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- 17 May 2026
Xenophobic Attacks: Anonymous Nigeria Threatens to Leak South African Stolen Data
Anonymous Nigeria, hacktivism, known for launching coordinated cyberattacks and protests in support of socio-political movements, has threatened to leak stolen South African government data unless…
- 28 Feb 2015
Archos Brand Makes Triumphant Entry to Nigeria
Archos Soicete Anonymes Plc, a French multi-national electronics company, has launched its brand presence in Nigeria, promising phone lovers new experiences in smartphone, tablet and connected…
- 23 May 2022
Experts Urge Nigerians to Wary of Cyber Attacks
Cyber security experts and international data organisations have warned Nigerians to wary of activities of cyber criminals hiding under the anonymity of the information super highway. Nigeria has…
- 19 Oct 2020
#ENDSARS: Airtel Denies Offering Free Airtime
Airtel Nigeria has denied rolling out free N1,000 recharge to its numerous subscribers. This was disclosed on Monday, by a source in the Telco, who preferred to be anonymous as he is not permitted to…
- 26 May 2026
SARS Denies Being Hacked by Nullsec Nigeria, Hacker Group
South African Revenue Service (SARS) has dismissed claims that its systems were breached, following allegations by a hacker group that it had compromised the tax authority’s digital infrastructure.…
- 12 Jun 2012
Nigerian Economy Attracts Investors, Terrorists - Symantec
Nigeria faces new threat from people hiding under the anonymity of the internet to wreck havoc adding to her notoriety as haven for car hijacking, armed robbery and sea piracy, a new report made…
- 18 Apr 2017
Counterfeiters Now Control 10% Phone Market Share in Nigeria
Fake phone manufacturers and importers seem to be having upper hand in the current battle with such products’ regulators in Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. According to an impeccable…
- 9 Oct 2016
WPD ’16: Kenya Occupies 3 Positions in UPU, Nigeria in Low Key Celebration
Kenya has been elected into three key positions of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a top UN agency dealing with the postal services. Ambassador Bishar Hussein of Kenya was re-elected as the…
- 21 Dec 2009
Danger Lurks as Cyber Terrorists Threaten Nigeria
Nigeria is at risk of cyber terrorism and needs urgent framework including laws to stave off premeditated, politically motivated attacks against government, institutions, information and computer…
- 25 Aug 2020
MTN, Unacast Partner to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19 through Turbine Location Processing Engine
MTN Nigeria, Unacast have partnered to use privacy-friendly, aggregated and anonymized, human mobility insights derived from MTN’s network data, to make available a version of Unacast’s recognized…
- 15 Oct 2020
#EndSARS: Hackers Down Police Website, Target other FG Websites
Hacktivists, a group, known for hacking repressive governments’ websites has rendered the official website of the Nigeria Police Force inaccessible after the group compromised its database Thursday.…
- 25 Aug 2018
The Role of E-Payment Systems in Doing Business in Nigeria
By Rotimi Adeniyi-Akintola Countries the world over are witnessing the rapid evolution of payment systems. These changes follow the technological shift from traditional modes of payment such as cash,…
- 17 Sept 2012
Marital Records Manually Archived @ Ikoyi Registry
In a world of vast technological advancement, records of marriages conducted in Nigeria’s premier civil marriage registry located in Ikoyi, Lagos are manually documented, a situation expert say could…
- 9 Jan 2016
MTN Lures Customers’ for Biometrics Revalidation with Free Airtime
MTN Nigeria has commenced massive customers' biometrics revalidation/profiling. The operator with over 65million subscribers is currently in legal fireworks with the industry regulator, the Nigerian…
- 1 Sept 2013
Cyber Crooks Threatens National Security with RAT
Despite recent moves by Nigeria to enact a cyber crime law to combat the global scourge, a study by Symantec – the leading security firm, shows the rogues are inventing more ingenuous routes to…
- 24 Jan 2015
Bank Insiders Help Fraudsters Steal Billions
Despite multiple security checks in banks, incidents of fraud are on the increase, prompting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to raise alarm, blaming it on insiders. A report by Weekly Trust takes a…
- 15 Apr 2019
Cyber Terrorists Threaten Nigeria, Experts Proffer Solutions
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. Nigeria as a country is at risk of cyber terrorism and needs urgent…
- 23 May 2018
Opera in Race to Acquire Nigeria’s Telnet
Telnet Nigeria Limited, the Nigerian technology conglomerate, is near closing a deal to sell stakes in its mobile money business subsidiary, Paycom to the maker of popular Opera Mini browser, Opera…
- 18 Aug 2008
Cyber Crime: Killing Nigeria Quickly
Cyber criminals unarmed but very lethal are on the prowl in Nigeria. The unchecked activities of these thieves are near plague. At least count, Nigeria financial institutions lost some N7.3billion…
- 11 Aug 2008
Identity Thieves Steal N7.4Bn from Banks
Nigeria financial institutions lost some N7.3billion last year to cyber thieves, underscoring the greatest and perhaps most dangerous threat to the development of the country, Nigeria…
- 26 Apr 2018
MTN Plans $500m IPO- SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that MTN Group had finally commenced discussions with the commission on its proposed 500 million dollars Initial Public Offering (IPO). A…
- 26 Apr 2020
Banks to Resume Cheque Clearance after Lockdown
Deposit money banks in the country are expected to resume clearing of cheques once the lockdown imposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in two states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is either…
- 13 Jan 2017
Deloitte Warns against Bitcoin Wallet Thieves, Others
Asides Bitcoin transactions being irreversible and the prices volatile, Tope Aladenusi, Partner, Cyber Risks Services, Deloitte West Africa, has warned that ‘Bitcoin wallet thieves’ and…
- 6 Feb 2017
Chevron in Major Roll-Out with Zinox Computer
Information gathered during a recent oil expo indicates that Chevron Nigeria, a world leading integrated energy multinational corporation with headquarters in the United States, has engaged the…
- 4 Jan 2022
Dana Plane, Car in Near-Collision on Lagos Airport Runway
A mishap was averted at the airside of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos when a speeding vehicle had a near collision with a Dana Air plane taxiing to take off on Runway 18L of the airport. The…
- 18 Sept 2019
Xenophobia: Nigerian Returnees from South Africa Recount Ordeal, Laud Air Peace, Others
By Taofik Bankole, When Air Peace announced early last week that it was willing to help bring back Nigerians who were caught in the middle of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, at least 600 people…
- 29 Feb 2016
You Don't Need to be Professor to Edit Wikipedia -- Olatunde Isaac
Wikipedia, the world largest encyclopedia was established on 15th January 2001 by Jimmy Wales with the vision to create a digital encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content. The…
- 15 Jul 2015
NNPC’s Withdrawal of $1.2Bn Triggers Panic in Banks
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has withdrawn $1.2 billion (N240 billion) from banks, triggering more dollar liquidity squeeze in the money market and causing the value of the naira to…
- 15 Jul 2020
Obaro, SystemSpecs Boss Advocates Technology as Panacea for Corruption
John Obaro, managing director of SystemSpecs, has enjoined government, regulators as well as other players in the private and public sectors of the Nigerian economy to leverage technology to tackle…
- 3 Sept 2024
NPF-NCCC Arrests Alleged Hacker for Leaking Classified Documents
Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC) has arrested an alleged anonymous hacker linked to a series of crimes including conspiracy, breaches of the Official Secrets Act, and the…