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UPDATED: Why Pantami ordered suspension of new SIM card sales, registration

UPDATED: Why Pantami ordered suspension of new SIM card sales, registration

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to order suspension and activation of new SIM cards. This he said was to allow an audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, that […]

NCC orders suspension of new SIM registration, to embark on another audit

NCC orders suspension of new SIM registration, to embark on another audit

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunication companies in the nation to suspend sale, registration and activation of new Subscriber Identity Module (popularly known as SIM card). This was noted in a press statement by the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, on Wednesday. Adinde stated that the instruction was […]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new company

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new company

Tech maven Steve Wozniak launched a new company this week — more than four decades after he started Apple with the late Steve Jobs. Wozniak’s latest venture, Efforce, aims to use cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to make it cheaper and easier for companies to fund environmentally friendly projects. The company says its goal is to […]

China completes first rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit

China completes first rendezvous and docking in lunar orbit

China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe successfully carried out a remote-controlled rendezvous and docking manoeuvre in lunar orbit on Sunday, according to the China National Space Administration. In the first such manoeuvre ever carried out by a Chinese spacecraft, Chang’e-5’s ascender transferred samples collected on the moon to the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit. Afterwards, the spacecraft […]

We will put additional satellites in space — FG

We will put additional satellites in space — FG

…As Senate raises alarm over wrong employment in NARSDA …Urges ICPC to intensify probe By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal government says it is now more determined put additional satellites in the orbit to enhance the realization of its developmental agenda for space technology. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu made the pledge […]