Weak passwords, fake links biggest threats to journalists — Expert warns
By Juliet Umeh The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, WSCIJ, has identified weak passwords, phishing links and poor digital security habits as some of the biggest threats facing investigative journalists, warning that a single security lapse could expose confidential sources, compromise sensitive investigations and damage newsroom credibility. The warning was issued during the Civic […]
SAT3 cable cut: 70% internet Capacity threatened, MTN, Suburban count losses
LAST week Monday,Nigeria’s SAT3 submarine cable system, had a default on one of its landing cables linking the Benin Republic and up till now, about 70 percent of Nigeria’s internet capacity is said to be still hanging on the balance .
Porter worries overNigeria’s poverty
PERHAPS, not so many people would have known that Nigeria ranks poorly in the 2009 Global Competitiveness Rankings of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness of the Harvard University, United States. But the arrival of world’s renowned business strategist and revered scholar at Harvard Business School, Professor Michael Porter penultimate week, at a seminar sponsored by MTN Nigeria to discuss Nigeria’s economy, threw more light into the survey.
Nokia, CPC to tackle substandard e-products in Nigeria
THE world’’s leading maker of mobile devices in, Nokia, in collaboration with the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), the apex consumer protection agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, have teamed up to address issues relating to the physical safety and economic interest of Nigerians consuming electronic produce flooding the market from the international market.In a capacity building event held last week that brought together stakeholders in the electrical/electronic sub-sector at the Alaba International market, participants at the event noted that there was need to tackle the incidence of fake products as well as sub-standard e- goods flooding the Nigerian market.
Metasys Wazobia software targets primary, secondary school students
At the just concluded Nigerian Computer Society, NCS, Annual General Meeting held recently in Abuja, the International Syst of Brazil in conjunction with Leapsoft Nigeria Ltd presented to the Nigerian IT market Metasys Wazobia that targets educational institutions, especially primary and secondary students.
IT professionals test run e-voting at NCS conference
At the just concluded  Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) Annual General Meeting, AGM, held in Abuja, the Nigerian IT Professionals have successfully implemented the electronic voting (e-Voting) process which was automated and conducted electronically and exclusively by Nigerian IT Professionals. With this development, it is evident enough that with real_time electronic_voting is possible for the 2011 […]
