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Facebook quarterly profit jumps despite ad boycott

Facebook quarterly profit jumps despite ad boycott

Facebook’s profit jumped in the recently-ended quarter as the leading social network benefitted from a rebounding online ad market despite a boycott, the company reported Thursday. Facebook profit jumped 29 per cent to $7.8 billion in the quarter on revenue that climbed to $21.2 billion as people continued to rely on the internet and social […]

APWEN stresses need for capacity building on STEM among girls

APWEN stresses need for capacity building on STEM among girls

The need for young girls to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM for the development of the country and humanity was a subject for discourse at the just concluded capacity building organised by the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, APWEN.

MTN Nigeria records sharp rise in subscriber numbers

MTN Nigeria records sharp rise in subscriber numbers

MTN Group’s largest subsidiary, MTN Nigeria, on Wednesday, reported a sharp rise in subscriber numbers in the third quarter – up 3.9 million from the second quarter to reach 75 million – while active data subscribers climbed by 1.7 million to 30.7 million. The emerging-markets telecommunications group revealed the numbers in the results for its […]

Sony seeing considerable demand for playstation 5, as launch nears

Sony seeing considerable demand for playstation 5, as launch nears

Sony is seeing “very considerable” demand for its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console via pre-orders, its gaming chief said, as the technology firm targets pole position in the race to tap the growth of gaming globally with the device’s 12 November launch. Sony pre-sold as many PS5 consoles in the first 12 hours in the US […]