NITDA trains Staff of MDAs, Military and Paramilitary on Digital Literacy, others
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has reemphasized the need to have a digitally literate workforce, if Nigeria must succeed in accelerating the growth and modernization of its economy and governance. He said this…
Just in: MTN partners Smile to deepen VoLTE Service
Since the famed telecommunications revolution in Nigeria in 2001, the telecommunications sector has remained pivotal to national economic growth and development. It has also remained outstanding by the innovative products and services which its leading lights like Airtel, MTN, Glo,…
(Special Report) Another look at ALTON’s move to up telecom tariffs
According to media reports, telecommunication companies under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) are proposing a 40.0% increase in the cost of calls, SMS, and data services in the country. However, over the weekend,…
NCC, Stakeholders ready for eBusinesslife Girls In ICT Day Celebration
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be leading other stakeholders as eBusiness Life Communication Limited hosts young girls in the 2022 edition of the International Girls in ICT Day campaign. The hybrid event, which will hold at…
US Court dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter
San Francisco federal district court Judge James Donato has tossed the lawsuit Donald Trump filed against Twitter last year in a bid to get his account back. The social network permanently suspended the former president’s account after his supporters stormed…
NCC says no tariff hike without recourse to empirical studies
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has monitored with keen interest the deluge of reports in the media on the demand by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) ostensibly to increase tariffs of telecom services and has taken notes of the fears being…
Data Protection vital to sustainable digital economy—Olatnuji
The National Commissioner (NC) of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), Dr. Vincent Olatunji has said that with the exponential rise in the processing of data online through satellite communications, appropriate mechanisms must be put in place to ensure adequate…
NCC impacting lives positively – Alake of Egbaland
The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Okukenu IV, has applauded the regulatory strides of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in ensuring accelerated growth of telecommunications sector, thus making the sector a flagship enabler of Nigeria’s prosperity. The Paramount…
Danbatta bag another Award on Impactful Leadership
The trove of garlands for the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, swelled again as he received “Leadership Excellence and Economic Impact Award”. This time, the honour came from the African Leadership Organisation…
Konga Food plans disruption of Nigeria’s online food delivery industry
Konga Food, the online food delivery arm of Nigeria’s composite e-commerce giant, Konga, is set to formally go live on Monday, May 9, 2022. The much-awaited development is bound to raise the bar of service delivery in the budding online…
