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Emergency Call Centre – LAGOS – President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday unveiled the new National Broadband Plan (2020-2025). The President also commissioned three other projects executed by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and agencies under it. According to Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, “The plan, essentially, is intended to […]
OPEC – As oil prices sank about 14 per cent last week and the Brent hit a 12-month low on the back of the coronavirus outbreak, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is meeting in Vienna this week, to help stabilise the market. The Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, Nj Ayuk, was […]
Coronavirus – Researchers in China have found two different strains of Covid-19 (coronavirus) which could be causing infections worldwide, CNBC has reported. In a preliminary study published Tuesday, scientists at Peking University’s School of Life Sciences and the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai found that a more aggressive type of Covid-19 had accounted for about 70 […]
Nigerians – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali-Pantami, released a statement on Wednesday, directing the National Communication Commission, NCC to revise the Policy on SIM Card registration and usage. Ali-Pantami instructed the NCC to ensure that Nigerians should only be allowed to own a maximum of three SIM cards. The revision of […]
Microsoft – Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XCover Pro, a smartphone with a push-to-talk button that initiates a chat using Microsoft’s Teams app. It’s a joint effort by the two tech giants to get their mobile technology in the hands of more workers who spend their days and nights navigating […]
Facebook – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Oe on Thursday said Facebook’s current practices provide sufficient measures to legally transfer EU citizens’ data to the US through recognized means. Austrian privacy advocate Max Schrems had brought the case against Facebook Ireland, arguing that EU-approved “standard contractual clauses” (SCCs) gave European authorities the ability to block data transfers […]
Toun Banjo, Shared A Tweet To Express Her Happiness Of Becoming A First Class Graduate And Best graduating Student Of Her Department Toun Banjo Filled with joy unspeakable took to her twitter where she expressed her joy at becoming a first class graduate and also the best graduating student of her department despite failing JAMB […]
Tech company, Andela, has sacked over 400 of its employees. 250 are from Nigeria and Uganda, with an additional 170 potentially impacted in Kenya. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Jeremy Johnson, announced this today saying the move was necessary for the restructuring of the company’s talent pool in line with global market […]
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 has ranked Nigeria’s Covenant University as the best university in Nigeria. The private institution topped the charts for Nigerian universities but ranked 401 globally. The ranking system, which evaluates 1,400 universities across 92 countries, is the largest and most diverse university rankings globally and is audited by […]
Innovate 1 Pay – Leading Nigerian payment gateway and fintech startup has expanded its footprint into the Middle East market by opening an office in Dubai. The Dubai office is aimed at providing easy and seamless money transfer services to the African expatriates residing in Dubai and one of the first African fintech startups to enter […]