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Nigerian Court Orders Release of Binance Executive After Charges Dropped
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been released after the government dropped money laundering charges against him. Gambaryan had been in detention in Nigeria since late February.
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Man Who Designed Nigeria's Flag To Get Burial A Year After Death
A year after the man who designed the Nigerian flag died at 87, his family has decided to bury his body. The family had been waiting for the government to fulfill its promise to arranging a state burial for him, but the promise never materialised.
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Nigeria’s Crypto Investors Urge Government to Follow India's Approach in Tackling Binance Dispute: Report
Crypto investors in Nigeria have asked the government to follow India’s approach and regulate crypto businesses rather than taking extreme measures. While Nigerian authorities are embroiled in a court battle with the exchange after imprisoning two of its executives, India dealt with a similar situation with a measured approach, crypto traders fro...
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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Nigerian Man Cheats Gurugram Woman Of Rs 1.73 Lakh On Matrimonial Website
A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 1.73 lakh by a Nigerian man posing as a Turkiye-based high-ranking government officer on a matrimonial website with the help of an accomplice, police said on Friday.
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Twitter Mistakenly Labels Norway, Its PM And Foreign Minister As 'Nigerian', Internet Mocks Gaffe
The Elon Musk-owned social media site labelled Norway's foreign ministry as a "Nigeria government organization", while Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Store and Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were also mischaracterised.
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Nigeria Rallies on Promoting CBDC Use, Bans Monthly ATM Withdrawals Over $225
The Nigerian government has now banned weekly ATM withdrawals over $225 (roughly Rs. 18,565), aiming to promote the use of its CBDC among its citizens. The eNaira was launched on October 25. The CBDC garnered over 840,000 downloads in over 270,000 active wallets within the first few weeks of its launch.
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Tension In Gurugram University Campus After Fight Involving Nigerian Students
Two days after a fight broke out between Indian and Nigerian students, GD Goenka University campus remained subdued on Sunday, with an internal inquiry ordered into the matter and a visit made by the Nigerian government officials.
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Nigeria to Load CBDC eNaira With More Features, Aims to Onboard Millions of Unbanked
The government of Nigeria is taking efforts to boost the functional capacity of its digital currency, called the eNaira. The authorities there will soon be allowing eNaira users to create wallets for the CBDC by dialling a four-digit code on their mobile telephones, whether or not they have bank accounts, among other new features.
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Google Asked to Block Banned Groups, Organisations From YouTube in Nigeria
Google has been asked to remove YouTube channels of banned groups in Nigeria in an effort to regulate social media usage in the country. Meanwhile, Google's sub-Saharan African director for government affairs and public policy said in a statement the company already has measures to address the Nigerian government's concerns.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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Facebook, Other Platforms Asked to Curtail Online Hate Speech by Nigerian Government
Facebook, other social media platforms are being actively monitored in Nigeria to ensure they comply with demands to curtail hate speech on their sites, stated Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday. The statement comes after Mohammed's meeting with Facebook's team in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
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Nigeria May Allow Flight Bookings, Cable and Electricity Payments With eNaira CBDC
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is reportedly looking to allow people to use the eNaira for day-to-day payments. Nigeria’s apex bank has partnered with mobile banking firm called Bizi Mobile to facilitate user payments via its CBDC. The CBN official also said that eNaira could help poverty-ridden Nigerians who will get compensations from the go...
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Twitter Agreement on Restoration of Services in Nigeria Asked to Be Published by Rights Group
A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.
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Top Nigerian Minister Suggests Government Should Reconsider Policies Against Cryptocurrencies
Nigerian politician Prince Clem Agba has claimed that the residents of Nigeria deserve an opportunity to experiment with the crypto space and use it for their financial benefits.
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Nigerian Court Orders Release of Binance Executive After Charges Dropped
Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has been released after the government dropped money laundering charges against him. Gambaryan had been in detention in Nigeria since late February.
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Man Who Designed Nigeria's Flag To Get Burial A Year After Death
A year after the man who designed the Nigerian flag died at 87, his family has decided to bury his body. The family had been waiting for the government to fulfill its promise to arranging a state burial for him, but the promise never materialised.
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Nigeria’s Crypto Investors Urge Government to Follow India's Approach in Tackling Binance Dispute: Report
Crypto investors in Nigeria have asked the government to follow India’s approach and regulate crypto businesses rather than taking extreme measures. While Nigerian authorities are embroiled in a court battle with the exchange after imprisoning two of its executives, India dealt with a similar situation with a measured approach, crypto traders fro...
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Crypto Scammers Targeting Indian, Nigerian Government Websites With MetaMask Phishing Links: Report
Government sites from India, Nigeria, Egypt, Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam, and other countries are redirecting visitors to scam MetaMask sites. The websites of the Nigerian Postal Service and the Municipal Corporation of Ambala are amongst those that are redirecting visitors to the fake website, disguised as the original site for the digital wallet pl...
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Nigerian Man Cheats Gurugram Woman Of Rs 1.73 Lakh On Matrimonial Website
A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 1.73 lakh by a Nigerian man posing as a Turkiye-based high-ranking government officer on a matrimonial website with the help of an accomplice, police said on Friday.
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Twitter Mistakenly Labels Norway, Its PM And Foreign Minister As 'Nigerian', Internet Mocks Gaffe
The Elon Musk-owned social media site labelled Norway's foreign ministry as a "Nigeria government organization", while Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Store and Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt were also mischaracterised.
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Nigeria Rallies on Promoting CBDC Use, Bans Monthly ATM Withdrawals Over $225
The Nigerian government has now banned weekly ATM withdrawals over $225 (roughly Rs. 18,565), aiming to promote the use of its CBDC among its citizens. The eNaira was launched on October 25. The CBDC garnered over 840,000 downloads in over 270,000 active wallets within the first few weeks of its launch.
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Tension In Gurugram University Campus After Fight Involving Nigerian Students
Two days after a fight broke out between Indian and Nigerian students, GD Goenka University campus remained subdued on Sunday, with an internal inquiry ordered into the matter and a visit made by the Nigerian government officials.
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Nigeria to Load CBDC eNaira With More Features, Aims to Onboard Millions of Unbanked
The government of Nigeria is taking efforts to boost the functional capacity of its digital currency, called the eNaira. The authorities there will soon be allowing eNaira users to create wallets for the CBDC by dialling a four-digit code on their mobile telephones, whether or not they have bank accounts, among other new features.
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Google Asked to Block Banned Groups, Organisations From YouTube in Nigeria
Google has been asked to remove YouTube channels of banned groups in Nigeria in an effort to regulate social media usage in the country. Meanwhile, Google's sub-Saharan African director for government affairs and public policy said in a statement the company already has measures to address the Nigerian government's concerns.
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Severed Head Of Missing Nigerian Lawmaker Found In Park: Police
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
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Facebook, Other Platforms Asked to Curtail Online Hate Speech by Nigerian Government
Facebook, other social media platforms are being actively monitored in Nigeria to ensure they comply with demands to curtail hate speech on their sites, stated Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday. The statement comes after Mohammed's meeting with Facebook's team in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
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Nigeria May Allow Flight Bookings, Cable and Electricity Payments With eNaira CBDC
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is reportedly looking to allow people to use the eNaira for day-to-day payments. Nigeria’s apex bank has partnered with mobile banking firm called Bizi Mobile to facilitate user payments via its CBDC. The CBN official also said that eNaira could help poverty-ridden Nigerians who will get compensations from the go...
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Twitter Agreement on Restoration of Services in Nigeria Asked to Be Published by Rights Group
A Nigerian rights group has asked the High Court to force the government to publish an agreement with Twitter that led to the restoration of the social media company's services last month following a six-month ban.
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Top Nigerian Minister Suggests Government Should Reconsider Policies Against Cryptocurrencies
Nigerian politician Prince Clem Agba has claimed that the residents of Nigeria deserve an opportunity to experiment with the crypto space and use it for their financial benefits.
