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Nigeria 'Rescue Me' app inundated with 'false' alerts
The Nigerian Police Force has spoken out about false alerts on their app called ‘Rescue Me’; meant to report emergency assistance, the app has received 10000+ false alerts.
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(Photo: Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, at the naval dockyard in Lagos. Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)
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