Category: ICT

MTN, 9mobile Roaming Trial license in Nigeria expires October 31

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set for a review of three months’ trial of National Roaming Service granted two mobile network operators (MNOs), MTN and 9mobile as the approval ends by the end of October. The approval, it would be recalled, was granted for a period of three months, commencing from August 1, 2020 and to end by October 31, 2020. A statement by the Commission stated that the two telecoms companies are Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Nigeria and the Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited (EMTS), trading as…

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Why NCC began InfraCo licencing Framework, Funding Review

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Facts, at the weekend, emerged on the real reason, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) constituted a committee to review the framework for the licensing of Infrastructure Companies (InfraCo). The review committee is to recommend sustainable funding options for effective implementation of the proposed national fibre project. The NCC, which declared this in a statement to Platforms Africa at the wekeend, maintained that the imperative of reviewing the InfraCo framework is “to cater for the delays in take-off, change in exchange rate, supply chain and other challenges imposed by the COVID-19…

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#EndSARS: Nigerian Government Websites hacked

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Collective Anonymous, the dreaded international group of hackers, says it has hacked some websites belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The act is said to be in support of the ongoing #EndSARS protest that has taken over many cities in Nigeria, following calls for the disbandment of notorious police unit, the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) which has been alleged to be involved in abduction, harassment, extortion and murder of innocent victims. Anonymous did not disclose the identity of websites breached but the Nigerian police suffered a severe…

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#ENDSARS: Nigerian President loses 100,000 Twitter Followers in 24 hours

ADEOLA YUSUF

  About 100,000 accounts have unfollowed Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Twitter as the #EndSARS protest rocking the country takes a new turn. The loss of 100,000 followers is a sign of protest of Buhari’s alleged mismanagement of the current policing crisis across the nation. A new wave of protests to end the activities of the special anti-robbery squad of the Nigerian Police Force (SARS) has been sweeping across the globe in the last 96 hours, calling on the president to scrap that unit of the nation’s police. Buhari did…

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How Caleb Varsity Produced 44 First Class, 1,158 First, Second degrees’ graduates

ADEOLA YUSUF

  1,158 graduates received scrolls for the award of first degree and postgraduate studies at the Caleb University’s 10th Convocation ceremony held online Caleb University, Friday, September 25, churned out 44 First Class graduates at the 10th convocation of the private institution located at Imota, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The authorities of the university also conferred the institution’s Honorary Doctor of Science in Political Strategy and Development (Honoris Causa) on Nigeria’s Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, who was installed at the ceremony, which was held on online/virtual platform, as the…

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How Caleb Varsity got Graduates ready for 10th Convocation amidst COVID-19 lockdown – VC

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Caleb University has announced E. K Clark’s appointment as Chancellor   Caleb University, one of the privately owned institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, has revealed strategy it adopted to get graduates ready on schedule for the 10th Convocation amidst the lockdown for COVID-19. Stating this while announcing a date for its Convocation to be held virtually due to COVID-19, the University said in a statement; “While Covid-19 Pandemic ravaged earlier in the year, the school took a proactive step by providing E-learning, which enabled the students complete the…

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#EdoNoBeLagos: Twitter on Fire, Users Mock Tinubu, Ganduje, Oshiomhole

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The fall out from governorship elections in Nigeria’s Edo State is setting the social media, particularly Twitter on fire, with users mostly Nigerians, mocking National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The final results of the governorship election held on Saturday, September 19, are being awaited as at 11:40 am on Sunday, September 20, but the Twitter users did not wait to serve those they considered as leaders of opposition in the…

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Bill Gates opens up as poll says 28% Americans believe COVID-19 vaccines, microchips’ implant conspiracy

ADEOLA YUSUF

  28% of American adults believed potential vaccine to be used for Covid-19 is to implant microchips in billions, a poll from Yahoo News/YouGov survey has said. American Billionaire Bill Gates, whose foundation has donated millions to coronavirus vaccine and treatment research, has however, denied the conspiracy theories which accused him of wanting to use coronavirus vaccines to implant microchips in billions of people to monitor their movements. Though a known survey has not been conducted on this in Africa, millions of people in the continent too hold this view. A…

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Nigeria hints international flight operations may resume before October

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Government has announced that international flight operations might be resuming before October 2020. This is despite the country’s ban of flight operations from Europe, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and others. The disclosure was made by the country’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in a tweet post through his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. This is a clarification from the minister is coming after the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) had issued a routine 90-day Notices to Airmen (NOTAM). This forecloses the resumption of international…

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SaharaReporters’ ‘Expose’ on Nigeria’s Communication Minister Pantami Palatial Buildings, Another Journalism Ethics’ Low by JAMIU FOLARIN

ADEOLA YUSUF

  On Friday 3rd July, 2020 SaharaReporters release pictures claiming that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami bought house each for his three wives. The picture ‘expose’ by SaharaReporters is crystal clear to even budding journalists that it violates the basic ethical principle of journalism. The first report by the online media platform showed pictures of three buildings allegedly bought by Dr Pantami for each of his three wives. The outcome of the “investigation” by Sahara Reporters could only boast of five images not captioned, ‘exposing’…

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