The Minister of Communications, Innovations, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, is currently meeting with representatives of telecommunications companies to discuss pressures to increase telecom tariffs in the country. Our correspondent gathered that representatives of major telecom companies such as MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom, 9Mobile, and...
•MTN Nigeria CEO, Karl Toriola MTN Nigeria has revealed that telecommunications companies are seeking a 100 per cent tariff increase, but it remains uncertain whether the Nigerian Communications Commission — the telecom regulator, will approve the proposal. The disclosure was made today by the Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola...
Telecom service providers in Nigeria have warned that unless urgent tariff reforms are made, the country could encounter disruptions in telecom services in the next year. The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) noted that without a tariff review to align with high costs of operations, critical telecom servic...
•Elon Musk The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has warned that artificial intelligence systems that are trained to lie is a threat to humanity. In a video shared on his official X handle yesterday, the Starlink owner raised concerns about the rapid advancements in AI, cautioning that these systems could surpass human intelligence, reports AFP....
US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief yesterday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline […]
The federal government through Nigerian ComÂmunications ComÂmission (NCC) has approved the disconÂnection of Exchange TeleÂcommunications Ltd from the MTN Nigeria network due to nonpayment of interÂconnect charges. The commission anÂnounced this in a public notice signed by Mr Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Public Affairs Director, yesterday. Exchange Te...
Nigerians may soon experience an increase in calls, data plans and SMS charges from early 2025 as there are indications that the federal government may give a nod to the persistent calls for tariff review. It was learnt that the tariff was last reviewed 11 years ago while telecom operators have continued to intensify their […]
•Force PRO Olumuyiwa Adejobi The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has described the act of raining direct curses on individuals online as a criminal offence punishable under the law. According to Adejobi, such an act is cyber bullying which goes beyond the freedom of expression or criticism. He wrote, “R...
TikTok asked the US Supreme Court yesterday to temporarily block a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down a month from now. The appeal to the nation’s top court came on the same day that TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew met with US […]
An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said today it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) criticised Meta for a security flaw in its video upload function which hackers were able to exploit to g...
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