Tag: Nigeria
Nigerian regulator sues Meta, seeks US$69.4 million, lessons for Ghana
Nigeria's Advertising Regulatory Council (ARCON) has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms (owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) and its agent, AT3 Resources Limited...
Nigeria: Telcos to disrupt SMS banking services due to $185m USSD...
The row between Nigerian banks and telecommunications operators over the unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) debt seems to have resumed, as telcos disclosed, that...
​Fibre optic cable thieves arrested in Lagos
Security officials in Lagos, Nigeria have picked up five suspected telecom fibre optic cable thieves at Ikoyi, TechEconomy.ng has reported. ​​
The policemen were on...
Nigerian man in US$31 million cyber fraud wanted by FBI
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared a Nigerian man wanted for defrauding the state of New York of more than $30...
Zipline begins commercial deliveries of medical supplies in Nigeria
Zipline, a leader in instant logistics, has commenced commercial deliveries of medical commodities via unmanned aerial vehicles, otherwise called drones, to health facilities within...
Nigeria: Over 50,000 telecom infrastructure vandalized in 5 years
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecom infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country...
Flutterwave secures key Nigeria licence ahead of planned listing
Flutterwave, the biggest Africa-focused fintech firm, has obtained a switching and processing licence for electronic payments in Nigeria as it seeks to expand across...
Nigeria orders Google to block banned groups from YouTube
Nigeria has asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organisations in the country, information minister Lai...
Telecom tariffs to go up in Nigeria
As oil revenue dwindles, the Nigerian government is looking for other ways to generate income, and has therefore approved the implementation of a 5% excise...
ID cards, home addresses of Nigerians exposed in huge government security...
A new report from the cyber-security team of online resource supplier Website Planet indicates that a huge alleged security fault at Nigerian government healthcare organisation PLASCHEMA...