Niger State Commissioner of Transport, Abubakar Mohammad, says the state government has allocated four kilometer size of land to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) for the construction of its outreach campus in Minna, the state capital. The commissioner told newsmen in Minna at the weekend that the land was allocated to the college [...]
Banks in Lagos have cancelled the N100 charge on customers’ use of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) withdrawal from other banks. NAN visit to some banks on Tuesday showed that the banks had since Monday complied with the new trend. This followed the Bankers Committee’s directive that the banks should stop charging N100 with effect from [...]
Three University of Lagos (UNILAG) students, have won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Enterprise/Small Business Solutions category in sub-Saharan Africa. The students: Bolutife Ogunsola, Michael Adeyeri and Willie Aniebiet, created the Form+ application software; an interface that creates application forms by just dragging and dropping components. The user can create forms – such [...]
The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, said the Federal Government had no plan to sell the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. Rather, she said government believed in growing and repositioning the institution to rank among the best aviation training centres in the world. Oduah gave the assurance in a [...]
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died aged 82. His family said they were “heartbroken” by his death and called him “a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job.” They said he died from cardiovascular surgery complications following a heart-bypass earlier this month. President Barack [...]
A South Korean student plans to launch a $500 satellite built from scavenged parts in a basement, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. “Making a satellite is no more difficult than making a cellphone,” said Song Hojun, 34, who said he built the OpenSat to show people they could achieve their dreams. There’s a long history [...]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has released a new e-mail address that will give the public easy access to the IG’s office. The new address which was given in a statement by the public relations person of the police, Frank Mba, the email address is policemonitor@npf.gov.ng. The IG appealed to potential users of the [...]
A new football which captures the energy created when it is kicked and transforms it into electricity is set to help provide a power solution for developing countries. Called the Soccket, the revolutionary ball builds up enough energy to power a light for three hours from just 30 minutes of play. Power source uses metal [...]
A solar plane made history Tuesday by landing in the Moroccan capital after flying across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain on the world’s first intercontinental flight in a plane powered by the sun. Bertrand Piccard, a 54-year-old Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist, landed Solar Impulse at 11:30 pm (2230 GMT) under a full moon at [...]
Airtel Gives Free Voice, SMS, Complimentary Data on N200, N500, N1, 000 and N5, 000 RCVs Lagos, Nigeria: June 5th, 2012: Customers on the Airtel Network can now enjoy longer talk time, free SMS and complimentary data bundle as the leading telecommunications operator announces a new offer, Airtel Recharge Bonus, aimed at exciting and empowering [...]
Nigerians using or trading in used television and radio sets, popularly called Tokunbo, have been asked to prepare to change them or change their trade before 2015 when a new law banning importation of the items will begin. The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Yomi Bolarinwa, broke the news yesterday in Ibadan, [...]
Worried by the gap in Africa’s educational system, Nigerian entrepreneur, Gossy Ukanwoke, is set to launch Beni American University, an online university specifically for African students. Nicknamed Nigeria’s Mark Zuckerberg and at only 23, Ukanwoke is the founder of Students Circle Network, an academic social network for college and high school students with interests in [...]
The federal government is targeting over 70 million internet users in the next three years as the regulators and operators intensify the deployment of broadband infrastructure to the innermost parts of the country. Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communications Technology, said her ministry this year, would ensure that Nigeria surpasses 70 million internet users through [...]
Spammers and hackers are constantly trying to take advantage of unsuspecting consumers (also known as my parents) online. According to a three-month study by antivirus developer PandaLabs, these cyber-criminals are creating around 57,000 new fake websites every week. That’s close to 3 million per year. And all of it is being done to exploit major [...]
Things are getting a bit heated between two of the largest Internet companies as they spar over users’ data. Google and Facebook, which increasingly seem to be rivals, have been engaged in a war of words this week over data portability. The issue boils down to the ability to move user data back and forth [...]
As rumored yesterday, HP has signed an agreement to buy security software company Arcsight for $1.5 billion of $43.50 per share. This acquisition follows HP’s $2.3 billion acquisition of data storage company 3PAR. Arcsight provides security and compliance management software that identifies and mitigate business risk for enterprises, MSSPs and government agencies. The software products [...]
Internet domain name registry GoDaddy.com has put itself up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The privately held company could fetch more than $1 billion in an auction, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. GoDaddy has hired investment bank Qatalyst Partners, the Journal reported. Private equity firms are expected [...]
A British doctor volunteering in DR Congo used text message instructions from a colleague to perform a life-saving amputation on a boy. Vascular surgeon David Nott helped the 16-year-old while working 24-hour shifts with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Rutshuru. The boy’s left arm had been ripped off and was badly infected and [...]
Time Magazine recently released its list of top 50 websites for 2010, featuring what the magazine rates as the top online properties in a range of categories from news, health, education, games and social media. In the social media category, Time reckons the top five sites for 2010 are Gowalla, Foodspotting, LinkedIn, StockTwits, and Tumblr. [...]
Between playing ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ as a Stingerweb Internet Development software installed on my laptop and as a game show presented by Frank Edoho on Nigeria’s NTA (Nigerian Television Authority) one learns to differentiate between illusion and reality in using what one knows to get what one wants. In a country where [...]
The Senate today in Abuja, confirmed Eugene Juwah as the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commissio (NCC) thus ending the four–month search for replacement of Ernest Ndukwe, the erstwhile chief executive of the commission whose tenure expired in March, 2010. Juwah’s confirmation came alongside other nominees for the vacant [...]
