Category: Tech

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) recently announced a major milestone in Nigeria’s National Identification Number (NIN) system, with enrollments surpassing 100 million individuals. Minister[more...]

The ministry also said Russia had refused the latest US request for consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested[more...]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New Horizons Nigeria to train corp members in ICT 4.0 skills[more...]

In collaboration with the Committee of E-Banking Industry Heads for Nigeria (CeBIH), Mastercard organizes a first-of-its-kind Fraud and Cyber Security Forum in Lagos, Nigeria. The[more...]

Nigerian tech leader and Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology, Gbenga Sesan, has accused the Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity of presenting[more...]

Facebook's owner, Meta, has been fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling people's data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. Issued by Ireland's Data[more...]

WhatsApp says it will allow users to edit messages, in a move that will see it match a feature offered by competitors like Telegram and[more...]

More than 200 Nigerian organisations straddling financial companies including the major banks; ICT and telecom firms as well as publicly owned entities recorded alarming levels[more...]

The Nigerian government said its recent partnership with Ethnomet, a Canadian leading firm in healthcare technology, is driven by desire to bring affordable healthcare to millions[more...]

Montana is set to become the first US state to ban Chinese-owned media giant TikTok from personal devices. Governor Greg Gianforte signed the ban into[more...]

The government-backed eNaira, meant as a hedge against inflation, hasn’t converted crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access. In 2021, Nigeria became[more...]

In an effort to promote digital access and inclusivity, Kenya aims to roll out the first consignment of one million domestically built smartphones in two[more...]

The U.S. Department of Justice has another feather in its cyberwarfare cap after taking down the cybercrime network of Turla, a criminal gang linked to[more...]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said he thinks artificial intelligence will make the law profession better and that he's "willing to almost bet" there will be[more...]

A survey of 1,600 chief information security officers found that more than two-thirds of them (68%) expect a “material cyberattack” on their organizations in the[more...]

23-year-old Admits Hacking Into Obama, Biden’s Twitter Accounts A 23-year-old British Internet hacker, Joseph James O'Connor, also known as PlugwalkJoe, has pleaded guilty to hacking[more...]