Paradigm Initiative, a digital rights group, has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the Nigerian surveillance and interception regime. This is because it believes that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is allowing foreign governments to spy on Nigerians. Relying on the Freedom of Information
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AMIDST increasing levels of sabotage on oil installations and assets across the country, Umugini Pipeline Infrastructure Limited (UPIL), yesterday, announced it successfully flowed about 18,990,982.34 barrels since its commencement of commercial inception in 2014. Managing Director of UPIL, Mr. Blessing Ayemhere, stated this at the unveiling of the company’s new logo
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Nigeria has been honoured in France for its floating facility, which is expected to add 200,000 barrels of oil per day to the country’s daily production. The facility built by Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) bagged the ‘Project of the Year’ award on Monday at the Africa Assembly, organised by the
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Because they’re so useful for so many things, drones will undoubtedly become a more common sight in the next few years. And as the number of drones in the sky increases, the need to track these mini-flying machines as they move from one spot to another will become more important. In a
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Federal government has set measures in place to commence sanctioning of violators of government data hosting guidelines in line with the provisions of the NITDA Act 2007 and the other relevant laws in Nigeria. The Director General of NITDA, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami who just disclosed this, said the new measure
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The deployment of mobile Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence services in Nigeria has been described as sluggish compared to giant strides by some African countries. According to the AI Maturity Report in South Africa, commissioned by Microsoft and conducted by Ernst & Young, ‘AI pilots and experimentation are now
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MTN Nigeria yesterday said it has launched 4G+ in Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt, saying the enhance service platform will help it deliver a premium experience to more people across the country. MTN 4G+ runs on 4G LTE Advanced Technology, using a combination of the recently acquired 800 MHz spectrum and
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Hackers targeted mobile phone networks around the world to snoop on specific users, according to a report by Cybereason, a US-Israeli security firm. The level of access they gained to the networks meant they could have shut them down had they wanted to. Cybereason concluded “with a high level of certainty” that
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SpaceX Launches Its First Nighttime Rocket With 24 Satellites. The U.S. private space company Space X on Tuesday launched its rocket Falcon Heavy carrying 24 satellites into three different orbits in the most difficult ever mission. The Falcon Heavy, the world’s most powerful operational rocket, blasted off from the Kennedy Space
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Turkish Airlines, the airline that flies to more destination in the world, has launched its inaugural flight from Istanbul to Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Starting from the 24th of June 2019, passengers from Port Harcourt will experience the airline’s multiple fleet, on board hospitality, and lounges four times a week through
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