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  By Martin Ekpeke The Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has given a verdict that the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology platform has become the most accessible channel for financial and non-financial transaction in Nigeria. This is even as the provider of the infrastructure for automated processing, settlement of payments and fund transfer instructions between banks and card companies, disclosed that the banking hall transaction has declined by 25 per cent in the last one year, largely to the adoption of technology platforms by Nigerians. The Managing Director of NIBSS, Adebisi Shonubi, who made the disclosure at a Financial…

  The students of Lumen Christi International High School, Arue-Uromi, Edo State won this year’s SEPLAT Pearls Quiz competition. The annual competition is organised by SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company PLC, operators of the NPDC/SEPLAT JV assets, OML 4, 38 & 41. The winning school, represented by Kingsley Okafor, Cletus Ifedhor and Clinton Opara emerged after a keenly contested finale on Thursday, October 5 at the Unity Hall of the Delta State Government House in Asaba, the state capital. Each one of them walks away with scholarships worth N100,000 and N7 million for their school. This is the sixth edition of…

  By Martin Ekpeke The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has denied circumventing due process in implementing the 2017 approved budget, as reported on the social media. The nation’s IT clearing house argues that the information being circulated is typical of disinformation aimed at discrediting the laudable efforts of the current management, headed by Dr. Isa Pantami, especially in the fight against corrupt practices within and outside the Agency. In a statement issued and signed by Dr. Agu Collins Agu, NITDA’s Director, Corporate Planning and Strategy, the agency described the report on the social media as corruption fighting back…

  The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Adesola Adeduntan has posited that Firstbank currently processes over 78 per cent of its customer transactions through self-service channels. This is even as Firstbank has emerged as the first financial institution in Nigeria and West-Africa to issue 10 million cards to customers across the sub-region. “Firstbank currently processes over 78 per cent of its customer transactions through self-service channels,” Adeduntan said in a statement in Lagos. He noted that this feats were achieved because customers have become more technology savvy, promising that Firstbank will continue to encourage this attitude…

  Nigeria’s based Signal Alliance has won Cisco Gold Certification, after meeting rigorous standards set forth by Cisco in networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction. The systems integration company with expertise in cloud advisory, enterprise infrastructure, IT security, managed services and business applications announced this in a statement in Lagos. “We are very excited to receive Cisco Gold certification. Gold status reflects Signal Alliance commitment to working with Cisco and to bring top-notch technical expertise to our customers from design and architecture through to delivery,” said Adanma Onuegbu, CEO of Signal Alliance. The Cisco® Channel Partner Program provides a…

  By Martin Ekpeke Africa’s leading African financial institution, GTBank Plc has apologized to its customers over the service disruption that happened in the bank yesterday, especially across its e-channels. GTBank’s numerous customers were left frustrated yesterday with a large crowd besieging most of the branches, making fruitless efforts to either make transfer, withdrawal or even make of ATM machine within the bank or other banks. But in the statement issued this morning, the bank said it truly apologise for every inconveniences the bank’s customers experienced yesterday due to the service disruption, saying the bank fell short of its promise…

Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced network, nTel has announced the appointment of Ernest Akinlola, as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. Akinlola’s appointment was announced today via a statement the company issued in Lagos. Ernest is a senior executive with 20+ years extensive experience in Telecoms Media & Technology. He joined the fledgling One 2 One telecom operator in the UK and was instrumental in establishing a world class internal audit and compliance department. As Head of Department, he led the assessment and subsequent launch of Virgin Mobile UK on the One 2 One network, which proved to be the pioneering…

  Leading light in telecommunications regulations in Africa, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) was the toast of the global telecommunications umbrella body, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at the just concluded ITU Telecom World 2017, Busan, South Korea. NCC was named the most Valuable Partner by the ITU for its commitment and participation in ITU Telecom World events over the years. The NCC was also awarded a certificate of Appreciation for the ITU Telecom World 2017 National Pavilion and thematic Pavilion as well as Loyal Participation and supporters of the yearly ITU Telecom World in a number of years. Nigeria…

  By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared that cyber security in today’s workplace is everyone’s business, even as it joins partners such as the US Department of Homeland Security’s STOP.THINK.CONNECT to raise awareness on cyber security. The Commission in a statement issued in Abuja, noted that in keeping with its unwavering commitment to consumer protection, it is intimately involved in raising awareness and educating the general public on the importance of cyber security. “October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, so the NCC is therefore raising both the tempo and sophistication of the campaign on cyber security,”…

  Thomas Husson, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester has urged Google to improve the sales and marketing of its flagship devices Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, saying that is the only way the new devices can only compete with the other premium Android handsets. “Google’s positioning in the smartphone space is still unclear and there is a good reason for that: it can’t compete too directly with handset brands using Android in the high-end segment,” Thomas Husson, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester told. “I’d expect the new Pixel smartphones to showcase what is possible with Google’s latest…