TECHNOLOGY
Conversion Of Petrol Vehicles To CNG To Cost N600,000 Only — FG
The federal government has disclosed that Nigerians are expected to pay between N300,000 and N600,000 to convert their petrol vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas, CNG. The Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) Steering Committee, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi revealed this in an interview with Daily Trust after the official commissioning of CNG conversion centres and a...
Abia Technology And Innovation Network Hosts Ecosystem Tour To Boost Tech Growth (Photos, Video)
The Abia Technology and Innovation Network (ATIN) has launched a two-day technology ecosystem tour in Abia State. The tour aims to strengthen the state’s digital landscape and foster collaborations between tech innovators, government institutions, and investors. The initiative, which commenced in Aba, included visits to key technology hubs and a strategic engagement with Abia State Polytechnic, Aba (now Rector...
After Ban, Buhari Sends Six Ministers To Engage Twitter In Talks
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a federal government’s team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria. Buhari’s approval of the team was contained in a statement issued in Abuja Tuesday by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who chairs the team. Mohammed said, “The federal...
Tinubu Sacks Heads Of NCC, NIPOST, NIGCOMSAT, Announces Replacements
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sacked the Chief Executive Officers of three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy with immediate effect. The affected CEOs include the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta; the Nigerian Postal Service’s Sunday Adepoju; and Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited’s Tukur Funtua. The President made this known through a statement by his...
Twitter Back Online After An Hour-Long Crash
Twitter is back online after being down for thousands of users worldwide who had issues with the website, app, and logging in, DailyMail reports. Problems began around 12:50pm ET on Monday and were impacting some users in the U.S., the U.K., New Zealand and other countries – but the crash appeared to be fixed around 1:30pm ET. Many users said tweets are...
Telecom Services In Kogi Set To Resume As MTN, State Government Resolve Dispute
Lokoja, April 30, 2025 — Telecommunications services disrupted in Kogi State are expected to return to normal by Wednesday, following the resolution of a prolonged dispute between MTN Nigeria and the Kogi State Government. The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo, confirmed the development on Tuesday, stating that the disagreement which led to...
Abia Tech Student Built Power Generator That Functions Without Fuel (PHOTOS)
A news making rounds on social media has it that a young boy reportedly a student of Boys Technical College, Aba, Abia state has made his way in the news for doing an amazing invention. It was reported that this young boy whose identity is yet to be known as at the time of filing this report has built a...
Don’t Entertain Fear, 5G Not Harmful To Our Health, Pantami Assures Nigerians
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has urged Nigerians not to entertain fear, noting the fifth-generation (5G) network is not harmful. There has been apprehension in many quarters that deployment of 5G could pose a risk to public health. Pantami spoke after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday where he also said the National...
5G Network Will Be Operational By January 2022 – Isa Pantami
Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, stated that fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks will be operational in January 2022. The Minister was represented by Ubale Maska, NCC commissioner for technical services, during a town hall meeting in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Thursday September 23. He said the deployment was necessary because there are over 50,000 telecommunications sites across the...
Twitter To Allow Employees Work From Home ‘Forever’
The microblogging site, Twitter, announced on Tuesday that it could allow employees to continue to work from home indefinitely even after the end of the coronavirus crisis. Twitter said it is one of the first companies to implement the stay-at-home model in early March and the decision to allow workers to continue work from home even after the COVID-19 pandemic...
