Nigeria Science & Technology news

*As OADC, Analytics Intelligence deal, media’s Big Tech battle fuel push for homegrown AIBy Prince OsuagwuNigeria’s dream of achieving artificial intelligence AI sovereignty may have received an unexpected boost from Anambra State, where the state’s ICT Agency has begun deploying a locally trained AI system to automate government operations and explore new ways of improving productivity, governance and revenue collection.While Anambra’s initiative is not a frontier AI mo

By Juliet UmehFrom transferring money through mobile banking applications to attending virtual business meetings, streaming films, watching videos, marketing products, attending online classes and chatting with friends and family, the internet has quietly become part of almost every aspect of daily life in Nigeria.
The scale of that dependence is reflected in the country’s data consumption.
Between January and May 2026, Nigerians consumed approximately 6.98 million terabytes, TB, of inter

….Zuckerberg, Mosseri expected to testify…FCCPC previously secured $220m fine against Meta, WhatsAppBy Juliet UmehSocial media is facing one of its biggest legal tests as Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, battles 29 US states over allegations that it deliberately designed its platforms in ways that could harm children and teenagers.The multi-week trial, which opened Tuesday in a federal court in Oakland, California, has placed Meta’s product design, y

By Islamiyyah Adekambi
Aptech Nigeria has honoured more than 130 graduates at its first National Convocation in Lagos, with four outstanding students receiving international scholarship opportunities valued at about N60 million.The inaugural convocation, held at the Sheraton Lagos recently, attracted more than 400 parents, family members, students, education partners, faculty members, industry representatives and other stakeholders from across the country.With the theme, “One Milestone. M