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Katsina seeks AfDB’s support on agriculture, renewable energy

Katsina seeks AfDB’s support on agriculture, renewable energy

Posted: June 13, 2023 at 4:57 am   /   AFRICA, news, Technology, TRENDING

Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State is seeking the support of the African Development Bank to develop the agricultural and renewable energy resources sectors in the State. The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Kaula Ibrahim, sought the bank’s support when he visited the Director-General, AfDB Nigeria Country Department, Mr Lamin […]

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Viral post claims Russian guy hacks INEC website, releases another presidential results

Posted: April 2, 2023 at 5:25 am   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Politics, Technology, TRENDING, WORLD

A claim is circulating on Facebook in Nigeria that a Russian boy has hacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) website and released “authentic” results which show Peter Obi won the 25 February 2023 Nigerian presidential election. The posts include a photo of a young white man in a suit and read, in part: “The Russian hacker […]

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Elon Musk Estimates Twitter's Value At $20 Billion

Elon Musk Estimates Twitter’s Value At $20 Billion

Posted: March 28, 2023 at 4:06 am   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Technology, TRENDING

Musk has drastically reduced the group’s payroll from 7,500 employees to less than 2,000 since assuming leadership. According to an internal email obtained by American news outlets, Elon Musk has estimated Twitter’s current value at $20 billion, which is less than half the $44 billion he spent for the social media company just five months […]

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FG Tasks Private Sector On Utilising STI Research Outcomes

Posted: January 23, 2023 at 5:54 am   /   AFRICA, news, Technology, TRENDING

The Federal Government of Nigeria has asked the Organized Private Sector to utilize the outcome of science, technology, and innovation research to create jobs and reduce poverty and crime among Nigeria youths. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2023 STI Expo with the theme: “Actualizing effective diversification of the Nigerian economy through Science, Technology, […]

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Elon Musk Estimates Twitter's Value At $20 Billion

Former Twitter employees protest over sacking of more women

Posted: December 12, 2022 at 4:32 am   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Technology, TRENDING, U.S., WORLD

Two women who lost their jobs after Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter have sued the company. The former employees alleged that the layoffs disproportionately affected female employees. The world’s richest person immediately fired Twitter’s top executives when he took over in October, and a week later, fired half the company’s 7,500 staff members. […]

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Soludo Calls For Mainstreaming Of Technological Innovation As National Policy, Declares Anambra Home Of Innovation

Posted: November 26, 2022 at 6:15 am   /   AFRICA, news, Technology, TRENDING

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has called for a National Framework for the development of innovation and technology. Governor Soludo made the call at the International Convention Center, Awka during a National Innovation Workshop, organized by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology.The event had the theme, “Promotion of Local Inventors of Science, Technology and Innovation.” According to […]

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#TwitterBan: SERAP takes FG to court, seeks compensations for Nigerians

No plan by FG to ban Twitter, other social media handles, says Mohammed

Posted: November 11, 2022 at 12:56 am   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Technology, TRENDING

The Federal Government claims it has no plans to outlaw any social media sites, but it will not tolerate any tactics that can destabilize the nation. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made this statement on Thursday when presenting the performance evaluation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration from 2015 to 2022. The minister […]

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Apple fined $20m for selling iPhones without chargers

Apple fined $20m for selling iPhones without chargers

Posted: October 13, 2022 at 6:12 pm   /   AFRICA, Business, Finance, news, Technology, TRENDING, U.S., WORLD

A Brazilian judge fined Apple US$20 million on Thursday for selling iPhones without chargers, calling it an “abusive practice” that forces customers to buy an additional product. The decision, which can be appealed, came after Brazil’s justice ministry slapped a separate fine of nearly US$2.5 million on Apple in September over the same issue and […]

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Pantami advises FG against new tax on calls, data

FG suspends 5% tax on telecoms call, data

Posted: September 6, 2022 at 2:16 am   /   AFRICA, FEATURED STORIES, news, Technology, TRENDING

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday, said the Nigerian government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. Pantami, who announced the suspension at the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja, said the telecommunications sector was already burdened by […]

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Millions of Nigerians lament as MTN network suffers outage

MTN rolls out 5G network in Nigeria

Posted: August 25, 2022 at 3:40 am   /   AFRICA, news, Technology, TRENDING

MTN Nigeria on Wednesday rolled out the fifth generation (5G) mobile network across 190 sites making it the first of telecommunication service provider to do so in Nigeria.MTN won the auction for the 3.5GHz 5G spectrum alongside Mafab Communications in December 2021 and switched on the 5G network in 190 sites across the country. Nigeria’s telecommunications […]

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