TECHNOLOGY
Twitter To Allow Employees Work From Home ‘Forever’
The microblogging site, Twitter, announced on Tuesday that it could allow employees to continue to work from home indefinitely even after the end of the coronavirus crisis. Twitter said it is one of the first companies to implement the stay-at-home model in early March and the decision to allow workers to continue work from home even after the COVID-19 pandemic...
Corona Virus Has No Link With 5G Network — ICT Expert
As the world continues to battle the deadly COVID-19, there have been speculations that the disease is caused by the radiation from the 5th generation (5G) network. An ICT expert, Engr. Ajibola Abiola has however dispelled such speculation, saying it is untrue. Reacting to a viral audio message that said 5G network has been drying up people in China, Engr. Abiola,...
Facebook To Collect User Geolocation Data To Fight Coronavirus
Facebook is launching tools to help scientists and healthcare professionals fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The company will collect location information from users. A social media management team will provide scientists with information about user geolocation. This will help calculate the likelihood of people coming into contact in a particular location and find out what places they are likely to visit. The...
First Nigerian-Made Ventilators To Unveil By Ogbonnaya Onu Today
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu will today, Tuesday, April 7th launch the set of Nigerian-made ventilators. The locally-made ventilators were produced by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) as part of efforts to combat COVID-19 in the country. NASENI equally produced mobile sprayers, which are to be used to disinfect Nigerian cities and homes. A notice...
Information Suggesting 5G Network Causes Coronavirus Is Untrue, Says ATCON
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has said the reports around the social media which link 5G network to coronavirus are untrue and baseless. ATCON said this in a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola and made available to journalists. ATCON said, “We wish to draw the attention of Nigerians to the unfounded claims and misinformation that is trending...
Abia Tech Student Built Power Generator That Functions Without Fuel (PHOTOS)
A news making rounds on social media has it that a young boy reportedly a student of Boys Technical College, Aba, Abia state has made his way in the news for doing an amazing invention. It was reported that this young boy whose identity is yet to be known as at the time of filing this report has built a...
Abia Tech Student Built Power Generator That Functions Without Fuel (PHOTOS)
A news making rounds on social media has it that a young boy reportedly a student of Boys Technical College, Aba, Abia state has made his way in the news for doing an amazing invention. It was reported that this young boy whose identity is yet to be known as at the time of filing this report has built a...
Nigerian man develops application to help people travel to historic sites, network
Collins Nnabugwu co-founded a media streaming app that became one of the most sought after binge/VOD apps with such a great business model. He also created the African Heritage Virtual Museum app which launches in June 2020, a technical partnership with Ecocarrier technology of Canada, a renowned developer of virtual reality, augmented and mixed reality. "So we are rolling out...
