As Danbatta Bags ‘Icon of Digital Revolution Award The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to closing the growing gender-based digital divide in order to accelerate inclusive economic prosperity for all Nigerians. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, reaffirmed this commitment in Lagos […]
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The Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr DanAzumi Mohammed Ibrahim has called on African Countries to embrace the culture of innovation for the sustainable economic development of the continent. Dr Ibrahim made the call while flagging off the 2022 Commemoration of African Day […]
The need to expose young Nigerians to coding-related programmes, languages and games was once again emphasized as more than eight hundred young minds who participated in this year’s Science Technology Engineering Mathematics, STEM, Bootcamp for Kids gathered for the closing ceremony. The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has teamed with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities bedevilling the telecom industry, such as telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards among others. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar […]
In furtherance of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration’s digital literacy agenda, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, hosted the Amazon representative in Africa and the Middle East, Narrimane Benakcha, and her team from Anderson Nigeria, where discussions focused on open-door policy in developmental regulation […]
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (fnipr) on two management staff of the Commission as meritorious and a testament to the Commission’s promotion of professionalism and excellence in its […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has identified five malicious Google Chrome Extensions that secretly track and steal data from online browsers. According to the NCC-CSIRT, the five malicious extensions previously discovered by the McAfee Mobile Research Team are Netflix Party (800,000 downloads), Netflix Party 2 […]
As Nigeria moves to harness the potential of its digital economy through co-created regulations and provide enabling environment for growth, attraction and protection of investment in the sector, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that the recently passed Nigeria Startup Bill by National […]
The planned implementation of an excise tax on telecommunications services throughout the nation was halted on Monday by the federal government. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, announced the news during the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector’s inaugural meeting in Abuja. In […]
The Management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) annual Retreat held in Lagos has resolved to consistently focus on prioritizing the needs of their stakeholders in formulating policies, programs, and regulatory instruments that will further boast developmental regulation role for a sustainable Digital Economy, following a two-day power-packed […]