HackJos has organised a free 3-day coding marathon where code enthusiasts, developers, teams of programmers and user interface designers will brainstorm on new applications and compete against other developer teams. count | 93

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company over the utility company’s implementation of the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation scheme.Speaking recently in Jos, during a fact finding mission to ascertain compliance with the CAPMI scheme, chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, […]

The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund Dr. Juliet Chukkas-Onaeko said the agency has trained over ten million Nigerians on different skills in its 43 years of existence and its target is to train two million on skill acquisition annually. Onaeko disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Jos. She said, “ITF […]

The Vice Chancellor of University of Jos, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai, said the institution need about N6 billion for the take off of Faculties of Veterinary Medicine, Engineering and Agriculture. Mafuyai disclosed this on Tuesday, while briefing journalists at the Senate Chambers of the University in Jos. count | 82

Plateau state will be the first state in the country to switch from analogue terrestrial television system onto digital. The National Broadcasting Commission announced that the switch will take place by June 17 this year. Justifying the reason for choosing Jos Plateau as the first city for the switch, Mr Emeka Mba […]

MultiChoice, a partner of DSTV has commissioned a world class e-learning resource centre for students in 10 public secondary schools in Plateau State. The e-learning facilities were unveiled at one of the centres in Government Secondary school West of Mines Jos during the commissioning of the laboratory. The e-learning project, according to Mr Timothy Okwu, […]

Samsung tablets have edged out iPads for the first time in JD Power’s biannual customer-satisfaction survey, although some observers say the results don’t quite add up. Samsung topped JD Power’s rankings with a score of 835 out of 1,000, narrowly beating out Apple’s 833. Amazon was third in customer satisfaction at 826, followed by Asus […]