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President Tinubu: Nigeria can lead in digital technology

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 22, 2024
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Post last modified:March 22, 2024

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President, has said that his administration is investing in digital technology to support small businesses, expand opportunities across sectors, and position the country as a leader in information and communications technology. President Tinubu said this on Thursday when Nick Clegg, Meta’s President on Global Affairs, paid an official visit to the Aso […]

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Meta, Instagram owners, to let Nigerians monetize content

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 21, 2024
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Post last modified:March 21, 2024

Meta, the parent company of social media giants Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, plans to introduce a groundbreaking feature empowering Nigerian creators to monetize their content.

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Maida, Nigeria’s telecoms regulatory chief, promises better deal for phone subscribers

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 21, 2024
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Post last modified:March 21, 2024

Dr. Aminu Maida has said that he hopes to pursue an optimal user experience for Nigerian telecoms subscribers as part of his vision as the nation’s telecoms industry regulatory agency’s chief.

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Minister: Nigeria, ITU hold talks on protection of undersea cables

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 21, 2024
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Post last modified:March 21, 2024

Nigeria and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialised agency for the global ICT sector, have held talks on protection of undersea cables.

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NGO wants NIMC to take action over Nigeria’s ID database breach

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 20, 2024
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Post last modified:March 20, 2024

Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), today demanded urgent action from the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) following an expose of alleged breach of its National Identification Numbers (NIN) database containing personal records of Nigerians.

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BVN: Nigeria records 2.4m new sign-ups in six months

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 20, 2024
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Post last modified:March 20, 2024

No fewer than 2.47 million Nigerians have registered for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) in the six months, data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) have shown.

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Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act 2015: Tinubu asked to safeguard freedom of expression, commended for amendment

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 19, 2024
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Post last modified:March 19, 2024

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been asked to take decisive action in further amending the Cybercrimes Act of 2015 of Nigeria to safeguard freedom of expression.

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UNDP to support Digital Literacy in Nigeria

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 19, 2024
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Post last modified:March 19, 2024

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), an early partner of the 3MTT initiative by Nigeria’s Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE), is willing to support the promotion of digital literacy in the country. Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani, Minister of FMCIDE, who met with the UNDP Nigeria team on Monday led by Elsie Attafuah, Resident […]

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MTN vs Glo: Interconnect dispute ‘amicably resolved’

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 19, 2024
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Post last modified:March 19, 2024

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc. and Globacom Limited have amicably resolved the interconnect debts that pitted the telecoms giants against each other, the telecoms industry regulator, which stepped into the dispute has confirmed.

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Nigeria’s telecoms restored to 90% after outages of undersea cables

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:March 18, 2024
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Post last modified:March 18, 2024

The Nigerian government said today that telecoms local services crippled by damage to undersea cables on Thursday have been restored to 90% peak performances.

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