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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is working on ensuring the availability of spectrum to boost broadband deployment and penetration in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Dambatta, made this…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it will soon commence full digitalisation of over 2,616 oil-producing wells for transparency and accountability. Mr Victor Georgeson, Deputy Manager, Production and Surveillance in the…

An Information Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Mr Jide Awe, says Nigeria is emerging on the adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the Information Technology. Awe, Chairman, Conference Committee, Nigeria Computer…

Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), says it is targeting 84.5 per cent population of internet access by 2023 to expand its frontier. Mr Samson Osagie, the Executive Director, Business Development of NIGCOMSAT, said…

An Information Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Mr Oluwafemi Osho has appealed to the government to make more fund available to develop internet infrastructure across the country. Osho, a lecturer, Cyber Science and Security…

Twitter was once again unavailable on Thursday after the messaging service went down for about an hour in several spots around the world. “We were down… and now slowly coming back up. Sorry! Grateful for our operations and engineering…

Volkswagen rolled the last Beetle off the assembly line on Wednesday, the end of the road for a car that ran from Nazi Germany through hippie counterculture but failed to navigate a swerve in consumer tastes toward SUVs. Serenaded by a…

Instagram will introduce new features aimed at curbing online bullying, the Facebook-owned platform announced Monday, as social media giants face increased scrutiny over the harassment faced by many users. There have been growing calls…

United Way Greater Nigeria, a non-profit Organisation in partnership with JASS Academy, trained about 30 unemployed youths on digital media skills to reduce the unemployment rate in the country on Saturday in Lagos. Olayide…

Samsung Electronics said Friday it expects operating profit to tumble 56 per cent for the second quarter of this year in the face of a weakening chip market. The world’s largest maker of smartphones and memory chips has enjoyed record…

Facebook said it was “back at 100 per cent”  after an outage on all of its services affected users in various parts of the world. Online monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the outage began around 1200 GMT and affected…

Australia’s consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Australian unit for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf. The world’s…