The Federal Government has declared Sept. 16 as National Identity Day and has supported the enrolment of Nigerians for Digital Identity (ID) across the country. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, mentioned this in a statement signed by his spokesperson Mrs Uwa Suleiman, his on Tuesday, in […]
Lagos State Government has organised training for no fewer than 1000 of its secondary school teachers in the effective use of ICT across the education curriculum. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye said at the opening of the workshop in Lagos that it was the beginning of a series […]
There is heavy presence of security personnel at the Benin City office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along Ramat Park. The electoral umpire had moved back to its permanent office after vacating the premises to a rented apartment along Sapele Road as a result of flooding. Two Armoured […]
Furtherance to the announcement made by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the introduction of a dedicated public portal called the INEC Result Viewing (IreV), which would enable Nigerians to view real-time results in polling stations, the Commission, has earlier today ,released online portal for results verification directly from […]
With strict compliance with COVID-19 management protocols put in place by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Senior Executives of telecommunication companies on complaints management recently held the regular bi-annual meeting. The meeting which was held virtually for the first time focused on complaint management processes […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The Act repeals the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well organized Police Force, driven by the principles of transparency and accountability in its operations and management of […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency has indicated its willingness to form an alliance with the Land Forces Simulation Centre Nigeria, a formation of the Nigerian Army to establish a simulation Centre for the military. The NITDA Director General, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi disclosed this today when he hosted the […]
According to the 2020 Global Crypto Adoption Index compiled by blockchain data analytics firm, Nigeria ranked highly among other countries where cryptocurrency adoption was quite significant. The capital market and investment regulator on Monday said digital assets provide alternative investment opportunities for the investing public and it therefore becomes essential […]
The National Association of State Assembly Legislators (NASAL) has honoured Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC) and chief executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), with a National Service Excellence Award for his transformational leadership in deepening access to telecommunications services across state constituencies of Nigeria in the […]
The federal government on Monday met with stakeholders across sectors in Abuja to deliberate on the data protection bill 2020. The bill is created by the federal government through the Legal and Regulatory Reform Working Group (LWG) which was constituted in March in furtherance of the government’s implementation […]
