In a recent night of glamour and prestige, OPay was honoured with two of the most sought-after awards at the 9th Tech Innovation Awards. The fintech giant walked away with the titles Fintech Company of the Year and Best Fintech…
Lagos State University (LASU) has emerged as the top university in West Africa following the release of the 2025 UI GreenMetric World University Ranking for Sustainability. This marks the fourth consecutive year, 2022 through 2025, that LASU has held the…
In a memorable ceremony this week, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) bestowed its prestigious COLMAS Ambassador Plenipotentiary Award on Sam Onuigbo. This honour recognised his sterling contributions towards the restoration and revitalisation of critical academic programmes at the…
At the close of the 8th National Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo (NTTSummit 2025), stakeholders are urging the urgent integration of entrepreneurship, skill acquisition and capacity-building programmes into Nigeria’s national policy framework for the tourism and transport sectors. According to…
A significant gathering of international education professionals will take place in Lagos next month as the TINE Africa Summit & Awards brings together hundreds of stakeholders in the education sector. The two-day event is scheduled to be held on December…
Europe Pushes Forward with Big Tech Clampdown, Fines X €120 Million Brussels on Friday hit X, the social media platform founded by Elon Musk, with a €120 million fine, marking a major enforcement move under the bloc’s sweeping new digital…
Nigeria has taken a big step toward closing its digital divide thanks to a new rural connectivity initiative from Huawei and MTN Nigeria. On December 5, 2025, the two companies announced the world’s first commercial deployment of the “RuralCow” solution…
In 2020, a handful of Nigerian entrepreneurs reached a painful realisation. They had seen many talented children across Africa falling behind in school, not because they lacked potential, but because the broader system was failing them. Textbooks were outdated, teachers…
Internet infrastructure giant Cloudflare has confirmed that a service interruption on the morning of December 5, 2025, briefly disrupted access to major global sites, including Zoom and LinkedIn. The company says service has now been restored, and the outage was…
On December 2, 2025, technology giant Apple issued a new set of cyber threat notifications to users across 84 countries, as part of its ongoing campaign to protect people from digital surveillance and espionage. The company stated that, in total,…
The recent decision by the Federal Government to scrap the use of indigenous languages as the medium of instruction in Nigerian schools has reopened a long-standing national debate on language, education and identity. At a conference held in Abuja by…
Senior reporter Frank Eleanya has been named “Tech Journalist of the Year” at the AOT Lagos 7.0 conference, held on Thursday, 4 December 2025. The award is part of the event’s Tech Ecosystem Awards and honours journalists whose work has…
Global tech giant Meta has just inked several new commercial agreements with a list of prominent news publishers to provide real-time content for its AI chatbot, Meta AI. The tie-ups, revealed on Friday, cover deals with notable outlets including USA…
As the eyes of the continent turn to Abuja this week, Nigeria joins seven other African nations in a contest to claim the title of top student enterprise. The event, organised by Junior Achievement Africa (JA Africa), officially kicked off…
In December 2025, what began as a two-day gathering in Abuja evolved into a wave of excitement, fresh ideas, and renewed hope across Nigerian classrooms. The Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN)’s Girls’ National Summit and STEM Exhibition 2025 has…