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Effective today, President Buhari has lifted the 222-day-old ban on Twitter in Nigeria, maintaining that the lift was a result of Twitter’s willingness to run its activities in cooperation with the Federal Government. The President’s approval was given, following a memo written to him by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa…
The latest data from the national bureau of statistics show that Nigeria’s active internet subscribers dropped by a whopping 6% to 111.9 million in Q1 2021, from the 154.3 million in Q4, 2020. Pooling data from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Intelligence by Techpoint also reveals that Nigeria lost 15.5 million subscribers between December 2020…
Recently, it was widely reported that Nigeria may launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) by the end of 2021, according to a Central Bank official. Speaking at an online news briefing, Rakiya Mohammed, an information technology specialist at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said that the regulator has been exploring the possibility of…
The new fad in Europe and America presently are cars that do not need the involvement of a driver before they can navigate in traffic. Although this technology has been there for some years, its current pace of development has drawn a huge crowd of new admirers. Indeed the latest Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” option has…
Nigeria is presently gathering momentum to pick up the pace to join Kenya and South Africa as one of the few countries pioneering 5G deployment in Africa. The country’s latest move follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and communications satellite firm, NigcomSat, to allow 5G services ride…
The new privacy policy of popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has continued to generate debate among competitors, users, and governments. While WhatsApp owners have made it clear that the policy has nothing to do with breaching any contractual or privacy agreement between WhatsApp and its users, the Nigerian government is really doubting its sincerity of purpose….
Dissecting the damages mobile phones and social media addiction have caused young people in society and the entire world at large, can lead to serious apprehension. As at the time Lai Mohammed described social media as the next endemic that will hit Nigeria and the rest of the world, many thought the Minister of Information…
Although, the 1920 Karel Capek’s play titled R.U.R (Rossum’s Universal Robot) brought robotics to the front burner, series of other development preceding that year contributed immensely to the invention and popularity of Robots. Such development dates back to 1023-957 BC when a Chinese inventor, Yan Shi allegedly presented a mechanical handiwork in the human-shaped figure…
The Google family went through a major glitch today as thousand of users worldwide complained that it crashed. Tens of thousands of users mostly from Europe, Australia, the USA, South America, Asia, and parts of Africa. Although some people did not experience any glitches in any way. Read Also: Robotics: Can Humanity Gulp the Bitter…
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has explained to the public that the 5G technology has the ability to provide technological support for security, rural development, employment opportunities and also increase the capacity of established structures. Prof Danbatta made this statement recently at the Digital Bridge, Utako,…