Machine is increasingly making our lives comfortable and safe. Look no further than the holy city of Makkah, where Hajj is underway, to understand how It is hard to think of anything in our lives that has remained untouched by technology. Not even our innermost spiritual recess. Such a development might have had a disruptive…
World Literacy Day: Obaseki Canvasses For Modern Teaching Method
Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, has decried the prevalence of obsolete teaching methods in institutions of learning in Nigeria. He believes that the moribund teaching methods account for the poor quality of education and high level of illiteracy in the country. For this reason, the governor, who made the recommendations on August 8…
India Celebrates National Technology Day
Narendra Modi, prime minister of India on Monday extended greetings to the nation on the occasion of National Technology Day. In a tweet Modi said “Greetings to my fellow Indians on the occasion of National Technology Day, Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan. “Technology has the power to transform the lives of the people. From…
BOLFYNG Launches e-Procurement Solution
To bridge the vast gap between stakeholders involved in the process of tendering and contract bidding, Bids Online For You Limited, BOLFYNG, has launched an electronic procurement solution platform. Yinka Sorinwa, business development director of the company, explained that the platform provides web based portal that enables purchasing organisations to manage and streamline procurement processes…
FUTA To Establish School of Health and Technology
The National Universities Commission, NUC has approved that the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA establish a School of Health and Health Technology. The Institution is already putting structures in place to ensure the successful take off of the new school during the next academic session with courses such as Physiology, Anatomy, Dental Technology and…
Apple To Tighten icloud Security
Tim Cook, Chief executive of Apple has declared plans by the company to shore up iCloud security after intimate pictures of some celebrities were stolen and published online. Hackers through various media published private pictures of some personalities this week. Actress Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and some other top celebrities were the targets of the perpetrators.…
The Broad Band Challenge
The telecoms revolution was one of the signatures of Nigeria’s first 100 years while broadband is being positioned to be the anchor of the nation’s technology push in the second century When Ernest Ndukwe, immediate past executive vice chairman, EVC, of Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, was leaving office…
How Technology Ruin Kids
If you are a parent, then you need to read this. The allure of new communication technologies is taking a debilitating toll on the socialisation prospects of today’s kids. According to latest research findings in Britain, an average child will spend a huge chunk of their precious summer holidays staring at a screen. Because of…
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