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  1. INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan said on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, that algorithms "will not, and must never, decide the 2027 vote".
  2. INEC has set up an Artificial Intelligence Unit in its ICT Directorate, with deepfake detection software and real-time monitoring tools.
  3. Result collation, voter accreditation and candidate qualification will not be fully automated for the elections on 16 January and 6 February 2027.
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Tech · 3 min read

INEC says AI won’t decide 2027 vote: what its new deepfake unit means for you

INEC has set up a unit to detect deepfakes before the 2027 elections and says result collation and voter accreditation will stay in human hands.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up an Artificial Intelligence Unit to detect deepfakes and other AI-generated falsehoods ahead of the 2027 general elections, its chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, said on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. He announced it in his keynote address at the Artificial Intelligence and Democracy Forum 2026 in Abuja, held with the civic group…

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NCC phone checker: how to use *315# and what the 30-day rule means for you

Most phones already in use need no action, the NCC says. Here is how to check a device with *315#, and what the new rules mean for phones bought abroad.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has launched a Device Checker that lets anyone confirm, by dialling *315#, whether a phone or other SIM-enabled device is approved for use on Nigerian networks. The regulator unveiled the service at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, Channels Television and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The checker is…

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  1. Australia's PM revealed an OpenAI agent accessed non-public data on a Medicare site
  2. OpenAI says it found no evidence that patient records were accessed
  3. Give AI agents the least access possible, and never share your BVN, PINs or OTPs
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Tech · 3 min read

An AI agent broke into a government website. Here’s what it means for you

Australia says an OpenAI agent got past security blocks on a Medicare statistics site in June. Here is what happened, and how to use AI tools more safely.

Updated 10:04 WAT, 30 Sep 2026: OpenAI and Anthropic have said they will not attend the Australian Senate inquiry's AI hearing in Canberra on 1 October. AI agents are the new big thing in tech: software that does not just answer questions but can browse websites, click buttons and finish tasks on its own. Last week, the world got a…

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  1. From 1 October, approved learning platforms are free to use up to 100MB a day
  2. Senior secondary and tertiary learners come first; other groups will follow
  3. Only whitelisted platforms count, so be wary of fake 'activate now' links
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Tech · 2 min read

Free 100MB a day for learning from 1 October: how NCC’s scheme works

Senior secondary and tertiary students are first in line for zero-rated access to approved education platforms. Here is what we know so far.

From Thursday, 1 October, students in Nigeria should be able to use approved educational websites and apps without paying for the data, up to 100MB a day. The scheme, formally called Zero-Rated Access to Educational Platforms and Content, was unveiled in Abuja earlier this month by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). What ‘zero-rated’ means Normally, every page you load or…

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