Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, sentenced an applicant, David Kingsley, to four months imprisonment for hacking into people’s Facebook amounts and fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office charged Kingsley with fraud and impersonation. Justice Khobo sentenced Kingsley after he pleaded guilty to the […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has just revealed that, the industry’s active data subscriber base dropped by 3.3 percent IN Q2, 2021, representing a loss of 4.76 million users. The report is its latest industry review for the quarter. It was  published on its website. Nigeria’s telecommunications industry is dominated by four […]

By Juliet Umeh Deputy Director , UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, Mr. Lamide Johnson,has joined the KTN Global Alliance Africa as Country Lead. Alliance Africa is an initiative of the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports, DCMS, where he was also Interim Country Director. The appointment is a six-year pioneer project co-funded by the […]

By Juliet Umeh Tech start-up, Decagon, has closed a $1.5 million seed equity round from early-stage VCs as well as a $25 million student loan financing facility from Sterling Bank.  Founder of the company, Mr. Chika Nwobi, said: “We were already profitable and growing 500 percent per annum but we see this capital as fuel […]

By Juliet Umeh Lagos-based e-hailing start-up, BMP Car, has partnered with VOONOV, a company specialized in entrepreneurial engineering of start-ups to expand its operations in the Republic of Togo. BMP Car was officially launched in Lagos, last year, as two-in-one ride hailing platform. The CEO and Founder of the company, Mr. Ezekiel Ojo, while announcing […]

Barely six months after declaring Zamfara State a ‘no-fly zone’, the federal government in a renewed effort to fight banditry and other forms of insecurity in the state, has shut down all telecom activities in Zamfara state.

By Juliet Umeh  Director-General, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN Dikko Umaru Radda has said that most Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs struggle because they refuse to take advantage of intellectual property benefits to their businesses. Radda said that robust intellectual property, IP, can grow businesses as much as it contributes to […]

By Prince Osuagwu,  Hi-Tech Editor At the weekend, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBC announced that  Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP grew by 5.01 percent, year-on-years, in real terms in the second quarter of 2021. That makes three consecutive quarters of growth after the negative growth rates recorded in the second and third quarters of 2020.   Although […]

By Juliet Umeh The Founding members of  Country Chief Data Officer, CDO Ambassador programs, recently appointed  founder/ chairman Governing Council of the Institute of Information Management, IIM, Africa,  Dr Oyedokun Oyewole as the Country Chief Data Officer Ambassador for Nigeria. Founding members of CDO Ambassadors programme include: MITCDOIQ Symposium, International Society of Chief Data Officers and the CDO […]

By Prince Osuagwu Nigerian-American Information Technology expert and inventor, Fisayo Olamigoke has put measures in place to revolutionise event management in the country, using the technology. His first step began with the invention of eSprayMe website and mobile application which uses virtual conferencing to create more value for those playing in the event management field.   […]