TECHNOLOGY
Nigeria Alerted As Iranian Cyber Spies Eye Telecommunication Companies, ISPs
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has raised the alarm over the existence of another hacking group orchestrating cyber espionage in the African telecoms space. An Iranian hacking group known as Lyceum (also known as Hexane, Siamesekitten, or Spirlin) has been reported to be targeting telecoms, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Africa with upgraded malware...
Tiwa Savage, Obi Cubana Make List Of Most Searched Nigerians On Google
Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage, and popular businessman, Obi Cubana, topped Google’s list as the 2021 most trending people in Nigeria. Google announced this on Wednesday in a statement titled, ‘Google releases Nigeria’s 2021 Year in Search lists’. The search lists included top ten search queries on Google in different categories such as top trending searches, top trending people, top trending musicians,...
Federal Govt Unveils National Policy On 5G
The Federal government on Tuesday launched the National Policy on Fifth Generation Networks (5G) for Nigeria’s Digital Economy. Speaking at the launch presided over by President Mohammadu Buhari, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) said that the deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) network, “will play a vital role in improving the security situation in...
Oyo Govt Partners Media And Digital Skills Centre To Commence Training On Coding, Robotics, AI, Others
Oyo State government in partnership with the Advocacy Unit of Media and Digital Skills Centre, Nigeria will commence a pilot training programme on Coding, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence And Drone Technology for 3 Public Secondary Schools in the st...
Gregory University Student Produces Fuel-less Power Generating Set
As Nigeria battles to bridge the growing electricity supply gap in the country a 300-level student, Prayer Nwojoyi of the department of Electrical Electronics in the College of Engineering of Gregory University Uturu, Abia state. Nwojoyi has shown that with innovation, the shortage of electricity supply will soon be a thing of the past in Nigeria. The under-graduate student has designed...
WhatsApp Is Now On Status Updates (Photos)
WhatsApp joined its own Status feature on Tuesday in an attempt to combat misinformation regarding the changes to their privacy policy. WhatsApp will also use the feature to share information about changes to the app and upcoming features. This follows after the chat app’s new privacy update caused millions of WhatsApp users to abandon the service and head over to Telegram...
DSTV, GOTV Hacked? Nigerians Shocked As All Stations Suddenly Start Nationwide
There’s a celebration frenzy across social media at the moment amidst multiple reports of all DSTV and GOTV stations displaying in the country. While there have been multiple attacks on many government websites including, CBN, EFCC and Nigeria Police Force amongst others, there seems to be an attack on the Multichoice platform too. As regards the reports from multiple people on...
Abia Speaker Flags Off Free ICT Training/Empowerment Program For Abia Youths
The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Engr Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji Thursday flagged off the Free ICT Empowerment Training Programme being organised by Naprima Ideal Technologies Ltd under the sponsorship of the Abia Speaker. While addressing the fully packed Bishop Anthony Nwedo Pastoral Centre, Umuahia, venue of the flag off, the Speaker said the Free ICT program...
24-Year-Old Abia Born Innovator Creates Mini Power Station That Functions With Crude Oil (Photos, Video)
As the country grapples with perennial epileptic power supple, a 24-year-old Okon Aku Ohafia, Abia State born innovator, Solomon Ukoha has created a mini power station which functions with crude oil. He said his inspiration is divine, adding that God gave him directive on how to create the mini power station. Speaking with ABN TV in Aba where he...
Twitter Back Online After An Hour-Long Crash
Twitter is back online after being down for thousands of users worldwide who had issues with the website, app, and logging in, DailyMail reports. Problems began around 12:50pm ET on Monday and were impacting some users in the U.S., the U.K., New Zealand and other countries – but the crash appeared to be fixed around 1:30pm ET. Many users said tweets are...
