You’re typing on your laptop and, suddenly, some of the keys start registering as numbers and symbols instead of letters. What’s going on? Most likely, the answer lies with your Num Lock key. Here’s why—and how to fix it. What is Num Lock? Num Lock, short for “number lock,” is a feature of PC keyboards […]
Former President of the United States, Donald Trump, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for having “the courage” to ban the micro-blogging site, Twitter. Trump who is currently serving bans on Twitter and Facebook since January after he urged his supporters to “stop the steal” and called them “great patriots” in the midst of the January […]
Although the fragile peace between Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and telecommunications operators over the use and non-payment of charges as appropriate on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) remains, the mobile network operators (MNOs) have, however, said the unpaid debt owed them by the banks has risen to N50 billion. The Guardian gathered at the weekend […]
The United States government has warned the Nigerian Government to immediately reverse its ban on Twitter adding that it was tantamount to opposing free speech. Samantha Power, an administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. She revealed that Twitter has over 40 million users in […]
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday received the first ever Made-in-Nigeria Mobile Phone. The President received the mobile device at a virtual Federal Executive Council Meeting on Wednesday. Also present at the meeting was Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, NSA Babagana Monguno, AGF Abubakar Malami, Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, Finance […]
At the WWDC 2021 keynote yesterday there was quite a lot to take in, with Apple revealing details of iOS 15 and macOS Monterey. But there were other big reveals too, including the news that using FaceTime will soon be possible on non-Apple platforms. In what many will see as something of a surprise move, Apple announced that […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has commissioned a bird/wildlife management equipment, following bird strike incidents that involved Max Air and Aero Contractor airlines at the Aminu Kano International Airport (AKIA), Kano and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Rivers State, respectively, last week. The equipment will help to prevent the incessant occurrence of bird […]
Windows 11 is going to be radically different from Windows 10 and, in the words of Satya Nadella, the biggest update to Windows. HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft is set to launch the new Windows at the June 24 event. It is very likely that this will be Windows 11 that will feature visual overhaul. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella […]
The Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), in a report, revealed that the Federal Government and China’s Cyberspace Administration office discussed plans of building a Nigerian internet firewall, just after the ban of Twitter in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a report by the FIJ on Sunday. They added that Nigerian reps in the meeting included Ibrahim Gambari, […]
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has announced the next step for the N-Power Batch C Stream I applicants. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Bashir Alkali, announced this in a statement yesterday in Abuja. He said the ministry has commenced the next stage of enrollment with the verification of email […]