1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (288+ words) The police command in Benue says it has detained five Pakistan nationals over suspected clandestine activities in parts of the state. Peter Aondongu, police spokesperson in Benue, relayed this in a statement on Saturday, adding that 35 mobile phones were recovered…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (674+ words) Data is good, but it often doesn’t tell the whole story. Data cannot capture the extent of our efforts to get a prepaid meter at my workplace in Abuja after we were disconnected from the grid in February. We’re still…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (352+ words) The federal government says it will begin rolling out its planned 90,000-kilometre fibre optic network within the next few weeks as part of efforts to expand broadband access and strengthen Nigeria’s digital economy. Bosun Tijani, minister of communications, innovation and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (401+ words) Artificial intelligence is enabling 55 percent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more scalable, and increasingly difficult for victims and platforms to detect, according to Interpol’s African cyberthreat assessment report 2026. The report, released on Monday, said a chunk of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (365+ words) Between May 2023 and April 2024, Nigerians experienced an estimated 25.35 million incidents of phone theft. Broken down, that is roughly 2.1 million a month, about 69,000 a day and nearly 2,900 an hour. Close to one phone every second. At that rate, in the time…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (158+ words) Statement of fact: Nigeria’s data economy will never be the same again. It is a corporate wake-up call, a regulatory milestone, an economic opportunity and, above all, a victory for millions of Nigerians whose personal information has too often been…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (317+ words) The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced a review of Nigeria’s 26-year-old telecommunications policy, saying the current framework no longer reflects the realities of the country’s fast-changing digital economy. Speaking on Wednesday at the national telecommunications policy review workshop in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (760+ words) Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, says the federal government is set to launch a nationwide digital switchover (DSO) platform on June 17, with over 100 free television channels for Nigerians. The minister spoke on Wednesday during a facility tour…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (609+ words) In an economy where a number of indicators are pointing downwards, it becomes difficult to point at positives and to have something conspicuously stamped on the display board as an unfolding omen of good happenings. It is so easy to…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (599+ words) More than 1,000 victims across 19 countries were defrauded of about $215 million in a sprawling email fraud scheme that has now led to several convictions, including of Nigerian nationals, the United States attorney’s office has said. In a statement on Thursday, the…...