Category: Internet
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No license has been issued for 5G in Nigeria -Minister
Amid concerns of Nigeria’s readiness for the Fifth Generation (5G) technology, the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim in a statement obtained by TheNewsGuru, said Nigeria is yet to get a license for 5G technology. Ibrahim said: “The attention of my office has been drawn to the public concern about…
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NCC alerts Nigerians about fake website spreading false free Internet claim
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wishes to draw the attention of the Nigerian populace, especially telecoms consumers to the fraudulent message being spread on the Internet by a fraudulent website. The fake website (https://covid-19-fg-grant.blogspot.com/?=1) is asking Nigerian citizens to apply for a free Internet bundle ostensibly being given by the Nigerian government in collaboration with…
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Meet Timothy Ozovehe, Nigeria’s rising digital media expert
Astute Digital media expert, Timothy Ozovehe, born Abdulrasheed Ozovehe Muhammed, on September 23rd September, 1989, has been a sucker for anything that helps him connect with people at any given time. The young man who studied urban and regional planning from the University of Lagos eventually ignited his passion for digital media influencing and…
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BEWARE! FG alerts Nigerians to smartphone Coronavirus ransomware
The federal government (FG) has alerted Nigerians to the existence of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent Coronavirus Ransomware Application, which claims to provide updates on the virus and infections near the user. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Ransomware blocks access to…
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Hackers take over Olympics, Committee Twitter accounts
Twitter said on Saturday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the media Twitter account of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social media platform said in an emailed statement, without giving further details. “As soon…
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NCC commences nationwide cybersecurity awareness campaign
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has, again, demonstrated its commitment to making sure that Nigerian children and youth are protected from cybercriminals and their antics, as it commenced a nationwide cybersecurity awareness campaign at a conference attended by students from 24 private and public secondary schools in Abuja. The campaign, which held on Tuesday at…
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Nigeria’s telecoms investment hits new high from $38bn in 2015
Four years ago, the foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment profile in the telecoms sector stood at $38 billion, but today, investment in the sector has grown significantly to over $70 billion. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed these interesting figures in chronicling it’s accomplishments since 2015. Speaking at the maiden…
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Facebook begins making key changes ahead of U.S. election
Facebook Inc said on Thursday, ahead of the U.S. presidential election that it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools. However, the updates stop far short of critics’ demands and what rival companies have pledged to do. The world’s biggest social network has…
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Trump boasts of being number one on Facebook
US President Donald Trump on Monday boasted that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had told him at a dinner that he is number one on the global social media platform. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Trump made this known, without specifying when the dinner happened, in a live interview with a radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh. “I…