more opportunities which the government and the tech ecosystem can collectively leverage on. This was made known by the […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (the Bureau) has launched an inquiry into accusations of data privacy violations involving two major Nigerian data controllers, Wema Bank PLC and KC Gaming Networks (Bet9ja). This is in accordance with Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution and the terms of the Nigeria Data Protection […]
With a significant reduction in its impairment charges (which translates into a clean loan book) in its 1Q, 2022 results, after successfully reducing its non-performing loan to 6.1% in its 2021 full year performance, analysts say FirstBank’s impressive performance in the first quarter not only demonstrated consistency in its rebound […]
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 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 […]
Holds eWorld Forum ‘22 Nigeria’s pioneer ICT journalist and chronicler, Mr Aaron Ukodie, is set to unveil one of the most authoritative and comprehensive books on the industry. The unveiling of the book, scheduled to hold on July 7, 2022, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos, comes with a seminal discussion, […]
The trove of garlands for the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, swelled again as he received the “Leadership Excellence and Economic Impact Award”. This time, the honour came from the African Leadership Organisation (ALO), publishers of The African Leadership Magazine. The conferment […]