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  • Expert calls for e-voting in future elections

    Expert calls for e-voting in future elections

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    Mr Tunde Ezichi, an expert in Information Communication Technology (ICT) has called for the establishment of ICT infrastructure in the country to encourage e-voting in future elections. Ezichi, Chief Executive Officer of Sigma-Beta-Alpha Ltd, made the call on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. He noted that a lot…

  • ICT experts call for contingency plan, backups during elections

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    Information and Communications Technology (ICT) experts on Saturday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to have contingency and backup plans that would help forestall challenges during elections. They told the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews in Lagos that the postponement few hours to the commencement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections…

  • FG committed to digital education – Official

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    Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said the Federal Government was committed to the realisation of excellent Information Communication Technology (ICT) education in schools. Echono said this on Thursday in Lagos during the Commissioning of Skool Media Technology Experience Centre. The centre was built by Skool Media for Queens College, Yaba and Federal…

  • FG urges stakeholders to support 2019-2023 national broadband plan

    FG urges stakeholders to support 2019-2023 national broadband plan

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    The Minister of Communications, Dr Adebayo Shittu, has urged stakeholders in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector to support the Nigerian National Broadband Council with credible suggestions toward the development of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2019–2023. The minister’s request is in a statement issued by his Special Assistant (Media), Mr Bolaji Kazeem in…

  • ITF introduces ICT skills programme in 6 states

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    The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has started the implementation of the Information Technology Skills Empowerment (ISEP) in six states as part of efforts to create jobs for youths. Mr Joseph Ari, the Director-General of ITF made the disclosure on Thursday in Jos, at a media interactive session organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ),…

  • FG’s intervention for tertiary institutions hits over N700bn

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    The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) allocated a total of N727,225,862,128.86 billion worth of investment in critical areas of infrastructure development in the Nigerian tertiary institutions. Malam Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, disclosed this during the Sixth Edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja, saying that the intervention was for…

  • NCC, stakeholders to collaborate to boost local content in ICT

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says collaboration is essential to boost local content in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta made this known during the ICT Community Roundtable, organised by the Association of Information Communication Technology Local Content (ICTLOCA) on Wednesday in Lagos. The theme of…

  • Breaking: Former NCC Director, Tony Ojobo becomes President of African ICT Foundation

    Breaking: Former NCC Director, Tony Ojobo becomes President of African ICT Foundation

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    Former Public Affairs Director of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr. Tony Ojobo has been appointed into the Board of Trustee (BoT) of the African ICT Foundation as President. TheNewsGuru (TNG) exclusively gathered the former NCC Director of Public Affairs was appointed President of the foundation alongside Dr. Ing Pierre-François Kamanou, who will serve as…

  • Nigeria achieves 2013-2018 broadband penetration target

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country’s broadband penetration stood at 30.9 per cent as at November 2018 surpassing the 30 per cent target by the National Broadband Plan. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC said this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. The Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018…

  • Global retail telecom revenues hit USD1.7 trillion

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    Global retail telecommunication revenues reached USD 1.7 trillion in 2016, representing 2.3 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), according to ITU’s new Measuring the Information Society (MIS) Report 2018 released on Tuesday. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the telecom revenues in 2016 represented on average 3 per cent of GDP in Africa and the Arab…