TECHNOLOGY

ELECTRICITY Workers in the country have rejected the inaugurated Board of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, claiming members are politicians instead of professionals. The workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, in a statement yesterday, contended the new board would worsen the power situation in …

When Disney announced a reboot of “Home Alone” this past August, fans, and even Macaulay Culkin himself, eviscerated the studio for tinkering with the 1990 John Hughes Christmas classic. And after unveiling the film’s cast list, it ignited the online ire once again, Insider reports. The holiday drama kicked off …

History exists so that man could learn from his mistakes, It’s been around five years have passed since Microsoft’s $7 billion ill-fated acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business, and now after learning too many lessons, both the tech champions are coming together yet again. Microsoft has announced a strategic collaboration with …

Thirty years after he invented the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee has released what he calls a “roadmap to build a better web.” His plan aims to halt abuse of the internet by governments, companies, and individuals. Tim Berners-Lee, a British engineer credited with having invented the World Wide Web …

Chinese tech giants control mobile wallets that track a variety of financial services, which is appealing to Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon Technology giants are showing a heightened interest in the financial services industry as they see Chinese tech companies succeeding in payments, an area that could be lucrative for …

THE Federal University of Oye-Ekiti(FUOYE), Ekiti State is resuming academic activities on November 11 after several weeks of being shut down over a protest on irregular power supply in the school. The decision to reopen the school was reached on Wednesday during the Senate meeting of the institution that looked …

The Senate on Tuesday directed the management of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to stay action on the recent increment of tuition fees for students in the institution. The upper chamber also mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND to investigate the matter in a bid to finding a …

South-East leaders including governors on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House Council Chambers in Abuja. The leaders during the meeting called for special Federal Government intervention for the speedy completion of the Enugu International airport and rehabilitation of federal roads in the region. Speaking on behalf …

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed on Thursday, October 10, announced that online news platforms will now be regulated as he inaugurated a seven-man committee to implement reforms in the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Members of the committee whose job description centers on implementing reforms in the NBC include; Armstrong …

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has advised all 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates not yet enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN) to visit any NIMC office nationwide and enrol. Mr. Chuks Onyepunuka, the Information Technology/Identity Database Officer, NIMC gave the advice in an interview with the …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday, October 7, 2019, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters among whom were five who claimed to be students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The suspects were arrested in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following meticulous consideration of intelligence …

Reekado Banks who spoke on the sack said:“It was just next level dealings, I wanted to get somewhere else, the vision became a lot farther, like I saw farther than I used to see and I just needed somebody that’ll see as much, most especially someone that’s been there with …

Some Nigerian students have made the nation proud by winning two gold medals at the 2019 Students for the Advancement Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) competition – The first group won for their project called the Marist Air Quality Monitor which detects harmful substances in the environment and trigger an alarm – …

Pinterest Pinterest users searching for vaccine-related information will be directed to results from “public health organisations”. Last year, the social platform stopped showing results for vaccine searches to tackle the spread of misinformation. Social media companies are facing increasing scrutiny over how they moderate content on their sites. In recent …

Golden Eaglets Shakiru Adegoke has been invited to play for the Golden Eaglets ahead of the U-17 World Cup The Chelsea shot-stopper was handed an official invitation from the NFF a few days ago Nigeria will participate at the FIFA U-17 World Cup which will be hosted by Brazil in …

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He was received by Governor Nasir El Rufai and other top Government Officials at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology Zaria. During the visit, the president will commission the Phase II of the Zaria Regional Water Supply Project Completed the the El-rufai administration. The first phase of the project was …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Facebook, under pressure to ramp up privacy rules across its platform, said on Tuesday it was rolling out a tool allowing users to control data that it receives from other apps and websites about their online activity. The new tool is to give clients access to …

As the national refineries remain moribund, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Sunday announced a new set of companies that will lift the country’s crude oil and supply it with refined petroleum products.  In a press release obtained from its Twitter handle, @NNPCgroup, it said a batch of 15 …

As technology evolves, the financial sector is not left behind, Several softwares have been developed to make banking easier and faster. One of such is the USSD code for mobile phones, USSD means Unstructured Supplementary Service DataA�and is a service which allows you pay your bills and do other transactions …

acebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to a�?step upa�? to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users. a�?We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we cana��t then we dona��t deserve …

Internet search giant Google has ranked Nigeria among the top three countries in the world that spend quality time online in search of various goods and services. This was disclosed by Googlea��s country manager for Kenya, Mr Charles Murito, in South Africa while presenting a paper on the evolution of …

One of the Nigeriaa��s telecoms service providers, Etisalat, has adopted an innovative approach in its 4G LTE service roll out, by positioning it as an enabler of socio-economic growth. The firm said its service is an essential tool that empowers people to do more and a trigger for positive growth …

An e-commerce platform, Min.ng, says it is set to promote made-in-Nigeria products as the new economic frontier for the actualisation of the countrya��s pursuit of economic development and self-sufficiency. This is contained in a statement released in Lagos on Saturday by the Founder of the platform, Mr Kelechi Ekegbe. The …

With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two spacewalking US astronauts installed a special parking spot for them on Friday. Americans Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins floated outside the orbiting laboratory for a spacewalk lasting five hours and 58 minutes to attach …

Update affecting Bulk SMS delivery to MTN Numbers in Nigeria, if you or your client has not been receiving Bulk SMS messages on his or her Phones in recently, below is the reason and solution on Tuesday July 6th 2016, MTN Nigeria has enabled a Service called “DO NOT Disturb …