TECHNOLOGY

Critical Alarm on imminent telecom blackout in Kogi and other nine (9) States including Abuja FCT – Call for urgent intervention.

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2022

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) wishes to express its concern about the shutting down of telecommunications facilities in Kogi State as a result of disputes arising from unusual taxes and levies demanded by the Kogi State Government through Its Kogi

TECHNOLOGY

Pantami urges NCC board to protect telecom consumers

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2022

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has urged the board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), to protect telecom consumers in the country. Pantami made the appeal when he inaugurated the ninth member of the NCC Governing Board, Prof. Mansur Bindawa, as Non-Executive Commissioner, on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency […]

TECHNOLOGY

Egba Foundation urges govt. to optimize science, technology to develop agriculture

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2022

The Executive Director of Lake Chad Research Institution, Dr Oluwasina Olabanji has said the success of agriculture largely depends on the nature and extent of use of mass media in mobilizing farmers for the adoption of improved agricultural technologies. Dr. Olabanji said this during the first Olatunde Abudu Annual Lecture series facilitated by the Egba […]

TECHNOLOGY

Science, technology started in Ile-Ife over 4,000 years ago, says Ooni

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2022

The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 has said that cradle of civilization started with the black people in Ile-Ife as against the claim that civilization started in the Western world. Addressing a gathering at the on-site exhibition and official opening of the ancient Olokun Heritage site in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ooni Ogunwusi […]

TECHNOLOGY

AfricaNXT 2022: NCC pulls largest gathering, says 5G is safe

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2022

The AfricaNXT Conference 2022, known previously as Lagos Social Media Week, has ended on a historically impressive note for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), having drawn the largest attendance and participation at a single session during the conference, where its team discussed the socio-economic benefits of 5G services. The conference had scheduled over 200

TECHNOLOGY

5G will revolutionise Nigeria’s creative industry –Danbatta

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2022

The current efforts of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to facilitate deployment of the Fifth Generation, 5G, technology will further catalyse the innovativeness and creativity of the entertainment industry in Nigeria. The effort will also raise its productivity and contribution to the gross domestic product, GDP, to new levels. The Executive Vice Chairman and