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How Hackers Can Control Your Phone Without You Clicking On A Link

Global UpfrontMay 19, 2025May 19, 20250

In 2025, most people are inseparable from their laptops and smartphones. With that familiarity has come a wariness of the dangers of clicking on unsolicited

Artificial Intelligence Can Help Youths Prosper, Embrace It – Bart Nnaji

Global UpfrontMay 8, 2025May 8, 20250

Nigerian youths have a great opportunity to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prosper, a leading scientist, engineer and former Minister of Science and Technology and

$290 Million Fine: Meta Threatens Shutdown Of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger And WhatsApp Operations In Nigeria

Global UpfrontMay 3, 2025May 3, 20250

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp says it may be forced to shut down its operations in Nigeria after a tribunal insisted

Fate Of Critical National Infrastructure Protection

Global UpfrontApr 30, 2025April 30, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore On June 24, 2024, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed an Executive Order for the protection of information and communications technology (ICT) equipment

Social Media ‘Terrorists’: Sultan Abandoning Leprosy For Ringworm

Global UpfrontApr 29, 2025April 29, 20250

By Azuka Onwuka Recently, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, called social media “a terrorist organisation.” When the news broke, the first reaction

Instagram, WhatsApp Troubled By Antitrust Laws

Global UpfrontApr 23, 2025April 23, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore While we are yet to grapple with the fate of Tik Tok which President Donald Trump had asked its parent company Byte

5G, IoT And AI To Boost Global GDP By 2030

Global UpfrontApr 16, 2025April 16, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore With Mobile technologies and services now generating around 5.8% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a contribution that amounts to about $6.5

Akpabio, Senate Brace For Backlash As Social Media Bill Scales 2nd Reading

Global UpfrontMar 19, 2025March 19, 20250

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed apprehension over possible backlash after the controversial Social Media Bill passed its second reading in the Senate

In Pursuit Of 70% Broadband Penetration

Global UpfrontMar 19, 2025March 19, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore Despite the rising depletion of data used by subscribers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says there is nothing to worry about. It

Domesticating AI For African Children

Global UpfrontMar 5, 2025March 5, 20250

By Sonny Aragba-Akpore At a time global information and communications technology (ICT) players are increasingly tinkering with the rules and templates for Artificial Intelligence (AI),