Two months after Nigeria’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), MTN Nigeria and T2 sealed a roaming deal that would allow the subscribers of the latter leverage the infrastructure of the former to offer services, many subscribers complained yesterday that they are still battling with getting T2 signal back on their devices. A subscriber who ...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that only seven out of 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria have functional websites where information about their activities, spending and other critical information can be accessed. The anti-graft agency specifically said owing to lack of functional ...
Meta Platforms has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after bringing on more than 50 researchers and engineers, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. “All that’s happening here is some basic organisational planning: creating a solid structure for our new superintelligence efforts after bringing people on board and unde...
•Social media icons In a move to sanitise social media, the Nigerian government has shut down about 13,597,057 social media accounts for offensive content and violations of the code of practice by users of social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X, formerly known as Twitter. This move was contained in a Code […]...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said its decision to return to market-driven pricing in the telecoms sector has spurred over one billion dollars in infrastructure investment in 2025. Mr Aminu Maida, Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, said this during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos recently. He explained that...
Google has become the latest company to fall victim to cyber criminals increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to bypass security measures and trick users with highly-realistic documents that install malware on networks. This Google attack, following a similar incident targeting Microsoft SharePoint servers globally, was confirmed earl...
Telecom operator, 9mobile, has rebranded to T2 with its name/colour changed from its green beginning to orange. The unveiling was made by the company at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos during its TECH MEETS TENACITY event, reports Saturday Independent. Speaking at the event, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Obafemi Banigbe, disclosed that...
Children who spend too much time in front of screens, whether phones or TVs, have an increased risk of heart and metabolic disease, according to a Danish study published yesterday. The study tracked the screen consumption and sleep habits of more than 1,000 10-year and 18-year-olds, with researchers examining the relationship between screen ti...
Meta today said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes. “Our team identified the accounts and disabled them before the criminal organisations that created them could use them,” WhatsApp external affairs director Clair Deevy said. Often r...
Between January 2024 and last month, telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria suffered over 13,700 fibre cuts which negatively impacted network operations. This was disclosed by the telco’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Yahaya Ibrahim, during a study tour by participants of the fourth Media Innovation Programme (MIP-4), at the School of Media and...
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