…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 […]

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 […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor A critical look at the trend in Information Technology in Nigeria, particularly on the cybersecurity ecosystem, shows a nation that had to contend with various malicious activities of cybercriminals. This was also traced to a continuous increase in the adoption of IT tools. For instance, significant growth in the number […]

By Prince Osuagwu If the reports of London-based Digital TV Research Ltd, is anything to go by, the African pay-TV market is set to reach 51 million subscribers by 2026. This means an addition of almost 17 million pay-TV subscribers between 2020 and 2026. However, the report, forecasted Nigeria to be the largest single country […]

By Juliet Umeh Smart Devices Maker, Samsung, has unveiled the Galaxy S21 Series, saying it is one of its flagship devices that pushes the boundaries of what a smartphone can do. According to the company, Galaxy S21 is loaded with state-of-the-art innovations that allows a user make the most of every moment. It noted that […]

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, says Nigeria is desperately in need of critical thinkers to overcome myriads of its challenges. He charged the youths to key into the digital technologies and focus more on critical thinking in order to find solutions for Nigeria’s economic and security challenges, as according […]

Turkey on Tuesday hit Twitter, Pinterest and Periscope with advertising bans after they failed to follow Facebook and appoint a local representative to take down contentious posts under a new media law. Freedom of speech defenders warn the law is part of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s attempt to control social media and stop any […]

A newly elected US Republican congresswoman known for promoting QAnon conspiracy theories accused Twitter of censorship on Sunday after her account was temporarily suspended for “multiple violations”. Marjorie Taylor Greene was hit with the 12-hour suspension after she tweeted claims of alleged election fraud in Georgia, her home state. Twitter flagged at least two tweets […]

After the latest wild ride took the poster child of cryptocurrencies above $40,000 before a stomach-churning plunge, the million dollar question won’t go away: how much is bitcoin actually worth? The virtual currency barrelled to new highs to rise more than 400 percent over the past year, before promptly sliding some 20 percent and then […]

NASA has discovered an exoplanet with three stars, one with a bizarre orbit that has left astronomers baffled. The planet, known as KOI-5Ab was discovered in 2009 by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, but it was “abandoned” by scientists because the space telescope had easier candidates to identify. “KOI-5Ab got abandoned because it was complicated and […]