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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by Section 70 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 and other enabling powers in that regard, made and released Guidelines on National Roaming services. Released last month, DigitalTimesNG understands that the Guidelines are intended to give effect to the provisions of licenses that permit the licensees to enter into agreements for the purpose of providing National Roaming services in Nigeria, subject to the prior approval of the Commission. “These Guidelines are designed and developed to encourage National Roaming between Roaming Providers and Roaming Seekers within…

wow!lotto, Nigeria’s first interactive online lottery game platform, was Thursday unveiled to the media in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, with the promise of fun and huge winnings. With an offering of a unique combination of the lottery game mechanics with an online casino visualisation for Nigerians, wow1lotto is providing Nigerian lotto players with the opportunity for fun and winnings of up to N300, 000,000. Described as a lottery game with exceptional bright interactive features for smartphones and PCs, this first of its kind lotto game in Nigeria, is specially designed to get players engrossed in the atmosphere of the games, making…

The Federal Government has said that its plans to establish National Emerging Technology Centres in the country are underway following the approval of the proposal for these in the 2021 federal budget by the National Assembly. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami disclosed this on Tuesday in his speech as the special guest of honour and keynote speaker at the ongoing 2021 edition of the Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition. Pantami who expressed delight with the theme of the Conference noted that because Emerging technologies have the potentials of dominating the world in the next few…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria. Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to The President (Media), Office of the Minister of Information and Culture said in a press release on Tuesday that the approval was announced in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who will chair the team. Other members of the Federal Government’s team include the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,…

The 2021 Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition begins today, Tuesday, June 22, 2021, with this year’s edition, just like the previous year, holding virtually as a result of the persisting COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition is the foremost annual gathering of ICT experts, stakeholders, public and private sector players, policy makers, students and exhibitors. With the theme- ‘Building a new Africa with AI and Blockchain,’ this year’s edition of the Conference is once more shifting to the virtual space with the goal of providing an engaging and meaningful experience for everyone who will be participating as a conference…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken a major proactive regulatory step by inaugurating a committee to develop the Information Memorandum (IM) for the auction of 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band which will be used for early deployment of 5G services in the country. This development follows the Senate investigative hearing which gave the Fifth Generation (5G) technology a clean bill of health. DigitalTimesNG understands that the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, recently inaugurated the 18-member Committee in Abuja, with NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Ubale Maska as Auction…

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DR. TIMOTHY CHIMHURUMNANYA OGBORUCHE is a serial entrepreneur, business consultant, leadership expert, motivational speaker and geologist by training. He is the CEO of Teleworld Hub Enterprises, one of Nigeria’s leading telecommunications firms with branches across the country. He is also the President of Tehila Integrated Services Limited the parent company for Tehila Sounds which specializes in providing Pro Sound solution to any specification and capacity. In the following interview, the Isuochi, Abia State-born serial entrepreneur talks about the activities of his Teleworld Hub, the place of technology in Nigeria’s overall economic development and topical sundry issues. He spoke to our…

Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has identified a vibrant startup ecosystem as highly critical to the future of Nigeria in addition to being vital to finding solutions to the country’s various challenges. Abdullahi who stated this Tuesday in his opening remarks at the virtual Bridge To MassChallenge (B2MC) Nigeria Media Engagement session noted that Innovation is a prominent way of creating prosperity for all and lifting countries out of poverty. “Considering this, NITDA and MassChallenge have partnered to catalyse and support a national startup community in Nigeria. MassChallenge is well known as…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is providing advisory to Nigerians to address concerns on changes to the WhatsApp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which took effect on 15th May 2021. Nigeria boasts of millions of its citizens using the WhatsApp platform for business, social, educational, and other purposes thus acclaimed as the social media platform of choice for many Nigerians. NITDA said in a statement signed by its Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, Mrs. Hadiza Umar, that to understand the issues and give an opportunity to explain its views, it entered into collaboration with the African…