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  The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has urged the Nigerian Data Protection Bureau to investigate banks and data-processing firms on data privacy and protection compliance. He said this during a press conference on Saturday in Abuja to kick off National Privacy Week 2023. The minister …

Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy has proposed the enactment of a legislation to criminalize any one that vandalizes ICT infrastructure and equipment identified as a Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). This is following President Buhari’s approval for the protection of relevant telecommunications and ICT infrastructure across the country and directed …

Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has commended telecom provider, 9mobile for driving initiatives that empower Nigerian youths, especially in digital skills acquisition. Danbatta gave the commendation while delivering a lecture at the launch of the Digital Bichi Emirate Initiative and graduation of the pilot class …

The Nigerian Government says it has established more than one thousand six hundred and sixty seven (1,667) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) centres and developed sixteen (16) ICT policies within two years. This, it said, is geared towards supporting the country’s digital drive. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. …

All is set for stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms and ICT sector to converge and deliberate on a key indigenous content policy at the forthcoming maiden edition of Policy Implementation Assisted Forum (PIAFO-001) slated for Thursday, August 12, 2021. As the forum focuses on the recently launched National Policy for …

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has warned the public to beware of a fake app that claims to help link the National Identity Number to SIM cards. In a post on its Twitter handle, NIMC dissociated itself from the app saying it is run by fraudsters who use it to harvest …

Envisaging businesses might never return to the ‘old normal’, building data- and technology-driven resilience has become much more pressing than ever. As a result, experts believed technology deployment is the key to economic recovery and sustainability across the world. The global pandemic has both accelerated the pace of digital transformation …

Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has called on the Federal Government to declare October 1st 2020 Nigeria’s technology independence day. He made this call in a recent virtual chat with technology correspondents. The serial digital entrepreneur, who has remained one of the foremost personalities in Nigeria’s technology ecosystem, based …

The Federal Government has waived Right of Way (RoW) charges on its highways as part of measures for visible broadband deployment in furtherance of move for a digital economy. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, stated this yesterday during a webinar organised by MTN to support …

Lagos Chamber of commerce and Industry (LCCI) has faulted the framework which makes Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) both as a regulator and operator in the courier service industry in Nigeria. The Director-General, LCCI, Mr Muda Yusuf noted in a statement that NIPOST framework negates the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) …