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5,000 youths receive cybercrime training, other empowerment in Lagos
As a measure to protect investments of over 20 million Lagosians from cybercriminals as well as boost Nigeria's ranking on the global cybersecurity index, the State Government has begun to equip youths with cyber security skills that…
Google earmarks $1bn for digital transformation in Africa
American multinational technology company, Google, has announced its plan to invest $1billion in African ecosystem across five years to support digital transformation in the region.
Aside from digital transformation, the search engine…
Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram services fail 3bn users from Nigeria, UK, others
The three major social media platforms, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, have all gone down, leaving over three billion users globally including Nigerians, United Kingdom (UK), and other users stranded in a major global outage.
Aside…
Buhari gives taxation go ahead on digital transactions
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered deployment of technology to tax all digital transactions carried out across the country in line with his administration commitment to access the revenue belonging to the Federal Government in the…
FG promises to restore twitter services soon
The Federal Government has again pledged to restore the use of American microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, over 100 days after it placed a ban on the tech giant operations across Nigeria.
It disclosed that all issues…
Buhari mandates banks, others to protect Nigerians’ identities online
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed banks and other financial institutions to work assiduously in eliminating inherent risks associated with online transactions by adequately protecting Nigerians data being used for internet banking,…
FG approves deployment of 5G networks across Nigeria
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for the digital economy with ratification to begin immediate deployment across Nigeria
As gathered, the approval followed the…
JUST IN: NCC shuts down telecommunication services across Zamfara
As part of the measures to address security challenges in Zamfara State, the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has directed telecommunication operators to shutdown their services across the state immediately.
NCC said that the…
Google staff working from home risk 25% pay cut
Data from Google's pay calculator have shown that employees of the tech-giant company based in the same office before coronavirus pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long…