Technology

…AS HE RESUMES OFFICE. ADDRESSES STAFF R-L: Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu; Chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee for the Nigerian/Czech Republic Technology Transfer Agreement, Dr. Mohammed Dahiru; Coordinating Director, Planning and Business Development Directorate, NASENI, Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi; Coordinating Director, Engineering Infrastructure Directorate, NASENI, Prof. Dansheu Gwandangaji; and Director, Procurement, NASENI, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed, when the new EVC/CEO was given a guided tour of NASENI on his assumption at the Agency’s Headquarters on Monday, September 4, 2023. PHOTO: NASENI. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the implementation of the Emergency Communications Centres (ECC) has provided employment placements for many Nigerian youth and professionals, as well as offering informal business activities to citizens across the country. Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Reuben Muoka, in a statement, said, that beyond providing essential emergency response services to the Nigerian public, the ECC, which has been constructed and is now fully operational is in a total of 27 State Capitals across the country, are reachable on Toll-Free Number 112,  and...

…AS COMMISSION TARGETS CHILDREN FOR ENROLMENT The Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Mustafa, has commended the management of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) over its successes in the registration of Nigerians for the National Identity Number (NIN). The monarch, who gave the commendation while receiving a delegation of the Commission at the Lamido’s Palace, Yola, recently, pledged his support to NIMC towards the implementation of its mandate. According to a Press Release jointly signed by NIMC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke, and Nigeria Digital ID4D...

L-R: Dr. Bashir Gwandu, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and Governor Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, when the Governor paid a courtesy visit to the NASENI Headquarters The Nasarawa State government and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) are set to partner on a lithium processing policy that would ensure that Lithium mined in the State is processed locally instead of exporting it raw.   NASENI Director, Information and Protocol, Mr. Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, in a statement, said the processing policy is in line...

L-R: Ag. Director,  Digital Economy Development Department, Engr. Salisu Kaka; Permanent Secretary,  Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. William Alo;  and DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa In a remarkable display of Nigeria's burgeoning technological innovation and prowess on the global stage, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) orchestrated the country's participation at the recent G20 Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy in Bangalore, India. The G20 Ministerial Meeting brought together leaders and experts from the world's largest economies to discuss strategies and policies for fostering digital transformation,...

The DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, represented by the SA Strategy and Innovation, Mrs. Iklima Musa Salihu, delivering a goodwill message at a One-Day National Technical Working Group Meeting on 'Coordination of Service Providers to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls in States' organised by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has reiterated the commitment of the Agency to creating and sustaining life-transforming opportunities for girl-child and women in the country. This was disclosed by the DG through his Special...

L-R:  Dr. Bashir Gwandu, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and Czech Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency Zdeněk Krejčí when the former paid the Ambassador a courtesy visit in Abuja. The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has visited the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Nigeria, His Excellency, Zdeněk Krejčí for business collaboration and fact-finding on Delta2 Project.  This was contained in a statement by the Director of Information and Protocol of NASENI, Chima Akwaja, on Sunday. According to...

The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has reiterated the commitment of the Agency to empowering youths with the essential skills to drive positive change and a sustainable future. Inuwa stated this in his goodwill message at the 2023 International Youth Day Celebration organised by the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development with the theme: “Green Skills for Youths: Towards a Sustainable World’’, in Abuja. Represented by Yakubu Musa, the acting National Coordinator of the Office for Nigeria Digital Innovation (ONDI), Inuwa noted that the youths...

Google West Africa Director, Olumide Balogun, and the Director General,  National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, while presenting the former with NITDA'S Strategic RoadMap and Action Plan (SRAP) document, during a visit to NITDA'S corporate headquarters, in Abuja. Google West Africa presented its new Director for the continent, Mr. Olumide Balogun to the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, as Tech Giant promised to deepen the collaboration that exists between the two organisations. Mr. Balogun who led other Google executives to the Agency’s Corporate...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to showcase achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE 2023), which holds in Lagos from August 22-24, 2023, at Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, in a statement, said the Commission is mobilizing stakeholders for a remarkable outing, following a very impressive showing at the maiden edition of the event last year. The NTICE 2023, with the theme:...