REGULATORY FINES: META WARNS OF POTENTIAL FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM SHUTDOWN IN NIGERIA
Meta Platforms Inc. has warned it may cease operations of Facebook and Instagram in Nigeria, citing increasing regulatory fines and what it calls “unrealistic” data...
UNAUTHORIZED NIN-LINKAGE: REPS PROBE TELCOS
The House of Representatives has initiated an investigation into allegations that telecom providers have linked National Identification Numbers (NIN) to subscribers’ SIM cards without their...
TECH: OPENAI ANNOUNCES NEW ‘DEEP RESEARCH’ TOOL FOR ChatGPT
Agency Report As China's DeepSeek chatbot intensifies rivalry in the artificial intelligence space, US tech firm OpenAI on Monday revealed a ChatGPT tool termed "deep...
JUST IN: GOOGLE LAUNCHES LATEST AI MODEL, GEMINI 2.0
Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, as the world’s tech giants race to take...
GITEX NIGERIA: HAMZAT EXPRESSES LAGOS READINESS TO HOST GLOBAL TECH EVENT
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has expressed the Lagos State Government’s readiness to host the GITEX Nigeria conference in September next...
JUST IN: FG SET TO UNVEIL NEW INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION FOR DIGITAL SECURITY
The Federal Government is set to introduce the latest version of Internet Protocol, known as IPv6, to enhance the identification, numbering and tracking of Internet...
LASG LAUNCHES ‘LAGOS SHIP’ TO REVOLUTIONIZE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with Interswitch Group, has officially launched the Lagos State Health Information Platform (Lagos SHIP), a...
TECH: UK FINES TikTok OVER SAFETY DATA REPORTING
Agency Report The British telecoms watchdog Ofcom announced on Wednesday that TikTok, a platform for sharing videos, has been fined £1.9 million ($2.4 million) for...
FG TO SUBSIDISE CNG VEHICLE CONVERSION KITS BY 50%
The Federal Government has revealed plans to subsidize Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle conversion kits by 50% for road transport union members. This, according to...
TWENTY SUSPECTED INTERNET FRAUDSTERS ARRSTED IN IBADAN
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested twenty (20) suspected internet fraudsters in Oyo State....