Nigeria arrests 792 suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, in a raid on a building believed to be a crypto romance scam call center
Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims …
Sources: Nigeria detains two senior Binance executives who flew to the country following its decision last week to ban several crypto trading websites
Financial Times :
Sources: Nigeria ordered telecoms to restrict access to the websites of some of the world's largest crypto exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken
Local consumers given only restricted access to markets like Binance and Coinbase — Authorities in Nigeria have blocked access …
The Central Bank of Nigeria lifts a ban, imposed in February 2021, on cryptocurrency transactions but says global trends show a need to regulate such activities
Nigeria's central bank has lifted a ban on transacting in cryptocurrencies, while saying global trends had shown a need to regulate …
Jack Dorsey says India threatened to shut down Twitter unless the company complied with orders during the farmer protests, a claim India calls an “outright lie”
Twitter was threatened with shut down in India, Nigeria and Turkey unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts …
A look at eNaira, Nigeria's 18-month-old government-backed digital currency that hasn't converted crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access
Temitayo Lawal / Rest of World :
Google Play began requiring local regulatory approval for loan apps in Nigeria and Kenya on January 31, matching rules in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines
Alexander Onukwue / Semafor :
Binance and Nigeria are in talks to establish a digital economic zone in the country, “similar to the Dubai virtual free zone”, to help blockchain developers
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Nigeria releases a draft Code of Practice to regulate internet companies like Meta and Google, which would require establishing a local legal entity and more
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
As Meta faces rising pressure in the West, it is building more internet infrastructure in Africa, especially in countries with few regulations, like Nigeria
Emmanuel Akinwotu / The Guardian : Tweets: @ea_akin , @dataaugmented , and @nwstein Tweets: Emmanuel Akinwotu / @ea_akin : As part of a series on Meta's evolving role and influence in Africa, my feat...