There appears to be fresh breath of hope for the June 20, 2017 deadline for Nigeria to complete the digital switchover and achieve analogue switch off. It would be recalled that Nigeria could not meet the June 17, 2015 deadline of transiting to digital terrestrial broadcasting set by the International Telecommunications Union as a result of poor funding.

The Gender equality war is not only gaining ground physically. The war is even ongoing, online. At the moment,the United Nations, UN Women has entered into a strategic partnership with Intel Corporation on the lntel “She Will Connect” program which seeks to reduce the digital gender gap through a combination of digital literacy training, online peer networks, and gender-relevant content.

The 54-member nations of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) rose from its yearly Forum and Council meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, last week to announce Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the new Chairman. Danbatta is the Acting Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

I n the developed worlds, technology enables people to carry their whole world in a plastic card called the digital wallet. This wallet will identify, aid bills payment of individual carriers among other things. Having attained a relatively greater height in technology, the Nigerian government felt Nigerians are due for this and started a process of electronic Identity management which has seen Nigerians and legal residents in the country issued a National Identification Number NIN.

The rapid strides that has been made lately due to recent technologies has helped in making the world become more of a global village. You can now reach almost anyone on planet earth that has access to the internet via social networking websites. As we embrace these technologies, it is important to maximize its potential by placing more emphasis on the networking potential of social media websites.