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- 13 Aug 2012
From Hotmail to Outlook.com
It is no longer news that hotmail.com now operates as Outlook. Lovers of Hotmail currently use Outlook (Microsoft Office Outlook Connector), which Microsoft provides for free, and available for free…
- 5 Oct 2009
FG to Ban Yahoomail, Hotmail, Other Free emails, Creates 10,000 New .ng emails
Federal civil servants will soon be banned from using free email accounts like Yahoomail, hotmail in a fresh security ethos designed to permeate through all tiers of government and its agencies and…
- 6 Feb 2012
FG Bans Use of Yahoomail, hotmail for Official Business
After what appears a long wavering, the federal government has dusted its project to migrate all its ministries, departments and agencies as well as civil servants to the .ng domain based websites…
- 21 Mar 2014
Microsoft Caught Up in Email Privacy Row
Microsoft said its has tightened its internal procedures after it's staff were found to have read private emails being sent through its Hotmail email service. The incident was fairly unique and…
- 30 Mar 2014
Microsoft Beefs up Customer Privacy Policy
Microsoft Corp, under fire for accessing an employee's private Hotmail account to prove he was leaking computer code to a blogger, has said it will now refer all suspicions of illegal activity on its…
- 19 Jun 2026
FG Bans Use of Gmail, Other Personal Emails for Civil Service Operations
Federal government has banned the use of personal email accounts, such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail, for official public-sector transactions, mandating that civil servants transition to a secure,…
- 1 Jan 2016
Microsoft to Warn email Users of Suspected Hacking by Governments
Microsoft Corp said it will begin warning users of its consumer services including Outlook.com email when the company suspects that a government has been trying to hack into their accounts. The…
- 8 Dec 2008
Nokia Transforms Internet Experience with N97 Mobile Computer
Nokia has said it is building a world where we can always connect to our friends and loved ones, where we can know what they are doing, where they are and how they are feeling. A world where we can…
- 3 Feb 2016
New Platform Offers Free Airtime to Mobile Users in Nigeria
Sliide Airtime, a privately-held technology company with offices in Lagos and London, has announced Nigeria as the launch market for its Sliide Airtime service which provides users with a new way to…
- 5 May 2016
Hacker Trades 272m Passwords for Social Media Likes
Security researchers find a hacker bragging online that he'd amassed a mountain of passwords. And he didn't want much in return for them. At least, that's the message coming from a hacker who…
- 5 Sept 2016
Shehu, Rudman, Udeagu Lead NiRA Academy Drives
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has made some appointments to deepen the activities of its Academy. The Board approved Sikiru Shehu appointment as Dean of the Academy; Mohammed…
- 15 Sept 2016
NiRA Moves .ng Crusade to Jobberman, Crashes Rate to N500
In continuation of "adopt the .ng crusade", Sunday Folayan, president of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) recently led his team to a strategic meeting with One Africa Media, the…
- 29 Mar 2017
SpeedUPAfrica Bootcamp for Start-Ups Returns to Nigeria
The SpeedUPAfrica Bootcamp is returning to Nigeria from July 5-9 with the goal of empowering a new wave of African start-ups. Following the event’s success in 2016, the team behind the bootcamp -…
- 30 Mar 2017
Rack Centre in a Race for Data Centre Solutions Awards
Rack Centre, Africa’s premium Data Centre, is a finalist in two categories in the internationally acclaimed Data Centre Solutions (DCS) awards in the UK, the only African based Data Centre provider…
- 8 Aug 2017
6 Ways to Spot a Fake eCommerce Website
The internet has made shopping and booking very easy. You can sit in the comfort of your room to buy or book anything. The consequence of the shopping ease is that many popular retail or eCommerce…
- 16 Apr 2018
Rack Centre Declared Finalist In The 2018 UK DCS Awards
Rack Centre, Africa’s premium Data Centre, for the second-year running has been announced as a finalist in two categories in this year’s Data Centre Solutions Awards in the United Kingdom. The…
- 31 Aug 2018
FG to Ban Gmail, Others for Official Work, Mulls .ng
Use of private e-mail networks like Gmail, Yahoo and others will soon be officially banned for all government use, in a renewed security ethos designed to permeate through all tiers of government and…
- 16 Feb 2022
FG Outlaws Use of Gmail, Yahoo Mail for Official Business
Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has said that the federal government has outlawed the use of generic internet domains for official purposes. Pantami said this on…
- 3 Nov 2015
$9.3Bn Global Cyber-Crime Lose Emanates from Nigeria- CSEAN
Cyber-crime originating from Nigeria costs about $9.3 billion annually across the globe, President, Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remi Afon has said.‎ ‎ In a statement in…
- 19 Jan 2009
Financial E-mail Spam Soars
Financial scammers’ activities seem to be increasing in spite of effort by stakeholders in the e-payment sector of the economy to educate people on their antis. Last week, some scammers sent…
- 30 Nov 2009
Glo Offers Prepaid Blackberry Subscribers free Yahoo mail access
Subscribers of Glo Mobile’s prepaid Blackberry service can now access their internet mails on Yahoo portal free of charge. The development makes Glo the only network in Nigeria offering…
- 30 Aug 2013
Microsoft to Officially Launch MSN Portal in Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria is on top of plans to officially launch its flagship MSN portal for Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. The portal, although already live is scheduled to be commissioned…
- 3 Sept 2013
Microsoft Promises More Local Content with MSN Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria has promised to satisfy Nigerians with locally relevant content via the Microsoft Network (MSN Nigeria) portal, her brand new Company’s portal, offering news, sports, money, games,…
- 16 Mar 2014
States, Local Govts. Get August Deadline on .ng
State governments’ ministries and parastatals as well as local governments in the country have till August this year to host their websites on the country’s top level domain name .ng, in a bid to…
- 12 Aug 2015
Arik Air Alerts Customers on Scam Websites
Arik Air, West Africa's leading airline, has warned the customers on the notorious activities cyber fraudsters who have cloned the website to deceive the unsuspecting members of the public. In a…