Two bills were introduced at the Upper Chamber of National Assembly (Nigeria) in 2019 relating to freedom of expression online, including one which proposes the death penalty for ‘hate speech.’
“The other problem we have with that Bill is social harassment. Last year, some of our members were harassed. They...
Crescent University, Abeokuta recently played host to the Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) for a two-day forum tagged "E-Health: A Strategic System for National Development".
The Chairman, Nigeria Computer Society, Ogun State Chapter, Mrs. O. Adekunte unveiled that the purpose of the forum was to nurture talents amongst students of computer...
A new president has been elected to lead the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), he is Prof Sodiya Adesina Simon. He was elected late Thursday 18 July 2019 in Gombe state, on the last day of the society’s conference.
SODIYA Adesina Simon started his career in the IT industry, where he worked as...
Russia has run a successful test of a country-wide alternative to the global internet, according to BBC News.
While details of the test are vague, Russia’s defense ministry of communications reportedly said that regular users did not notice any obvious changes to their internet access. The results of the test are...
In a shift toward transparency, the National Security Agency announced a bug that could have left over 900 million PCs vulnerable to attack.
Microsoft released a patch for Windows 10 and Server 2016 today after the National Security Agency found and disclosed a serious vulnerability. It's a rare but not...
INVITATION TO A 3-DAY HANDS-ON WORKSHOP ON COMPUTER SCIENCE/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Venue: Center for Information Technology and Systems (CITS), University of Lagos
Date: March 11-13, 2020
Special Focus: Cybersecurity & Big Data Analytics
Objective: to build collaborative, purposeful and rigorous research efforts towards nation building
Special Focus: Cybersecutiy and Big Data Analytics
Workshop Highlights: Purely Hands-on Workshop
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The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) was formed in 1978 has transformed from the then Computer Association of Nigeria (COAN) to become the umbrella body of all IT professionals in Nigeria.
Presently, NCS has the following interest groups:-
Institute for Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON)
Information Technology Association of Nigeria (ITAN)
Nigerian Women in...
In the 2019 Yele Okeremi Young IT Brains competition for primary schools, Yomfield Nursery and Primary School, Abeokuta staged a strong comeback to emerge, winner, while Foursquare Nursery and Primary School, Abeokuta and The Crescent International School, Ota clinched the second and third positions respectively.
Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu...
