By Staff Reporter THE Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), has identified poor electricity supply, incessant collapse of the national grid as well as high cost of procuring diesels and premium motor spirit (PMS) as factors responsible for stifling the performance of Broadcast stations in the country. Besides, BON said the dwindling advertising budget...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso LATEST subscription statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have revealed an increase in broadband usage in the country. The statistics, the November 2022 edition, showed that Internet subscription via the narrow band increased slightly within the period under review by 171,375, while broadband usage garnered fresh 1.32 million subscribers, rising...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter THE Federal Government has called for support from multinational organisations including Elon Musk owned Space X, search giant, Google and the World Bank for Nigeria’s digital agenda. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Prof. Isa Pantami, made the call on behalf of the Federal Government on the sidelines...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter Twelve lucky shoppers are set to enjoy an all-expense paid weekend mentorship programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh as Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant flags off its traditional festive season sale – KongaJara– which offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter Mainone, an Equinix company, has explained its inability to roll out services with its Infrastructure Company (InfraCo) license. The firm, which explained that the challenge cuts across the entire region, even with other licensees, stressed the regulatory and fiscal challenges regarding Infraco model. Recall that MainOne and IHS were the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on a regulatory step to sensitize the industry about the need for proper and continuous risk identification with the view to managing such risks before they affect the health of the industry. To this effect, the Commission has hosted a two-day maiden conference...
Read MoreBy Staff Reporter The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is seeking the nation’s judiciary to be part of Information Communications Technology (ICT) trends, whose impact has now affected ways that justice is delivered across the world. The leadership of the Commission made the call during a workshop organized for Nigerian judges which started in...
Read MoreFROM January to September 2022, computers in the industrial control systems (ICS) environment were attacked using multiple means in Nigeria and other part of Africa, including Middle East and Turkey (META). Kaspersky, which revealed this, said in the META region, malicious objects were blocked on 38 per cent of ICS computers in the region...
Read MoreCYBER criminals have intensified attacks and launched innovative attacks targeting companies and individuals. According to Sophos, a cybersecurity firm, in its 2023 Threat Report, unveiled yesterday, said the cyberthreat landscape has reached a new level of commercialization and convenience for would-be attackers, with nearly all barriers to entry for committing cybercrime removed through the...
Read MoreBy Favour Unukaso More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital Economy efforts. At the unveiling of...
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