The plan by telecommunication operators in Nigeria to hike tariffs for data and voice calls appears not to have gone down well with Nigerians, warning that any move to further impoverish them would be resisted. The planned resistance is coming on the heels of a joint statement released yesterday, by the Association of Licensed Telecom [&hellip...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved an extensive census of schools in Nigeria from primary to tertiary level, their conditions and live-in facilities, proximity to one another, and educational infrastructure among other data points. The stocktake would also include ascertaining the number of all teachers in Nigeria, their qualifications...
•Undersea cable cuts Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the voice and data services affected by the cable cuts have been restored. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, stated this in a statement issued today in Abuja. Muoka said that services were restored, following its disruption on March 14, which affected data and ...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Binance Holdings Limited to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with comprehensive information on all persons from Nigeria trading on its platform. The court handed down the order in an ex-parte motion filed by the EFCC demanding information about Nigerians trading on Binance, reports ...
Nigeria currently needs more 500,000 data protection officers, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has disclosed. Dr Vincent Olatunji, NDPC’s National Commissioner, disclosed this in Abuja, recently. It will be recalled that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) recently sent letters to the Heads of Polytechnics and Monot...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) yesterday said it has so far captured the data of over six million residents of the state. Its General Manager, Mrs. Bilikis Adebiyi-Abiola, who spoke with reporters in her office yesterday, advised those who have registered to get the updated version of the card, and urged...
Notwithstanding the investments that have gone into Nigeria’s data centre sub-sector, there are concerns that capacity utilisation of these facilities remains very poor when compared to other countries within the region, including South Africa, Kenya and others. Apart from the challenge posed by firms, government agencies, banks, which still h...