NCC Report: Mobile Internet Users Hit 103m in May, Steady Increase Show Internet Adoption
Internet users in Nigeria have significantly increased in the month of May with about 103 million Nigerians as active subscribers for data (Internet) services compared to 101 million in April.…
Egyptian Parliament Passes Cybercrimes Law to Legitimize its Efforts to Curb Free Speech!
Couple of weeks ago, the Egyptian parliament approved a draconian Law on Combating Information Technology Crimes, also known as the Cybercrimes law, which compels Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Egypt…
MAG holds Nigeria Internet Governance Forum in Abuja!
The Multi-stakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) has held special edition of NIGF 2018 in a two day events in Abuja. MAG which comprising Federal…
Villagers Attack the last Hippopotamus in a river in Niger State!
An eye witness has narrated how the whole villagers in Niger State attacked a poor hippopotamus with all the weapons you could think of in the world, before it gave…
Plateau Govt gazettes Gender Equal Opportunity Law, first in Northern Nigeria!
The Plateau State government has gazetted the Gender Equal Opportunity Law(GEO) passed since 2015 in the State , making it the first in Northern in Nigeria. The Law gazette on…
Nigeria Internet Governance Forum – #NIGF2018 to hold in #Abuja!
The Multi-stakeholders Advisory Group (MAG) of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), comprising of Federal Ministry of Communications (MoC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria…
Algeria and Iraq shut down #internet to prevent exam cheating
The government takes the decision in an effort to prevent a repeat of the 2016 leaks in high school exams The Algerian government has ordered telecom companies to shut down…
Ethiopia unblocks censored TVs and Websites
A senior Ethiopian official says the country has opened access to 264 blocked websites and TV broadcasters. Fitsum Arega, who is the prime minister’s chief of staff, said in his…
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo signs a decree to control the online Media
The Minister of Communication and Media, Lambert Mende Omalanga signed on June 14, 2018 an order implementing measures of the law 96-002 of June 22, 1996 setting the modalities of…
DNF, IPAS officially Premiere #AkachiTheSeries in Abuja!
Akachi the Series, a new release drama series that seeks to address several misconceptions and myths around sexual and reproductive health and rights by the Dorothy Njemanze Foundation in conjunction…