The Federal Government has revealed that the suspension of Twitter’s activities in Nigeria will soon be lifted, following an agreement that has been reached in most areas of contention with the microblogging platform. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Wednesday. While providing an update on the government’s negotiation with the microblogging site, the minister gave more details of the conditions given to the platform, saying that most of them have been accepted. He…
Author: Gbenga OWOYEMI
It is now mandatory for candidates who want to sit for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)- organised exams in Nigeria from next year, to have been enrolled for a National Identification Number (NIN) with the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC). WAEC’s head of national office in Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Lagos, while addressing newsmen on the organisation’s preparedness towards the forthcoming 2021 schools-based West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled to commence across Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria from August 16. Areghan stated that WAEC Nigeria, as a law-abiding organisation working…
The Lagos State Government in partnership with Chronicles Software Development Company, Tuesday, launched EkoDigitalSchool.com, said to be the largest digital classroom in Africa. Built on Cloud architecture, the borderless school can accommodate 2 to 10million students concurrently and would be data-free to create equal access for all students so that no one is left out. Koyejo Oluwatosin, Co-founder of Chronicles Software Development, said the platform is incorporated with all subjects which are aligned based on the curriculum, (week by week) while it also has various important features like assignments, tests, examinations and reports to ensure continuous uninterrupted learning, particularly at…
African mobility fintech startup provides revenue-based vehicle financing, empowering individuals across Africa to own their own vehicle
The Federal Government has through the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy signed a $13m deal with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for the building of a foundation towards Digital Governance in Nigeria. The South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Kim Young – Chae and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami sealed the deal at a brief ceremony of Cooperation between the two countries, which was held at the South Korean Embassy in Abuja on Thursday. At the ceremony, the Korean Ambassador commended the supervisory leadership of the Honourable Minister of Communications…
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has heaped praises on two recently retired Executive Management staff of the Group for their immense contributions and years of outstanding service to the companies. They are Chairman of Konga Group, Mr. Olusiji Ijogun and Executive Director, Zinox Group, Mr. Etiene Etukudoh. Ekeh who expressed deep gratitude to the duo for their invaluable efforts and sacrifices spoke at a smart valedictory event held in honour of Ijogun and Etukudoh. The event was held at the impressive Yudala Heights located at Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.…
Microsoft has named Ola Williams as its new Country Manager for Nigeria. Ola was previously the Specialist Sales Leader working with the extended team and the company’s partner organizations to grow cloud revenue across enterprise customers. She takes over from Akin Banuso who is the Enterprise Commercial Lead for the Middle East and Africa– Multi market region. In her new role, Ola will lead Microsoft efforts to accelerate Nigeria’s Digital transformation and cloud adoption across all Microsoft customer segments. She will work to identify new opportunities and mobilize internal organization resources as well as external stakeholders. Ola joins Microsoft’s Middle…
Mouthwatering freebies await bargain-hungry shoppers on every purchase of specific models of Tecno and Infinix smartphones as TStore, a frontline retail platform, has teamed up with leading telecoms giants, MTN and 9Mobile for this rare offer. The offer, tagged Jara Sales, is available in various MTN and 9Mobile partner stores nationwide. Shoppers who walk into any of these stores to purchase any of the specified devices instantly gets a free powerbank or headset. The offer applies to shoppers who purchase either the Tecno Camon 17 series, Tecno Spark 7, Infinix Note 10 series and Infinix Note 10T series. To benefit…
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