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- 19 Nov 2020
Nigerian Police Opens Reporting Portal to Fight Cybercrime
Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a Cybercrime Reporting Web Portal, with Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP) promising whistleblowers of confidentiality. The portal which can be…
- 31 Mar 2021
IGP Launches Nigeria Police Radio 99.1 FM
Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP) on Wednesday launched the Nigeria Police Radio 99.1 FM Abuja, a community-based radio, targeted at “bringing the Police closer to the people.”…
- 23 Jun 2020
Missing Journalist, Mathew Onwuasoanya: Group Calls for IGP Intervention
The Awba-Ofemili League of Professionals (ALeP) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Adamu to intervene in the recent abduction of a journalist, Barr. Mathew…
- 7 Jun 2010
Engineer, Pastor, others Walk into Millions with Zain
Mrs Edun Okon, a 62 year old retired Civil Servant, resident of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr. Akin Alani a 54 year old Engineer in Edo State, Pastor Fabian Okechukwu Mordi, a Pastor in…
- 29 Sept 2020
FG Awards Cash Prizes Worth N16.5m to Winners 0f Nigeria @ 60 Challenge
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has awarded prizes worth N16.5million to nine Nigerians who emerged winners of the Nigeria @60…
- 17 Apr 2013
FG Sets Up Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram
Federal government has named a 26 member panel headed by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, minister of Special Duties, to engage key members of Boko Haram to fashion out the best way to tackle the Islamic…
- 9 Aug 2018
BOA Fights Back over Alleged Unjust Sack of 325 Staff
Management of Bank of Agriculture, (BOA), has debunked allegations of unjustly terminating appointments of 325 employees, stressing that the said employees were from the non-core sector of the…
- 8 Feb 2019
FIRS to Go After 40,000 Millionaire Tax Defaulters
Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will go after 40, 000 millionaires who have been defaulting on taxes in 2019, according to Babatunde Fowler, FIRS executive chairman. Fowler stated this…
- 17 Nov 2020
#EndSARS: Insurers Battle with High Claims from Riots
Nigerian insurance companies are facing a huge bill in compensation following violence that rocked the country during the #EndSARS protests. Property worth about $5 billion has so far been declared…
- 14 Oct 2020
#EndSARS: Nigeria’s Tech Startup Scene Faces Horrors of Police Brutality
Nigeria’s bubbly tech startup scene which is awash with “young-and-getting-it coders and tech entrepreneurs” has been disproportionately affected by the SARS menace. According to weetracker.com,…
- 15 Sept 2019
James Agada to Keynote South East Cyber Security Conference
Techcode Nigeria Limited, Organisers of South East Cybersecurity Conference, dubbed SECYCONE, has disclosed that Dr. James Agada, former chief executive officer, CWG Plc., will deliver keynote…
- 2 Feb 2018
StarTimes Invests $220m in Nigeria in 9 years
Startimes, Pay television company, said it has invested over $220 million in Nigeria, over the last nine years to boost entertainment and enrich the country’s television experience. Speaking at the…
- 10 Jun 2020
Lawan Charges SEC on Efficiency, Investments
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its duties in order to attract local and foreign…
- 6 Dec 2020
NOTAP Explores Partnership with Trademark Registry for National Development
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) is exploring partnership with the Trademark Registry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for national development.…
- 5 Sept 2022
Katsina State Lauds NOTAPs Model Science Laboratory Upgrade Project
The Katsina State Government has commended the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) for its conceptualisation of the Model Chemistry Laboratory Project for Secondary…
- 26 Nov 2020
NOTAP to Partner Trademark Registry for National Development
National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), is exploring partnership with the Trademark Registry, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for national development.…
- 28 Sept 2020
ATCON Reaffirms Date for National Dialogue on telecoms and ICT
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has enjoined its entire stakeholders to take note of the new date for the National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT Sector in…
- 2 Feb 2020
ATCON to Host National Dialogue on Telecommunications & ICT
The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has disclosed plans to host a National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT Sector in the…
- 11 Sept 2022
NCC, Civil Defence Corps Align to Tackle Telecoms Crimes
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has teamed with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities bedeviling the telecom industry, such as…
- 23 Jan 2020
3 Airtel Staff, 26 Others in Ezenwata Bus Kidnap Rescued
Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed that it has found 29 passengers in God Bless Ezenwata Motors who were kidnapped by gunmen on January 14, along Kaduna – Zaria expressway. About 40 passengers…
- 27 May 2017
P&G Partners UNESCO to Educate 50,000 Girls & Women on ICT
Procter and Gamble, a leading FMCG company in Nigeria, has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a specialized agency of the United Nationsto…
- 13 Apr 2017
DSS Foils Attack on US, UK Embassies, Nabs 5 Suspects
Department of State Services (DSS) has foiled a plot by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-linked Boko Haram militants to attack British, American embassies and other western interests in Abuja.…
- 7 Oct 2015
Nigerians Poke Buhari, Say He Tabled “Ministerial Compensation” List
Mixed reactions, yesterday, trailed the formal unveiling of the ministerial list sent to the Senate last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. On the list of 21 nominees whose names were read out at…
- 11 May 2023
NIGCOMSAT Partners NNPC to Deliver Satellite Services
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited has entered into strategic partnership with National Petroleum Telecommunications Limited (NAPET)l, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum…
- 22 Dec 2022
Buhari Launches “EYEMARK” Project Monitoring Mobile App
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting, launched the National Monitoring and Evaluation platform, EYEMARK, for citizens to…
- 10 Apr 2025
FG Inaugurates Board of Galaxy Backbone
The Federal Government has inaugurated the new Board of Directors of Galaxy Backbone Limited (GBB). The board’s mandate is to lead Nigeria’s digital transformation in Information and Communication…
- 18 Feb 2018
Globacom Wins Integrity & Service Award
The Nigerian Television Authority – Integrity and Service Programme (NTA-ISP) Award was held at the Aso rock Villa, Abuja last week with national telecommunication company, Globacom, carting home the…
- 24 Feb 2016
NOTAP Holds Retreat for Management Staff
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has held its 2016 Management Retreat. The three-day retreat which took place at the Maizube farms Minna, Niger State recently,…
- 11 Aug 2015
Shake Up @ NCC as Danbatta, New NCC Boss Redeploys Staff
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reshuffled 53 management staff and reversed the deployment of some staff made in the twilight of his…
- 11 Nov 2015
Buhari Swears-in Ministers, Gives Them Portfolios
President Muhammadu Buhari at the swearing of 36 new ministers in Abuja today also assigned them portfolios. The President, who assigned to himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources, also pruned…