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- 7 Aug 2013
NCS Makes Case for Electronic Records, Others
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has called on government at all levels to accelerate the development of enabling legal framework and environment to create legal status for electronic records,…
- 10 Nov 2017
UNIZIK Designs Software for Electronic Health Record
Some researchers in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have designed the Electronic Patient Record with Integrated Drug Information System…
- 13 Nov 2020
Nigeria Records 67% Rise In Electronic Money Transactions During COVID-19 Lockdown - CBN
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that electronic transaction volumes increased by about 67 per cent during the COVID-19 lockdown with increased…
- 19 Jan 2017
NITDA Backs Review of Policy On Universal Software for eHealth
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has described the use of universal software for electronic health records in health…
- 5 Nov 2012
Discordant Rings for Amendment of Evidence Act 2011
Document and information managers in the country are seeking a review of the Evidence Act 2011 to allow the admissibility of electronic records as evidence before law courts in Nigeria. Though the…
- 9 Apr 2015
Samsung Expects Record Galaxy Shipments, S6 Edge Shortage
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects record shipments for its new Galaxy S6 smartphones and said it will struggle to meet demand for the curved-edged version due to production constraints, adding to…
- 26 Apr 2010
Itan COO Supports Electronic Voting Machines
Mr. Oluwole Owolabi, Chief Operating Officer, Itan, has expressed support for the use of ‘electronic voting machines’ (EVMs) in Nigeria. The term 'electronic voting machines' refers to…
- 17 May 2023
FG Okays eCRVS, Platform for Birth and Death Registrations
Federal government has approved the development of an Electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (eCRVS), a platform that will effectively keep electronic records of birth and death…
- 5 Sept 2016
‘Insider Involvements Account for 80% of Electronic Fraud’
Oluseyi Akindeinde, chief technical officer, Digital Encode, has attributed internal collaboration 80 percent of electronic frauds recorded in the country. He said that the incidences are more…
- 4 Jun 2012
Visa Records N1.12tr Transaction Volume in Nigeria
Visa, one of the electronic payment cards scheme in the country, has recorded transaction volume to the tune of N1.12trillion ($7billion) last year, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 18 Aug 2018
Banks Lost N1.63Bn to E-fraud in 2017 – CBN Report
The number of recorded electronic fraud cases in the banking industry increased by 28 per cent last year, rising from 19,531 in 2016, to 25,043, resulting in a loss of N1.63 billion, the Central Bank…
- 8 May 2018
Ebonyi Bans Phones, Other Devices @ State House After Leak
Ebonyi state government has banned use of phones, laptops, ipads, voice recorders including any electron magnetic device after policies and deliberations of the state executive council were leaked to…
- 4 Aug 2015
Jovago Tips eCommerce to Boost Hospitality Profits by Year End
Following the exponential growth recorded in Nigeria’s electronic commerce market, the higher annual fiscal yields accrued from the hospitality sector are expected to rise by the year 2017. Based on…
- 29 Dec 2017
Banks Set Up Fund to Fight e-Fraud
Nigerian banks have set up a multimillion-naira fund to fight scammers as the banking sector continues to record rising cases of electronic fraud. Part of the funds will be deployed in massive…
- 10 May 2015
IIM-Africa Receives Global Nod, Now on ACARM Website
The Institute of Information Management has continued to receive both local and international recognition since inception. On Friday, the Institute’s global relevance was also recognized when the…
- 27 Jun 2021
Collaboration Among Hospitals, Digital Record Systems a Challenge in eHealth Evolution - Hassan
Adekunle Kunle-Hassan is an Entrepreneur and founder of Summitech Computing, a software and IT solutions company focused on user and business-driven solutions as well as the training of IT…
- 26 Oct 2009
70% Storage in Nigeria Still Paper Based
Some 70 per cent of record keeping in Nigeria is still paper based despite the world of opportunities presented by Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now…
- 1 Apr 2015
NIBSS Says Electronic Payment Transactions Increased 50% in 2014
Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has disclosed, in its latest statistics, that 50% growth was recorded in the level of usage of various electronic payment transactions in the country in…
- 20 Apr 2010
Corruption, Doubts Threaten e-Voting System
Unless the corrupt human chain is removed from the possible use of electronic voting system (e-voting system) for the conduct of the 2011 general election, the outcome of that election may be worse…
- 22 Sept 2022
How Edge Computing Can Transform Businesses in Nigeria
By Valentine Chime I recall reading a story, at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, about a top executive of a major technology company who had taken ill and while in isolation, was unable to hold…
- 14 Jun 2021
Healthcare Delivery: NITDA Trains NMA Members on Digital Transformation
The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) believes that the integration of Information Technology into health care sector would accelerate the attainment of all the sustainable…
- 27 Jan 2014
21st Century Technologies Unveils Document Management Solutions
21st Century Technologies Limited, Nigeria's information technology powerhouse has developed an indigenous records and information management solutions that offer companies secure, innovative and…
- 15 Aug 2024
Lagos, Interswitch Partner to Build Digital Medical Records Platform
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has partnered with Eclat, Interswitch’s healthcare subsidiary, to develop a digital medical records platform to enhance healthcare delivery efficiency across Lagos.…
- 3 Jun 2019
E-payments Transactions Value Hit N34.02trn in Q1, 2019 — NBS
A total of 557,083,712 electronic-payment transactions valued at N34.02 trillion were recorded in selected banks across the country in the first quarter, 2019, Nigeria’s statistics bureau has said.…
- 19 Mar 2021
Microsoft Unveils New Vaccine Tools to Address Earlier Failures
Microsoft Corp. unveiled new technology to boost government and health care organizations’ vaccine management systems, including scheduling shot appointments and monitoring results, to fix…
- 12 Sept 2017
Galaxy Note 8 Records Highest Pre-Orders among Note Series
Samsung Electronics yesterday said pre-orders for its Galaxy Note 8 premium smartphone have hit the highest-ever for the Note series, beating its predecessor Note 7 over five days by about 2.5 times.…
- 12 Feb 2025
E-Payment Transactions Down 3.14% to 119.84trn in January - FDC
Transactions through electronic payment (e-payment) channels in the country declined by 3.14 per cent to N119.84 trillion in January 2025 from the N123.72 trillion recorded in the previous month, a…
- 30 Oct 2013
First Bank, Resourcery, Others Bag RIMA Award
First Bank and Resourcery were among the Companies crowned at the 9th edition of Records and Information Management Awareness Conference, Awards and Exposition (RIMACE & RIMA Awards) with the…
- 10 Jul 2016
Cashless Nigeria @ 2: Stakeholders Chart Areas of Focus
Stakeholders in the electronic payment space have commended the success so far recorded in the cashless Nigeria initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which clocks two years this July, even…
- 11 Aug 2021
Digital Transformation: DG NITDA Applauds NIS For Adopting Paperless Operation
Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has applauded Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for launching its Electronic Document…