Category: ICT

Man Files Lawsuit After Being Removed From WhatsApp Group

ADEOLA YUSUF

A WhatsApp group in Uganda called “Buyanja My Roots” recently made headlines after one of its members, Herbert Baitwababo sued the administrators for removing him from the group. According to the Daily Monitor, Baitwababo told the court that the WhatsApp group was formed to contribute to charity works, offer condolences and support to people and that each member was required to pay Sh.30,000 as membership fee. Mr Baitwababo said in his affidavit that trouble started when he asked the admin about the process that allowed them to manage the group’s…

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27 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Telecoms Services

ADEOLA YUSUF

Figure represented 53.1 per cent dip in the number of identified areas of clusters without telecommunications services access – NCC   About 27 million Nigerians have no access to telecommunications services as at the end of 2022, as against the 37 million figure recorded across the country in 2013. The figure represented a reduction by 53.1 per cent in the number of identified areas of clusters across without access to telecommunications services within the period. Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed…

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Meet Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s New CEO

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Woman Linda: What to know about the 60 year-old veteran advertising executive   Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of Twitter, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. After a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer while he becomes the “exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops.” The Woman Linda Yaccarino serves as chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Taskforce on…

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Why Exposing Children Under 6 Years To Smartphones, Computers Dangerous

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Details of a study by neuropsychologist on children’s brains and exposure to devices with screens show shocking revelations   Smartphones, tablets, and computers should not be accessible to children under the age of six, because it makes them more irritable and worsens their concentration and memories than children who do not use them, according to evidence cited by neuropsychologist Dr Álvaro Bilbao. In his book, Understanding Your Child’s Brain, Bilbao who urges parents to ban devices with screens for children under the age of six, says that the screens…

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No More *556#: MTN, Airtel, Glo, 9Mobile Okay Single Code for Data, Airtime

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigeria’s major telecom companies (MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile) are set to implement a unified set of shortcodes for all telecom services The move is directed by the NCC to make it easier for Nigerians to remember a single code for different services across all networks All old codes for recharging, data subscription, and balance checking will no longer work. READ ALSO: Nigeria Begins Aso Villa Renovation Ahead Of Tinubu’s Inauguration Rising Ethnic Tension Between Hausa and Fulani, By Farooq A. Kperogi She Broke Nigeria’s Varsity 42-year-Record, Bagged 4.0 Perfect…

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For Gen-Z Brides, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

I’m not against social media celebration but do not live there. Do not display what you don’t want to sell. And never forget that those who want you dead or ruined are also ‘following’ you.   I love watching the musical video of Asake’s Joha. There’s just something about it that makes me smile, cheers me up even. I still can’t place a finger on it. Maybe it’s the dance steps, the moves. But this is not a review of musical videos. It is actually about brides, today’s brides dancing…

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Tears To Laughter: Story Of Albert Nketia, 7 Year-Old TikTok Sensation

ADEOLA YUSUF

  How video, which was recorded by his uncle accidentally got to the internet, captured the hearts of millions on social media    Albert Ofosu Nketia, a 7-year-old boy from Ghana, has captured the hearts of millions after a video of him crying and then laughing went viral. The video shows Albert in tears after his mother gave him plantain instead of the yam he had requested. However, his grandmother’s song managed to cheer him up, and he burst into laughter. READ ALSO NO MUM, TWO DADS: Scientists Create Mice…

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Nigeria Records Over 12M Cyberattacks Cases During 2023 Presidential Election 

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The Federal Government has disclosed that over 12 million cases of cyberattacks were reported to have been recorded from within and outside the country during the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly polls. A breakdown o the cases recorded, according to the central government, was that over 6.9 million attacks were recorded on election day alone while the others occurred before and after the polls. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Tuesday through a statement released by his media aide, Uwa Suleiman. READ ALSO: Man…

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Users Groan As Twitter Crashes Second Time In One Week

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Hope you have a good Sunday. First day of the rest of your life.” – Musk tweeted.   For the second time in the space of a week, Twitter experienced a technical glitch. According to DownDetector, the issues started around 4:30pm on Monday and was affecting more than 4,000 users worldwide. DownDetector collates reports of outages from multiple sources, including social media and mobile apps. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Banks Begin Circulation Of Old N1000, N500 Notes Wike Mocks Atiku As PDP Candidate Leads Protest To INEC HQs Election Tinubu Won…

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