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Chairman of Connect Technologies, Chief Chris Uwaje would preside over the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable, slated for Thursday, June 20, at the Welcome Centre Hotels, International Airport Road, Lagos. Affirming this Tuesday in Lagos, the Executive Director, DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Mrs Nkem Nweke, said that Uwaje, who is acclaimed pioneer of the national information technology policy for Nigeria and founding Member of Africa Emergency Technology Response Forum, is not new to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) eco-system. She said that this year, the forum which usually holds on…

A Lagos based legal practitioner, Dr. Charles Mekwunye has dragged the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja seeking to stop the planned listing of MTN shares on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange. In the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/2019, Dr Mekwunye is asking the court for a perpetual injunction restraining SEC from going ahead with the listing of MTN shares pending the determination of a suit before the Supreme Court bothering on alleged breach of contract in the divestment of MTN assets. Joined in the suit as co-defendants are MTN and Nigeria…

MTN has said it is ready to aid its Nigeria expansion project with the sum of N200 billion, which it will via bank loans and bonds. According to MyBroadband, MTN, Nigeria’s and Africa’s largest wireless carrier will use the said fund to finance capital expenditure in a bid to increase its reach and efficiency of its network in Nigeria Recall MTN listed its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange weeks ago. It registered 20.35 billion ordinary shares with the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission, with about 20 percent expected to be listed on the Lagos bourse. By subscribers, MTN is…

Some Cybersecurity experts yesterday in Lagos advised organisations that handle financial services and sensitive user data to proactively adopt measures that are capable of protecting themselves from the increasing wave of cybersecurity threats. The experts, who gathered “SECURE ENTERPRISE 2019” organised by ITANDT Solutions Limited, a leading software development and IT Security company, in collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) and Interdist Alliances, a Value-Added Distributor (VAD), also urged enterprises to remove the traditional security perimeter and adopt cloud, mobile, Internet of Things and social technologies to mitigate cyber risks. . “There’s no such thing as perfect security. An agile…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to engage stakeholders in the country’s telecom sector in a bid to sustain a robust collaborative regulatory environment that is capable of addressing current and future challenges in the sector. The telecom regulator said it will do it via its maiden edition of the Nigerian Telecom Leadership Summit (NTLS 2019) which will hold at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, May 23, 2019. It has chosen the theme: “Repositioning the Nigerian Telecom Industry for Future Challenges and Prospects”, saying it is in line with the…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given approval to CWG Plc to serve as the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) for Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The Group Head, Brand & Marketing Communications, Mrs. Anthonia Ehanmo disclosed this to Journalists in Lagos, saying CWG won the approval after a competitive process involving over 120 MAPs licensee out of which CWG was certified and approved among the 30 MAPs for engagement with the Discos in Nigeria. She said this is coming weeks after CWG was recently qualified as a meter service provider (MSP). A milestone, she stated has put the biggest…

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has rated that Africa and indeed Nigeria readiness seemed to be slow in coming to terms with the far-reaching implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Thus, it is gratifying that the 2019 ICTEL EXPO, scheduled for 16-17th of July this year will be providing another great opportunity to influence national discourse on the culture of enterprise in Nigeria from an ICT positive perspective. The President of LCCI, Mr. Babatunde Ruwase, who stated this last Friday during a media launch of the 2019 ICTEL Expo in Lagos, added that this year’s Expo with…

Ringier has strengthened its African operations with creative strategists – content creators, developers and managers, who update their skills and knowledge regularly with up-to-date industry trends and tools so as to offer top notch advisory and executions to clients. The Swiss family-owned media company said this is in a bid to continuously provide world class services to clients. “When it comes to creating cutting-edge strategies that endear brands to their audiences, Ringier Digital Marketing (RDM) continues to go all out to provide professional digital marketing services to brands in Africa and beyond,” it said in a statement by Shola Adegbuyi,…

By Martin Ekpeke The Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has applauded the Nigerian House of Representative for the passage of the Data Protection Bill, which provides for the establishment of the Data Protection Commission. The President of CSEAN, Mr. Remi Afon, while speaking to IT Pulse on the telephone, noted, though overdue, the association is happy that the bill has finally been passed by the House of Representative, hoping that the Senate will do same. “The passage of the bill is a step in the right direction and we commend the House of Representatives for passing this bill…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said Nigeria is in need of Internet Code of Corporate Governance to secure the country’s cyber space against imminent threats from cyber attackers and addressing issues such as online protection, privacy and data protection. The telecommunications regulatory authority, who stated this at the 105th edition of Consumer Outreach Programme in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, also disclosed that it will soon make public an Internet code of corporate governance. According to Ismail Adedigba, Head Information and Reference at NCC’s Consumer Affairs Bureau (CAB), the Internet code has become necessary to manage the attendant challenges and upsurge of…