The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has urged stakeholders to work with it to create more opportunities for digitisation and entrepreneurial evolution. The NITDA Director General, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi made the call in a message to a stakeholders’ engagement…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced new measures taken by the owners of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, Meta, to address fake news and disinformation ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has engaged telecommunication stakeholders on how to mitigate against Cybersecurity, online fraud and other risk management. Nigerian NewsDirect learnt this during a two-day maiden edition of the NCC’s telecommunications industry risk management…
The ancient city of Owo, Ondo State South Western Nigeria stood still on Saturday, 10th December 2022 as Achievers University conferred an Honorary Degree on Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. The well attended…
By Ibiyemi Mathew Airtel Nigeria has emerged as the Best Company in Education Intervention at the 16th edition of the prestigious Sustainability, Enterprise, and Responsibility Awards (SERAS). The telecom company was awarded the Education Intervention Award for its ‘Adopt-A-School’ CSR…
By Ibiyemi Mathew Meta, the parent company of social media networks Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has disclosed that it has introduced a verification process for anyone who wants to run a political ad on their platform. The company revealed this…
A malware, Xenomorph, that installs Trojan in banking apps on the Android platform to steal login details, raid bank accounts, and read the users SMS, has been flagged by the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT). The…
By Ibiyemi Mathew Airtel Nigeria has announced that it is partnering with UNICEF under the Reimagine Education Initiative to porise Digital learning services to 300,00 students in Nigeria. The partnership seeks to connect 620 primary schools in Nigeria to digital…
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned Nigerians against taking part in viral TikTok challenges. NCC-CSIRT revealed in a statement on Tuesday that a trending challenge on TikTok exposes devices to Information-Stealing Malware. TikTok has…
…Tasks License Operators on Rural Connectivity By Idris Bakare As Nigeria continue to gear towards the licensing of Mobile Virtual Network Operation, a Mobile Network Infrastructure Provider expert, Mr Satya Mekala has disclosed ways and techniques that can be adopted…
