Cybercrime: COURT SENDS EKITI SUBEB STAFF, EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE TO JAIL

By Kehinde Olujimi (Ekiti State Correspondent)

Justice Muhammed Sanni of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, July 15, 2021, sentenced a staff of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Olubola Olusola Sunday, and one Ade-Ajayi Oluwatobi, a graduate of Ekiti State University, EKSU, to various jail terms having found them guilty of offenses bordering on cybercrime.

CYBERPOLITICS AND THE RE-ENGINEERING OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS IN AFRICA

By Dr Aminu Maida (NCC Boss)

Without any doubt, the Internet and its associated technologies and tools, including software applications, have created some of the most radical possibilities in the human experience, particularly in the last decade. These have certainly extended the frontiers of human freedoms and expression, while similarly enabling innovation across different forms of utilisation, and more so serving as catalyst to the ability of citizens to engage with political processes – for good and for bad.

CYBERPUNK 2077 DEVELOPER CDPROJEKT HIT WITH SEVERE RANSOMWARE ATTACK

• *Source code for Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher supposedly accessed by Hackers
• *Hackers Threaten to leak CDprojekt red’s vital information if an agreement is not reached

By Chinua Albert Okafor @The RoboRai

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has come out to say that it has been attacked and infiltrated by hackers who have gained access to its core network, and these hackers used this to encrypt some devices and retrieve “certain data” from the Polish video game company. CD Projekt declares that it will not negotiate with the attacker and or give in to their various demands, and they also believe that no personal data of players or service users has been compromised by this attack.

DAKUKU PETERSIDE HAILS SUPREME COURT RULING ON RIVERS APC CARETAKER COMMITTEE

• * Urges Joyful Party Members To Be Humble, Cautious In Victory

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Safety Agency (NIMASA) and deputy leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Hon (Dr.) Dakuku Warisenibo Peterside, at the weekend, described as "victory for democracy and progressive governance", the Supreme Court rulings on Friday, in the matters concerning the contentious Caretaker Committee of the Rivers State APC, among other associated leadership and party issues.

DAMBATTA AT 9TH LaPRSC, SAYS NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS MUST EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY TO ERADICATE POVERTY

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, recently addressed the 9th Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference on Leadership and Poverty Eradication.

DANBATTA ADVISES BUSINESSES TO ADJUST WITH DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has advised businesses to adjust to the potentials of disruptive technologies which have been adopted across the globe for enhanced productivity and sustainability.

DANBATTA APPLAUDS MEDIA FOR AIDING TELECOM AWARENESS

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the level of awareness of the potentials of telecommunications products and services is a credit to the media industry which has partnered with the Commission in the regulatory process.

DANBATTA APPLAUDS PANTAMI'S APPOINTMENT AS WISIS CHAIRMAN

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has congratulated the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, on his appointment as the Chairman of the 2022 World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

DANBATTA ASSURES ON STRATEGIC PLANS TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEFICIT IN THE TELECOM SECTOR

* Says All LGAs In Nigeria Will Enjoy Broadband

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Professor Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said there is a holistic, strategic plan being conscientiously implemented to address the infrastructure deficit in the telecommunications sector with the objective to bridge the digital divide which had undermined Nigeria’s march to a robust digital economy.

DANBATTA BAGS AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC SERVICE

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta was at the weekend in Lagos, decorated with an Award of Exemplary Leadership in Public Service.

DANBATTA HAILS AMCRON, DESCRIBES MEDIA AS NCC'S GREAT PARTNER IN NIGERIA'S TELECOMS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

By Celestine Okafor Editor-in-Chief 

The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has commended the initiative behind the formation of the Association of Media and Communications Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON) and the contribution of the media research body in the overall development of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) system in Nigeria.

DANBATTA LIFTS PLATINUM AWARD FOR NCC'S 'GOOD' PERFORMANCE

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), at the weekend in Lagos, lifted the Platinum Award of the Nigeria Academy of Engineering (NAEng.) being a reward for his leadership of the nation’s telecom regulator for its contributions to the development and growth of engineering profession in the technological and economic development of the country.

DANBATTA NAMED NDLEA AMBASSADOR

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has named the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta as its Special Ambassador in its renewed war against narcotics and use of other dangerous substances leading to addiction in the country.

DANBATTA PIVOTS NIGERIA'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON ICT ADOPTION, UTILIZATION

• * Urges Youths To Embrace Digital Skills Acquisition

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The adoption and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is synonymous with empowerment, as it transforms processes efficiently acting as an enabler of effectiveness in operations in every sector of the economy, including commerce, agriculture, health, security and governance.

DANBATTA TASKS STAFF OF IBADAN ZONAL OFFICE OF NCC

• * Says, 'Don't Rest on Your Oars, Sustain Effective Service Delivery'

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has tasked the Commission's staff at the
Ibadan Zonal Office (IBZO), to sustain their commitment to regulatory effectiveness in keeping with the strategic objectives of the NCC.

DANBATTA URGES NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO EMBRACE, UTILIZE ICT

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged the Nigerian youths to be in the forefront of embracing and utilization of the ICT as key to the future.

DANGOTE SUGAR FACTORY SOON TO COME ON BOARD IN NASARAWA STATE......Gov Sule

* As Technical Partners Visit Site

By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)

Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, has told Journalists in Lafia, the state capital, that Dangote Sugar Factory would commence sugar production as soon as the establishment of the factory was completed in the state.

Dariye/Nyame: REVERSE DECISION ON STATE PARDON OR WE PASS VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON YOU, 19 NORTHERN CSOs TELL FG

By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)

The Conference of Northeastern States Civil Society Networks has threatened to mobilize support from other civil society organizations across the country and beyond to pass a vote of no confidence on the Buhari led Government if it doesn't rescind it's decision to grant former Governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame state pardon.

DATA PLAN PURCHASE WILL BE INACCESSIBLE FROM 12AM TO 6AM ON APRIL 25TH SUNDAY – MTN

MTN clients in Nigeria will be not able to purchase buy on their telephones from 12 PM till 6 am on Sunday, the media transmission organization has said.

Data That Dies: New Telecom Giant Vitel Wireless Shakes Up Nigeria with ‘Expiring’ Plan”

By Nigerian News Leader

A new chapter is unfolding in Nigeria’s telecommunications sector as the newest operator in the space, Vitel Wireless, officially unveils its commercial services. However, the launch has sparked widespread conversation across the country due to a controversial policy regarding data validity.