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- 10 Dec 2025
AI-Powered Fraud Drives Global Race for Deepfake Defenses
Reality Defender and 1Kosmos have announced a strategic partnership that will see the deepfake detection firm integrate its real-time deepfake defenses into 1Kosmos’ blockchain-based biometric…
- News9 Sept 2026
Robots Protest in Poland over AI Regulation Concerns
Around 30 humanoid and quadruped robots joined a protest in front of Poland’s digital affairs ministry, calling for stronger AI regulations.
- 24 Feb 2025
MultiChoice Announces Fresh Price Hike for DStv, GOtv Packages
MultiChoice Nigeria has announced an increase in subscription rates for its DStv and GOtv packages, effective March 1, 2025. In a statement issued to customers on Monday, the company cited the need…
- 8 Jan 2025
Call, Data Tariffs Will Increase - Nigerian Minister, Tijani Declares
Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has announced that telecom tariffs in Nigeria will soon increase, but not by the 100 percent proposed by Mobile Network…
- 31 Mar 2026
Nigeria's Oil Jackpot: Brent Hits $100 Amid Iran Chaos – NFP to Rock Markets This Week
By Lukman Otunuga, Head of Market Research, FXTM Oil benchmarks are heading for their best monthly gain since 1990. FXTM Rising concerns over supply shocks as the Strait of Hormuz remained…
- 16 Dec 2017
Ekeh, Zinox Boss Declares Access Bank Ready for Digital Disruption
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman, Zinox Group, has declared that foremost financial institution, Access Bank Plc. is eminently equipped to take advantage of the impending…
- 19 Nov 2016
Nigerians Ignore EFCC Warnings, Invest Billions in MMM
Fallen on difficult times amid the country’s first recession in decades, millions of Nigerians have turned to Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM), a Ponzi scheme with roots in Russia, which promises…
- 25 Feb 2026
Sophos Report: Identity Attacks Drive 67% of Cyber Incidents as Threat Groups Surge in 2025
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released the 2026 Sophos Active Adversary Report. John Shier It reveals that 67% of all incidents…
- 12 Feb 2018
Professor Johnbull Reviews Characteristics of Slay Queens
Professor Johunbull, Globacom‘s sponsored TV drama series, this week x-rays the antics of slay queens, a tag given to ladies who have a penchant for frivolities rather than substance. And…
- 7 Nov 2014
Faces, Backgrounds of Those Who Want to Rule Nigeria
Yes, the 2015 race for Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of power has started -- and candidates have completely immersed themselves in the battle of the presidential election! Leadership newspaper took a look…
- 11 May 2019
Investors Caught Off-Guard with CBN Gov's Reappointment
By Lukman Otunuga, FXTM Research Analyst, Investors were caught completely off guard this week after Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari reappointed the CBN governor Godwin Emefiele for a second…
- 12 Aug 2026
Cyber Resilience a Critical Priority for Manufacturing Amid Rapid Digitalization - Report Shows
As 60% of manufacturers race toward full digitalisation, cyber risk is increasingly manifesting as a business risk, according to a new global report by Kaspersky and VDC Strategy. This means…
- 27 Nov 2025
CBN’s 303rd MPC Meeting: A Technocratic Victory, an Economic Setback, and a Missed Opportunity on Nigeria’s Real Crisis
By Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 303rd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting arrived at a time of unprecedented tension within the Nigerian economy. The country has not faced a…
- 26 Feb 2014
Sanusi, Sacked CBN Gov is a Voodoo Statistician-Maku
Mr. Labaran Maku, minister of Information and National Orientation, has said that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, made himself a whistle blower as well as a…
- 23 Dec 2021
Startimes Unveils ‘Breaking-In’ Reality Show for Job Seekers
Startimes Nigeria, digital television provider, has launched a novel reality television show, titled ‘Breaking in’ to aid Nigerian job seekers to connect to their dream jobs and employers of labour.…
- 4 May 2023
Sophos’ Industry-First Vendor-Agnostic MDR Service Grows Customer Base by 33%, Six Months after Launch
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has announced that its industry-first vendor-agnostic Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service has grown its…
- 7 Apr 2021
CBN Freezes 11 Bank Accounts over Suspicious Activities
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has got an order from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 11 bank accounts to enable it conduct investigations into suspicious activities, according to two…
- 26 Jan 2026
Firm Identifies AI as Common Denominator in Entertainment Industry’s 2026 Security Threats
In its Kaspersky Security Bulletin, the cybersecurity company’s researchers identified critical threats expected to affect the global entertainment industry in 2026, from ticketing and visual effects…
- 3 Dec 2024
Report Reveals Most Organisations Fear AI-driven Cyberattacks but Lack Key Defences
A recent Kaspersky study reveals that businesses are increasingly worried about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyberattacks. According to the findings, 70% of surveyed companies…
- 15 Dec 2021
Cybersecurity Predictions for 2022
By Daniel Markuson As quantum computers start getting more traction, the potential benefits go side by side with the harm that may also emerge To defend against emerging threats, post-quantum…
- 11 Sept 2018
MTN seeks Relief from Federal High Court against CBN & AGF
MTN Nigeria on Monday filed for an injunction against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, following the government’s recent…
- 14 Aug 2024
NASENI, Ministry of Defence, DICON Sign Landmark MoU to Establish Nigeria's Ammunition Production Factory
In a significant step towards enhancing Nigeria's defence capabilities and achieving self-reliance in military hardware production, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure…
- 27 Mar 2022
Young African Team Wins PMI’s First-Ever Make Reality Challenge
Four Rwandan students enrolled at the African Leadership University beat tough competition from 10,000 other Rising Leaders to emerge winners at the first ever global Make Reality Challenge hosted by…
- 29 Apr 2026
Telcos Defend N6.98 USSD Charge despite Failed Transactions
Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has defended the N6.98 Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), fee charged on banking transactions, insisting that the…
- 11 Jul 2021
Jeff Bezos, Amazon and e-commerce Wealth: Can Konga Defend Africa’s Position?
By Kingsley ‘Bobby’ Collins On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, the world awoke to the news that Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant, Amazon, had further left the rest of the world behind in the wealth…
- 20 Jun 2021
Nigerian Corporates -Dangote, Konga, Others Can Defend Future of Nigeria
By Umar H.Farouk, a corporate guru based in Dubai. A popular philanthropist and business icon was once quoted as saying that when entrepreneurs from Nigeria die, they will be ushered into heaven by…
- 11 Sept 2018
MTN Fights Back, Sues AGF, CBN over $10Bn Fine
MTN Group has applied to the Federal High Court of Nigeria to prevent local authorities from acting on claims that the company illegally moved $8.1 billion out of the country and owes $2 billion in…
- 3 Apr 2018
Facebook Pleads for More Years to Fix Problems
Mark Zuckerberg,Chairman and CEO of Facebook has said in an interview released on Monday that they need “a few years” to fix the problems uncovered by the revelations on the hijacking of private user…
- 11 Sept 2020
COVID-19: Cybersafe Foundation Unveils Plan to Equip & Empower Digitally Vulnerable Groups, SMEs
CyberSafe Foundation, one of Nigeria’s foremost non-governmental organization in the information security domain, has unveiled plans to equip digitally vulnerable groups and 1500 SMEs with the…
- 29 Apr 2026
Why Nigerians Still Pay N6.98 Even When Bank USSD Fails - ALTON Finally Explains
The recent broadcast on Nigeria Radio FM 99.3, hosted by Jimi Disu, saw listeners ask Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on…