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NewsNigeriaTechnologyMeta announces $11.99 monthly subscription plan for Facebook, Instagram verification

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2023

Like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram users will now pay for verification. Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post on Sunday, announced rollout plans for Meta Verified, a monthly subscription service that allows users to verify their social media accounts with a government-verified identity card. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. According to Zuckerberg, apart from letting users get a blue badge, Meta Verified also gives users extra protection from impersonation...

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NewsNigeriaTechnologySpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, has been officially launched in Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 1, 2023

The Elon Musk-owned company announced this in a tweet on Monday, stating that Nigeria was the first African country to enjoy its services. Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service! → https://t.co/slZbTmZmAt — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 30, 2023 According to an update on its website, SpaceX said the cost of Starlink’s hardware and subscription plan would be N274,098 and N19,260 monthly, respectively. The company said the service comes...

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NewsTechnologyiPhone 5, Sony, Huawei, Other Android Users Will No Longer Use WhatsApp from January

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 29, 2022

META-owned social media application, WhatsApp will stop working on Apple’s old smartphone models, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c, and some old models of Samsung, Sony, LG, Huawei, Lenovo android devices on 1 January 2023. According to the tech company, it is customary for WhatsApp to end support for older android smartphones and iPhones that have long stopped receiving regular software and security updates and are no longer secure enough to run the application. WhatsApp said,...

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NewsNigeriaTechnologyTech Company Builds, Unveils First Nigerian-made Robot, Omeife

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 11, 2022

The Nigerian government last Friday launched Africa’s first humanoid robot, Omeife developed by the Uniccon Group. Speaking at the robot’s unveiling, the director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa who represented the minister of communications and digital economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, who was to serve as a proxy for the vice president, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo, said the innovation signifies a dawn in the nation’s journey to becoming one of the...

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NewsNigeriaTechnologyFederal Government Approves Production Of Indigenous Satellite

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 11, 2022

The Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Chief Henry Ikechukwu Ikoh says the Federal Government has approved the production of Indigenous satellites in Nigeria to boost Internet broadband penetration. He disclosed this during the South-South dialogue between the government and stakeholders in the Science, Technology, and Innovation, STI, ecosystem in Port Harcourt. According to him, the satellite production and design will be achieved through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Project in line with...

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JobsNewsTechnologyFG Seeks Collaboration With DCO to Stop Youths From Relocating Overseas

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 28, 2022

Dissatisfied with the rate at which young Nigerians are leaving the country in search of greener pastures in other countries, the federal government has sought the collaboration of the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) to provide jobs for Nigeria’s teeming population. DCO is a multilateral organisation, comprised of 12 countries from three continents, that focuses on advancing the digital economy in member states. Nigeria is a founding member. The secretary-general of the DCO, Deemah Yahya, on...

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NewsTechnologyHow Nigeria Startup Act Signed into Law by Buhari Affects You

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 21, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday signed the Nigeria startup bill into law, three months after it was passed by both chambers of the National Assembly. In a tweet announcing the news, the minister of communications and digital economy, Dr Isa Pantami, said the initiative was as a result of the collaboration between himself and the chief of staff to the president, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Pantami said the legislation is to be known as the Nigeria...

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ReligionTechnologyWhy Deeper Life Embraced Use Of TV, Other Worldly Technologies – Kumuyi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 11, 2022

The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), Pastor William Kumuyi, has explained why the church changed its long stance against use of TV and other technologies. The 80-year-old church leader spoke in a video uploaded on Sunday via Facebook by the Ekiti State chapter of the church. The church was against the use of TV and other modern technologies in its early years reportedly to keep members away from worldly corruption. The preacher...

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Nigeria ElectionsTechnologyJonathan Urges N’Assembly to Allow e-Transmission of Election Results

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 29, 2021

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the former president, has appealed that the national assembly adopts the electronic transmission of votes in the electoral act amendment bill. According to him, the adoption of electronic transmission of results will improve transparency in the electoral process. Jonathan indicated this while delivering a lecture on Wednesday at the inauguration ceremony/lecture of the National Defence College (NDC), Course 30, in Abuja. He asked Nigerians to have confidence in INEC. This, according to...

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EducationTechnologyGovernment Technical Colleges In Enugu Set To Receive 150million As Two Enugu Students Built Aircraft, Radio Set

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 4, 2021

ENUGU — Two students of Government Technical College, GTC, has been awarded a scholarship to university level and cash for building an aircraft and MP 3 radio set; Emmanuel Maduabuchi Chukwu and Chukwuebuka Udoye, students of GTC Nsukka and Enugu respectively manufactured two aircraft (helicopter and jet fighter) and an MP3 radio set, from locally sourced materials. The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi announced the scholarship when he received in the audience the two students...

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