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MainOne, the premier connectivity and data center Solutions Company, today announced that its Data Center subsidiary, MDXi is now an SAP-certified provider of Infrastructure Services for SAP® solutions. This new certification confirms the ability of the company to deliver high-quality cloud and infrastructure operations services for customers running SAP solutions and recognizes the company as the region’s first SAP Certified Data Center. The certification will enable MDXi to host and manage SAP applications utilizing the company’s enterprise cloud platforms, across its private, public and hybrid cloud solutions, via a consumption-based delivery model. As a SAP-certified provider of hosting services, MDXi will offer a cost-effective yet reliable delivery model for mission-critical applications for customers of SAP. SAP customers that rely on MainOne’s data center for hosting services will be empowered to focus on the business value of their solutions and benefit from reduced oper...

The House of Representatives yesterday rejected an agreement reached between the Federal Government and MTN that the telecoms giant should pay a reduced fine of N330 billion ($1.7bn) as against the N1.04 trillion ($5.2bn) originally slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).. The NCC had on October 20 last year imposed $5.2 billion on the company for allegedly undermining efforts by the Nigerian government to tackle security challenges and the war on terror and allied crimes, as the telecoms operator allegedly refused to deactivate unregistered mobile phone lines on its network. Both NCC and MTN had confirmed the development in separate statements yesterday The Director of Public Affairs of NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo, said in Abuja that MTN would pay the fine in six tranches over the next three years. The amount, according to him, includes the “goodwill” payment of N50 billion earlier made by MTN to the government. He said:”The balance of N280 billion will be made in six tr...

Firm introduces new power generation technology to Nigeria With the incessant gas pipeline vandalism and other problems facing the power sector, Dragonfly Power Nigeria is set to revolutionize power generation in the country with the introduction of its unique Wind Turbines. Dragonfly Wind Turbines is a jet engine concept wind turbine styled and designed to produce a minimum of 2mw on a single pole. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Dragonfly Nigeria, Idongesit Nkereuwem: “The issue of power supply in Nigeria has become a national embarrassment to Nigeria and Nigerians. “A country of about 200 million people grappling with less than 5000MW is simply unimaginable and unacceptable. “We must do something to change this situation. “It is in this regard that Dragonfly Power Nigeria Limited, a joint venture between Dragonfly Industries International, USA (manufacturer) and Magnifique Integrated Concept Limited, seeks to ameliorate the challenges facing power generation in Nigeria w...

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has stated that over one hundred Nigerians will benefit from the technology and innovation plan of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Osinbajo who said Buhari’s administration is geared towards instituting a new culture of probity and accountability in governance stated that, “it’s a new day in Aso Rock”. Nigeria’s vice president revealed FG’ tech plans while speaking today at The Platform, a public engagement forum organized by the Covenant Church led by Pastor Poju Oyemade. Informing the forum of the Buhari presidency’s for technology and innovation, he stated that government would be establishing an Innovation Fund this year which would deploy significant resources for the aim of creating opportunities to the youth to access fund for innovation and entrepreneurship. He highlighted other plans as follows: – Establishment of technology innovation hubs across the country; 2 super hubs ( in Lagos and Abuja) and 6 regional hubs in the six ge...

Cupertino looks like many other small, drab cities in northern California, with serried houses and shopping centres. Later this year, however, it will become the only place to find Apple’s newest creation: the enormous ring which will serve as the technology firm’s headquarters (rendering pictured above) . Several months before he died in 2011, Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and the mastermind of the project, predicted that the spaceship-like structure would become “the best office building in the world” and that people from everywhere would travel to see it. To prove Jobs right, around 13,000 construction workers have laboured for years behind thick, high walls. The site spans several city blocks. Earlier this year, everything was hidden from view except cranes and a huge sand pile that rose a few hundred feet high, like the Great Pyramid of Giza. The scale of the project rivals the ancient Egyptians’ monuments. Every piece of glass on the four-storey exterior is curved, requiring specia...

Canadian smart phone maker, BlackBerry Limited has announced the launch of a new BBM release on iOS, Android and BlackBerry smartphones. With this development, BBM users can now take advantage of enhanced privacy and control features that allow them to take control over the messages and content that they share without any subscription fees. “Building on the renowned immediacy, reliability and security inherent to BBM, the new release provides unmatched level of privacy and control to BBM users without any subscription fees,” Matthew Talbot, SVP, BBM at BlackBerry, said, adding, “Keeping control over the messages and content that they share, BBM users can be ensured that what they share is always theirs to control.” With the release, BBM users can ‘Retract’ their message and pictures from recipients to take them back from their phone if they were sent as a mistake, or if they no longer wish them to be accessible. Plus, by setting a timer, users can control how long contacts can view mes...

The U.S. Department of Justice  said Monday   that investigators were able to use a new technique to hack into an iPhone that was used by   San Bernardino   gunman Syed Farook. As a result, the government "no longer requires the assistance from Apple" to break into the phone — and is dropping its efforts to compel Apple to crack its own iPhone encryption against its will. In some sense, Apple is now off the hook. For the time being, the two sides have sidestepped a massive fight over the competing interests of national security and digital privacy — a fight in which Apple might have looked like it was siding against efforts to combat terrorism. But the FBI's sudden success in circumventing Apple's security measures might raise new questions about whether Apple's products are truly ironclad. It will also lead to heightened speculation over the "outside party" that assisted the government at the last minute — and criticism from some quarters over th...

TV viewership and Twitter use have long gone hand-in-hand. Really, when there’s any kind of breaking news, Twitter’s where many people turn, and live TV conversations are no different – but how does that correlation relate to advertisers on the platform and how they can use it for outreach? To get a better understanding of the correlating impact that TV and Twitter use can have in regards to advertising, Twitter partnered with Starcom and social analytics company Canvs , to examine how TV programming influences viewers’ emotions, as tracked by Tweets – and then, how those emotions drive audience response to TV commercials. Twitter’s combined their findings into a new infographic, outlining some of the key ways brands can engage Twitter users who are responding to what is on their TV screens – their key data points are as follows: Twitter users are 48% more likely to recall an ad that airs during a program that elicits a strong emotional response . Twitter suggests brands should identif...

The Malawian government has announced the drafting of new cyber laws to control the use of social media across the country, local newspaper Nyasa Times reports. According to Information Minister Jappie Mhango, a bill that will impose harsh punishment for “abusers” of social media platforms, would soon be tabled before parliament. Speaking during an interview with the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Mhango said the bill was aimed at refocusing the medium of social media so that it could be used for discussions around developmental issues affecting the state. Mhango made an indirect suggestion that certain legislators and publicists were abusing WhatsApp, as they discussed a wide range of political, economic and social issues, much to the concern of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). “This is a big concern to us. A lot of people are abusing Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and others,” said Mhango. The development follows recent remarks made by President Peter Mutharika wher...

Twitter’s new timeline which displays tweets based on importance rather than chronology is now the default setting for all users. Twitter rolled out the feature in February, but it was initially opt-in. Now, however, reports are emerging that the company has gone and made it the law of the land, notifying users with a message when they first sign on. In the blog post first announcing the change, the company noted, “We will be turning on the feature for you in coming weeks, look out for a notification in your timeline.” Simply go to your account settings, scroll down until you reach the “timeline” section, and uncheck the box that says “show me the best Tweets first.” Reports gathered that some users appear not to have received the notification in their timeline, and that the setting was turned on anyway. But a Twitter spokesman said “As we said in our announcement, we are rolling out our timeline improvements to everyone over time. People can still choose to opt out of it in their sett...

In perhaps what is the most spooky way of announcing an acquisition, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company has acquired Masquerade, known as MSQRD, an app that adds live filters to smartphone images and video.  Zuckerberg made the announcement whilst using the app and looking like Iron Man and coding his own AI, which he had promised to build earlier this year. The financials around the deal are not known, with both companies keeping mum on the issue. MSQRD, an app built by Belarusian startup Masquerade, is a live filter for video and selfies. The app allows users to overlay selfies and videos with animated filters, ranging from celebrity faces, adding a monkey face and swapping faces with friends. Announcing the news, MSQRD wrote on its blog “Within Facebook, we’re going to be able to reach people at a scale like never before. For starters, we’ll be able to bring our technology to Facebook’s audience of nearly 1.6 billion people. This is a scale of a...

Pushed way out of its comfort zone and into a high-stakes flagship redesign last season, Samsung's back to what it does best -- making itself comfortable at the top of the heap. OK, it sounds like a bold claim but by no means incredible if you've seen the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. Yet, this isn't exactly a galaxy far, far away. The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge looks a lot like its predecessor, and we've heard a lot of people calling it the same device. Can't blame them really - Samsung indeed focused on refinement this time around and if you caught our regular Galaxy S7 review, you'd know we liked what they come up with. Anyway, the real deal is on the inside. If only you look at the features it brings back, such as water protection and a microSD slot, you may conclude that the Galaxy S7 edge is what the S6 edge should've been. But that's not where the hardware novelties end. We paid due attention to the camera in our MWC coverage and the review of the vanilla G...

  The Minister of Communications and Technology, Adebayo Shittu has disclosed that the Federal Government has no plan to hand over the operations of the Nigerian Poster Service, NIPOST , to foreigners. The Minister in a statement signed by his media aide, Victor Oluwadamilare on Monday  dismissed as untrue insinuations that the government had concluded arrangements to allow foreign managers operate NIPOST  but however noted that the government was committed to turning the fortunes of NIPOST around for profitability. His words: “our attention has been drawn to various insinuations making the rounds on the social media and a section of the Nigerian press to the effect that the Ministry of Communications was said to have concluded plans to hand over NIPOST to foreigners to manage.   “Ordinarily, we would have ignored the innuendoes, as there is no iota of truth in the said story, except for the likelihood of Nigerians being misled on our genuine intentions to rep...

  Phuthuma Nhleko, Executive Chairman, MTN Group, South Africa has disclosed on Thursday that the company has set aside N118.8 billion (about $600 million) to cover a potential settlement of the fine imposed on its Nigerian subsidiary by the industry regulator. This signalled that Africa’s largest mobile-phone company was confident the N780 billion penalty imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) may be reduced. The provision, which includes a N50 billion ($251 million) installment paid last week, accounts for about 15 per cent of the total fine. Nhleko also said the company may list its Nigerian unit on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), reported Reuters. According to him the company’s 2015 results that the listing would take place in Lagos once the company resolves the disputed fine with the Nigerian government. It will be recalled that the fine was imposed by NCC last October after MTN Nigeria failed to disconnect 5.2 million unregister...

  The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umaru Garba Danbatta has warned Nigerians to desist from the use of second hand and substandard mobile phones, saying such devices pose greater risk to the users.   The NCC boss gave the advise at the occasion marking NCC special day at the ongoing 37th Kaduna International Trade Fair.  Professor Dambatta who was represented by Hajia Maryam Bayi debunked the insinuation that masts and towers pose health hazards to residents around such facilities, saying cell phones, pose greater health risks than masts. While highlighting the numerous roles of NCC towards ensuring that telecom subscribers get the best of service from their service providers, the telecoms regulatory agency said, consumers must also play their roles accordingly in other to receive quality service. His words: “the use of substandard and counterfeit devices, have been identified as one of the reasons for poor qu...

  The Commissioner for Science and Technology in Sokoto state, northern Nigeria, Nasir Zarummai, is dead. Reports gathered that Zarumai died Friday night at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. His death occurred just one month to his 43rd birthday celebration. The sad incident was announced very early on Saturday in a statement signed by Bashar I. Jabo, the. Media Assistant to the All Progressives Congress in Sokoto state. “It is with deep regret that I have to announce the death of Hon. Nasir Zarummai (Commissioner Of Science & Technology, Sokoto State) who passed away last night, 4th of March 2016 at at Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. “May his soul rest in peace!” The statement read. The late Nasir Zarummai was born in Sokoto North Local Government Area of Sokoto State on 4 April, 1973.  He got a Bachelors degree in Computer Science at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto in 1998 ...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that the active subscribers in telecommunications industry increased by 340,525 in the month of January 2016.   The regulatory body made this known in its Monthly Subscriber Data, which was made available to NAN in Lagos on Sunday, which noted  that the active lines in Nigeria stood at 151,357,769 for the month of January, against the figure of 151,017,244 in December, 2015.  According to the data, 149,022,919 of the 151,357,769 active numbers subscribe to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network services.  The GSM operators’ active customers increased by 341,557 from the 148,681,362 subscribers they recorded in the month of December.  The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators had 2,147,982 active users in January, indicating a decrease of 745 from the 2,148,727 customers they had in December. Also, the monthly subscriber data showed that the Fixed Wired/W...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that MTN delay to register Nigerians on their network contributed to Boko Haram invasion in the country. Buhari disclosed this during a joint press conference after holding a closed-door meeting with South African President, Jacob Zuma at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said: “This is the first time I am making public comment on it (the MTN fine). Our concern is the security, not the fine”, Buhari stated, noting that Boko Haram insurgents had so far killed over 10,000 Nigerians”. He said that was why his government left  Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and security agencies to handle the matter in their own way.  The President added that unfortunately for the telecommunication firm, rather than negotiating payment, it dragged the Federal Government to court. He, however, noted that the country’s constitution stipulates that no further action should be taken on any issue that is a subject of litigation. Buha...

  The House of Representatives has said that the N1.4trillion fine imposed on MTN by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), must be fully paid as against the N780bn the Federal Government negotiated with the telecoms service provider. According to the  lawmakers on Wednesday, the role played by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, in the negotiations leading to a reduction in the fine is not the best. The development came as the House ordered an investigation into the alleged non-remittance of levies and surcharges by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, totalling $10bn.  The Chairman of the committee, Sajeed Fijabi, noted that the NCC, being the government approved regulator, should have led the negotiations and not the AGF. He said , “There is nowhere in the law that said there is room for reduction.  If you are reducing this now, what happens to Globacom and others? I see MTN goi...

  WhatsApp said it will disconnect  Blackberry, Nokia phones users and other customers using old version of Android and windows software by December 2016. The announcement was made on Friday after the ‘messaging giant’ turned 7 years old. WhatsApp said; “It has been an amazing journey and in the coming months we’re putting an even greater emphasis on security features and more ways to stay in touch with the people that you care about. “But anniversary dates are also an opportunity to look back. When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today. “The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70 percent of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia. Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft – which account for 99.5 percent of sales today – were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time, Whatsapp explained. “As we look ahead to ...