TECHNOLOGY
Go A Step Further, Delete Buhari’s Handle Completely — IPOB Begs Twitter
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has reacted to the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Wednesday, by Twitter, saying that the micro-blogging site should ensure he is banned completely. President Buhari after receiving briefing on Tuesday from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the destruction of the commission’s facilities across the country, had in...
US Secretary Of State Blinken Blasts Buhari, FG Over Twitter ban
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has lashed out at the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. He said restriction of social media use has no place in a democracy. In a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price, ‘Nigeria’s Twitter Suspension’, Blinken condemned the suspension of Twitter. READ ALSO: Suspension...
Ban: Twitter Reportedly Writes FG, Seeks Dialogue
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed that Twitter has formally written to seek for dialogue on issues leading to the indefinite suspension of its operations in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, confirmed this when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio Nigeria call-in programme monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “I...
10 Things Every New Nigerian Blogger Must Avoid
Do you intend to go into blogging, or you’re a newbie who just stumbled on some random post about how lucrative blogging can be and decided, “yeah, let's own one” It wouldn’t be such a terrible idea, would it? Blogging is quite rampant in Nigeria, well, in a good way! But let's face it, how often do you see upcoming...
5G Network To Roll Out Soon In Nigeria As FG Approves New Policy
The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on the fifth-generation (5G) network in Nigeria. This is according to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who addressed journalists in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday. He explained that the benefits that accrue from using the 5G network include larger capacity, higher data rates, among...
Don’t Entertain Fear, 5G Not Harmful To Our Health, Pantami Assures Nigerians
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has urged Nigerians not to entertain fear, noting the fifth-generation (5G) network is not harmful. There has been apprehension in many quarters that deployment of 5G could pose a risk to public health. Pantami spoke after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday where he also said the National...
Nigeria To Lift Ban On Twitter In A Few Days – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions from State House journalists at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. “I think even Twitter itself two days ago gave what I will call a progress report on our talks with them, and I think if I want to quote them rightly...
Data Of 1.5 Billion Facebook Users On Sale At Hacker Forum
Amid global outage of Facebook along with its associated platforms, the data of its over 1.5 Billion users are now being sold in the dark web. A report said the data are being sold on a Hacker Forum. Sputnik News reported that in late September, an announcement was posted on a hacking forum that claimed to have the name, email, phone...
How To Use WhatsApp On Computer Without Data
You can now use WhatsApp on a desktop or laptop computer without your internet data on. Whatsapp Web syncs with the mobile app to let you send and receive WhatsApp messages from your computer. You can access WhatsApp on your phone and computer at the same time. The Nation on Monday reported that over three billion users of Facebook-owned apps and...
We Gained Over 70m New Users During Facebook Outage — Telegram
Messaging app Telegram gained over 70 million new users during Monday’s Facebook outage, its founder, Pavel Durov, said on Tuesday, as people worldwide were left without key messaging services for nearly six hours, Reuters has reported. Facebook blamed its outage, which kept its 3.5 billion users from accessing services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, on a faulty configuration change. “The...
