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- 8 Nov 2018
Johnson & Johnson Launches Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0
Johnson & Johnson has launched the Champions of Science Africa Innovation Challenge 2.0, the second continent-wide competition calling on African innovators to submit ideas for innovative…
- 17 Dec 2013
Mercy Johnson is Nigeria’s Highest Paid Actress, Earns N2m Per Movie
Mercy Johnson made her acting debut in the movie ‘The Maid’ in which she played the role of a possessed house help. Net reported that Mercy Johnson Okojie is the highest paid actress in Nollywood…
- 25 Apr 2013
Johnson, Comtech Minister Celebrates Girls in ICT Day
Mrs Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, has urged Nigerian girls to embrace careers in ICTs to bridge the career gap between the male and female gender in ICT Johnson who…
- 5 Apr 2013
Johnson, Comtech Minister Says Technology is Source of Development
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication and Information Technology, has described technology as a source of development as well as an enabler of development. Johnson pointed out that…
- 25 Aug 2013
Johnson Urges States to Set Up Framework to Coordinate ICT
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology, has urged state governments to set up dedicated institutional frameworks for coordinating ICT at state government levels. Johnson who…
- 10 Aug 2021
Lamide Johnson Joins KTN Global Alliance Africa as Country Lead
Lamide Johnson has joined the KTN Global Alliance Africa as Country Lead (Nigeria). Lamide Johnson This is a six-year pioneer project co-funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
- 23 Jul 2013
Johnson, Comtech Minister Tasks Broadband Committee on Access
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology, has tasked the Presidential Committee on Broadband to ensure that Nigeria attains 80 percent of broadband access by 2018. Johnson who…
- 31 Aug 2015
A4AI Names Johnson, Former CommTech Minster New Chair
Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has announced that Dr. Omobola Johnson, the immediate past Minister of Communication Technology of Nigeria, has joined A4AI as its Honorary Chairperson.…
- 5 May 2015
Johnson, Others Seek More Women, Girls in ICT Sector
Dr. (Mrs.) Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology and other guests at eBusiness Life Girls in ICT Day 2015 unanimously called for the removal of barriers before women and girls…
- 2 Sept 2018
Johnson, Ex ICT Minister Joins World Wide Web Foundation Board
Dr Omobola Johnson, former minister of Communication Technology, has been appointed as the newest member of the World Wide Web Foundation Board of Directors. Web Foundation is working for a…
- 19 Mar 2012
A Flawed Policy Draft, an Optimistic Johnson
By now Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of communication technology would have realized that the Nigerian ICT terrain is trodden with several booby-traps and uncertainty; such as can make a lily…
- 30 Jan 2015
Johnson @ Stakeholders Forum, Lays out Plans to Privatise NIGCOMSAT
Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has said that the ICT industry has witnessed tremendous growth in the last three and a half years and revealed plans to privatise Nigerian…
- 29 Sept 2014
30% National Broadband Penetration by 2018 Achievable-Johnson
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, has reiterated that implementing a national broadband strategy and roadmap that seeks to increase broadband penetration from 6% to 30% in the…
- 18 Apr 2015
Johnson Commends NiRA, Registrars on .ng Domain Name Impacts
Dr Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has commended the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) and the Registrars for their resolves to exploit the uniqueness of the .ng…
- 12 Nov 2012
Johnson Toasts Local Developers @ Launch of Students PC Ownership Scheme
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has paid glowing tributes to Nigerian software developers who developed the technology used to power the students PC ownership scheme. She…
- 18 Jul 2019
French Start-up Kwik Appoints Candide-Johnson Head of Nigeria Operation
The French start-up kwik has announced that Olatowun Candide-Johnson, a Nigerian lawyer and businesswoman, has officially been appointed Chairwoman of its supervisory board. kwik, which aims to…
- 17 Nov 2015
Johnson to Join Affordable Internet Coalition Meeting in Lagos
Omobola Johnson, former minister of Communication Technology, will open a meeting of stakeholders working to increase access to affordable Internet in Nigeria. The Alliance for Affordable…
- 2 May 2017
Omobolanle Johnson, Others Inaugurated into Board of ACT Foundation
Dr. (Mrs) Omobolanle Johnson, former minister of Information Technology; Tunde Folawiyo, group managing director, Folawiyo Group; among others have been inaugurated as Board members of Nigeria’s…
- 8 Feb 2017
Gov. Ambode Includes Omobola Johnson in 12-Member Advisory Committee
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor has selected Dr. (Mrs) Omobola Johnson, the immediate past Minister of Communication Technology under fomrer President Goodluck Jonathan as one of the…
- 22 Oct 2013
FG to Focus on Coys, not Codes in Software Development Plan-Johnson
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, said that an assessment of the nation’s software industry landscape has revealed that dual points of innovation process and companies, not…
- 26 Feb 2013
Johnson Inaugurates ICT Incubation Governing Board
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, has inaugurated the Governing Board of the National ICT Incubation Programme tagged IDEA (’Information Technology Developer…
- 23 Mar 2014
FG Prioritises ‘Broadband Nigeria’-Johnson
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, said that the federal government prioritises broadband infrastructural development because it’s aware of the fact that high level of broadband…
- 8 Oct 2013
Johnson, Nigeria's ComTech Minister Lauds CTO
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology, said that the Commonwealth strengthens “cooperation in the midst of diversity, describing it as an established, independent and voluntary…
- 10 Sept 2013
Johnson, ComTech Minister Commends IBM as Coy Pledges to Establish Centre
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, has commended International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for its renewed focus and commitment to partnering with the federal…
- 9 Oct 2013
Johnson Says Nigeria is Conquering Broadband Infrastructure Deficit
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication Technology yesterday at Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) conference holding in Abuja, said that by the concerted efforts of the…
- 24 Mar 2015
Nebo, Johnson Back Omatek Moves to Cut Nigeria’s Power Consumption By 85%
Professor Chindu Nebo, minister of Power and his counterpart in the Ministry of Communication Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, on Monday described as iconic, the moves by Nigeria’s integrated…
- 10 Jun 2014
Johnson, Juwah Commend DigitalSENSE Africa on IG4D, IPv6 2014
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, and Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have commended the management of…
- 14 Dec 2017
Omobola Johnson Seeks Equal Opportunities for Career Women
Omobola Johnson, former Minister of Communications Technology and Chairperson, Alliance for Affordable Internet, has called for equal opportunities within the work force. She made this known at the…
- 18 Feb 2014
Johnson, ComTech Minister Upbeat on National Broadband Plan
Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology has reiterated that plans at the national level to deepen broadband availability and affordability in the country was achievable, particularly…
- 29 Sept 2015
Johnson Joins TLcom Capital to Open Lagos Shop, to Lead W/Africa Investments
Venture capital firm TLcom Capital (TLcom) has announced the appointment of Omobola Johnson the ex-minister of Communications in Nigeria, as a general Partner to open and head their new office in…