Telecommunication subscribes may have to pay 40 per cent more than the current charges for calls, Short Message Service (SMS) and data. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) attributed the proposed increase on the rising cost of running a business in the nation. If the regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approves the proposal, the price …

The fifth plenary of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Collaboration Forum for the Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (GOG-MCF/SHADE) will hold in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on 10th and 11th May. NIMASA is the lead agency in the Ministry of Transportation, which is organising this forum with the Nigerian Navy in partnership with the Inter-Regional Coordination Centre (ICC), based in …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has been named winner of the Vanguard Public Sector Icon (Maritime) for 2021. The Editor of Vanguard newspapers, Mr Eze Anaba  who announced this while presenting a conveyance letter to Jamoh in Lagos, said other awardees are the President of the African Development Bank,  Dr …

Elon Musk, Tesla Chief Executive who is also the world’s richest man, has finally won the fight to take over influential social network, Twitter for $44 billion. With this deal, the Tesla boss is now officially in charge of the Twitter microblog with over 217 million users, worldwide. Twitter’s initial reluctance to accept the offer appeared to fade after Musk …

President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war, which has been on in the last two months. According to a statement by AfDB, Adesina said this while speaking about Africa’s priorities as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. …

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has enjoined  the states of of the Federation and the FCT to emulate Anambra State government in promoting local content and indigenous technologies. At the quarterly meeting with Directors-General, Permanent Secretary and Directors of the ministry in Abuja on Friday, the Minister stressed the importance of promoting local content, local technologies …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu says on Thursday that Nigeria would enjoy a boost of 1.6 million jobs and $10 billion in additional Gross Domestic Product over the next three years, on account of the virtual landing of Google Equiano Sea Cable System in the country. He said with the landing of the sea cable system and other investments …

Nigeria has been ranked third in Africa in the use of Information and Communication Technology. The rating, by an agency known as A-K Technology in Africa, ranks Egypt and South Africa ahead. The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Mr Dasuki Arabi said at the opening of a workshop on blockchain technology ecosystem on Wednesday in Abuja that the hope …

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and his colleagues on the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) have expressed satisfaction with the progress of work at the Port Harcourt Refinery, Rivers State, which is process 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) into the market beginnning from the third quarter of next year …

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh has restated the agency’s commitment to the development of the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) Okerenkoko Delta State. He assured a delegation from the institution which visited NIMASA management in Lagos that despite handing over the university to the National University Commission (NUC), the agency remained …