Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has disclosed that his government has installed 3G cameras in all the busy borders in the state in order to effectively monitor every movement into the state. Emmanuel made the disclosure Saturday evening while responding to a question on what government is doing to check the recent relocation of Almajiri’s from the North to Niger Delta region, during a live Radio and Television programme aired on Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, (AKBC). He explained that the installation of the 3G Cameras which are also reflected on the I-PADS, phones of every stakeholder involved in the…
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By Ademola EKUN There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a serious challenge to the global economy, Nigeria inclusive. However, I seriously think that within this challenge, there are opportunities for Nigeria to scale as a nation. The opportunities abound. Such growth will only happen if Nigerian companies and innovators are encouraged to make use of the window of opportunity presented by the crises orchestrated by the pandemic. Nigeria indeed has the population and human capital capabilities. Beyond population, Nigeria needs a critical ingredient to make use of the chance to succeed presented by this…
Facebook and Google have said they will let employees continue working from home for the rest of the year. The tech giants have announced plans to reopen their offices soon but are allowing more home working flexibility, according to a report by the BBC. Google originally said it would keep its work from home policy until 1 June, but is extending it for seven more months. Facebook said it would reopen its offices on 6 July as coronavirus lockdowns are gradually lifted. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said that employees who need to return to the office will start being…
As the novel Coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt businesses across the globe, Plentywaka, the technology-driven ride-hailing service has just launched a new product for corporate organizations referred to as Plentywaka Staff Bus Solutions. Plentywaka Staff-Bus Solution is an exclusive bus service powered by technology to provide staff bus solutions to corporate organizations. The Plentywaka Staff-Bus Solution is aimed at providing premium dedicated buses to organizations to ease the stress of transportation of staff to and from work. In light of the current pandemic caused by COVID-19, there have been growing concerns for all sizes of organizations seeking safer ways to…
Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday directed the Federal Government to suspend the planned deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria. The Senate resolution is sequel to a motion on the present status of 5G Network in Nigeria, according to a report by vanguardngr.com. Sponsor of the motion, Sen. Uche Ekwunife (PDP Anambra), in her lead debate said there were growing concerns on the on-going discussion about the current status of 5G network in Nigeria, especially in regards to the question, ‘if Nigeria is presently connected to 5G.’ She said there were further concerns by some scientists and medical experts…
Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency ( NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa has stated that the Agency is targeting to protect and create a million jobs in the ICT sector this year. Inuwa made this known on Monday during a virtual submission of the report of the NITDA Advisory Committee on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Technology and Innovation Ecosystem also known as Tech4Covid19. Tech4Covid19 Advisory Committee was constituted at the wake of the pandemic in Nigeria, precisely on April 1, 2020, at the instance of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami…
Anticipation is on the rise as Konga raises the curtains on what will go down in history as Africa’s first-ever live online product auction today, Friday, May 1, 2020, by 5 pm. The revolutionary auction tagged Konga Last Price, which will be hosted live across its social media pages including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube live, will also feature a timed auction on its website- www.konga.com as well as flash sales on social media, both of which will run concurrently with the social media live auction. Among the exciting items to be auctioned are a variety of genuine products from…
Iniabasi Akpan, the Country Manager for OPay in Nigeria, has said that after the Okada ban in Lagos, “we are going to be focusing on things around delivery.” Akpan told the Nigerian Tribune in an interview: “There is no doubt that the Okada ban in Lagos State cost us a great deal. But, we still have a payment business which is thriving. And I think that that is the most important thing. I guess others were more hit than us because they don’t have a payment business. Our core is the payment business. So, that has always been the core…
A team of University of Benin (UNIBEN) lecturers have invented a ventilator that can work without electricity for at least one hour. The researchers, known as COVID-19 Initiative and headed by Prof. Kessington Obahiagbon explained during the presentation of the machine to the institution’s vice-chancellor, Prof. Lilian Imuetinyan in Benin Tuesday that in designing the machine, they took into consideration the peculiar circumstances of the country where power cut is the order of the day. Obahiagbon, who is from the Faculty of Engineering, said that the feat was achieved in collaboration with his colleagues from the Faculty of Medical Sciences,…
The Akwa Ibom State Government is already looking ahead to repositioning its economy for a post-COVID-19 world even as Nigeria and the rest of the world are still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic which has hobbled global economies. To this effect, the governor, Udom Emmanuel has put together a crack and astute 20-member committee to advise the government on its task of economic reconstruction. The economic reconstruction committee will be inaugurated on Friday, May 1st by 12 pm. Equally important, the committee, drawn from the public and private sector, is peopled by globally renowned entrepreneurs, eggheads from the…