Category: ICT

SCANDAL: Two NIMC Staff Arrested In Niger Republic Enrolling Foreigners

ADEOLA YUSUF

No fewer than two National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) staff were found by the Nigerian Army while allegedly enrolling non-Nigerians for National Identity Numbers (NIN) in the Niger Republic. Platforms Africa reports he suspects were apprehended by troops, who were deployed to troubled zones across the North to end insurgency, and found the NIMC staff at the Gagamari Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Niger Republic while trying to register non-Nigerians. Confirming the arrest, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General, Musa Danmadami, disclosed that different items were recovered…

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How Nigeria’ll Rake In N500Bn From 5G Auction In 2023

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Communication Commission(NCC) has expressed optimism as it described how the nation will generate over N500 billion as revenue from the auctioning of two 5G spectrums in 2023. Platforms Afruca reports that the Executive Vice-Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, while disclosing this at an interactive meeting on 2023-2025 MTEF-FSP, organised by the Senate Committee in Abuja, said that the commission had already initiated the bidding process for auctioning of the spectrums. READ ALSO: REVEALED: Nigeria, 17 other African Nations are testing 5G – Report NCC ​Remittances To Federation Account…

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OPPO Teams Up with Spotify for Smart and Customized Music Experiences in ColorOS 13

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nairobi, Kenya — Global leading technology company OPPO today announced a new partnership with popular audio streaming platform Spotify, to create an all-new easy, and customizable music experience on OPPO smartphones through its latest ColorOS 13 Android-based Operating System. With the Spotify app fully integrated with many new smart features in ColorOS 13, Kenyan listeners can now enjoy music, podcasts, and audiobooks with easier access and convenient control over the Spotify app on the home screen of their OPPO device in Kenyan markets where listeners may register for and use…

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Broadband Penetration hits 44.5% as NCC reviews Short Code services

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s broadband usage has continued on the rise, moving up from 40.9 per cent in February 2022 to 44.5 per cent in July 2022, a figure considered hopeful for achieving the national broadband target of 70 per cent in 2025. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this earlier today (August 9, 2022) at the beginning of a three-day public inquiry on five telecom regulations and guidelines which began in Abuja, said emerging technologies and advancements in the sector demand that the…

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How PDP’ll defeat Sanwo-Olu With My 20m instagram Followers -Funke Akindele

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Acting taken too far, a poorly plotted not funny comedy that may end in theatric tragedy,” reaction trails Lagos PDP deputy governorship candidate’s statement   Funke Akindele, an award-winning actress and deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos, has boasted that her followers on social media, numbering over 20 million, will come out en masse to vote for the party in 2023. Ms Akindele was convicted and sentenced in 2020 for violating Lagos COVID-19 protocols but was granted a pardon by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Her declaration to…

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Meet Reuben Muoka, NCC New Public Affairs Director

ADEOLA YUSUF

Muoka resumed duty on Monday, June 20, 2022, to replace Dr. Ikechulkwu Adinde, who has been moved to the special duty unit of the Commission.   Reuben Mouka, a veteran ICT journalist and public relations practitioner, one of the best in those fields, has been appointed the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC). Muoka who resumed duty on Monday, June 20, 2022, according to a report by e-World, replaced Dr. Ikechulkwu Adinde, who has been moved to the special duty unit of the Commission. READ…

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How Nigeria’s Telecoms industry Raked In N3.25trn In 2021

ADEOLA YUSUF

MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel top Earners Chart with N2.7trl Revenues as Nigerians Spend N37.8bn on text messages in one year   Nigeria’s telecommunications industry generated N3,247,595,808,883.87 for the period of 2021. Platforms Africa reports that the GSM operators comprising MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel, generated a total of N2,774,128,600,000.00 revenue in the period of 2021 but incurred an operational of 1,658,235,220,000.00. In 2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report released by Policy Competition and Economic Analysis Department of the Nigerian Communication (NCC), the operators made…

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Couple Mistakenly Livestreams Sex Session via Zoom to Synagogue Members

ADEOLA YUSUF

A couple, who didn’t know that their camera was on, has live-streamed their steamy sex session via Zoom to a synagogue in Minneapolis, USA, for at least 45 minutes as people watched.. The middle-aged couple had joined a virtual synagogue hosted by the Twin Cities’ Temple Beth El in Minneapolis, USA, on May 14, when they decided to have sex, not realising their camera was still on. It has been reported the couple continued in the act until they saw a private chat begging them to stop. READ ALSO: My…

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You’ll Soon Exit WhatApp Groups Without People Noticing

ADEOLA YUSUF

Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups.In a screenshot   In a screenshot, it is shown that when users want to exit a WhatsApp group, other people will not be notified in the chat. Only group admins will be able to see who exits the group, but others do not, according to WABetaInfo. In a bid to make the messaging platform more user friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups.In…

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Musk Stops Twitter $44bn Purchase, Demands Clarity on Spam Accounts

ADEOLA YUSUF

Elon Musk, on Tuesday, said his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots that he says plague the platform. The development, however, complicated Musk’s acrimonious bid for the social media giant. Musk, who is the Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX as well as Tesla, is currently listed by Forbes as the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune of about $230 billion, much of it in Tesla stock. READ ALSO: Elon Musk puts $44bn Twitter takeover deal on hold Commercial, govt users to…

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