Author: ITPulse

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared there is no time it appointed agent for the purpose of issuing a license to telecommunications service providers, advising that providers should process their license directly with the Commission at its head office in Abuja or any of the zonal offices situated in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano. “You can process your telecommunications service license directly with the Commission at its head office in Abuja or any of the zonal offices situated in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Kano. NCC has not appointed any agent for the purpose of…

By Austin Okere As the workplace is becoming more millennial, a new cultural trend is emerging that challenges the traditional ethos that have held sway since the days of Adam Smith. The Enterprise as we have hitherto known, is defined by her purpose, values, culture and vision. These are essentially the reason d’être and form the basis of the tradition of the company. As the company is not able to direct her own affairs, this function is entrusted by the promoters of the business, being the Shareholders to Custodians, being Directors, who in turn appoint Managers to run the daily…

By Ejiro Obodo Branch networks in premier business districts, traditionally believed to measure the stature of financial providers are being replaced with internet banking, payment apps and short-code banking. Technology has enabled non-traditional financial players upend branch networks typically dominated by large financial providers; with newer, nimbler entrants such as Interswitch and Paystack processing more online transactions than Nigeria’s biggest banks. A report by the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBBS) indicates that Nigeria’s ePayment services recorded N38.5 trillion transactions in the first half of 2018, a 38.4 percent increase from N27.8 trillion in the corresponding period of 2017. NIBSS Instant…

The first Cyber Security Myth is that many business owners still believe that all cyber attacks are targeted. This means that unless they’re specifically selected as the prey of a hacking attack, they won’t fall victim. It is not uncommon to see businesses that believe they will not be in the sights of cybercriminals, so aren’t at risk from suffering the negative effects of a cyber-attack. You may even be one of such people with this belief, but if you ask the Western business leaders that were hit by NotPetya in 2017, they would definitely have stories to tell…

  The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Funke Opeke, has urged businesses in Nigeria to work towards adopting new technologies that will get the country connected, stressing that a connected Nigeria is a prosperous Nigeria. Opeke,who spoke at MainOne’s annual tech conference, Nerds Unite, which held recently in Lagos with the theme ‘Accelerating Digital Transformation,’ believes that adopting new technologies is the surest ways to avoid falling behind the rest of the world in technological advancement. “A connected Nigeria is a more economically prosperous Nigeria. It is a better educated Nigeria. It is a Nigeria where access to social services and…

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) are strengthening its existing collaboration to further explore identity management in Nigeria. The was the centre of discussion yesterday, when the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator of the National Identity Management Commission, Ndi Awan, paid a familiazation visit to the telecom regulator. The visit, according to a Facebook post by NCC, is to explore ways of deepening the existing collaboration between NIMC and NCC in the area of identity management in Nigeria. Ndi Awan, who represented the Director General of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, was received at…

  Nigeria’s opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) has deployed Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) system, which it said will be used to checkmate the 2019 election processes, especially in areas where the results are highly contested. The PVT system, according to Mr. Osita Chidoka, the party’s campaign spokesperson and chairman of the Strategy Committee of the PDP Presidential Campaign, is scientifically proven, best practice technique, to hold election authorities accountable, particularly when there is a lack of trust. .” “The PVT is a tool that will assure that PDP partisans accept the results of the election, and that the country remains…

  Experts at Kaspersky Lab have detected a sharp increase in phishing activities from criminals offering users various romantic goods on the eve of St. Valentine’s Day. In an email message released earlier today, the cybersecurity company disclosed that the total number of user attempts to visit fraudulent websites with a romantic theme that were detected and blocked during the first half of February more than doubled compared to the same time in 2018. “This is a reminder that fraudsters are always looking for an excuse to steal users’ data and money,” Kaspersky Lab’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise…

In line with the Programos Foundation’s #ReInnovateNigeria Initiative pilot process on UN ICT4SIDS, its President and World Summit Awards Eminent National Expert for Nigeria, Mr Amos Emmanuel, announces the flagging off of the preliminary WSA National Innovation product submission from the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The application is  free! Submitted products that qualify in any of the following 8 economic sectors and already offering high social innovation benefits to the Nigerian society using competitive technologies of AI, ML, Blockchain, Natural language processing, Computer Vision, Virtual Reality etc will be selected and recommended as submissions from Nigeria into the UN…

The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has raised alarm that the Federal Government has perfected plans to jam telecoms networks on Saturday and Sunday during the elections in Nigeria. Fayose, one of the leaders of the opposition People Democratic Party raised the alarm via his Twitter handle @GovAyoFayose. He said the jamming of telecoms networks will start from 5am on Saturday till 5pm on Sunday. Thus, making it impossible for the use of Internet and phone calls during the elections. He also disclosed that the equipment for the sinister plot was imported from Isreal and…