Author: ITPulse

Six finalists, including an Architect, Mariam Ahmed emerged as winners from the first audition of the Glo-sponsored dance reality show, Dance with Peter, held in Abuja on Friday. The other winners are 24-year-old professional dancer, Yemi Afolabi Osokoya; a 21-year-old National Open University undergraduate, Miracle Chinonso Nelson, a male dancer, Ibrahim Afeez Abiodun and a female dancer Amenze Blessing Omoregie. The six finalists will proceed to Lagos, where they will battle contestants from other parts of Nigeria and Ghana for the grand prize of a brand new Toyota RAV 4, N3 million and the rare opportunity of featuring in P-Square’s…

Airtel Nigeria is collaborating with Wari, a payment solution provider to provide an innovative payment platform for Nigerians. The telecom operator said the move is part of its contribution towards Federal Government’s efforts to deepen financial inclusion in the country. Wari allows users to make payment for goods and services, buy airtime, pay bills, deposit cash and make withdrawals within the country or outside. It can also be used to transfer money and remit through accredited agents across Nigeria, and the service is available to anyone irrespective of whether they are account holders or not. Speaking on the innovative…

A former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman has revealed that Goodluck Jonathan through the application of modern technologies saved Nigeria over N100 billion that used to be paid to ghost workers and ghost pensioners. Suleiman stated this in a statement, warning the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari to stop what he described as media trial of the former president and those that worked under him. He said for those who have forgotten, it was the Jonathan administration that with the aid of technology got rid of the fraud in fertilizer subsidies, introduced the biometric registration of civil servants and…

The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has hailed the appointment of Engr. Babachir David Lawal as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, whom the umbrella body of all IT professionals in Nigeria described as a core professional with immense experience in the private and public sectors before establishing his own ICT Consulting firm in 1990. “This appointment is a welcome one and is in furtherance of our belief that the much awaited change is here. The appointment has also shown that the President is a listening one, considering that the appointment came on the heels of our call to…

By Martin Ekpeke By the United Nation’s assertion that more people have access to mobile phones than to toilets globally, experts have said the number of smartphone penetration in Nigeria put at 12 million by the Nigerian Communications Commission is abysmally low. The proliferation of smartphone will ostensibly help to grow to grow the country’s economy by promoting access to information, communication, education and commerce. It will also challenge the telecommunications industry to rapidly grow its infrastructure and capacity to keep up with demand They believe that more is expected from a country like Nigeria that boasts of over 146…

A new report by Carmudi, an online marketplace for cars has revealed that 55 percent of Nigerians prefer to buy salon cars. Thus, the report urged local manufacturers to concentrate on the production of saloon cars to drive automobile sales in and outside Nigeria. The report claimed that 55 percent of these people searching online for saloon cars, especially the Sedan. This has prompted Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing , a local car manufacturer to key into the trend and manufactured about 500 cars last year, a good number of which included the Uma Sedan in response to the demand for this…

Several estate agents in Lagos last week engaged Lamudi, an online real estate marketplace in a bid to forge and strengthen the real estate industry in Nigeria. The estate agents took charge of the property portal’s social media channels, to answer questions and interact with customers and members of the (online) public. Questions from the online audience ranged from the reason for the almost inevitable fee collected by agents before inspection, commission on rent and rental costs to tips for renting the perfect home. Some agents took the opportunity to educate the public on their activities outside rentals of property…

Intel Corporation has unveiled the 6th Generation Intel Core processor family, saying it the capacity to deliver enhanced performance and new immersive experiences at the lowest power levels ever. The world leading chip maker added that the processor supports the broadest range of device designs – from the ultra-mobile computer stick, to 2 in 1s and huge high-definition All-in-One desktops, to new mobile workstations, effectively marking a turning point in people’s relationship with computers. According to the Senior Vice President at Intel and General Manager of the Client Computing Group, Kirk Skaugen, “6th Gen Intel Core processors deliver some of…

By Martin Ekpeke The Nigeria Information and Communications Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA) and other stakeholders in the ICT industry have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to make broadband penetration in Nigeria, one of the priorities of the federal government. The umbrella body of all ICT journalists in Nigeria said the government should as a matter of urgency, consider a purposeful implementation of the National Broadband Plan, in such a way that it will attract foreign direct investment, and also help to boost national development. Today, broadband penetration has struggled to grow from 6 per cent in 2013, to 8 per cent…

<a href=”http://itpulse.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CBN.png”><img class=”wp-image-374 size-medium” src=”http://itpulse.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CBN-300×214.png” alt=”The Central Bank of Nigeria headquarter in Abuja” width=”300″ height=”214″ /></a> The Central Bank of Nigeria headquarter in Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it has to loosen its regulatory policy on mobile money to accommodate telecommunications companies in the country. The apex bank said it has realised that the telecom companies have huge infrastructure spread across the country and can actually provide the enabling infrastructure for mobile money agents to work effectively. “The telcos have outlets and so they can come in as super-agents, which means, we can leverage on some of…