LAGOS: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has queried MTN Nigeria over its delivery of poor quality services in Lagos Nigeria and its environs. The commission had this week issued a query, signed by its Director of Technical Standards and Network Integrity, Balarabe Sani, and Director of Legal Services, Josephine Amuwa demanding MTN to explain why [...]
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LAGOS: Olusola Ajayi and Tosin Oguntuase are two young Nigerian internet entrepreneurs who, at the weekend, emerged millionaires in the Nigerian Internet Group, NIG’s Internet for Job I4J competition. The competition which kicked off in April was themed “Web solutions for national development”. The NIG president explained that the criteria of selection were innovation, creativity, [...]
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LAGOS: Leading Telco, Globacom emerged Telecoms Operator of the Year at the Beacon of ICT (BoICT) Awards held last weekend, where it also clinched two other awards for its excellent performance in the telecoms sector. At the award ceremony which was held at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Globacom won the Telecoms Operator [...]
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CAIRO: Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has firmly condemned the recent attacks against Christian communities in Nigeria and Kenya. “I am horrified by news of the barbaric killing of members of the Christian minority in these two African countries. I condemn this atrocious massacre utterly and wish to express my profound condolences for the victims”, declared [...]
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LAGOS: The Presales Manager for Oracle Solutions, Hamilton Iyoha, has revealed that over 1 billion records have been hacked from database servers in six years. This was made known at a database security forum organized by Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) in conjunction with Oracle Corporation in Lagos recently. Iyoha said two-third of the sensitive and [...]
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LAGOS: The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Prof. Cleopas Angaye, has urged ICT stakeholders to support the campaign to involve girls in the ICT profession. He made this known while speaking in the light of the upcoming International Girls in ICT Day event being organized by eBusiness Life Communications on April [...]
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LAGOS: Alhaji Aminu Musa-Yusuf has been approved as the substantive Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Kaduna State. His appointment was approved by President Goodluck Jonathan in a press statement signed by the institute’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Paul Mshelizah, in Zaria on Wednesday. The statement said the appointment, which [...]
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LAGOS: The federal government of Nigeria has revealed that it is committed to infuse information and communication technology, ICT, into education. This includes the curriculum of primary and secondary schools for the purpose of empowering the next generation for national development. The Minister of State for Education, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike declared open the National [...]
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LAGOS: Alhaji Bukar Tijian, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday that farmers in Nigeria are to redeem their Growth Enhancement Support Program (GES) fertilizer and seeds through the electronic wallet system. This disclosure was made by the minister at the flag-off of the GES program in Abuja. The GES program is [...]
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LAGOS: The Minister of Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson has stated that Nigerian ICT companies must eliminate bottlenecks to be more attractive for listing in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, (NSE). Some of these bottlenecks include double taxation, right of way, site approval for base stations, among others which needs to be resolved with immediate effect. The [...]
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LAGOS: Nigeria’s leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operator in the telecommunication industry, Starcomms Plc, is spreading love to its customers by offering a flexible subscription plan. This offer began yesterday and would last till April 21, 2012. According to Starcomms, Chief Executive Officer, Logan Pather the plan will be available on both the IZAP [...]
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LAGOS: The company behind the BlackBerry solution, Research In Motion will be reaching out to African developers at the Mobile Web West Africa event in Lagos next week. The conference, which will take place April 24th through 26th at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, will cater to the entire range of individuals involved in the West [...]
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LAGOS: The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has made a call to all ICT companies in the country to take advantage of the various opportunities available at the nation’s capital market as it will aid their expansion strategies. This statement was made by the Chief Executive Officer of the Exchange, Oscaro Onyema at a Sectorial [...]
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LAGOS: The federal government has been urged by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization to reverse the $200m annual economic loss accrued by the country. This appeal comes as a result of high rate of cybercrime in Nigeria. Prof. Tim Unwin, the Chief Executive Officer, CTO, recalled that Earnest & Young investigation had revealed that the cost [...]
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LAGOS: Motorola Solutions has recently appealed to the federal fovernment to put in place holistic measures that would eradicate activities of the grey market in Nigeria. They made this appeal while speaking at the launch of a new smart two-way communication radio device. The Director of Sales, Africa and Middle East for Motorola Solutions, Laurent [...]
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LAGOS: As part of their aim to enhance technology in the country, the staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede have designed and constructed the first electronic scoreboard for the ongoing 17th Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA). The NIPOGA games which held at the institution in Osun state, was tagged “Ede 2012″. All those responsible [...]
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LAGOS: It has been disclosed that the Nigerian Internet community has commenced plans to gather information on the history of the Internet in the country. Their aim is to collate an overview of how the Internet industry in Nigeria has evolved. The team project is lead by Titilayo Akinsanmi- Bolarinwa and it runs from March [...]
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LAGOS: According to a recent report by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, it was revealed that broadband can help the world transit from high-carbon economy to a low-carbon economy and address the causes and effects of climate change. The theme: The Broadband Bridge: Linking ICT with Climate Action, is the result of work conducted [...]
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LAGOS: A robust drive has been kicked off by the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) to commercialize its research results. This was revealed yesterday in a one-day conference organized by FIIRO with indigenous equipment fabricators. According to Gloria Elemo, FIIRO’s director-general, the conference was organized “in order to identify and accredit fabricators who [...]
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LAGOS: Former deputy governor of Anambra State, Chinedu Emeka, has developed computer software that could be used to track criminals and check their activities in the country. Emeka, who is a computer scientist said he decided to embark on the research and develop the system as criminals were not being brought to book for offences [...]
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