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- 31 Jul 2013
Universal Network Partners MultiChoice to Launch Telemundo
The channel’s division of NBC, Universal International Television has announced the launch of Telemundo, the popular telenovela channel, in Africa. From Monday 12 August, the exciting new…
- 14 Jan 2015
9 More Universities to Connect to Research Network in 2015- NUC
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has disclosed that no fewer than nine more universities will join the 27 others (public Universities) already connected to the Nigerian Research and…
- 23 Sept 2014
PAU Selects Layer3 to Build Next-Generation Campus Network
Pan-Atlantic University, one of Nigeria’s foremost and most respected higher educational institutions, has selected Layer3 to build a next generation campus network that will deliver a world-class…
- 30 Jan 2022
Ericsson says Connectivity Increases Competitiveness on University Campuses
Universities are hotbeds for ideas and innovation—and also have a nearly insatiable need for connectivity. From labs to classroom A/V equipment, student cell phone coverage to sports arenas, there…
- 29 May 2015
Walden University Holds Session on Online Learning for Nigeria
Walden University will be holding an information session about its graduate programmes in Lagos in June. According to Jonathan Kaplan, Walden University’s interim president, the session aims to…
- 15 Mar 2015
Universities Hungry for Bandwidth 8 Months after NgREN
Federal universities are still battling with bandwidth capacity to fuel further research and education in spite of the launch of Nigeria research and educational network (NgREN), to provide cheaper…
- 7 Nov 2016
NgREN Bandwidth Infrastructure for Universities Idle Away
Nigeria University Commission’s Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) launched some two years ago is now idle, leaving universities scratching for bandwidth. NgREN is a collaboration…
- 4 Sept 2014
Unilorin Signs on to Glo Infrastructure for its Data
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) is exploring a technical partnership with the biggest home-grown telecommunications network, Globacom, to place the University’s curriculum and academic work on…
- 27 Jul 2014
NgREN Pushes Bandwidth Demand to 377 STM-1
Launch of Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) recently have increased bandwidth demand by telecommunications operators, banks among other companies using the commodity to 377…
- 14 Apr 2014
Universities Seek Bandwidth to Drive ICT Education
Despite the keenness of some institutions of higher learning to establish effective ICT education programmes; they are confronted with the acute scarcity of broadband internet to achieve these…
- 30 Oct 2013
FG Set to Boost Internet Accessibility in Nigeria
Omobolaji Johnson, Minister of Communication, has said the Federal Government is making conscious efforts to boost access across the federation as well reduce the cost of internet accessibility for…
- 21 Dec 2009
Hello! G-Cell Rings in Four States
G-Cell Communication, code division multiple access (CDMA) provider has successfully deployed a universal access services network to ensure that Nigerians irrespective of tribe, age, workplace and…
- 4 Aug 2015
NgREN a Big Boom for Nigerian Universities
Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said that the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) will help to improve standard of Nigerian universities.…
- 6 Aug 2012
NREN: How, Why Nigeria Produces Half-Baked Graduates
Flaws in the educational system particularly the unavailability of a national research and education network have been blamed for the mass production of graduates who cannot fit into modern day…
- 14 Oct 2013
New Tech to Check Cellular Overload, Dropped Calls
When a natural disaster strikes and too many people take to their mobile phones at once, cellular networks easily overload. But a University of British Columbia graduate student has developed a…
- 2 Oct 2016
Lack of Funds Threaten Bandwidth Availability in Tertiary Institutions
Tertiary institutions and research centres in the country are still facing bandwidth challenges in spite of interventions by government and some organizations to ensure that they it is made available…
- 13 Feb 2017
Hope Rises for Universities as NgREN Infrastructure Breathes
Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) has been reactivated, after lying idle for more than one year. The reactivation of the bandwidth infrastructure for universities and research centres…
- 24 Aug 2016
ATCON, NiRA & UI Tap AFRINIC to Train Network Engineers on IPv6 Migration
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON); Nigeria internet Registration Association (NiRA) and University of Ibadan in conjunction with African Network Information Center…
- 24 Jun 2019
MainOne Pledges to Support University of Benin’s ICT Program
MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, on the heels of the expansion of its network into Edo State has assured the University of Benin of its support towards…
- 21 Aug 2018
UNILAG to Launch Centres of Excellence to Boost Research
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) says it has concluded arrangements for its research agenda setting workshop and launch of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centres of Excellence…
- 26 May 2016
NgREN Secures e-Books for Nigerian Varsities
Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) has secured EBSCOHost e-books collections for Nigerian universities. Prof. Julius Okojie, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC),…
- 4 Aug 2016
ATCON, NiRA & Ui To Host Int’l Workshop On IPv6
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) and University of Ibadan (UI) in partnership with Africa Network Information…
- 30 Aug 2015
NgREN, Consortium to Extend Services to W/African Market
Nigerian Research and Educational Network (NgREN) and Bandwidth Consortium have begun move to extend bandwidth connectivity and network to higher institutions and research institutes in…
- 1 Sept 2025
Firm Warns of Phishing Through Fake University Login Pages Targeting Academia
As the new international academic year begins, Kaspersky has detected a wave of phishing webpages targeting college and university students as well as professors. Attackers are deploying fake login…
- 7 Jun 2015
Top Drivers of ICT President Buhari Can Pick as CommTech Minister
If President Muhammadu Buhari is indisposed to keeping Mrs. Omobola Johnson, the immediate and pioneer Minister of Communication Technology who is believed to have laid a solid foundation for…
- 21 Jun 2020
Lack of IPv6 Upstream Service Providers Frustrate Uptake in Nigeria
The quest for more Tier-3 networks to migrate to Internet Protocol version 6, IPv6, is being frustrated by inability of some Tier-2 internet service providers also known as upstream service providers…
- 16 Dec 2013
MainOne Backs OAU’s NgREN Initiative
MainOne, the leading communications Service Company and first private undersea cable company to land in Nigeria and Ghana, has identified National Research and Education Networks (NREN) services as a…
- 30 Oct 2015
Business Leaders to Meet with Sevi Tufekci, CA Technology Chief
Nigeria’s senior business executives are to meet with Sevi Tufekci, CA Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Eastern EMEA at a dinner in Lagos on Tuesday, 3 November. The meeting which is being put…
- 28 May 2012
‘Yookos Set to Bridge Africa’s Digital Divide’
Tomisin Fashino is the group CEO of Yookos.com, an Africa based social networking site . A computer engineering graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU and an MBA from the University of Lagos;…
- 1 Feb 2010
Cisco, AMB Multiserve Provide Wireless Network for Unilag
Cisco has joined forces with AMB Multiserve in Nigeria, to deploy a Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which will connect more than 40,000 staff and students at the University of Lagos across its three…