Opay closure hoax: How to identify fake financial messages, avoid online scams
By Islamiyyah Adekanbi The circulation of a fake notice claiming that fintech company OPay would suspend its operations has highlighted the need for members of the public to verify financial information before acting on or sharing it.The notice, which circulated on WhatsApp and other social media platforms, urged OPay customers to withdraw their funds ahead […]
NIN-SIM linkage: Don’t block anybody from networks till Feb 9 — Buhari
*Subscribers demand further extension By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor President Muhammadu Buhari ordered yesterday that no subscriber should be blocked from telecom operators’ networks till February 9, 2021. Subscribers, who pleaded for further extension, would have had their lines blocked January 19, being the initial deadline for them to link their SIMs to their National […]
Alibaba’s shares surge as Jack Ma reappears
Shares in internet giant Alibaba soared more than eight per cent Wednesday after billionaire founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since November, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts after the company took a kicking from Chinese regulators. Ma — one of Asia’s richest people with a fortune estimated at around $58 billion […]
How SoftTalk Messenger is facing huge flood of user downloads, raising $1m to sustain ‘sudden surge’
Many chat applications are going through a new revolution and more people are being conscious of the recently announced privacy change by Facebook, owners of Whatsapp messaging app. Another US app called Signal faced similar huge technical difficulties as it struggles amidst a spike in traffic. With this development, many people are searching for alternatives […]
FG warns against giving NIN to others for registration
…Says Telcos record 47.8m NINs for SIM linkage By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor The federal government has warned Nigerians to desist from selling or allowing others to use their National Identity Number, NIN, for registration. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ibrahim Pantami, who gave the warning at a review meeting between the federal government […]
YouTube extends ban on Trump channel ahead of inauguration
Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday confirmed it extended a ban on new video being added to US President Donald Trump’s channel due to the potential for inciting violence. The weeklong suspension of uploading or streaming live video to Trump’s channel had been set to lift on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden taking the oath of […]
