Category: Internet

Mr Nelson Idija, an information technology expert has admonished internet users to be careful before downloading the viral FaceAPP so as not to fall victims of internet fraud. Idija, the founder of CenterHub, specialist in developing online security software, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.…

Google on Sunday celebrated Nigerian novelist Buchi Emecheta with its Doodle on what would have been her 75th birthday. The Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures. “Born to Igbo parents in the Lagos suburb of Yaba on this…

Some social media users say the amount of followers garnered, have great impact on their self worth and values. Some respondents admitted to feeling an increase or decrease in self value with the rise and fall of their social media following. Social media operates a fan-like system where people can like posts and also decide…

Digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra must be held “to the highest regulatory standards” to ensure they are not used to launder money and users are protected, a group of Seven taskforce on Thursday urged. The conclusions came as G7 finance ministers meeting in Chantilly, France, agreed to address tax challenges raised by the digital economy…

The German government and central bank will look into how to prevent the Libra digital currency from becoming an alternative to national currencies such as the euro, the Bild newspaper has reported. The German newspaper article quoted an internal Finance Ministry document expressing concern about the digital currency planned by U.S. social media giant Facebook.…

The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) on Tuesday said that it would generate more sensitisation and advocacy around the .ng domain. Mr Mohammed Rudman, President of NIRA, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the registered .ng domain name was work in progress. The .ng is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD)…

Facebook Inc’s top official overseeing the launch of its Libra crypto currency plans to tell U.S. lawmakers the company will not launch the digital currency until regulatory concerns and approvals are fully addressed. David Marcus, who oversees Facebook’s block chain efforts, also plans to vow that Libra is not being built to compete with sovereign…

Information Technology (IT) experts have urged internet users to be mindful of what they post online so as to ensure their safety. The experts gave the advice on Thursday in Lagos during the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2019, with the theme: ‘Enabling Digital Common Wealth For Development’. The experts deliberated on ”Cybersecurity and Trust:…