Author: ITPulse

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has replaced the Chairman Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiyi with Prof. Adeolu Akande. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, Mr. Uche Onwude (South East) also replaced Senator Ifeanyi Ararume (South East) as Non-Executive Commissioner. Meanwhile, the changes also affected other agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. They are the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Galaxy Backbone, Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) and the NigComSat. At NITDA, Dr. Abubakar Sa’id replaces Prof. Adeolu Akande as Board Chairman, while Dr. Habibu Ahmed Imam (North West) replaces Dr. Lawal…

In the spirit of Christmas and support for Nigeria’s cashless policy, Firstbank has announced a promo that will allow customers using their Verve Cards to transact on PoS and online win mouth-watering gifts. “We are pleased to reward our customers for the use of their FirstBank Verve, Visa Gold and Naira Credit cards this season. It is our own way of giving our customers more reasons to smile. We encourage our customers to reactivate their FirstBank Verve cards and keep transacting with their Verve, Visa Gold, and Naira Credit cards to enjoy these yuletide benefits from FirstBank,” the bank announced…

A Nigeria based Data Science and Artificial Intelligence education organization, Coven Works has concluded the schooling and mentoring of 100 young Nigerians for a period of twelve weeks and secured placements for each trainee in a three-month internship, where they will work in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence related job functions. The company said the essence of the training is for them to be able to face the transformative economic, social and environmental challenges of Globalization 4.0, which demands investment in people. “Valuing human capital not only serves to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills to respond to systematic…

Mediacraft Associates has been declared Public Relations Consultancy of the Year Award at the just concluded Lagos PR Industry Gala & Awards (LaPRIGA), held in Lagos. Also, the Chief Executive Officer of the consulting firm, Mr. John Ehiguese, bagged the PR Practitioner of the Year Award. Presenting the award to Mediacraft, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo, the National President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), noted that the agency clinched the prestigious award for its ‘creativity’ and how it deploys global best practices and processes in rendering qualitative services to its numerous clients’. He also urged the management…

The rise of cybersecurity attacks and other cyber frauds have been highlighted as the most significant challenge facing banks and other financial institutions on the African continent. This is the finding of a report, which emanated from the “Meeting of Minds” workshop that was spearheaded by Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) and leveraged the insight and brainpower of over 35 C-level and senior banking leaders across the African region and beyond. According to the report, the rise of cybersecurity is also compounded by the lack of technical expertise and familiarity at senior levels and know-how in IT, digitalisation and related transformation…

Companies across the Middle East/Africa are discovering hybrid solutions can solve many digital transformation challenges Moving to the cloud is not unlike relocating your business to a prime piece of real estate. The benefits are many, but the transition can be tricky. As governments and businesses race to take advantage of cloud computing, they are navigating current and future data regulations, as well as how to make the most of existing IT infrastructure. Across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), businesses are prioritising cloud adoption. Research shows most organisations in the Middle East are either using cloud computing services or…

The management of Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club have commended FirstBank for their support of the prestigious African Patrons Cup; a polo tournament which holds annually at the Club in Kaduna. The commendation came at the closing ceremony of the 2019 edition of the competition, which featured notable polo teams drawn from across the country. According to a statement, the club’s management stated: “We will like to recognise the sterling efforts of our esteemed sponsors FirstBank, the African Patrons Cup Polo Tournament will never be the same without your support. We sincerely hope that this association will be maintained…

The Nigerian government said it will provide requisite spectrum for the deployment of drone technology. Specifically, it has set machinery in place to review guidelines on the use of 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz bands respectively to accommodate the emerging technology. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta disclosed this yesterday in Lagos in a speech he delivered at the stakeholder consultative forum on ‘Regulation Of Drone: The Spectrum Perspective’. The essence of allocating spectrum to drone deployment, according to Danbatta is to tackle the myriad of challenges such as vandalism of critical national infrastructure, kidnapping, insurgencies,…

The United Kingdom-based PreciseSecurity has revealed that spam messages account for 55 percent of the email sent across the world in 2019. The research firm also revealed that, with more than half of the world population using e-mail, the total number of e-mail messages sent and received per day is expected to reach nearly 295 billion before 2019 finally comes to an end in a few days. A breakdown of the figures shows that China generates more than 20 percent of global spam e-mails, which makes it the largest source of spam email globally. The report added that, during this…

After the expiration of the National Broadband Plan 2013-2018, which was set up by the Goodluck Jonathan led federal government and elevated broadband penetration in Nigeria from meager 9 percent to over 30 percent as of this year, another National Broadband Plan 2020-2025, was yesterday initiated by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami. Inaugurating the 25- member committee that would be in charge of the plan in Abuja, Dr. Pantami said the need to boost broadband penetration from its present coverage of 37.8 percent to over 70 percent in the next five years, necessitated the…