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Nigerian Developer Shalom Rayhamen Earns $46,900 from Lagos Life in Just Four Days as Browser Game Draws Millions
Shalom Rayhamen turned a long-held idea into one of the fastest-rising digital products in recent Nigerian tech history. On October 1, 2026 Nigeria’s Independence Day she launched “Lagos Life”, a free, browser-based multiplayer life-simulation game. Within days it had become a cultural phenomenon. By the time she shared her first major revenue update, the game…
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25-Year-Old Chinyere Ukeje Wins $300,000 NASA Prize For Mars Food System
Chinyere “Chichi” Ukeje, a native of Bowie, Maryland, took first place in NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table, submitting a concept called Adaptive Nourishment Infrastructure (ANI), named after Ani, the Igbo Earth goddess of harvest and fertility. Photo Credit: NASA
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Foundation for Digital Justice Sues as TikTok Restricts Access to Kano, Kebbi and Sokoto State
The suit, brought under the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules, 2009, seeks an order directing TikTok to restore access to users in the affected states and stop imposing what the organisation described as arbitrary restrictions on them. Photo Credit: TikTok
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INEC To Deploy Artificial Intelligence for Result Verification and Cyberattack Detection Ahead of 2027 Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its electoral processes for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The move focuses on verifying election results, detecting anomalies, and strengthening cybersecurity defences against potential intrusions and unauthorised alterations. Photo Credit: I-Stock Photos
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Smart Nation Initiative Unveils ‘Youth In Tech Festival 2026’: How to Apply
The PBAT Smart Nation Initiative has officially announced the inaugural edition of the PBAT Smart Nation Youth in Tech Festival, scheduled to hold on Wednesday, December 16, 2026, at the prestigious Shell Zenith Bank Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
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NITDA Warns Against Sharing Sensitive Data With Public AI Tools
The warning was contained in an advisory issued by NITDA’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT.NG), following the increasing use of public AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Copilot for drafting, research and other work-related activities. NITDA
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National Digital Postcode System Launched In Nigeria
The system, launched through the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), uses Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to provide an 11-character alphanumeric postcode for homes, businesses, farms, schools, offices and other addressable locations across Nigeria. Photo Credit: Minister Bosun Tijani – Vanguard
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STN: New Telco Enters Market As MTN, Airtel Control 86% Of Subscribers
Nigeria’s telecommunications market is set to witness another round of competition with the entry of Swift Telephone Network Limited (STN), even as the sector remains heavily concentrated, with MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria accounting for more than 86 per cent of active mobile subscriptions. Photo Credit: STN LOGO
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Nigeria Innovation Cluster Exchange Opens Applications for Innovation Clinics Across Six Nigerian Clusters
Implemented by The Nest Innovation Technology Park in partnership with the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub under the UK Government’s Digital Access Programme and in collaboration with the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), the initiative marks a practical next step in NICE’s broader effort to address fragmentation in Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem. Photo Credit: Nairametrics.com
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Terra Industries Signs Commercial Surveillance Deal With Promethean Resources to Secure Nigeria’s Mining Assets
Nigerian defence-technology company Terra Industries has signed a commercial agreement with Promethean Resources to deploy autonomous surveillance systems across Promethean’s mining and processing sites in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Terra Industries LinkedIn Page
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Nigerian Court Dismisses $25 Million Privacy Claim Against Meta, Ruling Case “Built on Nothing”
The High Court of Imo State has dismissed a fundamental rights suit in which a private individual sought US$25 million in damages from Meta Platforms Inc. over alleged privacy and data protection violations. Photo Credit: Collage Photo of Nigerian Court Gavel / Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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Federal Government Targets 10 Million Certified Talents by 2030
The Federal Government says it is working to create one million export-linked jobs and produce 10 million globally certified Nigerians by 2030 through reforms in education and skills development. Photo Credit: Minister for Education Alausa – Punchng
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MTN vs Airtel vs Glo: Which Is the Best Network for Nigerian Content Creators?
Increasing hardship in Nigeria coupled with exorbitant high prices of Internet data subscription is making Content Creation become very hard, tedious and unaffordable for many Nigerian Content Creators. In 2025–2026, independent tests by nPerf Barometer covering the full year 2025 and Opensignal reports consistently rank the three major networks differently across the metrics that matter…
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Nigeria’s NITDA Wins Two 2026 IPRA Golden World Awards for AI Crisis Management
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has secured two prestigious awards at the 2026 International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards (GWA). Photo Credit: AfricaTechNews.com
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Nigerian Scientist wins Schlumberger prize
A Nigerian scientist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Uyo, Edu Inam, has won the 2026 Faculty for the Future Impact Prize of the Schlumberger Foundation. Inam was among nine women scientists and engineers selected from 156 applications across 61 countries for the inaugural prize, according to a statement by the Foundation. Prof.…
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Tinubu Welcomes $12 Million Abuja Digital Entrepreneurship Centre to Strengthen Nigeria’s MSME Ecosystem
The Centre, funded by the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency, KOICA, is being developed at the SMEDAN Industrial Development Centre in Idu, Abuja, in partnership with the Federal Government through SMEDAN and the United Nations Development Programme. Photo Credit: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR – State House Photos
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Nigeria Champions Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation at UNGA 2026
NITDA CEO Abdullahi presented Nigeria’s approach through four interconnected pillars namely Connect, Skill, Compute, and Create. These approaches are designed to build an ecosystem in which every Nigerian can participate meaningfully in the AI economy. Photo Credit: NITDA
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Nigeria Successfully Carries out first Tele-Robotic Surgery Operation across a distance of about 500 kilometres
On Saturday, 19 September 2026, a landmark procedure unfolded that few would have predicted just years earlier: a complex kidney cancer operation performed not with the surgeon standing at the patient’s bedside, but from hundreds of kilometres away. A robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy the complete removal of a kidney affected by a cancerous tumour was…
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Robotic Surgery Cuts Pain & Hastens Recovery, Ushering in a New Chapter for Nigerian Healthcare
The operation, carried out in partnership with the US-based RoboMed Global Inc., marks a practical step toward making advanced, minimally invasive surgery available within Nigeria rather than requiring patients to travel abroad. Photo Credit: Punchng
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Terra Industries Leads $1m Investment in Aeon to Build Sovereign Cyber Defence Across Africa
L-R: Alex Idowu (Co-founder / CTO), Samuel Ogbonyomi (Co- founder / CEO), Martina Medac (Head of Enterprise Sales), Ben Eluan (Co-founder / President). Image source: Aeon
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