Category: Technology
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NCC restates commitment to tackle fake telecoms devices
The Nigerian Communications Commission says it is working with other consumer products regulatory agencies to tackle the importation of fake and bio hazardous phones and accessories into the country. The Executive Vice chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta stated this at the World Consumer Rights Day news conference and presentation of Telecom Consumer Handbook…
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Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines
Facebook Inc, on Monday said it had started adding labels to posts that discussed the safety of the shots and would soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company, which has been criticised by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said in a blog post that…
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Nigeria emerges WATRA Chairman
After a successful tenure as 1st vice chairman of West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), Nigeria has, unanimously and by consensus, emerged as Chairman of WATRA for 2021 at the 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Assembly on Thursday, March11, 2021 in Abuja. Also voted in as Executive Secretary (ES) is the Nigerian candidate,…
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USSD banking services to stop working over huge banks’ debts
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Friday said its members will withdraw USSD services from financial service providers due to huge indebtedness. ALTON said this in a statement on Friday signed by its Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo and Head of Operations, Mr Gbolahan Awonuga. It said that with the concurrence of…
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Facebook asks court to dismiss U.S. government, states antitrust cases
Facebook asked a federal court on Wednesday to dismiss major antitrust cases filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and nearly every U.S. state, saying they failed to show the company had a monopoly or harmed consumers. “By a one-vote margin, in the fraught environment of relentless criticism of Facebook for matters entirely unrelated to…
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Pantami, Danbatta push for speedy growth of ICT across West Africa
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, and the Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, have urged ICT experts across West Africa to be ambitious towards its growth in the area. The duo gave the push on Wednesday at the 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the West African Telecommunications…
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NIBSS to launch “touch-free” payment solution on Monday
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) on Wednesday said it would be launching a Quick Response (QR) code driven payment solution in partnership with all financial service providers. NIBSS said in a statement that the NQR code platform was an indigenous payment solution introduced by NIBSS on behalf of all financial service providers. It…
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Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for not deleting protest content
Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by a fine of up to 4 million…
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Google earmarks $25m grant for girls in Africa
Google.org on Monday announced that it had earmarked $25m grant funding for its new Global Impact Challenge (GIC) for Women and Girls in Africa. Juliet Ehimuan, Country Director, Google Nigeria, said at a virtual event to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD) that Google was also reinforcing its commitment to the empowerment of women and…
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How to make WhatsApp video calls using PC
WhatsApp has introduced one-to-one private and secure calling on its desktop app, meaning users of the messaging app can now video calls on their PC using the WhatsApp desktop app. You can make free voice and video calls to your contacts on WhatsApp Desktop if you have the app installed on your computer. Desktop calling…