The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has made it clear that he never claimed the crypto trading platform, Binance, was aware of $10 billion penalty or that Nigerian regulators decided same. “I said our government may impose heavy fines on Binance for what happened. I never said Binance had been informed about the fines or …

A US judge has ordered Elon Musk to comply with a subpoena to answer questions from regulators about his purchases of Twitter shares last year. The order comes after Musk, who beefed up his stake in Twitter — now called X — before buying the company for $44 billion, did not show up for a scheduled deposition in September with …

Technology giant, Google has introduced two new features, Circle to Search and an AI-powered multisearch experience to enhance searching on its platform. Vice President of Search, Elizabeth Reid, who revealed this said Circle to Search is a new way to search anything on your Android phone screen without switching apps. She said: “With a simple gesture, you can select images, …

At the just concluded CES 2024, HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) unveiled its most personalised gaming portfolio yet with innovations across its OMEN and HyperX brands. New laptops, accessories, and software are all designed to work together to create a seamless gaming ecosystem so gamers can focus on what they do best – play. “Computing continues to become more personal, and …

Global Information and Communication Technology infrastructure provider, Huawei, has launched a scholarship programme, ‘Seeds for the Future’, with the aim of investing more resources in Nigeria’s ICT talent development. At the company’s 2023-2024 ICT Competition National Final Award Ceremony, attended by the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, and other dignitaries in Abuja recently, the company also …

Babajide Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, said his administration would continue to deploy technology to provide sustainable solutions to local challenges. He said that would ensure food security, efficient intermodal transportation system, good healthcare service delivery and quality education, among others. At the Endeavor Nigeria’s Annual Scale Up Entrepreneurship Summit held at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) recorded a major breakthrough in the reported cybercrime perpetrated against Patricia Technologies with the arrest of one of the suspects, Wilfred Bonse, after a thorough investigation into the case by the Force’s National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC). Earlier this year, Patricia Technologies petitioned the Inspector General of Police to report the alleged theft following a reported …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu will host policymakers, technology and creative ecosystem leaders, startups, venture capital firms, tech and creative talents at the fifth edition of the Art of Technology (AOT Lagos), to create policies that will drive the development of a smarter Lagos. The governor will play host to over 10,000 anticipated participants within and outside Nigeria, who …

Chief executive officer (CEO) of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has been relieved of his appointment by the Board of the popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) company. Chief technology officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI, as Altman departs the company. A search process was underway to identify a permanent successor. The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc., the …

Tech training provider, ALX, will empower over two million youths across Africa with technology skills that will prepare them for the dynamic world of work and provide innovative solutions to Africa’s challenges. This was made known as ALX Nigeria hosted over 8, 400 new learners at the Karibu ‘Welcome’ ceremony in Lagos at the weekend. The event was to welcome …