TECHNOLOGY
MTN Confirms Cyber Attack, Says Local Operations Unaffected
MTN Nigeria has confirmed it recently experienced a cyberattack but reassured customers, partners, and stakeholders that its core infrastructure and Nigerian operations were not affected. In a statement issued on Thursday, the telecommunications provider revealed that it had detected unauthorized activity on its network systems and responded promptly to isolate and contain the breach. Chief Executive Officer Karl Toriola stated that...
Facebook, Instagram Users To Pay $12 Monthly
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Meta Verified, which will roll out first in Australia and New Zealand this week, will let users “verify your account with a government ID,...
No Health Hazard With 5G Network — NCC
The Nigerian Communication Commission has reassured the public that the new Fifth Generation network popularly known as 5G has no negative health effects. The Enugu Zonal Controller of the NCC, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugama, made the clarification in Enugu on Saturday at a round table with members of the Association of Heads of Federal Establishments. Ugama explained that there was no convincing...
7 Ways To Free Up Storage Space On Your iPhone
Many iPhone users are unaware of the junk on their phones which have been occupying larger spaces. Most people keep this junk intentionally while others do even know there are large files that need to be disposed of to create more space on their iOS. If your phone has been giving you warnings of low storage space or not, don’t...
WhatsApp Will Stop Working On 49 Phones From December 31 (SEE FULL LIST)
WhatsApp, a major social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg will from December 31, 2022 block at least 49 mobile phones. Majority of the phones on the list are extremely old, and it’s likely that only a very small number of people use them. Some of them are actually so old that nobody may be using the phone. This merely indicates...
FG, Govs Decide On State Police Next Week
The Federal Government and the state governors will next week take decisions on the creation of state police. The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday after the National Economic Council. Diri revealed that the NEC gave Adamawa, Kebbi, and Kwara states and the FCT one week (November 28) to submit their...
Conversion Of Petrol Vehicles To CNG To Cost N600,000 Only — FG
The federal government has disclosed that Nigerians are expected to pay between N300,000 and N600,000 to convert their petrol vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas, CNG. The Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) Steering Committee, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi revealed this in an interview with Daily Trust after the official commissioning of CNG conversion centres and a...
Telecommunication Services Restored In Zamfara After Months Of Disconnection
Authorities have restored telecommunications services in Zamfara communities, ABN TV reports. It would be recalled that the Zamfara government last Wednesday said the process of restoring telecommunications services in the state is ongoing. As part of measures to tackle banditry in the north-western state, the government had cut telecommunications networks in 14 local government areas in September. However, on November 27, Governor...
Nigerian Twitter User Hits N36m On Ads Revenue Sharing
A Nigerian X user identified as Logik #iamlogikk on Saturday celebrated receiving the payment of N36,858,567 from the app ads revenue sharing programme introduced by owner Elon Musk. X, formerly known as Twitter launched its new payment plan in the United States of America in July and only recently extended this payment plan to verified global users with Twitter Blue...
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...
