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Meta deletes 1,600 accounts linked to ‘Yahoo Boys’
Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, says it has deleted another 1,600 groups linked to ‘Yahoo Boy’ from its ...FG unveils ‘$56m’ technology to monitor national grid performance
The federal government has unveiled an advanced supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology (worth $56 million) to monitor the national power ...Telecom services risk disruption as 800 workers begin strike
Nigeria’s telecom sector risks shutdown as about 800 workers from the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association have embarked on strike, ...Ex-Punch editor, Oketola, to present book on digital economy
An ex-editor of The Punch Newspaper, Mr. Adedayo Oketola, is set to present a book he authored on the evolution of Nigeria’s ...NCC announces September 14 as ‘final deadline’ for NIN-SIM linkage
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced September 14 as the “final deadline” for the NIN-SIM linkage exercise. In a statement on ...30 million GSM lines not properly linked to NIN — Telcos
The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria, Gbenga Adebayo, has stated that more than 30 million phone lines ...WhatsApp may exit Nigeria over $220m fine
One week after Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission imposed a $220 million fine on WhatsApp for a data privacy breach, ...NIN linkage: Telcos begin final phase of SIM disconnection
Telecommunication companies in Nigeria have commenced the final phase of disconnecting Subscriber Identity Module numbers (telephone lines) not linked to National Identification ...Osun, Delta fine Google, Meta $350m each for tax evasion
The tax authorities in Osun and Delta states have fined Google Nigeria and Meta Platforms, Inc.,150 million dollars and 200 million dollars, ...FCCPC imposes $220m fine on Meta for data privacy violations
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has imposed a fine of $220 million on Meta, parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, ...
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