Category: ICT

Meet Reuben Muoka, NCC New Public Affairs Director

Precious Ibekwe

Muoka resumed duty on Monday, June 20, 2022, to replace Dr. Ikechulkwu Adinde, who has been moved to the special duty unit of the Commission.   Reuben Mouka, a veteran ICT journalist and public relations practitioner, one of the best in those fields, has been appointed the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission ( NCC). Muoka who resumed duty on Monday, June 20, 2022, according to a report by e-World, replaced Dr. Ikechulkwu Adinde, who has been moved to the special duty unit of the Commission. READ…

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How Nigeria’s Telecoms industry Raked In N3.25trn In 2021

Dawud Rabiu

MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel top Earners Chart with N2.7trl Revenues as Nigerians Spend N37.8bn on text messages in one year   Nigeria’s telecommunications industry generated N3,247,595,808,883.87 for the period of 2021. Platforms Africa reports that the GSM operators comprising MTN, Globacom, Airtel, 9Mobile, Smile Communications, and Ntel, generated a total of N2,774,128,600,000.00 revenue in the period of 2021 but incurred an operational of 1,658,235,220,000.00. In 2021 Subscriber/Network Data Annual Report released by Policy Competition and Economic Analysis Department of the Nigerian Communication (NCC), the operators made…

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Couple Mistakenly Livestreams Sex Session via Zoom to Synagogue Members

ADESUPO OSOSANYA

A couple, who didn’t know that their camera was on, has live-streamed their steamy sex session via Zoom to a synagogue in Minneapolis, USA, for at least 45 minutes as people watched.. The middle-aged couple had joined a virtual synagogue hosted by the Twin Cities’ Temple Beth El in Minneapolis, USA, on May 14, when they decided to have sex, not realising their camera was still on. It has been reported the couple continued in the act until they saw a private chat begging them to stop. READ ALSO: My…

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You’ll Soon Exit WhatApp Groups Without People Noticing

Abibat Babalola

Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups.In a screenshot   In a screenshot, it is shown that when users want to exit a WhatsApp group, other people will not be notified in the chat. Only group admins will be able to see who exits the group, but others do not, according to WABetaInfo. In a bid to make the messaging platform more user friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups.In…

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Musk Stops Twitter $44bn Purchase, Demands Clarity on Spam Accounts

Abibat Babalola

Elon Musk, on Tuesday, said his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was given assurances on the bots that he says plague the platform. The development, however, complicated Musk’s acrimonious bid for the social media giant. Musk, who is the Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX as well as Tesla, is currently listed by Forbes as the world’s wealthiest person, with a fortune of about $230 billion, much of it in Tesla stock. READ ALSO: Elon Musk puts $44bn Twitter takeover deal on hold Commercial, govt users to…

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Beware: How Hackers Unlock, Steal Vehicles + How to Protect Yours

Ayobami Adedinni

The Nigerian Communications Commission has revealed that hackers now unlock vehicles for purpose of stealing and other vices, saying the new trend also offers hackers the opportunity to make away with the cars. According to the NCC, the ongoing cyber-vulnerability allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with cars. READ ALSO: How to Escape Poverty, Personal Financial Problem, Expert Gives Practical Tips Tesla makes first shipment of cars from reopened Shanghai plant – media BREAKING: Nigeria Slashes Customs Duty On Tokunbo Vehicles Nigeria’s…

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Meet Ifeoma Uddoh, SelectUSA Tech Pitch Contest Winner

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the Shecluded founder who got selected for a google black founders program last year, qualified for a complimentary ticket to attend the annual SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington Nigerian Fintech entrepreneur, Ifeoma Uddoh, has won this year’s SelectUSA Tech Nigeria Pitch Competition. Platforms Africa reports that the feat hashqualified her for a complimentary ticket to attend the annual SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington from 26-29 June. Uddoh, 2021 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) alumna, is the founder of Shecluded, a fintech startup bridging financial inclusion gap among women of…

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MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile To Slam 40% Tariffs Hike On Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

N100 recharge card, data to now worth N60 Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria, ALTON have recommended an upward adjustment in call and SMS tariffs to cushion the increasing cost of operation in Nigeria. Making the proposal in a letter to the Nigerian Communications Commission, the association lamented that the cost of doing business in the country had risen by 40 per cent. The association claimed that the telecommunications industry had been financially harmed by an economic downturn that occured in 2020 and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. READ ALSO: MTN Loses 1.3…

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World Richest Man, Elon Musk, Buys Twitter For $44bn

Ganiyu Amodu

  The CEO of Tesla Motors has eventually bought microblogging company, Twitter, for a whopping $44 billion dollars Twitter confirmed it will sell the Company for $44 billion dollars to the CEO of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk on Monday. READ ALSO Elon Musk Stakes $2.9bn, Becomes Twitter’s Top Shareholder Twitter Ready To Sell Firm To World Richest Man, Elon Musk Nigeria lifts ‘Use Twitter, Go to Jail” Order on Citizens Elon Musk said “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where…

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Twitter Ready To Sell Firm To World Richest Man, Elon Musk

Ganiyu Amodu

World richest man and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla motors, Elon Musk, is on the verge of buying Twitter. The microblogging site confirmed that its representatives are in talks to sell the company to Musk. Platforms Africa reports quoting New York Times that the 11-member board was negotiating with Musk into the early hours of Monday over his unsolicited bid to buy the company, after he began lining up $46.5 billion in financing for the offer last week. READ ALSO; Nigeria lifts ‘Use Twitter, Go to Jail” Order on Citizens…

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