In its sustained effort at facilitating research and innovations aimed at promoting developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry, telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has committed over N500 million to Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, who disclosed this at a two-day Regional Roundtable with Academia, Industry and Other Stakeholders which ended in Kano at the weekend, said the funds have been committed to research grants to universities and tertiary institutions, including professorial chairs in the universities in salient areas to drive technology development. A…
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Leading technology conglomerate, the Zinox Group, has recently offered employment to a batch of unemployed Nigerian graduates who successfully scaled through its internship programme. Digital Times Nigeria understands that this is part of the company’s efforts to ameliorate the harsh economic crunch on Nigerian youths. The successful graduates, numbering over 50 out of over 5,000 qualified applicants drawn from various parts of Nigeria, were among the second batch of participants who passed through a 30-day intensive Mini-MBA training program organized by the Zinox Institute of Technology (ZIT). Participants were exposed to world class trainings, job-suitability scenarios and capacity building workshops…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned ruling in the matter between an Abuja-based lawyer, Festus Onifade, Coalition of Nigerian Consumers, and pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, Limited, till Monday. At the hearing, MultiChoice asked the tribunal to decline to hear the suit challenging the increase of the subscription fees for its television services on grounds of jurisdiction. Onifade and the Coalition of Nigeria Consumers had dragged MultiChoice, the operators of DStv and GOtv platforms, to the Tribunal following the announcement by the company in March 2022, that the subscription rates for…
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that the implementation of the service-wide Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution, organized by the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, will result in an annual saving of about N4.5 billion in Nigeria. This is in addition to accelerating the digitisation and the delivery of content services platforms in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in achieving a digital Nigeria. Inuwa, who was represented by the Director, Information Technology Infrastructure Solutions (ITIS), Dr. Usman Gambo Abdullahi disclosed this while presenting a paper at the one-day ECM…
Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been elected to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (NAE). Danbatta’s election into the body has been described as a step that signposts the Chief telecoms regulator’s outstanding role in the development of engineering profession in the country. The Council of NAE is the highest decision-making body of the Academy. The Council oversees the country’s highest professional bodies in science, technology and engineering. The notice of the election, conveyed by Honorary Secretary of the Academy, Engr. Christy…
The Board, Management and Staff of Nigeria’s foremost smartcard manufacturer, SecureID Group, has applauded the Lagos State government on the re-launch of the State Residents Cards. This development, Digital Times Nigeria learnt, is set to further enhance seamless delivery of government accomplishments. The group said the re-launch of the Residents Cards is yet another landmark achievement which further showcases Lagos State as a trailblazer among the league of States in the federation. Mrs. Kofo Akinkugbe, Founder & Group Managing Director of SecureID Group, while commending the State Government said, “SecureID, as one of the strategic partners of this project,…
MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) is inviting developers across several markets to participate in an Open API Hackathon. The Open API Hackathon comes with a challenge to create a mobile application that uses MoMo APIs for use in their markets. The company said in a statement on Wednesday that the hackathon will be the second conducted by MTN Group Fintech and will take place in the following countries: eSwatini, Zambia, Congo Brazzaville, Rwanda, Uganda, Cameroon, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea Conakry. Developers will compete to create an innovative application for the markets in which they are…
Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that industry collaboration is very essential to successful deployment of 5G Services in Nigeria. Danbatta urged industry stakeholders to stand with the Commission to explore the prospects and potentials of the new technology, which is enormous. The EVC, who spoke at the 90th Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) hosted by the Consumer Affairs Bureau of the Commission, said the policy framework for the deployment has come into place and will facilitate deployment of services by the recent winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum…
Reuben Muoka, an innovative journalist and consummate public relations practitioner, has been appointed the new Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC). The appointment was made by the Management of the Commission as contained in a release personally signed by the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. Reuben Muoka takes over from Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, who has assumed duties as the Director of Special Duties Department of the Commission. The new NCC’s spokesman was recently promoted a substantive director, alongside Ismail Adedigba, now Director of Research and Development (R&D); and Gwa-Tobi Mohammed,…