At the weekend in Lagos, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) received a cybersecurity promotion award at the maiden edition of the Cybersecurity Merit Awards hosted by the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), which enumerated several steps taken by it to promote a safer Internet. The award, which was conferred […]
The agency, which recognizes that the information and communication sector is growing and creating thousands of new jobs each year, as well as providing opportunities for development, has an all-inclusive ICT capacity-building intervention for different segments such as executives, People With Disabilities (PWD), women, and children. NITDA graduated over 300 […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put up another two slots of spectrum in the 3.5GHz Spectrum band for auction before the end of 2022, to boost the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in Nigeria. The process, which was made public on 21st October 2022 with the publication of […]
As Police Re-Strategizes Security Management in FCT, Nationwide; Announces Operation “Darkin Gaggawa” Simulation Exercise in the FCT The Nigeria Police Force hereby reassures Nigerians and all other residents and visitors in the country that it will effectively review the United States of America Embassy in Abuja’s security advisory which was […]
The ICT industry has regularly had a double-digit contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the previous three years, according to Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. “In the last three years, the ICT industry made three previously unheard-of contributions to the country’s […]
In an effort to increase local content and encourage economic sustainability in Nigeria, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has set plans in motion to collaborate with the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS). Speaking when he received the first female President of NAS and her delegation during […]
Director-General of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, stated this at the Blockchain Summit Day of the agency’s ongoing Digital Nigeria Conference and Exhibition in Abuja. According to Inuwa, the success of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Metaverse, and Web3 is beginning to dominate the industrial and financial space. “With Blockchain Technology supporting […]
In alignment with the global best practices through the implementation of the present administration’s National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has trained teeming youths on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented […]
In the midst of Nigeria’s fiscal disaster, the Federal Government of Nigeria is reportedly compiling a list of assets that will be sold or ‘concessioned’ to fund the N10.7 trillion budget deficit in 2023. The government is considering selling or concessioning the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) in Lagos, as well […]
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, has said Nigeria has a competitive advantage to continue positioning itself as the global talent factory in the areas of technology, sports, music, and movie industries. Inuwa made this known when he received the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) of Outsource Global, […]
