LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate leader and former Governor of Akwa ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio yesterday visited major projects in Cross River State, some of the projects he visited were the the Rice City, the ultra modern calabar garment factory etc. The senator who could not hold his excitement took to his facebook page to…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg finally testified before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees on Tuesday afternoon. Zuckerberg appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees and will appear before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committees on Wednesday to discuss Facebook’s (FB) role in the latest Cambridge Analytica…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook has had a contentious relationship with Brazilian authorities, and its WhatsApp messenger has suffered multiple service bans for failing to cooperate. Two years ago, a court froze around $6 million of the company’s cash after it didn’t hand over data for a criminal investigation over drug smuggling. It seems the social…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite being asked, Mark Zuckerberg won’t attend a British parliamentary hearing about Cambridge Analytica’s data use. In a statement to Damian Collins, chair of Digital Culture Media and Sport Committee, Facebook’s head of public policy for the UK Rebecca Stimson outlined all the ways Facebook would change its course of action (like…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, issued a statement apologizing for “breach of trust” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal in full-page newspaper ads across major print publications on Sunday. The statement, signed by Zuckerberg, appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the U.S., and…
LAGOS MARC 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook will be helping Nigeria with its upcoming 2019 presidential elections. This comes after a team from Facebook, led by Ebele Okobi (Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Afrika) visited and met with Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore various ways in which they could work together on voter education and…
LAGOS FBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The international tech community is nurturing Africa’s digital ecosystem by supporting skills development, technology adoption and the growth of digital businesses across the continent. Giants like Google and Facebook are leading the effort through direct investment, partnerships and in-market teams in key African markets. Google and Facebook both opened offices in Nigeria…