Author: ITPulse

As part of measures to key into the Lagos State Government strategy of working from home in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Nigeria’s CWG Plc said its Business Continuity Plan (BCP), which it has been practicing partially since last year is fully being implemented. CWG’s Director, Managed Services, Mr. Martin Nwoga disclosed this in a statement circulated to journalists in Lagos. He said CWG, which has operations in four African countries and is touted as the largest integration company in Nigeria, has pieces of machinery in place that allows its staff to work from home. “CWG has implemented its…

It was Nicolo Machiavelli, the renowned Italian philosopher, who said that when you give a high political office to incompetent individuals or those who least expect it, chances are that they may come unprepared and in the haste to prove themselves inflict heavy damage on the system. Of course, history is replete with cases of some individuals who defied this postulation to make a huge success of their unexpected appointments, but the same history has never been kind to incompetent appointees. In the case of Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the incumbent Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of the…

As the COVID-19, better known as coronavirus, continues to ravage the global community, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said it has adopted alternative electronic meeting platforms, in order to reduce person-to-person contact that may arise from travels or meetings. The adoption, according to the telecom regulator is part of the measures put in place to support other initiatives from stakeholders in the industry to curtail the scourge. “The Commission, in conjunction with industry players and all other government agencies, has agreed to reduce the frequency of physical meetings all through the period of the coronavirus outbreak and considered alternative electronic…

A 2019 Digital Rights in Africa Report has revealed shocking details of how African countries are now adopting repressive models of Informational controls borrowed from authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China. The report, which was released by Paradigm Initiative, a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, described as a worrying signal, which forebodes ill for the future of open and inclusive societies in Africa. According to Emmanuel Vitus, Communications Officer at  Paradigm Initiative, the adopted model is happening through a motley of targeted shutdowns, surveillance, arbitrary legislation to silence digital users. “African nations…

Skool Media Nigeria Limited said it is putting necessary resources together to launch online platforms for the Nigerian students to enable them to learn from home. This initiative, Nigeria’s based Information and CT solution company with expertise in digital learning will be done through its subsidiary, Edufirst Nigeria Limited as its corporate social responsibility for students whose academic has been truncated as a result of the spread of Covid-19 in some states in the country. It said it will be using its network of rich human resources to engage students through Edufirst.ng platform, Edufirst TV channel and on youtube. The…

Following the Federal and State Governments directives that businesses in Nigeria should adopt measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus many if not most organisations have already crossed the “working from home”, or at least the “working while on the road” bridge. Therefore, the global concerns over the current coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, and the need to keep at-risk staff away from the office, means that lots of companies may soon and suddenly end up with lots more staff working from home A global cybersecurity Company has also suggested that it is vital not to let the precautions intended to protect…

Nigerian telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) seems to have reduced official activities and out rightly canceled official traveling among its staff as part of efforts to tame the spread of the deadly Coronavirus Pandemic. Though no official statement was issued by the commission in this regard, a check indicates that only skeletal activities are going on at the Commission Head Office and its new annex at Mbora District, which was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari last week. In fact, ITPulse’s queries have shown that out of the over 1500 staff of the Commission, only a scanty 50 are…

By Okechukwu Chukwuebuka There is a cost to any economy when there is a major health concern. In recent years, the world has been, thankfully, free from epidemic and pandemic of pathogens. Where there has been an outbreak, the WHO has moved swiftly to deliver services and supply nations that have been hit hard. Outbreaks such as Sars and Ebola have been confined to small geographic areas and were able to be dealt with swiftly and successfully, only having a relatively small impact on national economies where the outbreak occurred. However, the current outbreak COVID 19 and the subsequent rapid…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has given reasons why the Commission decided to establish 18 Emergency Communications Centers in 17 States of the country. Danbatta, while speaking at the launch of the Emergency Communications Centers, 112 Toll-free Number and other projects and programme of the government in Abuja recently, disclosed that NCC facilitated the establishment of 18 ECCs in 17 states of the Federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in line with the Commission’s mandate under section 107 of Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003. “This is to promote and enhance public safety…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has urged mobile network operators (MNOs) to fully concentrate on the unserved and underserved areas of the country when deploying telecom services to ensure full attainment of the targets set in the new National Broadband Plan 2020-2025. The President made the call recently at the unveiling of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020–2025 and the launches of ECC, 112 Toll-free Number in Abuja. While reiterating Government’s commitment to ensuring that all stakeholders have a conducive environment to ensure the successful implementation of the Broadband Plan, which seeks to boost broadband penetration as well as support the…