The plan to hike spectrum fees by about 400 per cent is currently a source of concern to telecommunications operators in the country. But to cushion this impact, operators suggested that spreading the payment for spectrum over a period of time would help a great deal in managing capital expenditure (CAPEX),
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The Federal Government allocated N20.4bn to Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited from 2016 to 2021 despite the company’s idleness. The data were collated from the appropriation bill for each year available on the website of the Budget Office of the Federation. In 2016, N295.1m was allocated with N135.2m released by October of that
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In its 31st year, the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Visiting Professors and Scholars Program will host nine outstanding scholars from across the Americas. The flagship program honors the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by increasing the presence and recognizing the contributions of underrepresented minority scholars at
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A security vulnerability in popular messaging app WhatsApp’s image filter function discovered by Check Point Research could have exploited more than two billion users worldwide if left unpatched. It is estimated more than 55 billion messages are being sent daily over WhatsApp, with 4.5 billion photos and one billion videos shared per day. Check
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Tech giants made billions through contracts with the US military and other government agencies during the so-called "war on terror", according to a report released The "Big Tech Sells War" report, published by three US campaign groups, documented an explosion of government contracts with Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter since
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Increased spending on renewable energy infrastructure is a welcome move on the path to net zero, but the world needs to recognise that it needs to be accompanied by significant investment to upgrade ageing power networks. Earlier this year, the world looked on in shock as Texas’ power grid was brought
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Amid ever-increasing government internet control, surveillance, and censorship in Iran, a new Android app aims to give Iranians a way to speak freely. Nahoft, which means “hidden” in Farsi, is an encryption tool that turns up to 1,000 characters of Farsi text into a jumble of random words. You can send
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The federal government, through the Ministry of Aviation, has granted approval to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) for the commencement of academic activities in its Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) in Katsina State. The approval was given in a letter dated September 9, 2021, following a request by the
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As part of the agenda required to improve power supply, under the leadership of the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, experts, have urged the Federal Government to unbundle the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, into Technical, Commercial and Operational entities and constitute the board of the company for optimum operations. In
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The green transition is increasing the demand for metals and minerals that are needed to produce wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, battery storage, and other electronic equipment. Metals such as copper, lithium and vanadium, are central to green technologies and energy generation and storage. In a 2020 report, the International
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