Nigeria’s increasing exposure to spam and fraudulent calls is reflecting a deeper trust crisis in mobile communication, as users struggle to distinguish between legitimate calls and potential scams, a new report has shown. According to Truecaller’s 2025 Spam and Fraud Insights report released in early 2026, Nigeria recorded the highest level of spam calls in […]

…Introduces Naira, US Dollar virtual, physical cards for seamless cross-border transactions Mastercard and BMONI, an AI-powered financial platform focused on simplifying access to money, have announced a collaboration to introduce a new generation of virtual and physical payment cards designed to enable seamless local and global transactions for consumers in Nigeria. Powered by Mastercard’s global […]

By Nosa Aikodon The global workforce is undergoing a profound transformation. Automation, artificial intelligence, and the rapid expansion of remote work have redefined the skills and competencies needed to succeed in today’s economy. Across industries, employers are shifting their focus toward digital fluency, adaptability, and innovation. For developing nations with youthful populations, such as Nigeria. […]

Global leader in industrial software, AVEVA has announced that its industrial information infrastructure, the AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure, has been selected by Archaea Energy to provide key data management support in its renewable natural gas, RNG value system

Three Nigerian students, Damilola Olaopa, Hameed Abdulrahman and Isatayo Samuel have taken the initiative to protect elderly Nigerian parents whose children are ironically taking care of other people’s parents abroad, in search of greener pastures. 

To effectively checkmate and defeat insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill seeking to provide legal backing on the compulsory use of National Identity Number (NIN) in the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards by all mobile telecommunication network operators with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

The uneasiness of Nigerian tech startups has aggravated over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank as the United States Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, said yesterday that the Federal Government would not bail out the bank.

Google is set to release its version of ChatGPT conversational chatbot, which has been named Bard. The artificial intelligence app is expected to compete with Microsoft which has invested billions in the creators of ChatGPT, a language app that convincingly mimics human writing. Created by San Francisco company OpenAI, ChatGPT has caused a sensation for […]

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, has mandated its Committee on Banking and Currency, Financial Crimes and Telecommunications to commence investigation into operations and loan administration of the fintech companies and online mobile digital loan apps in Nigeria.

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that network providers will be required to cross-check all phones International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and status on a proposed Centralized Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) otherwise known as Device Management System (DMS) before allowing a device to become active on their network. This is contained […]

By Rasheed Sobowale This publication is the first in Vanguard Online series of Tech StartUps’ stories. Tunji Andrews an advocate of financial inclusion shares the story of his company, Awabah, a Mirco-Pension startup tech. Andrews once argued that not everybody living in Nigeria earn enough to save for the future. Read on as he is […]

By Okoh Aihe Once I observed that a number of newspaper publications have fallen to thirty-two pages shortly after the ugly debut of COVID-19, I knew that the media was going to be in serious trouble. Even in good times, the Nigerian media enterprise scraps for survival, employing all the logics in the books to […]

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says investment in the telecommunications sector has risen to over $80 billion.  The Nigeria  Bureau of  Statistics NBS  also explained that foreign capital investment in the sector rose by 725 percent in 2019 from the $114.43 million recorded in 2018; which was the lowest annual investment […]

  By Prince Osuagwu Mobile phone brand, OPPO, has said its new smartphone, Reno3, fits Nigerians’ decent and stylish way of living. The device was unveiled recently through an online launch on the company’s Nigeria Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. The virtual unveiling, according to OPPO, was in accordance with the recent health guidelines to […]

The new 5G site on the altitude of 6500 meters shows capability to deliver the network to the peak of Everest China Mobile and Huawei have jointly taken 5G connectivity to a new height by bringing the network to the summit of Mount Everest upon the completion of the world’s highest 5G base station on […]