Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isah Ali Pantami, has declared that Nigeria is ready for the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network (5G), as long as the major challenges have been resolved.
Pantami spoke yesterday, at a one day hearing on the present status of 5G network organised by the joint Senate Committee on Communication, Science and Technology, ICT and Cybercrime and Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases. x
He allayed fear among Nigerians over the planned deployment of the network, saying the Federal Government had taken necessary precautions by investigating all issues raised through research and trials.
His words: “The position is that we are almost at the final stage. So now, Nigeria is ready for 5G, as long as we address the major challenges.
National Security: NSA warns against 5G network, expresses national security concerns
On Says 5G has no Link with COVID-19
By Henry Umoru, ABUJA
THE National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, retd, yesterday expressed serious National security concerns and caution over the deployment of the 5th Generation (5G) Network.
According to him, if wrongly deployed and left in the hands of the wrong persons, it could be a threat to National Security.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja during Senate Investigative hearing on the present status of 5G Network in Nigeria and its Technological impact on citizens, Mongunu who spoke through
NCC Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta
The Internet world is like a city, jam-packed with information and resources worthy of the finest museums, but with menace for the unwary.
Since its discovery, the Internet has moved beyond an educational and research tool that served as a social network for a few elites, it has been transformed into a commerce hub. While it has enabled borderless communications, the Internet has equally made lots of people, including adults, vulnerable to different vices.
While it presents a world of opportunities for children and adolescents, it also threatens communities with inappropriate content, cyber bullying among peers, and online predators – whether that is via connection to the Internet at home, in a cybercafé, or by Smartphone.
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Canada has issued a holiday security alert to its citizens planning to travel to Nigeria.
The north-American country in the new security alert posted on its website warned its citizens that security is unpredictable in the country.
It urged them to exercise a ‘high degree of caution” in Abuja, Calabar and Lagos State.
The alert stated that, ”Avoid non-essential travel to Nigeria due to the unpredictable security situation throughout the country and the significant risk of terrorism, crime, inter-communal clashes, armed attacks and kidnappings.
”Regional risk level – Avoid all travel
”Avoid all travel to the following regions due to the risk of terrorism, armed attacks, kidnapping, intercommunal and sectarian violence:
“In line with the Federal Government desire to consolidate the achievement of the SIM Card registration exercise of September 2019, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to embark on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database again.
“The objective of the audit exercise is to verify and ensure compliance by Mobile Network Operators with the set quality standards and requirements of SIM Card Registration as issued by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Commission.
“Accordingly, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are hereby directed to immediately suspend the sale, registration and activation of new SIM Cards until the audit exercise is concluded, and Government has conveyed the new direction.