Neowin News Feed for: Nigeria

Nigeria indefinitely bans Twitter after it removed a tweet by the country's president

Subir Kathuria — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:58:01 +0000

The social media giant has been blocked two days after it removed a post by the country's President and suspended his account for 12 hours. The goverment used Twitter to announce a ban on Twitter. Read more...

Google unveils lightweight photo storage app Gallery Go and more in Nigeria

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:22:01 +0000

Google introduced a bunch of new updates and product in Nigeria today, including Gallery Go, to help users across Africa access and use its products even with limited internet connectivity. Read more...

Facebook to tighten ad rules in countries with 2019 elections

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:30:01 +0000

Facebook has announced that it will roll out stringent ad rules in several more locations expecting elections this year. Indians will also have access to the previously announced ad archive. Read more...

Google rebrands Files Go and gives it a makeover

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:32:01 +0000

Google has rebranded its space saving Files Go app; it's now called Files and has a slightly different icon and includes a refreshed interface. Google said Files has 30 million monthly active users. Read more...

Majority in UK and China want internet regulation

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:54:01 +0000

A new study conducted for the BBC reveals that the UK and China were the most in favor of internet regulation being put in place by the government while Greece and Nigeria were against the idea most. Read more...

Nigerian email scammers exposed after infecting themselves with malware

Justin Luna — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:16:01 +0000

A group of scammers from Nigeria infected themselves with malware, which led to the revelation of how their crime works, and how they manage to steal money from businesses worldwide. Read more...

Bill Gates discusses AIDS with Nigeria leader

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:17:00 +0000

Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates met President Olusegun Obasanjo this weekend for talks on fighting poverty and disease on the world's poorest continent, a senior official said Sunday. Information Minister Frank Nweke said Gates arrived... Read more...

Nigeria orders first million OLPC laptops

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:35:30 +0000

Nigeria has officially ordered and paid for one million of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) devices, according to the Nigerian Vanguard newspaper. The deal is the first actual order for the project that aims... Read more...

Microsoft, Nigeria Team to End Scams

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:00:00 +0000

The Nigerian government and Microsoft signed an agreement Friday calling for the software giant to help law enforcement break up crime rings that use the Internet for fraud and theft. It's the first-ever agreement Microsoft... Read more...