The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone Ltd., Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju, says the company tackled over 27 million cyber attacks on its facilities during the 2023 General Elections. Adeyanju made this known, when the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Malam Jibrin Baba-Ndace, paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja. Adeyanju said that the organisation…
The CEO, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, has said the telecom sector in Nigeria is now in an intensive care unit (ICU) gasping for breath. Speaking virtually at a hybrid telecom investment forum organised by FDC on Tuesday in Lagos, he said thereās an urgent need to rescue the sector from collapse. Toriola, who differed with…
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its website that āinstagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024ā, without…
One week after Nigeriaās Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission imposed a $220 million fine on WhatsApp for a data privacy breach, the Meta-owned company may suspend its operations in the country due to further regulatory demands. Sources close to the situation indicate that Meta, WhatsAppās parent company, is contemplating withdrawing certain services from Nigeria….