Twitter is only supposed to use phone numbers for two-factor authentication, but it appears to have been unintentionally used for more. The social network has learned that phone numbers and email addresses provided for safety and security (including two-factor authentication) might have “inadvertently” been used for ad purposes, Engadget observed. Advertisers on Twitter can customize […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke- Dubai Two Nigerian start-ups yesterday emerged semi-finalist at the Future Star contest held at the ongoing GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, UAE. The two finalists came tops out of 108 contestants that participated in the innovation challenge. They are Abdulhakim Bashir, CEO/Founder CHIKINI GUARD and Stephen Osawaru, CO-Founder 247MEDIC. CHKINI GUARD is […]

… Says Establishment of Regulatory Agency Unnecessary By Emmanuel Elebeke – Dubai The National Informational Technology Development Agency, NITDA joined other innovation-driven nations across the world to launch a world-class IT research solutions to meet the unique IT needs of Nigeria called UnityBoard. The solution is a 100 per cent Made-in-Nigeria education technology platform and […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke Worried by the recent spate of rejection of Corps members by agencies and parastatals of government, the Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami has directed all parastatals and agencies under his purview to accept and train all Corps members posted to them on enterpreneaurhip. The minister said the directive became necessary […]

Three Albanian 16-year-old girls have developed an app to help victims of domestic violence access support, hoping to tackle a huge problem in Albania, where one in two women suffered abuse last year, according to a survey. They will launch their app, known as GjejZâ, (Find your Voice), on Friday, after winning an international technology […]

 By Emmanuel Elebeke, Dubai The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership deal with the European Data Protection Office (EDPO) to enable Nigerian businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Partnership deal was sealed at the Gulf International Technology Exhibition, GITEX taking place in Dubai, UAE. […]

Mr Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says Truecaller will harmonise its operations to suit the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). Inuwa said this at the ongoing 39TH Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX), a global technology exhibition that gathers over 200,000 Information Technology interests, 145 countries on advancing […]

Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami says Nigeria is ready deploy 5G network but the proposal was put on hold because of potential challenges that could obstruct the process.

In line with global requirements of communications, Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications, said Nigeria was ready to deploy 5G network across the country to ease network flow.

……… Says Domestication of ICT  Must Be Our Passion By Emmanuel Elebeke, Dubai Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami has challenged Nigerians to aspire higher to match the technological advancement of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. He also said Nigerians must begin to see the need to adopt ICT to improve our systems as […]

Electricity Generation Companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,406 MegaWatts/Hour of electricity into the national grid on Friday. This was disclosed in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, the office of the Vice President obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja on […]

On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Rudy Giuliani, was locked out of his Twitter account for a brief period of time after posting a Ukrainian official’s phone number. A Twitter spokesperson told The Verge that Giuliani’s tweets, which included screenshots of text conversations with Andriy Yermak, violated the platform’s rules on posting […]

On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that it had found evidence that a group of hackers originating from Iran attempted to access email accounts belonging to a 2020 presidential candidate. In its blog post announcing the discovery, Microsoft according to The Verge report declines to name the targeted presidential candidate, but it affirms that their account was […]

Google has angered a privacy expert by repeatedly identifying him as a “dwarf character actor” famous for playing a winged monkey in The Wizard of Oz. Pat Walshe told BBC News he had had the issue resolved twice, only to discover last week it had happened again. The issue involves his photo being run next […]

Apple has removed a crowd-sourced app that tracks the location of protesters and police in Hong Kong. For some, the app was seen as a way for protesters to stay safe, while others saw it as a way to evade the police. Apple told app creators it “facilitates, enables, or encourages an activity that is […]