Ogun Will Assume Oil Producing Status Soon – Abiodun

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun says his administration is working towards ensuring that the state takes advantage of its oil rich deposit and becomes an oil producing state. Abiodun gave this position during the Convocation Lecture he delivered at the 2nd and 3rd convocation ceremony of the Mountain Top University with the topic, “Quest…

Huawei rated as sole leader in 5G competitive landscape assessment

Huawei’s 5G Core portfolio has been rated as the “leader” among all the 5G core products from the world’s mainstream telecom equipment vendors by GlobalData in its recently released report entitled 5G Mobile Core: Competitive Landscape Assessment. GlobalData is a world-renowned data analytics and consulting company in the ICT industry. It provides expertise on market…

Lagos, NAFDAC Destroy Hazardous Drugs

In its efforts to discourage environmental pollution and ensure healthy living, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), in collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), has organised public destruction of hazardous drugs at the LASEPA office Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking at the event, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat…

Huawei, 49 Other Global Brands Receive Recognition for Support to Startups

For the sixth year running, startups have nominated the corporate organisations they believed to be most active in terms of open innovation for the prestigious annual Corporate Startup Stars Awards. Launched by Mind the Bridge under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative in 2016, the Awards have been scaled at global level thanks to…

Senate Passes N17.12trn Budget for 2022, Adjourns Plenary Till January 18

The Senate on Wednesday passed an aggregate expenditure of N17,126,873,917,692 trillion naira as budget for the 2022 fiscal year. The passage followed the consideration of a report by the Appropriations Committee on the 2022 Appropriations Bill. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Barau Jibrin, said the revenue projection for the 2022 budget was predicated on the…

Huawei-Based 5G Telemedicine Solution Wins Covid-19 Innovation Award

The telemedicine solution for COVID-19 developed by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital based on Huawei’s 5G network solutions has been awarded GSMA GLOMO ‘Best Innovation for COVID-19 Pandemic Response & Recovery’. This award shows the industry’s recognition of 5G smart healthcare for its role in helping combat the virus. The judges of the award have commented…

Jigawa Informatics Institute Receives Huawei Multimedia Laboratory

As part of its commitment to promote digital skills to enhance global digital network, Huawei Technology Company (Nigeria) Limited, has built and commissioned a multimedia laboratory at the Jigawa State Institute of Information Technology, Kazaure. In his welcome address at the event, the Rector of the Institute, Professor Babawuro Usman commended Huawei for executing the…