Technology

MainOne, a digital infrastructure service provider, on Saturday, said that it had restored service to some customers and was actively working on restoring all services through capacity acquired on available cable systems. The organisation made this known via a statement on its website in response to news reports that it would take two weeks to five weeks for it to restore internet services. The statement said that the estimated repair time that it had earlier declared was for its submarine cable fault to be fixed. The repair time is to enable our services to become fully restored and independently supply capacity to customers. “We have already restored services to some customers and are actively working on restoring services to others via capacity acquired on available cable s...

The Director-General (DG) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha on Thursday said the future of Nigeria’s food security lies in its ability to adopt necessary technologies (Biotechnology) that will make farming a profitable business and employer of labour. While underscoring the overarching role of modern technologies in food security and nutritional value chain, he added that it is the deployment of such tools and invention through research that will attract the younger generation into farming to ensure abundance of quality food and at the same time an engine of economic growth. Addressing a cross section of stakeholders at the unveiling of the highly improved PBR Cowpea/Bean variety at the: Eat is B...

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, on Thursday stressed the need for African nations to embrace Science Technology and Innovation (STI) so as to add value to their abundant raw natural resources. This according to him will make African nations achieve wholesome rapid socio-economic development. Onu therefore stressed the need for socio-economic self-reliance as this will assist in reducing imports and thereby producing goods and services needed by Africans. We can have a detailed discuss about the means to purchase valium online and some things to be remembered before you purchase this drug through an online drug store. Another potent benzodiazepine that has become a popular generic Valium choice for people suffering with anxiety. However. See ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),  has said that provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, officially confirmed the payment status today, February 24, 2022, just as the deadline set for the two winners of the spectrum auction elapsed. As part of the auction process emplaced by the Commission in the Information Memorandum (IM), three companies, namely MTN Nigeria, Mafab Communications Ltd and Airtel Networks Ltd submitted bids with an initial bid deposit (IBD) of $19.74 million, representing 1...

The Federal Government on Monday celebrated three brilliant science students: Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) who emerged as the 2021 winners in the rigorous and competitive science subjects examinations conducted by the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Education. Miss. Maryam Olufunmilayo Ogunbayo, of (Pen Resource Academy) Gombe state, Master Gbolahan Azeem Ayinde, of (African Church Grammar School) Ogun state and Miss. Uchendu Mmesomachukwu Judith, of (UNIBEN Demonstration Secondary school) Edo state, emerged winners at the finals of the competition conducted under the auspices of Prof. Uno Uno, in Abuja. The three students have therefore bagged President Muhammadu Buhari Presidential in Schol...

In what can be better described as a moment for sober reflections for stakeholders in Nigeria’s infrastructure sector, the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive (EVC/CE), of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammed Haruna, on Tuesday, underscores the adoption of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) as being the major reason why China, Japan, Russia, U.S, Germany and United Kingdom (UK) are economically more advanced than African countries. Haruna, who made the disclosure at the 3rd Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) annual conference in Abuja, laid bare in simple way the scientific dynamics, historic workings and various intervention phases by STI sector in building the advanced economies of countries  in Europe, America and Asia...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has raised the alarm that a cybercrime group has perfected a new year scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizations and individual networks. The new ransomware uncovered by security experts has been categorised, by the Nigerian Computer Emergency Response Team's (ngCERT) advisory released over the weekend, as high-risk and critical, NCC further hinted. According to the advisory, the criminal group is said to have been mailing out USB thumb drives to many organisations in the hope that recipients will plug them into their PCs and install the ransomware on their networks. While businesses are being targeted, criminals could soon begin sending infected USB drives to individuals. Describing how the cybercrime group runs the ranso...

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has granted N5 million, to students of Marist College Yangoji Abuja, for inventing the Sensebox and Aquabot device.The device is developed for monitoring air and water pollution.  The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who was excited at the creativity of the young Nigerians made the presentation in his office on Tuesday in Abuja. The Minister acknowledged that with the feat achieved by the students, Nigeria is well-positioned to become a hub for creativity. He added that Nigeria will meet all her needs, rely less on imports and create wealth for the nation once becoming a creativity hub.   On intellectual property protection, he added that the ministry will patent the key innovation through one of its ag...

By Patience Asoro The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has called for the production of indigenous solar cells in the country even as he said that producing the panels in the country will force down the unit cost by 60 percent. According to him, the production of indigenous solar cells will have a positive attendant effect on many industries in the country. The Minister made the call during a virtual meeting he had with the Director General (DG) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) based in Dubai U.A.E, Mr. Francesco La Camera in his office in Abuja. Onu said that the indigenous production of solar cells will drop the price of solar panels by 60% and aid Nigeria’s transformation into a green economy. Th...