Author: Rommy Imah

Facebook Tuesday announced the 12 African community leaders, including four Nigerians who have been selected to join Facebook’s Community Accelerator, a six-month programme that aims to equip communities with the training, mentorship, and funding they need to grow. The announcement forms part of its focus in bringing people together and building communities. The four Community leaders selected from across Nigeria are: Hauwa Ojeifo, She Writes Woman – In 2016, Hauwa created “Safe Place Nigeria” to provide a stigma and judgment-free space for young people to talk about mental health-related issues. It has become a community for young people to learn, feel connected,…

With faster response time, very high capacity, more software options to upgrade, ubiquitous connectivity, a wide range of applications, Speed of up to 10Gbit/s, Virtually ‘0’ latency, and 100 times more devices, the features of 5G are enormous and give the user access to do so much more. As the world is embracing the Internet of Things technology to improve businesses and works, Nigeria cannot afford to be left out of the benefits of 5G to this technology which includes deep coverage to reach challenging locations; Ultra-low energy, guaranteeing 10+ years of battery life; Ultra-low complexity of 10s bits per…

The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said it embarked on the awareness and implementation of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 because of its strategic importance to its members’ businesses. The awareness is also aimed at reducing or preventing cybercrimes by ensuring the safety and protection of Nigerians digital details on the World Wide Web as the failure to give adequate protection to data could be very devastating and costly to individuals and businesses. In a welcome address at a virtual meeting on Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019- Benefits and Compliance Process held on Monday, ATCON through its…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been providing insights on why the adoption of the controversial 5G in Nigeria will go a long way to positively changing businesses, the national economy and citizens’ way of living. The Commission said the technology has the potential to provide 20 times faster data speeds and carries a massive amount of data for a large number of simultaneous users. In a statement made available to DigitalTimesNG, the NCC stated that users in high-density areas like airports, stadia or urban areas can still experience the fast speeds and low latency of 5G services. “5G, the…

The Federal Government Monday granted debt forgiveness of 60 per cent to broadcast stations in the country whose indebtedness currently stands at N7.8 billion. The benefitting stations are consequently, to pay only 40 per cent of their total debt to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) within three months with effect from July 10 or lose the special concession. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said at a media briefing in Abuja that the government considered the waivers as a measure of instituting financial sustainability among broadcast stations in Nigeria. The minister, who was accompanied by the Acting Director-General…

In continuation of our series on the NCC document titled: ‘Keeping children safe online: Advice to parents and caregivers,’ the Commission advises that if your child is using online platforms or programs for schoolwork, ensure a healthy balance between non-school related online activities and offline time. Here are some helpful tips: During non-school hours at home, establish time limits around when and for how long your child can be online; Use the available technologies — parental controls and tools to monitor online time allow you to measure and set time limits on device use or internet access. Be honest and…

……Proposal Open To Academics In Nigeria Tertiary Institutions Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is inviting proposals from academics in tertiary institutions that have feasible research ideas, capable of replacing or enhancing foreign technologies in the country’s telecommunications industry. The Commission said in a Request for Proposal released on Friday and signed by Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC that it is envisaged that the initiative will help build capacity in the tertiary institutions and promote Nigeria’s contribution to the pool of technologies in use in the communications industry. “The Nigerian Communications Commission,…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has provided tips for parents and caregivers on how to keep children safe online, saying that the tips cover what to do before things go wrong, while children spend time online, and what to do if things go wrong. The Commission in a document titled: ‘Keeping children safe online: Advice to parents and caregivers,’ listed the tips to include: Risk Anticipation, and advised parents that anticipation of risks will lead to appropriate control measures being put in place before a child is allowed access to digital devices or the internet. Some of these anticipatory…

As the world grapples with the impact of the pandemic COVID-19, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given some tutorials to parents and caregivers on how to keep their children and wards safe while online. To this end, the NCC has advised parents to contend with the overwhelming and scary possibility of their children being hurt by faceless individuals while surfing the internet. The advice is contained in a document released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)) and made available to DigitalTimesNG.  Nations are presently grappling with the impact of COVID-19, including the fact that young people are compelled…

Acting Director-General (DG) of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, has disowned a call for position papers on the amendments to the 6th edition of the country’s broadcasting code by the board of the commission. Recall that Ikra Bilbis, chairman of the commission’s board, had in a notice called for the papers on the amendments over concerns he said were raised by stakeholders. In a notice issued by Salihu Bamidele Aluko, a lawyer, on behalf of Bilbis, the commission’s board said: “The board of the National Broadcasting Commission sat to review the various positions and resolved that…