Pantami, Mujaddadi Foundations Partner to Train Bauchi Youths in AI and Cybersecurity
The Professor Isa Pantami Foundation (PIP Foundation) has announced a collaboration with the Mujaddadi Care Foundation to launch a new skills-development programme that will...
U.S. Black Friday Online Sales Hit Record $11.8 Billion — Adobe
American consumers spent $11.8 billion online this Black Friday, setting a new record for digital sales, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which tracks...
FCT Administration Bans Smartphones for Lower-Level Staff
FCT Administration Bans Smartphones for Lower-Level Staff
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced a ban on the use of smartphones, smartwatches, and other...
Amazon Faces Internal Revolt as 1,000 Employees Push Back Against AI
More than 1,000 Amazon employees have signed an open letter expressing concern that the company’s accelerated push into artificial intelligence could threaten jobs, weaken...
PRNigeria’s Factchecker Wins Best Open Source Intelligence Award in West Africa
PRNigeria’s Factchecker Wins Best Open Source Intelligence Award in West Africa
Mohammed Dahiru Lawal, a fact-check journalist and head of investigations at PRNigeria, has emerged...
Nigeria Launches ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card
Nigeria has officially launched the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card (ENBIC), a unified regional ID system aimed at improving cross-border movement, security and identity...
Russia Threatens Full Ban on WhatsApp
Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has warned it could block WhatsApp nationwide if the platform fails to comply with domestic regulations, state media reported on...
Microsoft Introduces Fara-7B, Model for On-Device AI Tasks
Microsoft has launched Fara-7B, a compact 7-billion-parameter small language model (SLM) designed to operate computers the way humans do—clicking, typing, navigating and completing multi-step...
Banks Now Liable for Online Fraud Losses — EU
EU member states and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on new legislation requiring banks and payment providers to reimburse customers in cases...
FIRS Shut Down IT Systems for Maintenance
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a scheduled nationwide shutdown of its IT systems between November 28 and 30, 2025, affecting all...
