TECHlife with Ugo reports that the Federal Government (FG) has said that the ban placed on the operations of the microblogging site, Twitter, will be lifted “in a matter of days”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) […]
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The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, has applauded Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for launching its Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) Platform, yesterday at the NIS Headquarters, Abuja. The EDMS launched by NIS is a key component of any digital transformation strategy and […]
The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, alongside other dignitaries, attended a 2-Day Capacity Building Programme on e-Governance & Digital Transformation for Members of Kano State Executive Council at the Digital Bridge Institute, Kano, recently. The program was to […]
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has commended Nigeria’s commitment to the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse, even as he called for more collaboration among anti-drug law enforcement agencies in Africa and the world at large. He gave the commendation at the State House in Banjul when he received […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), being the nation’s premier communications regulatory agency under the Federal Ministry of Communications is mandated to work with all stakeholders to ensure a secure cyberspace that is safe for the operators and consumers of communications services and infrastructure in Nigeria. It is against this background […]
Organiser of the Nigerian Women in Tech Entrepreneurship Conference, scheduled to hold September 16, 2021, at the Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island-Lagos, has said the conference will highlight the strength of Nigerian women in Information and Communications Technology. According to the organizer, technology has continued to evolve to the […]
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted ways through which public private collaboration can be explored for a robust digital infrastructure, regulations, investment and policy in Nigeria. He made this call at at a panel session in his keynote speech while […]
The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021. The decision to extend the deadline was made following a request by stakeholders to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora and […]
It would not be out of place to say that every Nigerian youth has been there. In that place where nothing seemed to be working and situations just felt relatively hopeless but instead of throwing in the towel, strength comes from somewhere deep inside and you think, ‘we move!’ This […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in exercise of its statutory functions under the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 (the Act) earlier had published the draft regulatory instruments on its Web site www.ncc.gov.ng June 4, 2021, for stakeholders’ comments. The telecoms regulatory Commission has stated the documents are Annual Operating Levy Regulations (as […]