FIRSTBANK HOSTS WEBINAR TO SENSITISE INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ON STAYING PROTECTED IN THE INFORMATION AGE
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has announced a webinar to sensitise individuals and businesses with useful information on being protected in today’s digital…
Access Bank Disburses N18.7Billion Digitization in 2020
Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s largest bank by assets revealed it disbursed N18.7 billion in IT and E-Business related initiatives in 2020. The figure is nearly double (92% higher) the…
FG Orders GoTv, Startimes to Migrate to FreeTV Platform
The Federal Government has directed two PayTv platforms – GoTv and Startimes – to migrate their signals from self-carrying to any of the two licensed FreeTv signal distributors. The…
U.S National Engineering Academy Honours Two Nigerian-Americans
The National Academy of Engineering in the United States has elected two Nigerian-Americans into office, recognising their achievements in engineering. The NAE elected 104 U.S. members and 24 international…
Facebook, WhatsAPP, Instagram Break Down
Facebook on Friday experienced an outage that interrupted its social network, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp services. The company did not immediately say what was causing the service disruption or how…
FEC Okays N190.5m for UI’s Research Tool • Council Approves three Power Sub-stations in Kano, Benue
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N190.5 million for a research microscope at the premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI), in Oyo State. Minister of State for…
Lady Develops Android App for Reporting Rape Cases
A Kano-born young lady, Saadat Aliyu has developed an android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting cases of sexual abuse. ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020, on Playstore.…
UNION BANK UNVEILS DIGITAL INVESTMENT SOLUTION
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (UBN) has launched the M36 digital investment platform that would offer a wide range of investment opportunities to investors through a self-service app. The…
Nigeria’s Digital Switchover: Fresh Missteps Loom – Dominic Omuedi
Heartwarming, it was for me, to read reports of the press conference addressed on Tuesday by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, on the country’s Digital Switchover (DSO)…
5G Might Expose Nigeria to Espionage – NSA
The office of the national security adviser (NSA) has expressed its fear with the deployment of 5th Generation (5G) technology in the country. Bala Fakandu, director of communications in…