Why young girls abandon science courses – Women in Science
Organization of Women in Science in the Developing World (WOSD), has said that many young girls in Africa abandon science courses because of lack […]
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Google introduces two AI updates to search engine
Google on Wednesday introduced two updates, Circle to Search and Multisearch in order to enhance the search experience on the search engine. Vice-President, Search […]
Compressed Natural Gas: Subsidise vehicle conversion, expert urges FG
An oil and gas expert, Dr Ayodele Oni, has advised the Federal Government to subsidise the cost of converting vehicles from petrol to Compressed […]
85% of Nigerian graduates have no digital skill – Report
More than 85 per cent of Nigeria’s graduates have no digital skills, a survey by GetBundi, an online education technology outfit, has shown. The […]
Pope warns against potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI), noting the new technology’s “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent […]
Ellon Musk raises $280m to link brain direct to computer
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink, which said it could connect the brain to a computer using neural implants, has raised another 280 million dollars from investors. […]
NCC, Bureau of Public Service to embark on digitization of Govt processes
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service […]
NCC boss urges businesses to adjust to potentials of disruptive technologies
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has advised businesses to adjust to […]
We’ll support Google in creating 1 million digital jobs for Nigerians – Tinubu
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed the willingness of the Federal Government of Nigeria to support global tech giant, […]
New App, OLA, key to SDGs attainment in Nigeria – Founders
Founders of a new Mobile App codenamed “OLA”, say it is key to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Nigeria and Africa as […]
Twitter’s flaws gave way for Threads – Respondents
Some Nigerians on Saturday blamed the inconsistencies with Twitter App for the emergence of Threads, a text-based App by Meta, saying it is a healthy […]
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads
Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned […]
We are engaging CBN on customers’ social media handles archiving – NDPC
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it engaging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on its new directives to commercial banks to collect their […]
TETFAIR-developed “chord hearing device” gets international recognition
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Innovative products developed under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Alliance for Innovative Research (TETFAIR) programme have started getting global […]
Telecoms, ICT services contribute N2.5trn to Nigeria’s GDP in Q1 of 2023 – NCC
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) says the telecommunications and ICT services have contributed about N2.508 trillion to Nigeria’s GDP in the […]
Microsoft to pay $20m to settle child privacy violations
U.S. tech giant Microsoft agreed to pay a 20 million U.S. dollars penalty to settle allegations it collected personal information from children without their parents’ […]
Pantami unveils 4,366 digital economy projects executed in 4 years
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government has unveiled 4,366 digital economy projects implemented in different part of the country as part of efforts […]
Japa Syndrome: Skills acquisition centres will be converted to innovation hubs – Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says his administration will convert some skill acquisition centres in the state to Eko Creation Innovation Hubs. Sanwo-Olu said […]
NCC committed to promoting gender equality, inclusive digital participation – Danbatta
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated the Commission’s irrevocable commitment to promoting gender […]
World Engineering Day: ABU Zaria to develop made in Nigeria water-fuelled-car
Prof. Ibrahim Dabo, the Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, says the university is working to develop a made-in-Nigeria car that will […]