Tag: 5G
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JUST IN: Conspiracy theories spark attacks on 5G masts
Coronavirus-inspired conspiracy theories have sparked dozens of attacks on telephone network masts in Britain and the Netherlands, with the perpetrators apparently believing 5G transmissions are the cause of the disease. “In Britain, 20 masts belonging to telecommunications giant Vodafone have been set ablaze,’’ the firm’s chief in Britain Nick Jeffery said on Monday. In the…
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Electrical institute wades into 5G argument
The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) says the 5G technology has potentials to accelerate global industrial and environmental advancement without health implications. Mr Kings Adeyemi, the NIEEE’s National Chairman, said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that the evolution of every stage from 1G to the 4G technologies came with speculations…
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The world will not be destroyed by fire – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa A veteran journalist called me on April 4 to confirm if indeed the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) issued a statement advising government against approving the Fifth Generation Mobile Technology (5G) claiming it is dangerous and linked to the outbreak of Covid-19. The NUJ also reportedly rejected the invitation of Chinese doctors…
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JUST IN: WHO breaks silence on COVID-19, 5G controversy
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. “People can also be infected by touching a…
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COVID-19: NCC refutes 5G deployment insinuations
The ongoing laying of fibre optic cables and the deployment of other telecoms equipment by mobile network operators (MNOs) across Lagos and other states is entirely to expand their networks infrastructure across the country to provide more efficient services to the consumers, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar…
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Nigerian pastors in war of words over labelling of Covid-19, 5G as antiChrist [Videos]
From allegations to counter allegations, some highly revered pastors in Nigeria have intensified an ongoing war of words on the alleged labelling of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) as an Antichrist plan. The battle among the clerics which is now widespread in the social media started after Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Believers Love World, popularly known…
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COVID-19: FG reacts to Oyakhilome’s claims on 5G, lockdown of Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
The Federal Government has described comment made by founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome that the lockdown of Lagos and Abuja was to allow government secretly install 5G and not for Coronavirus, as disheartening. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Oyakhilome had in a TV interview said “5G is the reason the Federal Government has to lockdown…
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Medical researcher speaks on link between 5G, COVID-19
Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, a medical researcher on Tuesday in Lagos described the on-going link between 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic as a fallacy that should be disregarded by the public. Iwalokun, a Deputy Director in the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), told the News Agency of Nigeria that the rumour was capable of affecting…
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Theories linking 5G technology to Coronavirus untrue — ALTON
The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) says there is no iota of truth in the theories linking 5G technology to the cause of coronavirus pandemic. Mr Gbenga Adebayo, the President of ALTON made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He explained that there were many parts of the world…