Nigeria’s active telephone subscriptions rose to 179.64 million by the end of December 2025, reflecting continued growth in mobile usage and rising demand for data services, according to figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The latest industry data showed that active mobile subscriptions increased from 177.43 milli...
•Elon Musk France summoned billionaire Elon Musk to a “voluntary interview” as cybercrime authorities today searched the French offices of his social media network X, the Paris public prosecutor’s office said. The operation, which involves EU police agency Europol, is part of an investigation opened in January 2025 into whether X’s algorithm w...
Google filed a notice yesterday to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that it held an illegal monopoly on online search, court records show. A US district judge decided in 2024 that the internet giant had a monopoly on search and text advertising through exclusive distribution agreements that made it the “default” option people were likely [&hell...
OpenAI announced yesterday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks, as the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot seeks to increase revenue to cover its soaring costs. The ads will initially appear in the United States for free and lower-tier subscribers, the company said in a blog post outlining its long-an...
•Artificial Intelligence (AI) Nigeria has been ranked 72nd out of 188 countries in the 2025 Government AI Readiness Index, placing it among the top-performing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The annual index published by Oxford Insights assessed 195 governments using 69 indicators across six pillars, including policy capacity, governance, AI ...
•Social media Nigeria is home to one of the largest youth populations in the world, with over 60 percent of its citizens under the age of thirty. Yet for decades, young people have remained excluded from formal decision-making spaces, constrained by structural barriers, limited political representation, and weak civic inclusion, reports Saturd...
Nigeria’s retail traders are adopting smarter tools that lower barriers and improve discipline. Artificial intelligence has pushed social investing from a manual, chat-driven activity into a structured, data-informed workflow, reports Channels TV. The result is faster learning, clearer risk controls, and better tracking of outcomes across Lago...
Italian regulators ordered Meta today to open its WhatsApp chat platform to rival AI chatbots as it and EU authorities pursue a probe that the US tech giant is abusing its dominant market position. Meta has integrated Meta AI across the company’s platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram, that serve billions of users globally, reports [&...
•TikTok logo at the Chinese video app company’s offices in California TikTok said yesterday it has signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United States and avoid a ban over its Chinese ownership. The move caps a lengthy tussle over the hugely successful video-sharing app […]...
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has explained the cause of the recent drop in calls in Abuja. Tijani spoke last night during an interview on Channels Television. He addressed complaints about poor networks and widespread call disruptions across the city. The minister said a dispute between a major ...
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