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Social media giant Facebook has approved $100 million to assist small, medium enterprise (SMEs) in Nigeria and other countries where its employees live and work.

Telecoms giant, MTN  said it has started the implementation of work-from-home plan among other measures it has taken to keep its stakeholders safe from as the spread of Covid-19 rages globally.

Nigeria is seeking to close the 31 million access gap to telecoms services across the country. To achieve this, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Pantami  has directed  the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to collaborate and explore the use of the TV Whitespace spectrum to bridge the gaps.

Actis, has acquired a majority stake in Rack Centre, Nigeria’s leading provider of data centre co-location and cloud services. 

Nigeria has withdrawn the case it instituted against telecoms giant, MTN Nigeria over the telco’s alleged inbdebtedness of N242,244,452,215.97 and $1,283,610,357.86.

The Nigerian government says its ban on courier firm Aramex International Limited remains operational.

Nigeria’s regulator has blamed operators for delays in SIM number portability.

Nigeria's NCC says sections of the NigComSat Bill that are inconsistent with the Nigerian Communication Act.

Fears over the security of documents stored in the cloud remains a challenge discouraging Nigerian businesses from embracing cloud computing.

Nigeria’s lottery regulatory body head says he would like to have telecoms telemarking outlawed.

The Nigerian Communications Commission has put an end to telecoms promos and lotteries.

Vodacom Business Nigeria has launched its Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions suitable for the financial and the retail sector.  

Nigerian stakeholders have expressed widely mixed views over a proposed bill to make satellite operator NigComSat autonomous.

Airtel Nigeria reports that 193 of its hub base transmission stations have been damaged in floods and a spate of bombings.

Vodacom Business Nigeria has hosted the ICT Club members of Grace High School on a one day ICT tour of its Lagos, Nigeria office.

Nigeria’s contingent to the Arsenal Football Clinic as part of the Airtel Rising Stars programme have described the clinic as ‘a great platform’.

Two players, Samuel Afolabi and Etejere Edafeoghene, have emerged as winners of the second draw of Nokia’s Danfo Reloaded Competition, a local game available on the Nokia store.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has developed two new mobile apps for students and accountants.