Minister: Nigeria, ITU hold talks on protection of undersea cables

Nigeria and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialised agency for the global ICT sector, have held talks on protection of undersea cables.    

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NGO wants NIMC to take action over Nigeria’s ID database breach

Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), today demanded urgent action from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) following an expose of alleged breach of its National Identification Numbers (NIN) database containing personal records of Nigerians.

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BVN: Nigeria records 2.4m new sign-ups in six months

No fewer than 2.47 million Nigerians have registered for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) in the six months, data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) have shown.

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Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act 2015: Tinubu asked to safeguard freedom of expression, commended for amendment 

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been asked to take decisive action in further amending the Cybercrimes Act of 2015 of Nigeria to safeguard freedom of expression.

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UNDP to support Digital Literacy in Nigeria

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), an early partner of the 3MTT initiative by Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE), is willing to support the promotion of digital literacy in the country. Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani, Minister of FMCIDE, who met with the UNDP Nigeria team on Monday led by Elsie Attafuah, Resident […]

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MTN vs Glo: Interconnect dispute ‘amicably resolved’

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. and Globacom Limited have amicably resolved the interconnect debts that pitted the telecoms giants against each other, the telecoms industry regulator, which stepped into the dispute has confirmed.

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Nigeria’s telecoms restored to 90% after outages of undersea cables

The Nigerian government said today that telecoms local services crippled by damage to undersea cables on Thursday have been restored to 90% peak performances.

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MTN Nigeria, NiMet to offer weather service to Nigerian farmers

MTN Nigeria, the leading telecoms provider in the country, has announced a partnership with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to deliver crucial weather and climate data to farmers across Nigeria.

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Former Africa Prudential CEO to lead Heirs Technologies 

Heirs Holdings has tapped Obong Idiong, a former Africa Prudential MD/CEO, to lead Heirs Technologies as the Nigerian conglomerate expands into the technology sector.

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ActionAid wants MTN Nigeria probed over board appointments

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for MTN Nigeria to be investigated over alleged corporate governance breaches in board appointments at the largest mobile phone company in the country.

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