Category: Internet
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We’ll enact policies for fintech innovation — FG
Mr Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Assistant to the President on ICT, says Federal Government plans to enact policies that will encourage innovation and dynamism in the financial technology space. Osibona made this known on Wednesday during the First Edition of the FINTECH Week 2019 held in Lagos. The theme of the event was FinTech: “Exploring…
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Nigeria, Ghana collaborate to curb cyber crime
The Federal Government is ready to collaborate with Ghanaian Government to curb cyber and other crimes in both countries to promote regional growth and relationship, Ghanaian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Alhaji Rashid Bawa, said. Bawa made this known on Wednesday in Calabar when he paid courtesy visit to the Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service in…
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Twitter posts revenue beat, surprise user growth
Twitter Inc on Tuesday posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue and a surprise rise in monthly active users. The revenue posting shows its efforts to delete spam accounts and better police posts were paying off by attracting more users and ad dollars. Twitter shares surged nearly 10 per cent shortly after the first-quarter earnings announcement in pre-market…
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Like Nigeria, the world’s many tongues leaves Facebook struggling to monitor content
Facebook Inc’s struggles with hate speech and other types of problematic content are being hampered by the company’s inability to keep up with a flood of new languages as mobile phones bring social media to every corner of the globe. The company offers its 2.3 billion users features such as menus and prompts in 111…
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Once dear BBM consumer service comes to a close
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) consumer service will be closing in May, the once dear instant messaging platform has confirmed. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the platform made this known on Thursday with a blog post thanking users for being part of the BBM consumer service journey. The post reads: “Today we’re announcing that we will be closing BBM…
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Facebook confirms uploading 1.5 million users’ email contact without consent
The social media giant, Facebook, uploaded the contact details of 1.5 million new users without their permission in the last three years, Facebook confirmed in a statement on Thursday. “The error was discovered amid a change to the sign-up process made in March,’’ Facebook stated in a publication by the U.S. news website Business Insider.…
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Nigeria Customs Service jobs portal goes live with 3200 vacancies
The jobs portal officially announced by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday to recruit officers into the service is now live. The Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi at a news conference in Abuja had said 3,200 officers would be recruited into the service with this ongoing…
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Google blocks popular Chinese video app
Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India, to comply with a state court’s directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The move comes hours after a court in Southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology…
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Breaking: Nigeria Customs Service opens jobs portal, to recruit 3,200 officers
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday officially announced plans to recruit 3,200 officers into the service. The Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi made this known at a news conference in Abuja. Sanusi explained that 800 would be recruited to fill vacancies in the Support Staff for…
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NITDA’ s start up Friday trends
The National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) Start Up Friday (SUF) in Kano is trending on Twitter across the country. The agency’s SUF is a programme where Information Communication Technology (ICT) start-ups are encouraged to showcase businesses they developed using ICT. SUF is usually organised by the Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE), a…