Gov. Sule inaugurates 2000 capacity JAMB professional test centre
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawab State has inaugurated the 2000 Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) professional test centre as part of activities to mark […]
Technology
Lagos partners Microsoft to train 18, 000 teachers – Commissioner
Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, Lagos State, said the state government had partnered Microsoft to train 18, 000 teachers to enhance computer literacy towards […]
Afghan girls design ventilator from car parts for Covid-19 patients
A group of Afghan girls has designed the prototype of a cheap ventilator that can help patients, suffering from the novel coronavirus who are struggling, […]
GBB says virtual FEC meetings not run on deprecated operating system
The Galaxy Backbone (GBB), has debunked rumours of holding virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC), meeting on a platform running a deprecated operating system thereby presenting […]
No licence yet to switch on 5G, says Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) , Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, says that there are no Fifth Generation (5G) of mobile technology licence […]
NCDC says presence of community transmission in Lagos, Kano
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has said that there was community transmission of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos and Kano states. The Director-General of […]
No 5G licences issued yet, NCC insists
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has described as untrue, reports that Nigeria’s telecoms industry would switch to 5G in Lagos on Sunday10th, Monday 11th or […]
COVID-19: NCDC activates 3 more laboratories
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has activated three additional laboratories in the country, bringing the total number of laboratories in Nigeria […]
IPMAN decries proposed merger of PTDF, PPPRA, PEF
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Saturday decried the proposed merger of three agencies in the petroleum industry. The agencies are: Petroleum […]
AbdulRazaq wants home-grown tech solutions to local problems in Kwara
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has called on IT experts to develop home-grown technological solutions to local problems. AbdulRazak made the call when he joined […]
VIDEO: 20-year old ABU student invents manual ventilator for COVID-19 patients
While it may appear to be an arduous task for his peers and even some acclaimed inventors, Mr. Usman Dalhatu, a 200-level student of Mechanical […]
Apple to pay $500m in proposed iPhone settlement
The U.S. tech giant Apple, on Tuesday said it would pay up to 500 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit in which it […]
Checkmate inflow of foreign tech, minister directs NOTAP
Mohammed Abdullahi, the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, has directed the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) to checkmate […]
Nigerian company, others win Google challenge, to receive $1.93 million lifeline
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing in Nigeria, is one of the seven news organisations that won the Google News Initiative (GNI) innovation challenge and among those […]
Nigeria ready to transfer technology to other African countries — NABDA
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), says Nigeria will be happy to transfer its technology behind bio-tech (bt) cotton, bt cowpea and others to other […]
CAN urges FG to adopt technology in curbing insecurity
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Thursday called on Federal Government to adopt modern technology in curbing insecurity in […]
Pantami urges young innovative Nigerians to monetise social media data
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has urged young innovative Nigerians to monetise social media data to turn them into fortune […]
Nigeria to join in space exploration soon, Science Minister
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, has harped on the importance of science and engineering to nation-building,stressing that soon Nigeria would join […]
Buhari meets ICT professionals, pledges to use technology
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to use technology for enhanced public service delivery. Receiving the leadership of Computer […]
FUTA student puts Unique Heliosat (Drone) to flight
A student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Mr Oluwaseyi Falola, has developed and put to flight a Unique Heliosat (Drone). Using remote […]
Technology necessary to curb food crisis in Africa – AATF
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Dr Issoufou Kollo Abdourhamane, Regional Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has encouraged African countries to embrace technologies capable of solving the […]
30 viaually-impaired students benefit from SIFAX ICT training
A total of 30 visually-impaired students have benefitted from a digital/ICT skill training programme sponsored by SIFAX Group in Lagos. The Corporate Affairs Manager of […]
Internet of Things (IoT) under fire: Kaspersky detects 100m attacks on smart devices in H1 2019
Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) honeypots – networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications – have detected 105 million attacks on IoT devices coming […]
Rwandan giant stride and Nigeria’s technological dwarfism, By Y.Z. Ya’u
My grandmother was a fiercely independent minded woman, known for trading in fabrics. She didn’t know about feminism, but knew her rights as a human […]
GITEX 2019: Jelani Aliyu says Nigeria’s automotive device testing centres 85% complete
Mr Jelani Aliyu, the Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) on Tuesday says the construction of three automotive device testing centres in […]