Globacom customers may be unable to make calls to MTN lines soon, due to unpaid interconnect charges. This was revealed by the Nigerian Communications Commission today Monday, January 8, in a notice to the public signed by Reuben Muoka, the director of the department of public affairs. According to the statement, the commission gave its [&hell...
Google has agreed to settle a consumer privacy lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages over allegations it tracked the data of users who thought they were browsing privately. In a court filing, the judge confirmed that lawyers for Google reached a preliminary agreement to settle the class action lawsuit — originally filed in […]...
•Cyberattacks Official reports of multiple cyber-attacks on both government and private digital infrastructure have exposed Nigeria’s Information and Technology (IT) security vulnerability in the outgoing year, 2023. According to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NiTDA), Nigeria, S/Africa, Egypt and Kenya lose $2.4bn annu...
Apple said yesterday it will appeal a US ban on its latest smartwatch models after the Biden administration opted to not veto a ruling on patent infringements. The ban on Apple’s latest smartwatch models came into effect yesterday, with the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 no longer available in stores or […]
Google parent Alphabet has agreed to pay $700 million as part of an antitrust settlement made public on Monday, with the funds going to US customers of its Android app store and state governments. As part of the settlement, the company will make changes to its Google Play app store to reduce competition barriers for […]
•iPhone type C charger Britain’s biggest mobile phone operators are facing a class action lawsuit that seeks damages of almost £3.3 billion ($4.1 billion) after lawyers yesterday alleged that customers had been overcharged. Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 are accused of “loyalty penalties”, leaving existing customers paying more than new customers ...
•Musk Elon Musk’s verbal assault on advertisers who have shunned X (formerly Twitter) threatens to sink the social network further, with the tycoon warning of the platform’s demise, just one year after taking control. “If somebody’s gonna try to blackmail me with advertising, go fuck yourself,” a visibly furious Musk told an interviewer in New...
•Meta (formerly Facebook) and Google Big tech companies, including Facebook-owner Meta and Google, said yesterday they would team up in a new program to fight online child sexual abuse or exploitation. Child victims of abuse online are a hot-button issue for regulators and tech companies are eager to show they are taking adequate measures to [...
Notwithstanding the investments that have gone into Nigeria’s data centre sub-sector, there are concerns that capacity utilisation of these facilities remains very poor when compared to other countries within the region, including South Africa, Kenya and others. Apart from the challenge posed by firms, government agencies, banks, which still h...
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has recognised, and honoured Akwa Ibom and Oyo states as most digitally compliant states in Nigeria. The Senior Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom governor on Research and Documentation Mr, Essien Ndueso made this known in a statement made available to newsmen today. The statement said...

