MEDIA

Google has said it is providing $6.5 million in funding to fact-checkers and nonprofit organisations that are fighting against misinformation around the world about COVID-19 spread. Google said ...

The Nigerian Union of Journalists in Niger State, North Central Nigeria, have appealed to the State government to provide safety kits and palliative to Journalists on duties for ...

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says journalists must use their valid identity cards to access their places of work during the 14-day lockdown. President Muhammadu Buhari had on ...

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has asked direct broadcast satellite service providers in Nigeria to support the fight against COVID-19 by giving Nigerians ...

Facebook, yesterday, announced that it had pulled down 134 Facebook and Instagram accounts, including 69 pages in Nigeria and Ghana that were linked to Russia. Head of Security ...

Facebook is testing a new feature that would allow Facebook Stories to be cross-posted to Instagram Stories, reports TechCrunch. Right now, Instagram Stories can be shared to Facebook Stories, ...

Afenifere, NUJ, NGE, others kick The controversial anti-social media bill introduced at the Senate last November received bashing from various groups and bodies at the weekend as the ...

Twitter staff across the world were asked to work from home starting Monday in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly new coronavirus epidemic. The outbreak ...

Relief finally came the way of detained Nigerian journalist, Mr. Agba Jalingo, as the Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday granted him bail in ...

In a bid to support innovative ideas around privacy, safety, and security in Sub-saharan Africa, Google has launched a $1 million pan-African fund. The fund was launched at ...

Authorities of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) are looking to rake in at least ₦3billion revenue from outdoor advertising by the first half of 2020. According ...

Facebook is partnering with nine non-profit organizations and government agencies throughout sub-Saharan Africa to raise awareness about Internet safety and security for Safer Internet Day, celebrated today, 11 ...

Google broke out numbers for YouTube and cloud for the first time Monday. YouTube ads generated $15.15 billion in revenue in fiscal 2019, compared with $11.16 billion in ...

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has said that the ministry has applied for $500 million loan to enable it to actualise the digitalisation of Nigerian Television ...

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Is’haq Modibbo Kawu says the Nigerian broadcasting industry is one of the leading employers of labour in the country as ...

Aisha Buhari has called for social media’s regulation – She said since China successfully did it, then Nigeria too can do such – The first lady disclosed this ...

Sen. Mohammed Musa (APC- Niger), has urged Nigerians to support the social media bill before the National Assembly because it was aimed at protecting human dignity. Musa said ...

Google will no longer allow political advertisers to target voters based on their political affiliation, the company announced Wednesday, in a move that will increase pressure on Facebook to limit ...

The Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill also known as the Social Media Bill has passed second reading in the Senate. The bill on Wednesday passed second ...

The free version of Amazon’s music-streaming service is now available across more platforms, bolstering competition with Spotify’s free tier. Starting Monday, Amazon said, customers, can now listen to Amazon ...