By Oluwatoni Falade Adequate parenting in this age of technology is a big question in the minds of a lot of parents and guardians. As a parent, I am beginning to understand how daunting it can be to keep up with the digital lifestyle of our children. From age 1, […]
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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad says she is not aware that the Central Bank of Nigeria is planning to replace its naira currency to reduce excess cash, inflation, and crime. The Minister who commented on the policy in response to a question raised by Senator […]
AfriTECH 2022 organisers have revealed that the fast-approaching event will focus on ‘Sustainability and Company of the Future’ at the forum scheduled to take place on Wednesday November 09, 2022 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos at 9:00am (WAT). The forum’s co-Convener, Chike Onwuegbuchi, says the high-profile speakers who will be […]
Nigeria’s Postmaster General Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, has signed a partnership agreement with operators of eGate and Visa to facilitate digital financial services, issuing of payment cards and support financial inclusion across Nigeria. The initiative targets about 38 million adult Nigerians who are completely financially excluded. Adewusi who revealed this […]
Nigeria has given its approval to Elon Musk’s Starlink, a SpaceX-operated satellite broadband constellation that would provide satellite Internet access to 32 countries. Elon Must, the world’s wealthiest person, tweeted this. The Nigerian Communication Commission, or NCC, has confirmed. Starlink connects people all around the world with high-speed, low-latency broadband […]
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has congratulated Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, on his appointment by the International Telecommunication Union as Chairman of the WSIS Forum in 2022. (ITU). The Minister’s appointment as chair of the […]
PRESS RELEASE Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has been named Chairman of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The meeting will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, at the ITU headquarters. Professor Pantami was appointed “in light of his overall commitment […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has verified the issuing of final letters of award of Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences to MTN and Mafab Communications, the winners of the Commission’s 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction on Monday, December 13, 2021. The Commission’s Management, chaired by EVC Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, […]
The first quarter of 2022 saw a fall in YouTube ad revenue, which rose 46 percent for the full year 2021. YouTube advertising sales increased 14% in the first three months of 2022, to $6.87 billion, below Wall Street projections by more than $600 million and signaling a significant slowdown […]
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the umbrella organization for all information technology (IT) professionals in Nigeria, has urged for the creation of IT departments in federal, state, and local government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). During a conversation with news journalists in Lagos, Professor Adesina Sodiya, President of NCS, emphasized […]
