The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has asked the Nasarawa State Scholarship Board (NSSB) to help the NCC raise awareness about the Commission’s intervention projects in research and digital literacy in order to provide more opportunities for citizens. Director of Digital Economy at the Commission, Dr Augustine Nwaulune, who hosted a […]
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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has demonstrated its commitment to the long-term viability of a digitally transformed Nigeria by engaging the workforce of various Federal Public Institutions (FPIs) in capacity development programs aimed at building a digitally formidable federal public service in the pursuit of a digital Nigeria. […]
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the level of awareness of the potential of telecommunications products and services is a credit to the media industry which has partnered with the Commission in the regulatory process. Danbatta was the Keynote Speaker at […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has stated that women’s participation is critical in the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy’s digital economy initiative. Mrs Tariundu Ndoni, Head of Servicom Unit at NITDA, who delivered a goodwill message on behalf of the DG, Mal. Kashifu Inuwa, at the […]
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 […]
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 […]