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Locally Made Plagiarism Detection Software Debuts In Nigeria

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
Days of plagiarism might have come to an end in the nation’s Ivory towers as Nigeria has launched a homegrown plagiarism detection software code named EagleScan. The cost of development, deployment, maintenance and marketing of the software over the next three years is projected at a total sum of N251,298,000. Launching the software in Abuja on Thursday, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo stated that plagiarism is a form of corruption, describing the act as stealing of intellectual properties of others without acknowledgement. Osinbajo, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Rasheed Abubakar, said it isRead More

Crypto Payment Firm Simplex Acquired By Publicly-Listed Canadian Firm Nuvei For $250 Million

Crypto Payment Firm, Simplex
The publicly-listed Canadian firm Nuvei Corporation announced the acquisition of the cryptocurrency company SimplexCC Ltd in an all-cash deal for $250 million. The deal is pending regulatory approval and NuveiRead More

MainOne Expands Cloud Services To Drive Business Digital Transition

MainOne
MainOne, provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa, is responding to the increase in the adoption of cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region directly to publicRead More

FG Directs SIM Card Be Linked To National Identity Number

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami
Minister gives two-week deadline for compliance Subscribers protest suspension of new registration Following the earlier directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the suspension of new SIM cardRead More

NUJ, NGE Kick As FG Insists On Social Media Regulation

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
Govt threatens sanction against CNN The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against its insistence on regulating the socialRead More

FG Commissions Artificial Intelligence Centre

Artificial Intelligence
The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Abuja, as part of its drive to position the country for the fourth industrial revolution thatRead More

Google Tightens Privacy Settings For New Users

Google
Google has begun auto-deleting new users’ search data and location history on a rolling 18-month basis, CEO Sundar Pichai announced, as the tech giant moves to tighten privacy settings. TheRead More

FG Alerts Nigerians to Dangerous Computer Coronavirus Ransomware

COVID-19 tracker
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 alerted Nigerians over the threat of an Android-based malicious and fraudulent coronavirus ransomware application, which claims to deliver updates onRead More

No Going Back On Social Media Regulation – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to regulate social media
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that the Federal Government will not reverse its plan to regulate social media. Mohammed, who revealed this to in anRead More