By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has extended the deadline for submission of applications and entries into the 2023 Talent Hunt through a Hackathon to Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka disclosed this in a...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has charged info tech investors from the United States to take advantage of the large pool of young and active population to establish ICT hubs in the state. Governor Otu made the call when he received...
Ghana may soon be exporting electricity to its neighbour, Nigeria, according to latest reports. Mr. Hanson Monney, the Head of the Generation and Transmission Unit at the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy, emphasised that via effective policy development and implementation, Ghana has already attained an impressive 80% to...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of Petrol increased from N189.46 in Aug. 2022 to N626.70 in Aug. 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for Aug. 2023 released in Abuja on Friday. It stated that the...
YouTube on Friday announced new generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) products to usher in an era of creative expression. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines that can think like humans. YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) Neal Mohan, said in...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. has signed up as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, thereby becoming the first state-owned oil company to join the global initiative. Group CEO of NNPC Ltd., Malam Mele Kyari,, signed the Letter of Commitment, at the ongoing UN General...
President Bola Tinubu has assured prospective investors of his administration’s determination to adopt necessary fiscal and regulatory measures toward the ease of doing business in Nigeria. At the Nigeria-U.S. Executive Business Roundtable, the President said he recognised that investment capital is cowardly in nature. He said that was the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the indefinite postponement of the September version of its bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. CBN Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, announced the postponement in a statement in Abuja. Recalled that the...
MTN Nigeria says it plans to strategise and adopt the Application Programming Interface (API) Technology to boost its customer services. MTN’s Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, Shoyinka Shodunke, made this known at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AIGF) holding in Abuja. The theme of the programme...
A multinational technology company, Google on Wednesday announced new updates to Bard, its experimental, conversational, Artificial Intelligence (AI) chat service. Google’s Communication and Public Relations Manager, West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said in a statement that the company was rolling out “a most capable model of the Bard.” He said...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday in Abuja unveiled a new online platform for the submission licence applications by microfinance banks. Its Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isa AbdulMumin, said the platform, known as the CBN Licensing, Approval and Other Requests Portal (CBN LARP), would be the place...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said on Wednesday that Artificial Intelligence-powered solutions have the potential to address some of Africa’s most pressing challenges, such as limited access to healthcare, food security, financial inclusion, and infrastructure development....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), announced in Abuja on Wednesday new numbering format for fixed lines. In the process, Nigeria’s Fixed-Lines Numbering Format has changed from eight digits to 10 digits by just adding “02” prefix before existing fixed number. The Commission’s Director, Public...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is now more ready to take its rightful place in the global business environment. The president stated this when he played host to a delegation consisting of the global leadership of an oil and gas transnational giant, ExxonMobil,...
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has advised the Chairman of Arik Air, Johnson Arumemi-Ikide, to present a reasonable debt recovery plan in order to recover the airline. The Managing Director of AMCON, Mr Ahmed Kuru, gave the advice at a media interactive session in Lagos State....
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has pronounced the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a worthy telecom regulator in Nigeria for its dedicated efforts in promoting awareness and knowledge of Information Communications Technologies (ICT), among the judiciary in particular, and...
The eight-man team of young Nigerian-robotics scientists are set to depart for Singapore Oct. 7 to represent Nigeria in a global competition, the team’s Facilitator disclosed in Lagos on Monday. The team’s mentor, Mr Ibikunle Joshua-Olayinka, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said the oil and gas industry generated over $23billion in 2021. The Executive Secretary of NEITI, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji said this while presenting highlights on the 2021 Oil and Gas report unveiled on Monday in Abuja. According to Ogbonnaya Orji,...
While demographics and capital can fuel a Nigerian economic boom, small and medium sized enterprises will sustain its growth, says Wally Adeyemo, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Treasury. Adeyemo, the highest-ranking member of African diaspora in the Biden led administration, who is on a trip to Nigeria, said this...