Day: October 7, 2021

Old, substandard gas cylinders flood Nigeria’s market, SON raises red flag

ADEOLA YUSUF

Old, refurbished and substandard gas cylinders have found their ways into the Nigeria’s market, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has declared as it raises the red flag on the danger this portend for many users in the country. Platforms Africa reports that Head of Liquefied Petroleun Gas (LPG) at the SON, Engineer Williams Okpeh, who declares this during a workshop for journalists chaired by the Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Farouk A. Salim, in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital on Thursday, maintained that “some LPG sylinder…

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Nigeria’s Vice President Osinbajo in London for Energy Transition in Africa

ADEOLA YUSUF

Osinbajo is billed to open up to the global community Nigeria’s stand on issues regarding the 2050 global Net-Zero emissions target.   Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja for London, the United Kingdom where he is billed to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at a United Nations High-Level event on the Energy Transition in Africa agenda with a special focus on Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the event holding on Friday, October 8, 2021, at the Imperial College will feature meetings organized by UN Energy ahead of the UN Climate Conference…

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Number of Mobile Phone Lines Linked With NIN in Nigeria Surpasses 180m

Dawood Rabiu

Over 180 million telephone lines in Nigeria are now linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, has declared. Platforms Africa reports that Danbatta disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday during the public hearing and inquiry on the proposed draft regulations on telephone subscriber registration, sim replacement and spectrum allocation, 2021. According to him, the figure followed the capturing of over 60 million Nigerians by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in the National Identity Numbers (NIN) database. READ ALSO: We…

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Cybersecurity: NCC inaugurates incident response facility

Dawud Rabiu

– Minister, ONSA, Lawmakers, others commend initiative – Project will strengthen telecoms infrastructure protection– Danbatta The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an incidence response facility aimed at addressing incidences of cybercrimes, protecting telecoms infrastructure and encouraging increased participation in nation’s digital economy. The NCC Center for Computer Security Incident Response is the Commission’s industry-specific intervention, whose objectives are aligned to the National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy (NCPS) published by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). The NCPS requires each sector to establish a computer incident response team…

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4 billion of World’s Population Now Using Mobile Internet- Report

Aliyu Aliyu

GSMA Research Shows 3.4 Billion People Do Not Use Mobile Internet Despite Living in Areas with Mobile Broadband Coverage The GSMA has launched its global State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report 2021 in Rwanda, showing that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the world’s population is now using the mobile internet. Mobile internet usage translates to just over 4 billion connected people, 225 million more compared to 2019, and up from a third of people globally just six years ago. Even with this impressive growth in mobile internet…

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We Are Not Disqualifying Nigerians Below 18Yrs From Getting SIM Cards – NCC

Aliyu Aliyu

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied reports in a section of the media, purporting that the Commission is developing a regulation to disqualify Nigerians below 18 years of age from getting Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). In a statement on Wednesday signed by NCC’s Director of Public Affairs (DPA), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commission said that “For the avoidance of doubt, it wishes to categorically state that the said report is not only misleading and inaccurate; but misinformation and mischaracterisation of the proceedings of the Public Inquiry on the Reviewed/Draft…

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