AdminBan a win-win for Nigeria and Twitter, says presidential aide
A presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi, has said the Twitter ban is a win-win for both the government and the US-based social media company. Ogunlesi who is part of a team…
NCC disqualifies Nigerians below 18 from getting SIM
The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of…
Nigerians dominate as Facebook announces 2021 CAP winners
Facebook has announced winners of the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Programme, highlighting the 13 Facebook community leaders from Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya who will receive training, mentorship and up…
Airtel Africa plans to take out Nigerian minority shareholders
Airtel Africa Plc is in the verge of buying out Nigerian minority shareholders stake in the company. The company has already disclosed this plan to the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX…
Facebook blames seven-hour outage on ‘faulty configuration change’
Social media powerhouse and Silicon Valley tech giant on Monday night blamed a record seven-hour outage on a “faulty configuration change” on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic. Facebook…
BREAKING: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp down
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are currently down for many users. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working…
Google marks Nigeria’s 61st Independence with eagle Doodle
Global tech company, Google, has marked Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day celebration by creating a unique doodle. As a way of marking the celebration, Google Doodle icon for October 1, 2021…
JUST IN : Buhari orders conditional lifting of ban on Twitter
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the micro blogging sire, Twitter, in…
Invest in technology to curb fake drugs, not mega distribution centres, expert tells govt, stakeholders
A pharmaceutical scientist, Babatunde Aderele, has urged the Federal Government and stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector to discard the proposed Mega Drug Distribution Centres across the country, saying it won’t…
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‘You can now use WhatsApp on other devices even if your phone battery is dead’
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook engineers said the new feature…
