A Nigerian company -E.F. Network Ltd, has developed a mobile application that can make a device unusable by thieves, to curb theft or resale of mobile phones and other gadgets in the country. Mr Ameh Ochojila, the company’s public relations officer said this in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja. Ochojila, said that the application […]

By Juliet Umeh An innovation airline, Emirates in collaboration with actor Liam Neeson, said it has launched It’s a Penalty’s campaign’s newest global film, ‘ice’ to keep the world abreast of the tricks surrounding human trafficking. It said the film creates awareness about human trafficking so that suspected cases can be identified and reported, thereby […]

By Juliet Umeh An online marketplace, Kaiglo, said it has introduced ‘Singles Day’ for the West African market. According to the e-commerce company, the 11/11 is a singles day campaign held on the 11th of November, each year. It said the event was first started in China and is now the norm in most Asian […]

By Juliet Umeh Educational Technology Company, 9ijakids, said its educational contents on the Search Engine platform, Google, are enhancing children’s learning patterns. According to the firm, its stories on the platform have so far been read for more than 11,000 times within weeks of publication. It said it was able to achieve such traffic after […]

By Prince Osuagwu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted  two mobile network operators MTN and 9mobile approval to carry out trial on National roaming services. Roaming Service enables a mobile subscriber to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive data, or access other services when travelling outside the coverage of a particular […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted two mobile network operators, MTN and 9mobile, approval to carry out trial on national roaming services.

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee, who transformed the South Korean firm into a global tech titan, died at the age of 78 on Sunday, the company said. Under Lee’s leadership, Samsung rose to become the world’s largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm’s overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal government is to establish a National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to engage youths for the emerging challenges in digital Nigeria. The Centre, when established is also expected to take Nigerian youths a step ahead and make them globally competitive in their ICT carriers. The Minister of Communications and […]

A trio of space travelers safely returned to Earth on Thursday after a six-month mission on the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-16 capsule carrying NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, and Roscosmos’ Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan at 7:54 a.m. Thursday. After a brief […]

Huawei’s revenue growth slowed significantly in the first nine months of 2020, the Chinese telecom giant said Friday, citing “intense pressure” on operations during the coronavirus and as the US moves to cut off its access to vital components. Huawei, the leading global supplier of telecoms networking equipment and a top smartphone producer, said it […]

Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, one of Europe’s key 5G suppliers, reported Wednesday better-than-expected third quarter results on the back of its highest profitability rating since 2006. Ericsson posted a three months to September net profit of 5.6 billion kronor (522 million euros, $622 million) compared with a loss in the same period the previous […]

…Network to trigger $13.2 trillion sales, services by 2035 By Juliet Umeh Despite the controversies surrounding the fifth-generation network, 5G over perceived relations with the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria appears closer to adopting it. This is apparently owing to the huge economic benefits the network has been said to accrue to countries that have adopted it. […]

The US government filed a blockbuster lawsuit Tuesday accusing Google of maintaining an “illegal monopoly” in online search and advertising in the country’s biggest antitrust case in decades — opening the door to a potential breakup of the Silicon Valley titan. The politically charged case, which could take years to play out, draws new battle […]

By Rasheed Sobowale A former employee of Cellulant Nigeria Limited has sued the company of a sum totalling about N529 million over “wrongful termination” of his employment contract. Also copied in the suit was Cellulant Corporation (the second defendant). The ex-employee, in the suit document signed by his lawyers, Samuel Etuk Esq. and Nseobong Okon […]

China is set to pass a new law that would restrict sensitive exports vital to national security, expanding its toolkit of policy options as competition grows with the US over access to technologies that will drive the modern economy. China’s top legislative body, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, is expected to adopt the measure […]