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- 26 Jul 2023
Google Partners Verve on Digital Transactions on Google Play Store
Google has partnered with Verve, the largest domestic card scheme in Africa, to make digital transactions on Google Play Store easier and more accessible for Nigerians. As of today, Nigerians can use…
- 13 Apr 2025
NITDA Warns Against Fake Google Play Store
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a public advisory warning Nigerians about a fraudulent website impersonating the Google Play Store. Mrs Hadiza Umar, head of…
- 1 Nov 2016
ntel’s VOXHD App now Available on Google Play Store
ntel, Nigeria’s most advanced 4G/LTE network provider, has launched its VOXHD application on Google Play Store The Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) application allow customers who have 4G/LTE devices supported…
- 13 Dec 2016
'Aboki Run', First Nigerian Game to Feature on Google Play Store
Aboki Run, a 3D endless runner game designed and developed by Nigeria’s premier mobile gaming company, Maliyo Games and officially released this month has become the 1st Nigerian mobile game to be…
- 24 Jun 2025
Kaspersky Discovers SparkKitty a New Trojan Spy on App Store and Google Play
Kaspersky researchers have discovered a new Trojan spy called SparkKitty which targets smartphones on iOS and Android. It sends images from an infected phone and information about the device to the…
- 7 Oct 2016
YouTube Kids App Opens for Download on Google Play, App Store
Like most Nigerian parents, you love helping your kids learn new things about the world. For instance, you spend a lot of time with them on YouTube, watching videos that interest them, skipping…
- 14 Jun 2021
Google Yanks Off Adamu Garba’s Social Media App from Play Store
Google, popular search engine, has deleted Adamu Garba’s Crowwe social media app from Play Store. Adamu Garba Garba, who was formerly a presidential aspirant, created the application as an imitation…
- 27 Feb 2015
Report Shows iOS, Google Play Gained in 1Bn Mobile Game Market
International Data Corporation (IDC) and App Annie on Thursday released the Portable Gaming Spotlight, 2014 Review, a report that characterizes several key portable gaming trends and marketplace…
- 17 Apr 2023
Cybercriminals Use Darknet to Sell Malicious Google Play Apps for up to US$20,000
After analysing offers of malicious apps on Google Play that are for sale on the Darknet, Kaspersky experts have discovered that malicious mobile apps and store developer accounts are being sold at…
- 30 Jul 2024
Kaspersky Discovers New Mandrake Spyware Campaign with over 32,000 Installs on Google Play
Kaspersky researchers have identified a new spyware campaign distributing Mandrake malware through Google Play under the guise of legitimate apps related to cryptocurrency, astronomy, and utility…
- 5 Feb 2025
Firm Discovers New Crypto-stealing Trojan in AppStore, Google Play
Kaspersky Threat Research expertise center has discovered a new data-stealing Trojan, SparkCat, active in AppStore and Google Play since at least March 2024. This is the first known instance of…
- 25 Sept 2024
Necro Trojan Sneaks into Google Play with up to 11m Victims
In late August 2024, Kaspersky experts identified a new version of the Necro Trojan that had infiltrated several popular applications on Google Play and modified applications on unofficial platforms,…
- 9 Feb 2018
Africanews Launches App for Android on Google Play
Africanews, a leading multilingual and Pan-African news outlet is now available to all device mobile owners through its apps designed to run on iOS and Android. Africanews free app allows…
- 14 Feb 2025
TikTok Returns on Apple, Google US App Stores as Trump Delays Ban
TikTok returned to the U.S. app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be…
- 19 May 2020
Get Google Assistant to Play & Keep Your Kids Busy During this Lockdown
Playtime is a time when children interact with the world around them. Experts agree that play has a profound impact on childhood learning and advocate that schools incorporate a healthy playtime for…
- 8 Aug 2022
NCC-CSIRT Flags 'HiddenAds' Malware that Jeopardizes Users' Privacy
The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has flagged a new malware, HiddenAds, which has infiltrated Google Play Store that can impact device…
- 13 Oct 2016
Emirates, Google Join Hands to Launch “Celebrating Arabic Reading”
Emirates Airline and Google are ‘Celebrating Arabic Reading’ all through October in a collaboration to reach millions of smartphone users in the region, and support the UAE’s Year of Reading, a…
- 22 Sept 2023
Truecaller Unveils Brand Identity Features to Curb Fraud
Truecaller has announced a corporate rebranding and launch of a brand new app icon that will be instantly recognisable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The taming of the new brand…
- 31 Oct 2018
Arik Air Launches New Mobile App
Arik Air has announced the launch of a new Mobile App. A statement from the management said the new app is “Free to download on Google Play Store and IOS App Store,” adding that the App presents…
- 12 Jun 2015
App Annie, IDC Report How Mobile Games Top Changers
Leading mobile app analytics company App Annie and International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier provider of technology market intelligence services, on Friday unveiled a special report ahead of…
- 30 May 2023
How Scammers are Using Fake ChatGPT Apps to Fleece Users Out of Thousands of Dollars - Sophos Reports
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Tuesday announced that it had uncovered multiple apps masquerading as legitimate, ChatGPT-based chatbots to…
- 11 May 2020
Ecobank Partners Google on eLearning
Ecobank Group is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the COVID-19…
- 3 Mar 2021
Dealboku Releases Mobile App, Begins Sale of Phones and Accessories
Dealboku, Nigeria's leading online services and products deals market place has launched its mobile app. It is now available on Google play store.…
- 7 May 2020
COVID-19: Ecobank, Google Partner to Support Children Learning During Lockdown
Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at…
- 7 May 2020
Ecobank, Google Partner to Keep Children Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at…
- 7 Feb 2018
Opera News Clocks 1 million Downloads in Africa
Opera's news app, Opera News has reached 1 million downloads across Africa just four weeks after it launched in Jan 9, 2018. Opera News is also the preferred news app in Kenya on Google Play Store…
- 21 Apr 2021
1 in 9 Android Phones in Nigeria Infected with Mobile Malware
Research shows that mobile users in Nigeria have been impacted by mobile malware during the COVID-19 pandemic. The country, which has low mobile internet penetration at 35%, has tremendous growth…
- 4 Apr 2024
Google Sues Crypto Scammers for Defrauding Thousands of People with Fake Apps on PlayStore
Google is filing a lawsuit against two app developers accused of using the Google Play Store to distribute deceptive investment and trading apps. These apps, fished out by Google, although disguised…
- 23 Jan 2018
9mobile, Bango Launch Payment Solution
9mobile has partnered Bango, a leading global mobile payments company, to launch operator-billed payments for Google Play users. With this, customers can through 9pay, pay for an array of…
- 28 Aug 2025
Cybersecurity Implications of the New App Verification Introduced by Google
With a goal to curb malware and financial scams, Google has announced a new policy requiring developer verification for all Android app installations on certified devices – those with preloaded…