Buhari dials Nigerian telecoms industry, calls telcos to reverse $2.2b ‘capital flight’

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President Muhammadu Buhari wants telcos to reverse about $2.2 billion in annual capital flight from the country, as his economic diversification searchlight beams on the Nigerian telecoms industry.

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FG raises team for Nigeria’s 5G spectrum auctions

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The Federal Government has raised an 18-member team to map out plans for Nigeria’s 5G spectrum auctions following, the Senate clearance over public health concerns. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) took the “major proactive regulatory step” after a Senate investigative hearing that gave 5G technology “a clean bill of health”, Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive […]

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Nigeria: Twitter ban hits N2.46b in daily economic loss

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The Nigeria Twitter ban, which hit N2,464,980,000 ($6million) in daily economic loss following the government shutdown of the social media service, continues as businesses resumed Tuesday after the Democracy Day holiday.

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Fake News: Twitter, Nigerian regulator talks underway before FG’s suspension

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Twitter and Nigerian IT regulators were in the middle of talks to check fake news when the government suspended the social media service over the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet, Technology Times can confirm.

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Twitter Ban in Nigeria: The day after

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The Twitter ban in Nigeria caused by the social media giant’s deleting of President Muhammadu Buhari's tweet, has sparked a wave of online and real world reactions the day after.

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WhatsApp: Govt warns Nigerian users of alleged privacy breaches

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Nigeria’s IT regulator has alerted WhatsApp users in the country of alleged data privacy breaches on the messaging platform owned by Facebook.

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Exclusive: SIM cards to be sold only at telcos’ outlets as Nigeria lifts embargo

Starting from next Monday, Nigerians can only acquire or register new SIM cards only at telecoms companies’ outlets under a government plan to ban sale of phone lines by the ubiquitous umbrella operators and agents across Nigeria, Technology Times can confirm exclusively.

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Mobile networks to deploy SIM Swap Centres nationwide

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Nigerian mobile network operators (MNOs) are rolling out SIM Swap Centres in each Local Government under the mandatory SIM-NIN integration prgramme for phone users in the country.

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Nigeria ‘eyes $4.5b African cybersecurity market’

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Nigeria on Tuesday says it now has eyes set on the African cybersecurity market stakes estimated at over $4.5 billion.

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