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Nigeria move to stop mobile phone theft

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:27:09 +0000

Abuja - The menace of mobile handset thefts in Nigeria will soon be over as the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, announced that the handset anti-theft system that would render any stolen mobile phone handset in the country useless, will come into operation before December 2008.

This will completely bar any of such phones from being used in any of the phone networks. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of NCC, Engr. Ernest Ndukwe, who gave the news at the 47th Consumer … [visit site to read more]

Nigeria is world’s 94th information technology compliant country

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:07:23 +0000

Geneva (Switzerland) - Nigeria has been ranked 94th on the list of the world’s information technology-compliant countries, according to The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland. Nigeria scored 3.32 points to secure the ranking out of a total of 127 countries polled.

Denmark retained it’s 2006/2007 first position as the world’s most networked economy having secured a total of 5.78 points. Sweden and Switzerland … [visit site to read more]

Nigerians can now watch CNN on mobile phones

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:04:35 +0000

Vanguard (Lagos) - Globalcom Telecommunications has launched the first “Third Generation” - 3G wireless network service in three states of Nigeria - Lagos, Port Harcort, and Abuja, enabling subscribers to have the ability to watch mobile TV channels such as CNN.

Globalcom which had won the licence to operate the 3G service in March of this year, at a cost of $150 million, launched the service at a ceremony at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. This will be the second time it is in the … [visit site to read more]

What Software Testing is and is not?

flakky — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:11:20 +0000

Generally, Software Testing is the verification and validation of Softwares that we use on a daily basis from a set of rules called Requirements from the End Users point of view. This ranges from software games to Microsoft Office e.t.c. It can also be either a front-end testing - which is the testing of interfaces such as web applications on various platforms - or a back-end testing - which is the testing of databases with the goal of generating data for analytical purposes in a report form … [visit site to read more]

Nigerian Govt scraps Integrated Science, Intro Tech

admin — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:28:47 +0000

An article in the Nigerian Tribune today, pointed out that the FG has recently abolished two popular subjects that some of us cannot forget for a long time - Integrated Science (IS) and Introductory Technology (IT). It brings back some great memories to me about those subjects. These were subjects that were the practical foundation for a university career in the Sciences (I studied Industrial Chemistry for First degree and Geochemistry for Masters). Integrated Science was a subject that … [visit site to read more]