Tag: internet
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Facebook partners 20 African NGOs for Safer Internet Day 2019
Facebook is collaborating with over 20 African Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to ensure safer internet for the world. Sherry Dzinoreva, Public Policy Programmes Lead at Facebook Africa made this known on Monday in Lagos. Dzinoreva said that in line with Facebook’s commitment to building safer online world for all, it was supporting Safer Internet Day on…
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2019: NSA speaks on alleged plans to shutdown internet during elections
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has dismissed the allegation by the governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyelsom Wike, that there were plans by the ONSA to rig the forthcoming general elections by shutting down the nation’s internet system. The NSA, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno(rtd), in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said…
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2019: Will internet services be unavailable during the elections?
In the past, during Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Internet services and sometimes gsm services have been observed to be jammed with the view to curb examination malpractices through telecom services. It has also been observed that internet services and also sometimes gsm services were occasionally unavailable during past…
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TNG year in review: How Nigeria achieved 2013-2018 broadband target
Nigeria, with the aim to drive internet and broadband penetration in the country, developed a five-year strategy, known as the Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018, through a presidential committee on broadband. To drive internet and broadband penetration in the country, the Federal Government National Broadband Plan 2013-2018 aimed to scale up Nigerian Communications Commission’s…
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Year in review: How telecom subscribers browsed the Internet in 2018
The Internet is a globally connected network system that uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) as one of the main Internet protocol suite. The TCP originates in the initial network implementation and complements the Internet Protocol (IP). Therefore, the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP to transmit data via various types of media. Internet…
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Internet users in Nigeria hit 108.5m in Nov. — NCC
Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to 108.5 million in November, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. The NCC made this known on Friday in its Monthly Internet Subscribers Data for December posted on its website. According to the data, Airtel, MTN and Globacom gained more internet subscribers during the month under review, while…
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Internet access: Nigeria’s 774 LGAs to get fibre connectivity
All the 774 local government areas in Nigeria will be provided fibre connectivity in order to increase broadband penetration in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports President Buhari made this known in his 2019 budget speech at a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday, confirming the position of the…
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Macron, tech giants launch ‘Paris call’ to fix internet ills
France and U.S. technology giants, including Microsoft, on Monday urged world governments and companies to sign up to a new initiative to regulate the internet and fight threats such as cyber attacks, online censorship and hate speech. With the launch of a declaration entitled the ‘Paris call for trust and security in cyberspace’, French President…
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We’ll provide Internet for all 774 LGAs by 2023 – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday promised to make internet connectivity available in all of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria in the next four years. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Uduma Udo Udoma, revealed this during the 42nd Annual Conference of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) in Lagos…
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President Xi calls for global cooperation to create ‘fairer’ internet
President Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday called for greater global cooperation to develop the internet and make it more “fair and equitable”, as Beijing seeks to bolster its global role in shaping the web. The speech was read out on Xi’s behalf at China’s main internet conference in the northern city of Wuzhen, a…