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*Calls for Digital Connectivity to Close Education Divide The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through the Digital Access Programme earlier in 2021 provided a grant to a non-governmental organisation, Aid for Rural Education Access initiative (AREAi), towards promoting community-based initiatives to enable students from low-income families access remote learning materials, digital education resources options and digital opportunities. FCDO explained that the core of the coll...

NCC in discussion with SpaceX for high bandwidth internet across Nigeria SpaceX has been in discussion with NCC virtually over the past several months to begin the process of pursuing all necessary licenses to bring Starlink, its satellite-based broadband services to Nigeria. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that in light of disruption in the technology world, it is keen on balancing healthy competition with entry of disruptive technologies to ensure sustainable tele...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has emphasised that in light of disruption in the technology world, it is keen on balancing healthy competition with entry of disruptive technologies to ensure sustainable telecoms industry growth and development in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, stated this during a presentation to the Commission by a delegation from SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportations services company, ...

Atiku said Alhassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba, would be sorely missed by Nigerians. In a tweet, the former Vice President described the deceased as an accomplished civil servant, astute politician and patriot. He wrote: “I am grieved by the death of former Minister of Women Affairs, Sen. Aisha Alhassan. I asked about her condition this afternoon after I called her number without a response! Inna lillahi wainna Ilaihi Rajiun! “May Allah forgive her sins and grant her Aljannah Fiddausi ...

SHARE Calligo Holdings, a data services company owned by Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp, bought UK-based information technology specialist Network Integrity Services. Calligo’s acquisition of NIS is its ninth in three years and fourth in 2020, as it continues to expand its footprint and consolidate its position in the managed data services market, Investcorp said in a statement on Wednesday. It did not disclose the financial details of the deal. The acquisition of NIS – ...