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X Updates Block Feature, Allows Blocked Accounts to View Public Posts

X, formerly Twitter, has updated its block feature to let blocked accounts see public posts. An app researcher, Nima Owji, recently discovered this...

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Information Ministry To Spend N58 million On Digitisation of Cash Books Registers

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information has budgeted the sum of N58 million for the digitisation of items such as cash books, vote books,...

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Ghana To Build Its First Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor After Signing Deal

Ghana has signed a deal with a United States company to build its first nuclear power plant using NuScale Power’s small modular reactor...

Amid Widespread Whistleblower Safety Concerns, Boeing and Nigeria Signed MoU in Advancing Aviation Sector
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Amid Widespread Whistleblower Safety Concerns, Boeing and Nigeria Sign MoU To Strengthen Aviation Sector

Amid the widespread safety concerns raised by whistleblowers, the Boeing Company and Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development have signed a...

SCAM Alert: Don't Fall For 'Anitha Jacobs' Mail
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SCAM Alert: Don’t Fall For ‘Anitha Jacobs’ E-Mail

One of West Africa Weekly’s reporter on Monday, August 26, received a phishing e-mail from one “Anitha Jacobs” who want a donation to...

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Senegal Launches First Satellite Into Orbit 

Senegal has successfully launched its first satellite, GAINDESAT-1A, into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced late Friday. The satellite was launched on Friday...

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EFCC’s X (Twitter) Page Disappears After Supposed Threats by Suspected Internet Fraudsters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) official X (formerly Twitter) handle, @officialEFCC, has vanished from the platform, leaving its 2.2 million followers...

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Scammers In U.S. Create Fake Website to Phish Data of AlatByWEMA Customers

A fraudulent website, Alatbywema.com, has been created to scam users of AlatByWema, a digital banking platform by Wema Bank. As reported by the...

TCN Bayelsa blackout vandals
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Nigeria’s Power Grid Suffers Major Drop, Leading to Widespread Outages

Nigeria experienced a significant power outage on Monday as the national electricity grid’s output dropped to 1,255.78 megawatts (MW) around 3pm, leaving parts...

As earlier reported that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission levied a fine of $220 million on WhatsApp for alleged violations of consumers' data privacy, further demands by FCCPC could see WhatsApp suspend activities in Nigeria.
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FCCPC Dismisses WhatsApp’s Threat to Exit Nigeria Amid Data Privacy Violations

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has dismissed WhatsApp’s claim that it may withdraw from Nigeria due to a recent order...

SIM Restriction: NCC Orders Immediate Reactivation of Affected Lines
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Telecoms Operators Block User Lines Ahead Of July 31 Deadline, Aug. 1 Protest

While Nigerians brace up for the August 1 nationwide protest against bad governance, thousands of mobile network users across Nigeria have had their...

ALERT Open Treasury Portal Unsafe For Users As Finance Ministry Fail To Obtain A Secured SSL Certificate
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ALERT: Open Treasury Portal Unsafe For Users As Finance Ministry Fails To Obtain A Secured SSL Certificate

The official website of the Open Treasury portal under the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has become a risk to...