Category: ICT

Axe Dangles On Starlink, NCC Speaks On infraction Firm Committed

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a recent development, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that Starlink, the satellite internet service provider, did not obtain the necessary approval before increasing its subscription tariffs. Platforms Africa reports that this information was disclosed in an official statement issued on October 8, 2024, by Reuben Muoka, the Director of Public Affairs at the NCC. After Platforms Africa Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried, Minister Disowns Claim Nigeria Names Dangote Refinery Sole Supplier Of Jet A1 Minister To NNPC: Shelve Running Govt Refineries, Face Equity In Dangote Refinery, Others…

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IT’S OFFICIAL: Earth Now Has Two Moons

ADEOLA YUSUF

    ‘Intriguing,’ You actually want to read some insights shared by astronomers at the Complutense University of Madrid. and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about these celestial visitors.       Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well, we can now confirm that Earth now officially has two moons after capturing asteroid 2024 PT5. On Sunday, September 29, our planet captured the tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. This intriguing…

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Because your data is worth Gold, Ghassan Azzi, Sales Director for Africa at Western Digital speaks on data reservation technology 

ADEOLA YUSUF

      Data and efficient data storage is increasingly becoming a differentiator and success factor for companies: higher capacities and better response times contribute to higher customer satisfaction. Modern technologies like AI, IoT, automation and more are optimizing efficiency of companies in almost every industry, but they are also driving an increase in the amount of data that is generated, collected, analyzed and stored. This data growth presents companies with a challenge. This is because it requires different data storage solutions to fulfil a wide range of requirements. As…

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From Floppy Disks to ‘Digital Calabash’

ADEOLA YUSUF

Back in the day, storage was a real hassle. I still remember the era of floppy disks—fragile and barely able to hold a few documents. After those came CDs, adding more capacity but still far from perfect. Then came flash drives, and while they felt like a revolution at the time, data corruption was an all-too-common heartache with those earlier versions. Losing files was like losing a cherished photograph—painful and irreplaceable. Fast forward to today, and we’ve come a long way in digital storage landscape. Now, I’m working with the…

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NUPRC Visits INFOSYS HQ, Advances Regulatory Process Digitalisation, Automation

ADEOLA YUSUF

The senior officials from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) have made a formal visit to the headquarters of Infosys in Bengaluru, India. The commission, which made this known in a statement to Platforms Africa, maintained that the visit was in a significant step towards fostering digital transformation in the Nigeria’s Upstream Petroleum Industry. Infosys a global leader in information system technology with about 320 thousand employees and about USD18.6 Billion annual turnover provides support and services to the major oil companies, national oil companies and service companies in…

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Conflict Reporting Can’t Be Sheer Content Creation, By Tunde Akanni, PhD

ADEOLA YUSUF

So fluid and hard to define, content creation can be as amusing as may be stupefying… It’s the worst form of mimicry for genuine journalism practice.”     Expectedly, this season of uncertainty unleashed on the nation by #EndBadGovernance campaigners is revealing acutely strange tendencies about the media. Whatever may be the stance of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, global broadcasting now runs ceaselessly on the telephone handset of individuals, courtesy of the internet. Facebook is hardly any less laden as the utmostly manipulable X’s Space. This is the same…

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Protesters Loot, Set NCC Ablaze + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a troubling turn of events, Kano State’s anticipated hunger protest spiraled into chaos as participants ransacked and torched the newly constructed NCC Digital Industrial Park on State Road. This cutting-edge ICT center, set to be inaugurated next week, was reduced to ruins. The incident marks a significant setback for the region’s technological advancement efforts, as the state-of-the-art facility was poised to become a beacon of digital innovation. ‘What I Saw At Hospital When Onyeka Onwenu Was Dying’ – Peter Obi Viral videos capture the dramatic scenes of protesters ransacking…

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MTN Shuts Down Offices Across Nigeria

ADEOLA YUSUF

“All stores and service centres of the Telecoms giant now under lock and key. Here’s why”   Telecoms giant, MTN, has shut all its stores and service centres across Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the company said this in a terse statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. Hundreds Of Dollars Laundered Out Of Nigeria Every Hour — Interpol In a viral video on social media Monday, a mob is seen destroying a barricade fence just outside the MTN office. The clip showed a large crowd of angry subscribers vandalising…

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Reactivate All Barred Lines, NCC Orders MTN, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Lines barred due to the NIN-SIM linkage’ll be reactivated for a limited period;” details of the order from NCC   The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered all telecom service providers to immediately reactivate all lines barred due to the NIN-SIM linkage. Platforms Africa reports that the Director Public Affairs of NCC, Reuben Muoka, who said this in a statement, maintained that the reactivation was for a limited period. Mouka said, “Over the weekend many telecom subscribers/consumers were unable to access their phone lines because of the inability of many…

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‘Massive,’ Facebook Removes 63,000 Nigerians’ Accounts

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sextortion, what to know about the new Internet scam tens of thousands of Nigerians are found guilty of     Meta has removed approximately 63,000 Facebook accounts in Nigeria for attempting to engage in financial sextortion scams, primarily targeting adult men in the United States. These scams, known as “sextortion,” involve threatening to release compromising photos, either real or fake, if the victim does not pay to stop them. In a statement on Wednesday, Meta revealed that the removed accounts included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts linked…

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