Author: ITPulse

  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…

  One of Africa’s leading provider of mobile technology & VAS services, iConcepts has launched a simple cloud-based mobile marketing platform, tagged mGen.ng. Launched in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, the marketing platform enables businesses and organizations of any size to harness SMS messaging capabilities to increase sales, customer engagement and marketing ROI. According to the company, mGen.ng uses shortcodes and unique keywords to build opted-in audiences, collect customer feedback and send auto-responses to these inbound messages. For example,Text ‘YES’ to 30380 and someone will call you back or Text ‘OFFER’ to 30380 to get our latest products and special offers’.…

  The Governments of India and Nigeria are set to forge closer cooperation in a determined effort to accelerate growth in Information and Communications Technology with a view to boost both countries’ economies through greater penetration and use of advanced technologies and services. This is the pivotal focus of a two-day international conference and exhibition, under the auspices of Indo-Africa relations, scheduled to hold on September 6th and 7th at the Eko Hotel, Lagos, being organised by the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC), an organisation set up by the Government of India to promote and support the…