Inuwa seeks home characters in online sports games
The pervasiveness nature of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) could also be deployed and adopted in the sporting industry, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa has said. According to him, Africans can leverage Artificial Intelligence, Robotics…
(Special Report) Why Lagos Blue Line can’t move up to 250,000 passengers monthly
Fact checks on the claims of the Lagos State Government that the Blue Line recently commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari will commute over 250,000 passengers monthly may not stand the test of time. Reason; there is no provision for car…
Mafab unveils 5G Network in Lagos, targets Kano, Port Harcourt soonest
Mafab Communications Limited Thursday, January 26, 2023 launched its 5G network in Lagos and assured Nigerians of super high speed internet connectivity for data service as well as seamless voice service. The telecom company had a similar launch in Abuja,…
Pantami contradicts self on NCC over NITDA Act review?
Whereas the Federal Government through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, yesterday claimed that he has no plans to strip the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its powers for transmission to National Information Technology Development Agency…
Many Nigerians may not know Peter Obi very well
By Bishop Edwin There are facts one cannot change about Obi which include; 1. He ran the most secure state in Nigeria during his tenure. Former IGP Abubarkar gave him 5 years of accolades of the most secured state…
Just in: Nigeria-Niger Rep. seal MoU to complete Kano-Maradi Rail
The Federal Government has stressed the importance of the Nigeria-Niger Republic rail line, reaffirming that the project will boost trade and other socio-economic interaction between both countries and in the continent. Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo stated this in…
Classera votes $40m in biggest Series A funding in EdTech
Leading global edutech learning management platform focused on emerging markets, Classera, has successfully raised $40 million in a Series A round, the largest in EdTech globally for a company with no prior funding. The impressive Series A round, which represents…
Banks mute on claim that politicians pay N2m to change N20m old notes
There has been an unsubstantiated allegation by a section of the public that the reason behind the clear scarcity of new Naira notes was that politicians who had stockpiled old notes for the 2023 election, are draining new notes from…
(Special Report) Buhari’s 2023 budget has nothing for eastern rail redevelopment
Since mid of December 2022 when the Federal Government averred that delivering the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern rail line by the current administration’s tenure is no longer feasible, further investigations have revealed that not a dime was even allocated to the…
UDPN unveiled in Davos to support digital payments on currencies, regulated stablecoins
Launched at Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) week, the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is a DLT-underpinned messaging backbone focused on providing interoperability between the fast-growing number of different regulated stablecoins and CBDCs, and seamless connectivity between any…
