The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) announced on Sunday that the Federal Government’s efforts to promote digital literacy have begun to bear fruit, showing that the government’s goal of achieving a 95 per cent digital literacy rate by 2030 is within reach. Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General of NITDA, […]
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has started removing trash from an illegal dumpsite at Tin Can Island Port on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, with the goal of cleaning up the axis. Since the operation began yesterday, at that spot, which had been turned into a dumpsite due to […]
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has urged all those currently participating in the illicit drug trade to turn a new leaf or risk losing their freedom and assets in the new year. In his New Year’s greeting, the […]
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) FBCS, FNCS, FIIM, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, wishes to convey the approval of the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to March 31, 2022. The Federal Government has been praised […]
Due to its large agent network, African telecom operator MTN expects to breathe new life into Nigeria’s digital and mobile banking sector, according to Global Finance- the global news and insight for corporate financial professionals, has acquired a license to offer bank payment services, like its rival Airtel. Before they […]
Africa most celebrated ICT journalist and President of the Center for Cyber Awareness and Development (CECAD), Dr Bayero Agabi has hailed 2021 as the year the Information and Communications Technology industry witnessed many first for individuals and corporate organisations. Speaking for himself, he said he personally experienced another first […]
Three drug traffickers dressed in security agency clothes were apprehended with over 427 kilograms of illicit substances in Borno state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. While Yakubu Kotri, posing as a military officer, was apprehended on Wednesday, December 29th […]
The necessity for innovation and creativity to improve the nation’s education vision was re-emphasized today at the state Polytechnic in Hadejia, Jigawa State, by Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA. “It is important to seek to explore the benefits of innovations and creativity in […]
The 30 startups that will participate in an intensive, virtual boot camp between January 24th and February 18th, 2022, have been announced by Bridge to MassChallenge Nigeria (B2MC Nigeria), a NITDA-sponsored national startup competition that identifies and accelerates the most high-impact startups across Nigeria. The National Information Technology […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), led by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), FNCS, FBCS, FIIM, wishes to formally announce the establishment of the Agency’s new subsidiary, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), which resulted from the successful merger of […]