For years, Nigeria’s tech story has mostly been about consuming what other countries build. We buy the phones, download the apps, and use the AI tools that come out of Silicon Valley or Beijing. But the country is now trying to flip that script, and this month gives us a good look at how serious…
Google’s Gemini has crossed a massive milestone: over one billion people now use the AI assistant every month. The number, confirmed this week, puts Gemini in rare company — a club of apps so widely used they’ve become part of daily life for a meaningful chunk of the planet. To put that in perspective, a…
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria — The family of Daminabo Peterside says youths in their community have escalated harassment, threats and intimidation as efforts reportedly continue to locate him, nearly five years after the case first arose. Peterside, who lived in Lagos and whose family is based in Port Harcourt, left the country in September 2020 after…
