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- 20 Dec 2021
Turkey’s New Satellite Has Coverage in Nigeria
Turkey has successfully launched its new satellite Turksat 5B from Cape Canaveral Base in Florida. Along with Turkey, the satellite will serve in a wide coverage area that includes the whole of the…
- 26 Nov 2013
Match.com Sued for $1.5Bn over “Nigerian” 419 Photos
A Florida woman has filed a $1.5 billion class-action lawsuit against online dating site Match.com, alleging the website allowed photos of her and thousands of others to be used illegally to create…
- 28 Nov 2024
Zuckerberg's Mar-a-Lago Meeting with Trump: What It Means for Tech
Billionaire Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg met Wednesday with incoming US president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, the latest sign of the Meta chief’s warming up to…
- 5 Nov 2015
Story of Philip Emeagwali, Others Who Dropped Out of High School
Millions of students drop out of high school every year around the world, making them ineligible for most high paying jobs. In Nigeria, there are some 10.5 million kids out of school, making the…
- 13 Jul 2016
Avaya, iSON Technologies Partner on Digital Transformation across Africa
Avaya, a global leader in business communications software, systems and services, and iSON Technologies, one of Africa’s largest ICT services companies, announced that they are working closely on key…
- 28 Jan 2017
Ojobo is The Authority Newspaper Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016.
Mr. Tony Ojobo, director of Public Affairs (DPA) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been named the most outstanding Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016 by the…
- 9 Nov 2025
COVID-19 Vaccines may Help some Cancer Patients Fight Tumors
The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors. People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were…
- 2 Mar 2015
Report Fingers Jeb Bush in Dirty Nigerian Deals
Jeb Bush was the son of the sitting U.S. president when he was greeted in Nigeria as a hero, leading a 21-person delegation to the country in 1989. “The visit was the grandest celebration of…
- 1 May 2024
US Newspapers Sue OpenAI, Microsoft Over AI Chatbots
Eight US newspapers sued OpenAI and Microsoft in a New York federal court Tuesday for violating their copyright to train the technology behind the ChatGPT and Copilot chatbots. The newspapers, which…
- 4 Nov 2019
IHS Towers Appoints New Non-Executive Independent Directors
IHS Holding Limited (“IHS”), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world and leader in EMEA by tower count, has announced…
- 28 Aug 2015
Adefuye, Nigerian Ambassador to US is Dead
Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, Nigeria’s ambassador and head of Missions in the United States of America is dead. He died on Thursday in a hospital in Washington, DC, where he had gone for a…
- 15 Apr 2016
Sage Announces Multi-Year Partnership with Invictus Games
Sage has announced that it will sponsor the upcoming Invictus Games Orlando 2016 as well as enter into a multi-year partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation. The partnership will see the UK’s…
- 20 Aug 2016
New Horizons Takes Nigeria to Microsoft Global IT Contest
Nigeria’s leading Information Technology training organisaton, New Horizons, is taking Nigeria to a global Information Technology contest by fully sponsoring another Nigerian Secondary School…
- 26 Aug 2016
Software-Defined Storage Market to Reach $22.56Bn by 2021
The global Software-Defined Storage Market is expected to grow from USD 4.72 Billion in 2016 to USD 22.56 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 36.7%, according to a report by…
- 22 Dec 2016
Content Delivery Network Edges to $23.22Bn
Latest report published by MarketsandMarkets shows the global Content Delivery Network (CDN) market will grow from USD 6.05 Billion in 2016 to USD 23.22 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth…
- 4 Apr 2017
NASRDA Partners FUTA to Launch Satellites into Space
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in partnership with the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, and five other countries have completed a global…
- 19 May 2017
Nigeria Plans To Launch Africa’s First Nanosatellite
Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, Prof Seidu Mohammed, director-general, National Space…
- 29 Aug 2017
Senator Christopher Coons Leads U.S. Congressional Delegation Visit to Nigeria
An eight member Congressional delegation from the United States led by Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware) has arrived Nigeria on Monday August 28 and will stay till Thursday August 31. Senator…
- 19 Aug 2017
US Jails Nigerian Hacker who Stole $6.5m
Obinna Obioha, a Nigerian hacker has been jailed for 51 months by a New York federal judge for operating a fraud scheme that swindled $6.5 million from businesses in the U.S. and elsewhere. U.S.…
- 30 Mar 2018
SpaceX to Build Global Broadband Satellite Services
The top U.S. telecommunications regulator gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites. “This is the first approval of a U.S.-licensed…
- 15 Feb 2018
SpaceX Promises Out of this World Internet
Elon Musk's SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world's most powerful rocket, has won an endorsement from the top US communications regulator to build a broadband network using…
- 7 Mar 2018
Google Reveals Top Trended searches in Nigeria
Statistics released by Google yesterday shows that football search top the stories that trended most in Nigeria for the Last 7 days. The company said that excited Liverpool fans raced to…
- 3 Oct 2018
Microsoft Backs DSN’s Deep Learning Bootcamp to Upskill Local Developers in Modern Technologies
Microsoft Africa is the lead sponsor of the third edition of the Data Science Nigeria (DSN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) bootcamp, which is aimed at building capacity in the use of Deep Learning…
- 9 Dec 2019
DStv BoxOffice Unloads 6 Blockbusters to Binge-Watch this Yuletide
If you’re anything like us, this past year has been a whirlwind of work deadlines, social engagements and task juggling. We’ve barely had time to go to the gym, let alone the cinema to catch the…
- 30 Dec 2019
Facial Recognition to Grow 12.5% Annually Through 2024
The facial recognition market is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate of 12.5% for the forecast period 2019 to 2024, according to Mordor Intelligence. The market was valued at $4.51…
- 5 Jul 2021
Hackers Demand $70m after Kaseya Ransomware Attack
Hackers were on Monday demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during a “gargantuan” attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. AFP reported…
- 8 Oct 2021
SATCON and National Security: A New Strategic Partnership is Required in Nigeria (1 of 3)
By Andrew Aroh Nigeria is preparing to cope with a wide range of threats by terrorists, as well as manmade or natural disasters. Now, more that ever Satellite technology is an important element in…
- 10 Apr 2022
Check Point Software Supports Rakia Mission to Space
Check Point® Software Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, is supporting the Rakia Israeli space mission by hosting the communication to the specialised control…
- 1 Jun 2022
Spotify Names Moliy as EQUAL Ambassador for June
Spotify has announced Ghanaian singer and songwriter Moliy as the EQUAL Africa ambassador for the month of June. Known for her ground-breaking ‘WONDERGIRL’ EP released in 2020 as well as for her…
- 26 Jul 2022
Aero Contractors Debunks Diverting $3m Meant for Acquisition of a Bombardier Aircraft
Aero Contractors has vehemently refuted reports that its management and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), diverted $3 Million meant for the acquisition of a Bombardier aircraft. It…