Science & Technology

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Disinformation Era The Politics of Information in the Digital Age

Alhassan Pereira IbrahimSeptember 7, 2019

Disinformation has increasingly become a problem in Nigeria. The stakes in Nigerian politics have always been high, and the information warfare is simply the latest development in political manipulation.

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Connection Timed Out Nigeria's Internet Problem

Osaye AjariSeptember 6, 2019

The Internet’s growth remains on the fast track mostly in the Western Hemisphere but, for most countries in Africa, Internet development falters and often depends on Western innovation or intervention. Nigeria is not exempt from this.

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Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019

The major damage of misinformation in Africa will not be press regulation, but that the public may come to distrust all news, including real news.

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Maga Don Pay Nigeria's Culture of Cybercrime

Stephen AgwaiborSeptember 6, 2019

Is the fight against cybercrime in Nigeria and other forms of advanced fee fraud yielding positive results or is it simply propaganda?

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Teetering on the Edge of a Cliff Safeguarding Nigeria's Future Workforce

Misan RewaneSeptember 6, 2019

In order to remain economically competitive, Nigeria needs to develop a productive workforce. For this to happen, the country must address three key issues: growing youth unemployment; a widening skills gap; and an education system in decay.

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On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Fife OgundeSeptember 3, 2019

Nigeria will need STEM development to participate in the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' and the evidence suggests that STEM development works best when it emphasizes already existing resource strengths.

August/September 2019

No More Insufficient Funds Yahoo Yahoo and Cybercrime’s International Ecosystem

Adewale OloworekendeAugust 28, 2019

Nigeria is not alone in cybercrime. But among a considerable number of Nigerians, cybercrime or Yahoo Yahoo exists at the intersection of crime and means of livelihood; wrong but necessary.

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#TooBigToLike Questioning ‘Choice’ in Global Surveillance Capitalism

Aarshin KarandeAugust 20, 2019

Big Tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, exhibit a new stage of corporate power. These organizations are so large, our views on them are inconsequential—they have effectively become too big to like.

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The Current State of AIDS And the Future of Global Security

Obinna ChukwuDecember 2, 2017

On the 10th of January 2000, on an unusually warm morning in New York, the United Nations Security Council convened to debate a pertinent security issue describ... Read More...

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