Tag: Internet
EFCC Arrests 11 for Alleged Internet Fraud
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects are: ... Read More
Google, IGHUB to Train Abia Teachers on Online Safety
Google Nigeria, and IGHUB, a technology-based outfit, on Saturday organised a capacity building seminar to train Abia teachers on online safety in Aba. IGHUB’s CEO, ... Read More
Dr. Isa Pantami Meets Governors on Broadband Penetration
As part of an effort to drive a Digital Economy for a Digital Nigeria, the Focused and Result Oriented Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital ... Read More
NIGCOMSAT targets 84.5% of internet access by 2023
Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), says it is targeting 84.5 per cent population of internet access by 2023 to expand its frontier. Mr Samson Osagie, ... Read More
NERDC Partners PPDC, Google on Online Safety Measures in School Curriculum
The Nigerian Educational Research Development Council (NERDC) in partnership with Public Private Development Council (PPDC) and Google is set to harmonise and review the safety ... Read More
World Wide Web celebrates 30 years in existence
The World Wide Web (www) is celebrating its 30 years of existence and enabling people to connect better on the internet. The founder and web ... Read More
Google Station Targets 200 Locations in Nigeria by 2019
Web search engine, Google, has unveiled Google Station aimed at providing free high-quality, high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots to millions of Nigerians. The launching made Nigeria the ... Read More
Kaspersky Lab: “93℅ Nigerian Children Visit Communication Sites With Parental Controls”
About 93 percent of Nigerian children visit communication sites such as social media, messengers or e-mails with computers that have parental controls switched on, a global cybersecurity ... Read More
#Breaking EU Commission Fines Google €2.42bn For Abuse Of Search Dominance
The European Commission on Tuesday, fined the search engine giant, Google €2.42 billion for alleged breaching EU antitrust rules. In a press release on its ... Read More
Facebook To Start Production Of High-Quality TV Series
Facebook will soon start production of high-quality television series and gaming shows to be broadcast on its platform, one of the social media giant’s executives ... Read More
“WannaCry” Global Attack similar To North Korean Hacks – Researchers
Cybersecurity researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the “WannaCry” cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide. A ... Read More
Min. of Communication Sets up Committee to Review National Broadband Penetration
Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu has inaugurated a Committee to review the status of the National Broadband plan and suggest ways of accelerating infrastructure deployment, ... Read More
Facebook, Nigerian Groups Working To Ensure Safer Internet
Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) (www.SaferInternetDay.org) and Facebook (www.Facebook.com) has launched a series of initiatives to help make the Internet a safer and better ... Read More
Four Billion People Lack Internet Access
Almost four billion people still lack access to online platform through the internet, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says, pledging to tackle the ... Read More
NITDA’S New DG, Isa Ali Pantami, PhD Assumes Duty
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami assumed duty as the substantive Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) following the announcement by the ... Read More
Poor Use of Internet By Nigerians Shows Decline In Number Of Users As Figure Drops To 93.7m In Feb
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in its monthly Internet Subscriber Data said that internet users on Nigeria’s telecommunications networks reduced to 93.75 million as at ... Read More
Nigerian Government Can Generate More Revenue Through ICT, Experts Say
Some experts in Information Communication Technology (ICT) have advised the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for the sector to thrive and generate more ... Read More
Internet Fraudster Bags Two Years Jail Term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 15, 2015 secured the conviction of an internet fraudster, Egbeniyi Oluwafemi( a.k.a Raymond Morrison, Mavis Mar ... Read More
Cyber Experts Call For Urgent Steps To Secure Nigeria’s Cyber-Space
As Nigeria continues to deploy information technology platforms to run its Affairs, experts want the country to take urgent steps in building infrastructure and capacity ... Read More
African Internet Conference Focus on Socio-Economic Development
By Reuben Okala Internet experts under the aegis of Africa Domain Name system are in Nigeria to further bridge the digital divide with a ... Read More