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WhatsApp drags Indian Govt. before court over new internet regulations
The messaging platform, WhatsApp has dragged the Indian government before a Federal High Court sitting in Delhi over new regulations that it says could allow authorities to make people's private messages 'traceable', and will lead to “mass…
FG extends SIM-NIN linkage deadline after 54m Nigerians complete exercise
The Federal Government has extended the deadline for National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise till June 30, 2021, just as it disclosed that 54 million Nigerians have completed their…
FG, Microsoft partner on 5m Nigerians digital skills training
The Federal Government and Microsoft Corporation have disclosed that the duo would be joining forces in training five million Nigerians on digital upskilling programme in a period of three years.
Aside from the training, the partnership…
FG targets increase advertising, TV licenses revenues through Digital Switch Over
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has stated that more would be in achieved in the area of revenue generation by the Federal Government through the Digital Switch Over (DSO) across the country, particularly that of…
PDP attributes Twitter’s Nigeria snub to FG’s economic policies
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has attributed decision by Twitter to establish its African Headquarters in Ghana instead of Nigeria despite the fact that Nigeria has far more twitter traffic and more business prospects than Ghana to…
Nigeria loses Twitter first Africa office to Ghana
There are strong indications that Nigeria may have lost new job opportunities , revenue generation and several other benefits after losing hosting of Twitter first African office to Ghana, the development of which did not go down well…
Ecobank boss recommends artificial intelligence for combating cyber-crimes
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been recommended as means of countering cyber-attacks and preventing cyber threats on businesses and corporate organizations all over the world.
This position was canvassed by the managing director,…
Banks reconnect MTN on USSD channel after charges face-off
Customers of telecommunication company MTN were on Sunday reconnected to the banking channel for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and other transactions, barely 48 hours after they were disconnected as a result of…
Banks suspend selling of MTN airtime over N42bn debt
Selling of the airtime from mobile telecommunications operator, MTN Nigeria, through the banks' Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service has been suspended as a result of about N42 billion naira the banks owe MTN.
MTN had…
FG may rake $1bn from digital switch over
Nigeria is expected to rake about $1 billion from the sale of spectrum after the completion of the Digital Switch Over (DSO), a process of transiting from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting.
This is expected to be completed on…