Author: ITPulse

The Auditor General of the Federation, Mr  Anthony Mkpe Ayine has directed  the staff of his office to henceforth request for the clearance issued by the National information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) on any IT project when auditing the accounts of MDAs. The directive is in compliance with the Federal Government Circular No. SGF/6/S.19/T/65 of 18th April, 2006, which mandates Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to seek clearance from NITDA before deploying any IT project in the country. According to a statement, signed by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations Unit at NITDA, Mr Ayine gave…

  Attendee Startups for the August edition are sure to have an interesting and exciting time out as organizer of the event has confirmed two distinguished Entrepreneurs to speak at the event, scheduled to hold on Friday, August 18, 2017 by 5:00pm. They will be sharing valuable knowledge from which Startups can learn, nurture and grow their businesses too. The Speakers are Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu, CEO, InfoGraphics and Afolabi Abiodun, CEO, SB Telecoms and Devices. The August 2017 edition of CFA’s Startups Hangout is powered by TAMS and Remita. Startups should take advantage of attending this edition of the CFA’s Startups…

  There are strong indications that the current leadership of the Nigerian Police under the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris is towing the digital route to curb crime and improve the prosecution of crimes in Nigeria. You will recall that IGP Idris recently launched the Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) to fight corruption and abuse by police officers.  The PCRRU engages citizens on all social media platforms. Now, the police has partnered with leading technology firms to develop and deploy an innovative mobile app as well as an enterprise crime management “iPolice-Hawk Eye”. Hawk Eye, a mobile…

  By Martin Ekpeke Some Nigerians have questioned the legality of the statement credited to the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz, where he warned that Nigerians who are yet to get their National Identification Number (NIN) risk losing their citizenship. The Nigerians expressed their disagreement via a Whatsapp Group ‘Africa Telecom & IT News’. First to disagree was Bayo Banjo, a telecom and Internet enthusiast. He noted that Aziz’s statement is blatantly illegal, criminal anti-constitutional, stressing that NIN as a document is only an indicator of citizenship. “I do not agree that without…

  By Martin Ekpeke In what appears like issuing a yellow card, which may likely lead to a red card, the Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz has warned Nigerians who are yet to get their National Identification Number (NIN) that they risk losing their Nigerian citizenship. Aziz gave the warning at a World Press Conference at the NIMC’s Lagos State office in Alausa-Ikeja on Saturday. According to Aziz, the latest warning is part of the federal government effort to persuade Nigerians to obtain NIN, which he said confer on any citizen who has…

  By Martin Ekpeke Lagos based Josla Electric Company Limited, an indigenous and an innovative Fintech startup that uses various Artificial Intelligence to capture key service metrics for optimal customer experiences, has in partnership with Flutterwave, a leading electronic payment startup company to launch a cognitive banking solution that will likely alter the Nigeria’s Epayment ecosystem. Tagged ‘CASBA’, the solution is cloud based, and a self-service application integrated with a chatbot interface that provides bank customers with an alternative and convenient platform to carry out 24 hours banking transactions. Speaking at the launch of the solution in Lagos last week…

Celebrity brand ambassadors are offering their fans N1000 to join them in participating in the Western Lotto Mega Upgrade Promo that kicked off August 4 to last till September 5, 2017. The ambassadors say that the first set of 1000 up to 5000 fans that join them would get N1000 cash infusion into their accounts with Western Lotto to enable them participate in the bumper promo. Odunlade Adekola on his Instagram page said: “If you go on www.westernlotto.com and register with “Odunlade2017”, and send me your Western Lotto account ID, I will credit the Western Lotto wallets of 3000 of…

The Opening Ceremony of NCC Tennis Cup 2017 at the National Stadium Abuja

  By Kester Omu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s telecom regulator has given schedules of its participation in this year’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World, which will be held  in Busan, South Korea from September 25 – 28, 2017. According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Tony Ojobo, Nigeria’s robust telecommunications regulatory environment, guarantee of Returns On Investment (ROI) and investors renewed confidence in the fast growing sector will form part of the country’s narrative at the annual event. The Commission said the schedules fall into its agenda to expand the telecom…

  By Martin Ekpeke Acclaimed largest financial institution in Nigeria, Firstbank says it has planned to support the general growth of the country’s economy by increasing the number of customer accounts from the 14.5 million to 30 million in the course of three to four years. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan disclosed this in an Interview with World Finance. She said the planned is in tandem to move into the execution phase of its current business strategy,  which is about financial inclusion and leveraging technology to pull more people into the banking…