The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mr Usman Alkali, has confirmed an upgrade of the Nigeria Police Force crime reporting mobile application, “NPF Rescue Me’’.ADVERTISING The acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olunuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said the application was designed for effective report of emergencies, criminal activities...
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Telecoms Union Gives MTN 14 Days To Address Workers’ Poor Welfare
Telecommunications workers under the aegis of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have issued a 14-day ultimatum to MTN Nigeria Telecommunications Plc to address certain issues bordering on workers welfare or face an industrial action. The association also noted that workers would down tools and subsequently disrupt telecommunication service nationwide if...
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Two Nigerian Youths Develop Mobile App To Fight Crimes Amid Growing Insecurity
Two Nigerian youths, Sordi Michael and Udeagha Chukwudi Kingsley have developed ICT applications that will aid in combating crime. The app called ‘Footsteps’, according to the duo, can raise the alarm and send messages to security agencies when a person is under attack. The aim is to curb the increasing cases of rape, kidnapping and...
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MTN’s first public offer oversubscribed as 126,720 Nigerians buy shares
126,720 retail investors submitted valid applications and received full allotment as MTN Nigeria Communications Plc announced that its first public offer for sale of 575 million shares recorded an oversubscription of 139.47 per cent. This is contained in a statement signed by the MTNN Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah, posted on the Nigerian Exchange website. The...
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Here Are The Six Conditions Met By Twitter, Nigerian Government To Lift Ban
Microblogging social media platform, Twitter has met the six requirements the Nigerian government imposed on it before Nigerians can begin to use it. This development means the vast majority of Nigerians may soon get back to using the blue Bird App.The Technical Committee raised by the government to resolve the impasse between the two parties...
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NIN: Telecom consumers reject January introduction of digital token
Telecom consumers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have kicked against the plan by the Federal Government to introduce a suite of digital tokens to enhance the verification of the National Identity Number, effective January next year According to the Federal Government, the digital token consisting 16 alphabets and numbers will...
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Twitter, Facebook, Google, Others To Now Pay Tax In Nigeria As Senate Passes Finance Bill
The Nigerian Senate yesterday passed the Finance Bill 2021, which was transmitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari, on December 7, 2021. According to The Nation, the passage by the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Joint Committee on Finance; Customs, Excise and Tariff;...
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Glo missing as NCC qualifies MTN, Airtel, new firm for 5G auction
Globacom and Emerging Markets Telecommunication Service Limited are set to miss out on the deployment of Fifth Generation network for at least two years as the Nigerian Communications Commission qualifies MTN Nigeria Plc, Airtel Networks Limited and one new player for its 5G auction. The NCC announced on Thursday only three qualified bidders met its...
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5G Network: NCC approves MTN, Airtel, others for 3.5Ghz Spectrum Auction
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has announced that three telecommunication operators including MTN Nigeria Plc, Airtel Networks Limited and Mafab Communications Limited have qualified as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz, GHz, spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth generation, 5G, networks in the country. The Commission said the telecos have met the criteria...
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9mobile subscribers lament service outage
Some 9mobile subscribers on Saturday are currently experiencing service outage and are unable to connect with loved ones and businesses. Our Correspondent who dialled 9mobile lines around 5.10pm on Saturday couldn’t get any connection to the lines. One Twitter user, @oviosu, took to the social media platform to alert other Nigerians on the situation. He tweeted, “@9mobileng...