The FBI is warning Gmail, Outlook and all US email users to be on high alert as holiday scams surge, with cybercriminals infiltrating inboxes and draining victims’ bank accounts. The agency flagged four major schemes that typically spike during the season: non-delivery scams, non-payment scams, auction fraud and gift card fraud. In 2024 alone,
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Google, via its charitable arm Google.org, on Friday pledged N3bn to Nigeria to accelerate the nation’s digital transformation, directing funds toward artificial-intelligence training and measures to make its booming online environment safer. The initiative, announced at a press conference in Lagos, is built around a two-pronged strategy and will funnel resources
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OpenAI has launched a new shopping research feature within its ChatGPT platform, designed to assist users in making more informed purchasing decisions. The tool aims to streamline the process of product discovery and comparison by providing tailored buyer's guides based on detailed user input. Personalised recommendations The shopping research experience enables users
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is working on a policy that would impose a five-year ban on ‘serial dud cheque issuers’. Under the proposed penalty clause a customer is designated ‘serial dud cheque issuer’ when he/ she issues cheques three times and they are not honoured due to insufficient funds. The CBN announced
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Lagos State Government and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, have stressed the need for secondary school students to use the internet responsibly, safely, and confidently, while surfing the internet for educational research. They gave the advice in Lagos during the Child Online Safety Protection and Reporting of Abuse
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The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has secured the suspension of several .ng domain names found to be engaged in large-scale, unauthorised distribution of copyrighted sound recordings and other creative works. The enforcement action followed a formal request by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and was carried out in collaboration with
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Small and medium-sized enterprises across Nigeria are losing sales at an alarming rate due to slow, inconsistent responses to customer messages on WhatsApp and Instagram, which are platforms that have quietly become the country’s main marketplaces. This was revealed in a statement on Tuesday by Techstars-backed cloud communications company, PressOne Africa,
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Femi Bejide, CEO of STATISENSE and Clan Afric, stated that young Nigerian professionals who master AI, build their digital visibility, and network effectively position themselves for accelerated career growth. Speaking on “The Future-Ready Profession” at the CLEAN Conference 2025, held on Saturday at the Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, Bejide emphasized that
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The Blue Apple Educational Foundation, a leading advocate for the promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Innovation (STEI) in Nigeria, has officially announced an extension of the submission deadline for its flagship National Engineering Science and Technology Essay Competition (NESTEC) 6.0. The new deadline for essay submissions is now January 31, 2026.
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Princeton University has confirmed that a database containing information on alumni, donors, and students was “compromised by outside actors for less than 24 hours.” The incident, which occurred this week, affected a system within the Ivy League school’s advancement office. The database contained personal information, including names, contact details, and specifics regarding “fundraising
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