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U.S. social media giant, Facebook, is preparing to step into the world of finance with a new digital currency, local media reported on Tuesday. Similar to Bitcoin, the digital currency Facebook has devised is based on blockchain…

Joy Anyim An undergraduate student of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) have committed suicide by gulping a bottle of sniper, after his girlfriend of nine years reportedly left him. The deceased, with the Facebook name ‘…

Joy Anyim Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), have arrested a 36-year-old mother of three, Chizoba Ogbonna, for staging her own kidnap. The suspect, a native of Osisioma, in Abia…

Facebook says it has trained over 50,800 Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in digital skills across 20 states in Nigeria. Adaora Ikenze, Head, Public Policy, West and Central Africa, Facebook, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday.…

Facebook has banned Archimedes Group, an Israeli company, for using fake accounts and pages to post political news about Nigeria. Archimedes Group is a political consulting and lobbying firm that boasts of its ability of winning…

The European Commission on Friday identified several shortfalls in the way Facebook, Google and Twitter are handling the threat of disinformation, less than a week before European Union elections get under way. The three social media…

Microsoft Corp will invest 100 million dollars to open an Africa technology development centre with sites in Nigeria and Kenya over the next five years, the company said on Tuesday. Global tech giants, including Alphabet Inc and…

Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) on Friday said it had fined Facebook a total of 1.65 million lira (270,976.01 dollars) in April due to a data breach. READ ALSO:Angola Airlines to begin operation in Nigeria June 10 –…

Facebook says it is collaborating with Co-Creation Hub (CCHub) to mentor and empower 12 startups in the ”Season 2 FbStart Accelerator Programme.” Kendra Nnachi, Facebook Startups and Developers Programme Manager, said on Thursday in…

Facebook is suing a company and three individuals, based in New Zealand, over allegations they sold fake likes, views and followers to users of its photo-sharing platform Instagram, it said on Friday. The company said it suspended…