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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Trade Union Congress Threatens to Shut Down the Economy Against Cybersecurity Levy

Trade Union Congress (TUC) threatens to shut down the economy against Cybersecurity Levy FG responds to Binance accusations, says blackmails won't save it Microsoft shuts down office in Nigeria, sacks…

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Playstation 5: Will video gaming become the ‘new normal’ for sports lovers?

by Onakoya Toluwanimi Social media went into a frenzy when Sony released a demo video, earlier this week, displaying sneak peeks of the graphics of the highly anticipated PS5. The latest…

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Adebola Williams announced as Special Guest Faculty at the fourth season of the Lagos Public Relations Summit

Adebola Williams, co-founder of RED| For Africa will be a special guest faculty at the fourth season of the Lagos Digital Public Relations Summit themed, ‘Upping Your Versatility In Digital…

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The YNaija Cover – the 17th of April

Follow the links to read the stories on YNaija:    

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Access Bank and Microsoft partner to improve banking security in Africa

  Access Bank, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has partnered with global technology giant, Microsoft to improve security and banking experience for customers in Nigeria and Africa, as both companies accentuated…

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Herbert Wigwe to meet Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella to discuss technology in banking 

Herbert Wigwe, the Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc. will meet with Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella this Thursday, September 27, 2018. The two chief executive officers are set to discuss…

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Microsoft and The Future Project reward young entrepreneurs at the Accelerate Labs Demo Day in Lagos

Microsoft Nigeria, in partnership with The Future Project, rewarded budding Nigerian entrepreneurs at the Demo Day held in Lagos on Saturday, 3 February, 2018, as participants in the initiative were…

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Companies, educational institutions move to defend DACA recipients

In defense of employees and students caught in the DACA program rescinding, leading corporations and colleges and universities are mobilizing to protect recipients of the program which was instituted by…

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The Future Project and Microsoft Nigeria launch Accelerate LABS to support Nigerian startups

The Future Project, in partnership with Microsoft Nigeria, has officially announced the launch of Accelerate LABS, an initiative to bolster the country’s economic development through enterprise development and technology incubation.…

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Jeff Bezos’ reign as world’s richest man only lasted hours

It was earlier reported that Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos was the world's richest man, displacing Microsoft's Bill Gates, but the reign only lasted for a couple of hours. Bezos has…

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world

Amazon founder and owner of Washington Post, Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in the world.  He now overtakes Bill Gates. A 1 percent pop in the shares of Amazon.com,…

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Microsoft Paint ‘enthusiasts’ have afterall saved it from extinction

Full-time lovers of Microsoft Paint have stormed the internet and saved probably one of the greatest Windows program ever, as Microsoft has announced that it would now be available on the…

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Microsoft to kill Paint in new update, after 32 years

Microsoft’s next Windows 10 update, called the Autumn (or Fall in the US) Creators Update, will bring a variety of new features. However, your long-standing favourite software, Microsoft Paint, is going…

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Opinion: Microsoft, stop the Word discrimination

by Idowu Joshua Words, like human beings, hate to be discriminated against. This is because they, like human beings also, have dignity. There is no form of discrimination in human…

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 19th of May

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analysis on YNaija this morning:

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Microsoft to launch datacentre in Africa to boost economy

by Omoleye Omoruyi Software giant, Microsoft, has announced plans to establish datacenter in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. This announcement continues the on ongoing investments in Africa, where organizations are using currently…

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How a 22-year-old saved the world from the worst cyber attack ever

by Soma Oj. While it's cool that we are swooning over Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old who has just become the biggest threat to Justin Trudeau's existence as the most attractive…

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Code2Earn training continues in Uyo, Abeokuta, and Port Harcourt

As part of our goal to get one million fingers coding by 2017, Aiki Nigeria continues its training on coding and entrepreneurship. In the last quarter, Code2Earn training has held…

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The YNaija Tracklist: $2.2b arms cash: Military rejects Jonathan’s claim | Nigeria to begin production of vaccines | Police arrest eight suspected kidnappers in Lagos

From the papers this morning - a Tracklist. How House on The Rock Abuja Pastor, Goodheart Ekwueme resigned on the altar (WATCH) - YNaija Police arrest banker for hiring assassins…

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The Media Blog: People of God, please which one is Bing TV?

So we we minding our business when we saw this in the press release for Innoson Group's latest investment - in Cable TV infrastructure, in collaboration with some Chinese people:…

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Lagos NIPR to deepen communicators’ skill-set with Digital PR Summit

Lagos State Chapter, the flagship branch of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has unveiled plans to deepen the skill-set of communication and media practitioners in new media with…

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After ‘tricking’ users into upgrade, Microsoft has now repented

by Chi Ibe Over the past few days, the world has been mad at Microsoft for forcing people to upgrade to Windows 10. It did this by flipping the functions…

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First impressions: Microsoft surface Pro 4 (VIDEO)

The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 runs Windows 10 and turns from a tablet into a full powered laptop while running all of your desktop software.

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How low can they go? Microsoft just unveiled a 15k Lumia smartphone

by Muyiwa Matuluko Remember the Nokia 215? That ultra low-cost pseudo-smartphone Microsoft announced last week? It could browse the internet, connect to services like Facebook and Twitter (it can't use WhatsApp though,…

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This is the new Nokia 215 || It can browse the internet, and will cost less than N6,000

by Muyiwa Matuluko In a move that indicates continued preference of "Nokia" brand name for its featurephone line, despite having rebranded the smartphone line to just "Lumia", Microsoft has launched yet…

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Microsoft might be working on an Internet Explorer replacement

by Muyiwa Matuluko Microsoft's Internet Explorer must hold the record for the world's most popular, yet equally most hated browser. So much so that the Redmond based technology company is…

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For the records: Chude Jideonwo’s speech at The Future Africa Awards 2014

by Chude Jideonwo Chude Jideonwo In March next year, I will finally turn 30. I can’t wait for that day to come. More importantly it will be 15 years since…

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Join others for the Microsoft Mobility Summit Exhibition in Lagos [DETAILS]

by Akan Ido   The Microsoft Mobility Summit, an event to introduce tech savvy individuals to the Microsoft mobile-first and cloud-first world will be taking place in Lagos next week.…

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Expect “Windows 9” next week

by Emma Chidiogo Microsoft is expected to announce its next flagship Operating System, Windows 9, next week at the September 30 press event. The September 30th event has been described…

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Have a sneak-peek of Microsoft’s Windows 9 [WATCH]

by Emma Chidiogo A few days ago, we brought you a report on the possible new features of Microsoft's next Operating System, Windows 9. However, a new video which surfaced…

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