Tag: internet
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The internet is the new TV- Mc Lively
Michael Sani Amanesi, popularly known as Mc Lively, is undoubtedly one of the most influential Nigerian skit -makers on Instagram at the moment. Armed with over 900,000 followers, the lawyer turned comedian has carved a niche for himself with his hilarious skits. Speaking on how the internet has changed entertainment, Lively said that the internet…
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Notorious Internet fraudster forfeits N230.6m, $80.59 to FG
A notorious Internet fraudster, one Dehinbo Oluwatobi Reuben has forfeited N230.6m, $80.59 the sums of N210, 287, 697.45, N5,320,373.40, N15,008,809.79 and $80.59 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Justice Saliu Sai’du of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos ordered the final forfeiture of the sums belonging to the notorious Internet…
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Why digital skills training is so important
In 2018, numbers on Internet usage made headlines announcing that more than half the world is online. This is indeed great progress given that 15 years earlier (in 2003) only 12% of the world’s people were using the Internet. Despite this enormous growth, however, nearly half of the world’s people are still not using the…
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Internet users hit 113.8m in January – NCC
Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to more than 113.8 million in January 2018, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said. The NCC made this known on Friday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for January 2019 posted on its website. The data showed that overall internet users increased to 113,875,204 in January 2019 from the…
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Rwanda launches its 1st satellite to improve Internet service
Rwanda in partnership with a UK based communications company OneWeb on Wednesday successfully launched the country’s first satellite into space, Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation said on Thursday. The satellite has been successfully sent to space, Gordon Kalema, Director-General of Digital Transformation at the ministry said while briefing reporters about the launch in Rwandan…
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5 tips to stay safe online
The internet povides avenue for day to day engagements that means people release very sensitive personal data to access certain services. Service providers are under obligation to ensure that users data are safe, however, often times, users data end up in the hands of third parties who often than not use the data for harm.…
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Personal data: Governor proposes digital dividend for citizens
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California on Tuesday proposed a new kind of digital dividend that will ensure users share in the billions being generated by technology firms from the use of their personal data. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Gavin, who made the proposal in his annual State of the State speech, said technology firms “collecting, curating…
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Russia moves to isolate itself from global internet
Russia’s Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday gave tentative approval to draft legislation for the country to instate measures to isolate itself from the global internet. The bill is intended to better position the country to fend off potential cyberattacks from abroad, particularly from the United States, the legislature said in a statement. The concept…
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Authorities shut down 15 websites for selling fake goods
Bulgarian Authorities have shut down 15 websites selling fake goods with logos of world famous brands and arrested two suspects, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Monday. During the operation, which was conducted on Feb. 7 in the city of Varna on the Black Sea coast, the authorities searched five addresses and…