The Federal Government has said it plans to lift the over two-month ban on the social networking site, Twitter, as it had reached an agreement with Twitter in most areas of misunderstanding. One such being the agreement to set of a Nigerian office in 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this […]
Like his father, Mohammed Fawehinmi was a lawyer and human rights advocate. Mohammed Fawehinmi, the son of late human rights advocate, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. Mohammed’s death was confirmed by the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, who worked as a lawyer in Mr Fawehinmi’s law chamber. “My brother, friend and son of my […]
Following on from news of merger talks last month, NortonLifeLock has confirmed that it is buying Avast in a deal that values the Czech-based and London stock exchange listed firm at up to $8.6bn (£6.2bn). In a joint statement the companies say that the combined business will serve more than 500 million cybersecurity customers, including around 40 million direct […]
To help address the ongoing problems with the so-called PrintNightmare vulnerability (CVE-2021-34527), Microsoft has announced a change to the default behavior of the Point and Print feature in Windows. The change has been delivered via the KB5005033 and KB5005031 update and means that in order to install printer drivers, users will have to have administrative privileges. This […]
The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has announced the suspension of the APC Caretaker Chairman, Yola South Local Government, Suleiman Adamu over holding a ‘wrong and unfortunate’ meeting where the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, (Retd.), was the subject of “repugnant innuendos, abuse and the ill-will of members who wished him death from coronavirus.” […]
Back in 2018, multiple big tech firms such as Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Google teamed up to launch the open source Data Transfer Project (DTP). Its aim is to make it easier for customers to transfer their data across services and platforms. To that end, Facebook announced tools – such as Transfer Your Information (TYI) – that make it […]
Surveillance isn’t just the purview of nation-states and government agencies — sometimes, it’s closer to home Our digital selves, more and more, are becoming part of our full identity. The emails we send, the conversations we have over social media — both private and public — as well as photos we share, the videos we […]
A federal high court presided by Justice Stephen Pam in Port Harcourt, on Monday gave a directive, stating that the law doesn’t back FIRS authority above state governments. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has been ordered to stop demanding and collecting value-added tax (VAT) and personal income tax (PIT) across Nigeria. The tax agency (first defendant) […]
The highlighted athletes won, gold, silver, and bronze medals with their ‘adopted’ countries. There is hardly any top sporting competition in the world that Nigerian names don’t pop up even if the Green and White flag of the country is conspicuously absent. From the American Super Bowl to the NBA and even the recent Euro […]
The Asus ZenBook Flip 14 is one of the most powerful convertible laptops you can buy today. It’s built like a tank but battery life could have been better. HIGHLIGHTS The ZenBook Flip 14 gets a Ergo Lift hinge design that goes around 360-degrees. Asus commands great control over the laptop market with its unique […]