339 innovation hubs set for standardisation as FG deepens digital inclusion
Glo rounds off promo, empowers 1,755 more Nigerians
CTO forum adopts measures to bridge digital divide
Inspire-Soft to launch Nigeria’s indigenous mail
Tripplesea reassures on warranty of UPS products
Information technology as catalyst for awareness and engagement in the political process in Nigeria(3)
ITAN signs MoU with ATCON on information sharing
Forum of ICT institutions to hold workshop
Excitement, as Zain lowers call rates, introduces free SMS
Why we cant be swallowed if consolidation comes, Visafone
Green is clean
Phase 3 boss roots for aerial optic fibre

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Beware! Your phone can poison you
Yes, as strange as it sounds, it is also the truth. One may probably not believe it but it has been discovered that cell phones can be harmful to a very great extent than the usual suspicion of emitting Electro Magnetic Radiation, EMR.
NiRA elects new officers tomorrow, holds AGM
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association, NIRA, has said that all preparations were concluded towards its annual General Meeting and elections tomorrow in Ikeja, Lagos .
Nokia unveils double SIM phone in Nigeria
Apparently yearning to the aspirations of its teeming customers in the West African market, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mobile devices Nokia has unveiled a two-SIM phone in the market.
Intel set to acquire McAfee
Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire one of the world’s largest dedicated security technology companies, McAfee, Inc., through the purchase of all of the company’s common stock at $48 per share in cash, for approximately $7.68 billion.
Direct mailing council receive ministerial backing
Newly formed Direct Mailing Practitioners Association of Nigeria , DMPAN, last week visited the Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, where it received a promise that the ministry was going to support every of its worthy causes.
At Ramadan, slashes night time calling rates
Starcomms Plc is offering its customers a N4 per minute on-net calls between the period of 10 pm and 7 am. The offer is to enable Starcomms customers, particularly the Muslims to share warm thoughts during the Ramadan period, while also giving opportunity to non-Muslims to extend warm greetings to their Muslim and other friends.
Nigerian lawmakers need IT training , expert
The need for the Nigerian lawmakers, the financial crimes investigators, the lawyers and regulatory agencies, the media, among other stakeholders to be Information Technology, IT compliant has been stressed
Where’s Govt’s local content policy in INEC’s e-registration campaign?
As Prof Attahiru Jega racks his brain to pick a company out of the seven that scaled the first huddle of the INEC contract scramble, Managing Director of NigComSat, Engr Ahmed Rufai may have Advised that there was no reason for anybody to develop migraine over the smooth delivery of the DCC machines only if the local content policy of the federal government would be applied here.
Our students must be computer literate before university, KPOMIEMIE
THE Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) last month, from July 26 to July 30 held its 23rd National Conference, with the theme, Realizing a Stable Democratic Political System in Nigeria: I
e-Waste concerns re-echoes at clean environment forum
Even with the Basel Convention prohibiting International waste transfer, the dumping of e-waste into the Nigerian market and the rest of the African sub-region has continued to grow in geometric progression attracting both national and international regulatory authorities.
CTO powers search for rural connection solutions in Ghana
Ghana’s quest for effective and sustainable connectivity solutions for its rural community may have started yielding the expected results when stakeholders including including the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), Ghana’s Ministry of Communications, the National Communications Authority (NCA), the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), among others gathered in Sunyani in the Brong-Ahafo region recently to discuss how best to expand ICT communication in under-served regions of the country.
Used, refurbished phones flood market
In a surprising new wave, the popular refurbished phones commonly known as China phones notable for it’s ‘No Name’ feature and sometimes small Chinese inscriptions on weak metallic casings bearing a thousand and one key buttons – its perfect giveaway, has now metamorphosed.
Bharti Airtel to invest US $10 m in Seychelles
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom services provider that recently acquired zain’s Africa operations, has announced that it would invest USD 10 million in Seychelles.
Information technology as catalyst for awareness and engagement in the political process in Nigeria(2)
It provides an efficient means of using human and institutional capabilities in an increasingly umpolar world. Information technology is one of the key determinants of competitiveness and growth of nations. Nations are becoming more competitive on the basis of their knowledge of information technology rather than on the basis of their natural endowments or low labour costs.
Juwah commissions GateWay Network in Abuja
Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah on Monday in Abuja cut the tape to signal commencement of commercial services for provision of wireless broadband services in as part of the provision of services in six states of the country by Gateway Business.

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