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- 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.…
- 6 Oct 2020
IG Bans SARS, Others from Searching People’s Phones, Laptops
Muhammed Adamu, Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has banned policemen, especially men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) across the country from searching people’s mobile phones, laptops and…
- 30 Sept 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 19 Oct 2020
Our Youth and the Protests, Looking Beyond End SARS
By Austin Okere The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their…
- 14 Oct 2020
#EndSARS: Nigeria’s Tech Startup Scene Faces Horrors of Police Brutality
Nigeria’s bubbly tech startup scene which is awash with “young-and-getting-it coders and tech entrepreneurs” has been disproportionately affected by the SARS menace. According to weetracker.com,…
- 15 Sept 2010
UBA Signs EUR 234M Oil and Gas Financing Deal in Sénéga
United Bank for Africa has secured a EUR 234 million oil and gas financing deal with SAR (Société Africaine de Raffinage) of Senegal in a move that underscores its capacity to fund big…
- 22 Oct 2020
NAOSRE Condemns Shooting of Unarmed Protesters at Lekki, Calls for Dialogue
The National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, has lent its voice to the global outcry over the unwarranted killings of innocent #End SARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on…
- 1 Feb 2017
Nokia Modernizes Smart Grid to Bring Power Distribution Networks into IoT Era
Nokia is introducing the 7705 SAR-Hm, a purpose-built, feature-rich LTE/3G wireless router aimed at modernizing distribution networks for utilities, but with clear applications for other high growth…
- 12 Jan 2018
What Nigerians Should Look Out for on Digital Rights, Policy Landscape in 2018
By Adeboye Adegoke The year 2018 was heralded by the unfortunate news of the arrest of a UK-based, Nigeria blogger by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad popularly referred to as SARS at the early…
- 29 Jun 2021
Scientists Tout mRNA Vaccine Technology to Cure Cancer and HIV
One of the unexpected ripple effects of the global pandemic is how it catalyzed medical breakthroughs. Most prominently, the same technology used in SARS-CoV-2 vaccines has the potential to improve…
- 16 Oct 2020
Activists Turn to Bitcoin for #EndSARS Protests as Banks Shut Them Out
As protests surge through Nigeria in response to police brutality, one enclave of protestors has turned to bitcoin as a financial lifeline during turbulent times, according to CoinDesk. The Feminist…
- 10 Feb 2019
Report Lists Phones with High Radiation, Points at Dangers
Another chapter to the debate over the controversial issue of cellphone radiation was raised at the weekend as German Federal Office for Radiation Protection published a report which showed Xiaomi Mi…
- 1 Jun 2020
History as Nigerian Scientists Announce 2 Potential Vaccines for COVID-19
A group of scientists from different institutions in Nigeria coordinated by Prof. Kola Oloke, vice Chancellor, Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, has developed two potential vaccines that…
- 28 Oct 2020
54gene Launches Clinical Research Program in Nigeria
54gene, whose mission is to advance inclusive precision medicine through research, advanced molecular diagnostics, and clinical programs, has launched its Clinical Program Services (CPS) division.…
- 22 Sept 2016
How Police Detain, Rob Nigerians- AI
A special Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead has used hangings, mock executions and other forms of torture to obtain confessions and bribes from criminal suspects and…
- 28 Oct 2020
#EndSARS, Ondo Election Results, Others Top Nigeria’s Google search trends in October
Google on Wednesday announced the top trending searches in Nigeria in October with Independence Day, #EndSARS, Ondo election results topping the trending search lists. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade.…
- E-Financial18 Aug 2026
Banks, Others Report 42,082 Transactions to NFIU
Financial institutions in Nigeria filed 42,082 suspicious transactions reports to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in 2025, as financial institutions stepped up compliance with anti-money laundering regulations amid tighter regulatory oversight.
- 20 Sept 2015
Bank Manager, Dispatcher in Police Net for Robbery
Operations manager and dispatch rider of a bank in Effurun, Delta State, have been arrested by the police custody after a foiled bank robbery attempt. Police apprehended the duo shortly after the…
- 26 Jun 2015
FG, UK Firm Sign $250m Satellite Deal
Federal government in Abuja signed a $250million joint venture/partnership agreement with a United Kingdom-based company, Menasat Gulf Group Plc., to provide Synthetic-Aperture Radar satellites in…
- 11 Oct 2012
NASRDA Calls for Mapping, Inventory of Flood Plains
Dr Seidu Mohammed, director-general, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has urged the Federal Government to do comprehensive mapping and inventory of flood plains in the country.…
- 2 Nov 2020
FG Rewards 12 Winners of 60-Day App Challenge
Federal government has rewarded 12 youths who won the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development 60-day App Challenge. Sunday Dare, minister of Youth and Sports Development 10 of the youths…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria, Others Account for half of Africa’s Economy — World Bank
Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt account for about half of the African economy says new data released by the World Bank Group last week. The report which ranked global economies on the basis of…
- 23 Oct 2020
Facebook, Instagram Apologised for Censoring #EndSARS Protests
Facebook and Instagram have apologised for wrongly tagging content linked to peaceful anti-police brutality demonstrators in Nigeria as fake news. According to Ime Archibong, Facebook spokesperson,…
- 6 Sept 2017
NCC Clarifies Presentation at Stakeholder Forum on Devices' Type-Approval
The management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated it is commitment not only to the protection of consumer rights but also to consumers’ education that help all…
- 19 Jun 2020
Good News: Nigerians Create Unique Vaccine for Treatment of COVID-19
Nigerian Universities’ Scientists, under the aegis of COVID-19 Research Group, on Friday announced the discovery of a vaccine for the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Addressing a news…
- 9 Jul 2020
Nigeria Develops Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19
Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This…
- 21 Apr 2017
CAPDAN Raises Alarm, Says Computer Village Under Police Siege
Computer and Allied Product Dealers at Computer Village (CAPDAN), Ikeja, have sent ‘Save Our Soul’ (SOS) message to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over extortion and abuse of operational…
- 21 Aug 2017
Quanta Monitor Can Now Tell Level of Radiation from Your Cellphone
Cellphone Radiation (CR) in a very hot topic multi-billion-dollar smartphone industry do not like to talk about, however, the issue is existing and now telecom regulators, operators and big public…
- 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.…
- 6 Jan 2025
FG to Activate Surveillance for Passengers from China amid Virus Scare
Federal government has announced plans to implement surveillance measures for inbound passengers from China, following a surge in respiratory virus cases attributed to the Human Metapneumovirus…