The Nigerian Communications Communication (NCC) has said that it introduced the same codes for the 224 million active mobile lines in the country in order to authenticate and protect the identity of users. It also said it has directed telecom operators as a matter of national security to bar any mobile line that have not […]
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has restrained telecom operators in Nigeria from deactiÂvating or barring any line or SIM whose user was not linked to the National Identification Number (NIN). The court issued the restrainÂing order on February 22, 2024, while ruling on a motion for the restraining orders...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has appointed new leaderships for three agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the affected agencies include the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Nigerian Communicati...
With major elections looming, Meta’s policy on deep fake content is in urgent need of updating, an oversight body said today, in a decision about a manipulated video of US President Joe Biden. A video of Biden voting with his adult granddaughter, manipulated to falsely appear that he inappropriately touched her chest, went viral last […...
The Attueyi Coding Academy in collaboration with its partners, corporate sponsors and philanthropists announce its scholarship program for indigent, smart young Nigerians looking to start a career in tech. These scholarships will cover 100% of the tuition fees for the very top performing applicants in the entry tests. The next level performers...
•Ify Aniebo and husband Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Ify Aniebo, wife of the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has publicly apologised to an ex-worker who called her out recently for not paying his salaries. Following her husband’s intervention in settling the debt, she expressed remor...
Nigeria currently needs more 500,000 data protection officers, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has disclosed. Dr Vincent Olatunji, NDPC’s National Commissioner, disclosed this in Abuja, recently. It will be recalled that the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) recently sent letters to the Heads of Polytechnics and Monot...
•Computers A cyber-security specialist, Mr Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detenti...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put on hold its earlier approval given to MTN Nigerian Communications (NCC) to commence the phased disconnection of Globacom Limited (Glo) with effect from today, Thursday, January 18, 2024, due to a long-standing interconnection debt dispute between the parties. A statement signed by Director, ...
Security researchers have uncovered a hack that allows cybercriminals to gain access to people’s Google accounts without needing their passwords. Analysis from security firm CloudSEK found that a dangerous form of malware uses third-party cookies to gain unauthorised access to people’s private data and is already being actively tested by hacki...