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- 25 Apr 2017
Sustaining Project "Code Lagos"
The Lagos State government has announced an ambitious project that will make it the host of the next technological frontier. The project is tagged "Code Lagos" and it aims to train one million…
- 2 Dec 2017
9mobile Launches Code Lagos Centre at Rabiatu Thompson Primary School
9mobile, Nigeria’s most innovative and customer-friendly telecommunications company, has launched a coding centre at one of its adopted schools, Rabiatu Thompson Primary School, Surulere, Lagos, as…
- 30 Nov 2017
Lagos Unveils Coding Centres in Two Schools
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday launched two Coding Centres set up by 9mobile for CodeLagos, an initiative of Lagos State Ministry of Education with a charge on the private sector to key into…
- 7 Oct 2016
Lagos Lauds SAP, Tips Africa Code Week to Bridge Digital Skills Gap
The Lagos State Government has identified ‘Africa Code Week’ (ACW), a continent-wide initiative to spark the interest of African children, teenagers and young adults in software coding, as a…
- 13 Aug 2017
Lagos to Launch 300 New Coding Centres in September
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the implementation of the second phase of the CodeLagos Project, which will be launched in September 2017. The approval is coming on the heels…
- 28 Feb 2018
Lagos To Train One Million Residents On Coding By 2030
Lagos State Government said that it would have trained one million residents on coding by 2030 to make them to compete favourable for employments globally. Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Advicer to…
- 9 Feb 2017
Lagos to Train One Million Residents on Computer Coding
Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and…
- 16 May 2014
NCC Releases Code for Corporate Governance in Telecoms Sector
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday in Lagos released the Code of Corporate Governance for the Nigerian Telecommunications Industry In the code, which was made available on the…
- 10 Mar 2018
WAAW Foundation Offers ICT Skills Training to Lagos Students
Working to Advance Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education for African Women (WAAW) Foundation says it will provide Lagos State students training on coding to give them access to…
- 4 Jan 2019
Unilag Trains 50 Girls On Coding, Android Devt Skills
Some 50 secondary school girls of Lagos International School have been empowered with coding, web application development and android development skills. The girls aged 11 to 16 years…
- 29 May 2022
Court Nullifies 6th NBC Code
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, declared as illegal the 6th edition of the National Broadcasting Code issued by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). In reaching his…
- 22 Jun 2018
CodeLagos : 337 Schools to Participate in Coding Competition
Over 337 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos are all but set to slug it out in a four-day Code Week Competition, Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said on…
- 27 Apr 2018
CodeLagos Programme Expands To 275 Schools, 10 Public Centres
As part of the continued drive of the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to train one million Lagos residents to code through the CodeLagos initiative, the State Government has scaled up its…
- 5 Sept 2016
Innovation, Creativity on Display @ IBM “CogniHack Lagos 2016”
The abundance and quality of talent in the country’s local technology space was showcased recently to the friendly geeks at IBM. Showcasing its ongoing investment in the local technology space, IBM…
- 11 Oct 2018
First Bank Earmarks N5m for Coding Competition
The First Bank of Nigeria has earmarked about N5.2 million for the coding Hackathon competition taking place in Lagos. Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications,…
- 21 Dec 2021
Plaqad, StartWeb Announce N10m Prize for African Entrepreneurs
StartWeb, a Lagos and Johannesburg-based technology startup rendering no-code SAAS to individuals and organisations and Plaqad, a Lagos and Delaware-based software company say they have identified…
- 5 Apr 2018
Lagos Approves Next Phase of CodeLagos Initiative with 15,000 Trained
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the implementation of the next phase of the CodeLagos initiative, focused on expanding the reach and scope of the project to cater for more Lagos…
- 9 Sept 2020
Oakfil Sues NBC over Amendment of Broadcast Code
Oakfil Productions Limited, film production company, has dragged the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the recent amendment of the broadcasting code.…
- 3 Aug 2019
SystemSpecs Unveils Remita Summer Coding Camp for Students
Foremost indigenous fintech and human capital technology company, SystemSpecs Limited, announces the forthcoming Remita Summer Coding Camp for secondary school students in Nigeria. The fully-funded…
- 26 Jun 2016
NCC to Wield Big Stick over Corporate Governance Code
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will now bark and bite if any telecommunications company operating in the country fails to embrace the Corporate Governance Code for the industry.…
- 28 Apr 2017
Lagos Unveils Digital Library
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday formally unveiled the State Digital Library, reiterating his administration’s commitment to providing access to education for all. The governor,…
- 15 Aug 2019
Systemspecs Trains Students to Become Globally Competitive at Remita Summer Coding Camp
Determined to improve the country’s education and engage young Nigerians to become globally competitive through the facilitation of capacity building and technology transfer boot camp, SystemSpecs,…
- 7 Nov 2018
9mobile Rewards CodeLagos Hackathon Winners
In furtherance of its commitment to leveraging technology to bolster knowledge and skill acquisition amongst Nigerians, 9mobile, the innovative telecommunications company, has rewarded winners of the…
- 7 Dec 2015
Lagos Holds ICT Workshop for School Pupils
Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Wifi Combat Academy, has organised a One-Day training workshop on computer programming system, tagged “Hour of Code” for public…
- 30 Jun 2018
Winners Emerge in CodeLagos Schools Competition
Six schools have emerged winners out of the 39 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos who participated in the four-day CodeLagos Week Competition grand finale. The schools include…
- 16 Dec 2014
Coders at 13, Billionaires @ 30
In the last few days, the world celebrated another computer science week; a statutory commemoratory series of events which held between December 8th-14th of the world to recognize the huge…
- 22 Feb 2021
SystemSpecs Supports Young Innovators, Emphasizes Need for Product Differentiation
Frontline technology firm, SystemSpecs, has again, demonstrated its commitment to promoting innovation in Nigeria by its sponsorship of the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub Devcamp, a program that trains young…
- 14 Aug 2019
9mobile @ IYD Hails Ingenuity of Nigerian Youths, Assures of Continuous Support
As the world marks this year’s International Youth Day (IYD), youth-friendly telecommunications company, 9mobile, has praised the resilience and ingenuity of Nigerian youths, assuring that it remains…
- 12 Jul 2017
Lagos Inaugurates Herbert Macaulay e-Library
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday inaugurated Herbert Macaulay e-Library in Yaba, Lagos. Ambode expressed the hoped that the e-library would increase access to all materials that would…
- 4 Aug 2020
FG Hikes Hate Speech Fine from N500, 000 to N5m
Federal government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million and mandated broadcast stations to devote airtime for public education on emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.…