Creative young people within the Lagos East Senatorial District now have the opportunity to enhance their tech skills and knowledge, as lawmaker representing the district in the Senate, Senator Tokunbo Abiru unveiled a state-of-the-art innovation and technology workroom in Ikorodu. On Friday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inaugurated the SAIL Innovation Lab built at Ebute Ipakodo axis of Ikorodu to inspire grassroots …

inq. Digital Nigeria Limited, a leading cloud and digital solutions provider specialising in Edge AI and IoT, has reaffirmed its dedication to promoting gender equality in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The firm also focuses on fabric for cloud connectivity and data centre connectivity; and software-defined networking/network functions virtualisation solutions for edge cloud, secure access services edge, and elastic …

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the controversial National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill, before the National Assembly. The 2007 NITDA Act is currently awaiting passage, following its amendment at the National Assembly. President of the NCS, Prof. Adesina Sodiya, at a news conference in Abuja on Saturday said the bill lacked …

Billionaire Twitter owner, Elon Musk has said that he has hired a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the social media platform he acquired in last October. Musk, who announced in a Twitter post on Thursday, said the new CEO will be starting in six weeks while his role will transition to being the Executive Chair, an oversight role. He …

Italy’s antitrust regulator said on Thursday that it has opened an investigation into tech giant Apple for allegedly abusing a dominant position in the apps market. The Silicon Valley titan “has adopted a more restrictive privacy policy for third-party app developers than it applies to itself,” the competition watchdog said in a statement. It said it was also concerned third-party …

Airtel Africa has announced that its Nigerian subsidiary, Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria) has paid N58.7 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to renew its 2×10 MHz 2100 MHz spectrum licence. This is as the NCC also approved a spectrum lease transaction between MTN Nigeria and Natcom Development and Investment Limited (NTEL), according to report by Nairametrics. In a statement …

Nigeria is on the threshold of education revolution as an e-learning platform with multiple applications was unveiled to key stakeholders on Thursday in Lagos. The new platform will create a level playing field by giving everyone access to affordable and quality education, the promoters said. Known as Educatial, it was developed by a team of indigenous software engineers in response …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has commended MTN Nigeria for investing in education through the remodeling of science laboratories in the state. Okowa gave the commendation on Thursday when he officially inaugurated science laboratories at the St Augustine College Ibuzor, which were remodeled by the MTN Foundation (MTNF). The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the state …

United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA), on Wednesday in Lagos, commenced training of selected youths and journalists in the South-West zone on digital learning platforms. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two-day training is tagged: “Media Dialogue on Digital Learning Platforms.” UNICEF Communication Specialist, Mrs Blessing Ejiofor said that the programme was …

Lagos, Ogun, Kano and Oyo States, and the Federal Capital Territory were the top five locations with mobile internet subscriptions in Nigeria last year. Collectively, the five areas accounted for 33.52 per cent (51.90 million) of the mobile subscriptions (154.85 million) in the country in 2022, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The NBS had revealed …