Author: ITPulse

On December 21 2021, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) released a statement that the Kano Command of the Commission arrested a suspect at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport with 576 ATM cards. This happened barely two hours after the EFCC secured the conviction of three smugglers – arrested with 1,144 ATM Cards at the same airport.  It is becoming clear that cybercrime is no longer the exclusive preserve of the southern part of Nigeria; with Lagos notoriously known as the “cybercrime capital of West Africa”, the crime is fast spreading like wild fire to other parts of…

Africa most celebrated Information and Communications Technology journalist and President of the Center for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD), Dr Bayero Agabi has hailed 2021 as the year the ICT industry witnessed many first for individuals and corporate organisations. Speaking for himself, he said he personally experienced another first in 2021 with the successful induction into the fellowship cadre of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) last month at this year’s National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA), becoming the first journalist to be inducted into the fellowship of NCS. Nigeria Computer Society had bestowed on Dr, Bayero a Honourary Fellowship, which…

My team and I have been building Bridge Network for almost a year now. And there have been many indications that Bridge is a flourishing company. True, but then we have to fight against numerous odds to keep it that way. I imagine any company will have these kinds of stories, more so, companies building in the crypto, blockchain, and cross-chain space. The odds are stacked! My combined experience in blockchain and crypto spans over 4 years. The most part of the last year has been me in the driver’s seat of a cross-chain company, building and growing it despite…

Our pen would simply have to continue to dry up by the day because daily happenings appear enough to suggest how much work there is to be done to ensure a sane society full with love, consideration and sense of brotherhood. Just yesterday, there was a fight between artistes Portable Omolabi and Poco Lee after the former accused the latter of siphoning $2200 dollars of the $3000 dollars that wizkid spread him on the stage while performing. The accusation by Portable led his manager by name Kogbagidi to send him packing from the apartment and company. However, Olamide intervened by…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Christian community under the aegis of the NCC Christian Fellowship (NCCCF) has adduced reasons why it decided to organize the 2021 End of Year Thanksgiving and Christmas Carol. The President of the Fellowship, Mr. Yakubu Gontor, who spoke on the sideline of the thanksgiving service held at the NCC’s Annex Office, Mbora District, Abuja said that the main purpose of the 2021 Carol Service at the Chapel, as it is the tradition, was to give thanks to God for His faithfulness and protection throughout the year 2021. “The end of the year is usually marked…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shared its telecom regulatory experiences with the Congo-Brazzaville Telecommunications Regulations Authority (CTRA), who visited the NCC head office on a benchmarking tour.  During the 3-day visit, the NCC’s Director, TSNI, Bako Wakil, told the CTRA’s team led by its Network Director, Benjamin Mouandza on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) institued by NCC on QoS and how these KPIs are measured and monitored by the Commission toward ensuring improved service delivery to the Nigeria’s ever-growing telecoms consumers. He said this also helped to improve Quality of Experience (QoE) of the consumers. On type-approval process, Wakil…

A report by Atlas VPN has indicated an increase in malware and other attacks on businesses across world in the last 30 days. In the data it compiled and analysed, Atlas VPN noted that threat actors attacked businesses more than 722 million times during the last 30 days worldwide, with over 73 percent of these hacking attempts malware attacks. The report shows that threat actors dispatched 722 million threats within the last 30 days, which comes out to 23 million attacks daily, over 73 percent of attacks were malware threats, 22 percent phishing and 5 percent command & control (C&C).…

Kayode Tokede examines ways monthly salary earners with FirstBank accounts can benefit from the lender’s numerous loans initiatives amid harsh economy. In time past, monthly income earners – especially bank customers – were unable to have quick access to personal loans to meet their immediate financial needs due to the stringent conditions. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had introduced the Know-Your-Customer (KYC), among other policies, to enhance financial inclusion and reduce the incidence of related identity fraud in the banking sector. These have enhanced the capabilities of banks to grant soft loans to customers. With these, monthly income earners…

Africa has always been at the forefront of the payments space led by mobile money services since 2010 COVID-19 has propelled the adoption of digital payment platforms for millions of people across the African continent. The need for contactless methods of making transactions, transformed what was once a nice-to-have into a necessity. Indeed, whereas the pandemic has bolstered the adoption of digital payments across industries, demographics and payment types on the continent, Africa has always been at the forefront of the payments space led by mobile money services since 2010. As a company, serving thousands of businesses at varying growth…

Dr. Adewale Peter Obadare, the Chief Visionary Officer, Digital Encode Limited has urged both public and private organisations to work towards ensuring they are all ISO Certified. ISO certifications, Dr. Obadare said, help to improve business credibility and authority as well as the overall efficiency of the business and the security/ customer data protection. He gave this advice at the formal presentation of the ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System) and ISO 27701 (Privacy Information Management System) to Avetium Consult; a business Process Outsourcing and Business Technology Solution Company. The ISO certifications were facilitated by Digital Encode Limited. He commended…