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A senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Temitope Ajayi, has dismissed reports that Microsoft, is shutting down its operations in Nigeria. According to the aide, media reports alleging that the Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos will shut down is incorrect. The ADC represents Microsoft’s first-ever engineering offices in Africa. […]
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The TikTok account of the Nigerian content creator, Young C, who embarked on a 24-hour challenge of being buried alive has been banned by the short video platform. A check on the platform showed that his profile was no longer available. Young C had sparked outrage on Wednesday when he embarked on a challenge to […]
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The of Nigeria (CBN) will begin the implementation of an amended 2015 Cybersecurity Act that will levy a 0.5% fee on all electronic transactions on May 20, an increase of 900% from an earlier levy of 0.005%. This implies that any electronic transfer of ₦1,000 will attract a ₦5 fee while a ₦100,000 transfer will […]
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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) recently unveiled a sophisticated new identity card equipped with advanced features. The functions which include payment functions, is part of the latest innovations under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The development, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System, introduces the AfriGO card, a national […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has finalized plans to introduce a new National Identity Card equipped with payment and other social services features. The New National Identity card would be delivered in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS). Accordingly, […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reverted to stakeholders with an update on Internet disruptions in the last 2 days. The commission said that the operators of damaged international undersea cables that have caused Internet service disruption in Nigeria and other countries, have begun repair works and are gradually restoring services. Giving insights into the […]
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Some commercial banks affected by the undersea cable damage have begun advising their customers to use alternative channels as mobile app and internet banking services remain down for the second day running. First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in a message to its customers on Friday urged them to use its ATMs and POS channels to […]
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that a combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote de Ivoire, among others. The network cuts occurred somewhere […]
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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill requiring TikTok to split from its Chinese owner or face expulsion from the US. In an unprecedented show of bipartisanship in politically divided Washington, the lawmakers voted 352 in favour of the new measure and 65 against it. The legislation comes a huge threat to the video-sharing app, […]
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Meta Platforms, Facebook and Instagram have suffered a monumental glitch as users lament the inability to access their accounts. It is obvious that the issue is not limited to only Nigerian users as many flooded the X platform to ask for updates. Meta or Facebook have also not given a reason or statement regarding the […]
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