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How Countries Are Losing ‘dollars’ To Twitter Ban
Nigeria Since the Federal government has banned the operation of Twitter in Nigeria, the country has cumulatively lost over N200 billion. The ban which took effect in the country on June 5 has reached 3 months of shutdown. This figure was calculated based on the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool which reported that it costs…
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NIA Receives N4.87bn For Phone Monitoring Technology
The National Assembly has approved the first payment of N4.87 billion budgeted by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to acquire phone monitoring technology. The NIA’s budget is part of a supplementary budget in the total sum of N895.8 billion that was first submitted to the chambers by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) last…
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FG To Tax Global Digital Tech Companies Operating In Nigeria
The Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, has revealed the government’s new plan to begin the taxation of all global technology companies operating in Nigeria to expand the country’s income and tax net. Professor Osinbajo made this known during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), led by…