
FG Tasks Private Sector On Utilising STI Research Outcomes
The Federal Government of Nigeria has asked the Organized Private Sector to utilize the outcome of science, technology, and innovation research to create jobs and reduce poverty and crime among Nigeria youths. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2023 STI Expo with the theme: “Actualizing effective diversification of the Nigerian economy through Science, Technology, […]

Soludo Calls For Mainstreaming Of Technological Innovation As National Policy, Declares Anambra Home Of Innovation
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has called for a National Framework for the development of innovation and technology. Governor Soludo made the call at the International Convention Center, Awka during a National Innovation Workshop, organized by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology.The event had the theme, “Promotion of Local Inventors of Science, Technology and Innovation.” According to […]

Apple fined $20m for selling iPhones without chargers
A Brazilian judge fined Apple US$20 million on Thursday for selling iPhones without chargers, calling it an “abusive practice” that forces customers to buy an additional product. The decision, which can be appealed, came after Brazil’s justice ministry slapped a separate fine of nearly US$2.5 million on Apple in September over the same issue and […]

MTN rolls out 5G network in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria on Wednesday rolled out the fifth generation (5G) mobile network across 190 sites making it the first of telecommunication service provider to do so in Nigeria.MTN won the auction for the 3.5GHz 5G spectrum alongside Mafab Communications in December 2021 and switched on the 5G network in 190 sites across the country. Nigeria’s telecommunications […]

Nigerian fintech founders jailed in US over $167million money laundering
The senior executives of Ping Express, a fintech business in the United States, were sentenced to 27 months in jail for violating money laundering regulations. Anslem Oshionebo and Opeyemi Odeyale, Nigerian fintech leaders, pled guilty to violating money laundering regulations after moving $167 million to Africa unnoticed in less than three years. While Oshionebo is […]