Technology

The DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, being presented an award by NAIDT participants during a courtesy call on him by the trained AI Developers. In a bold move towards shaping the future of technology, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that NITDA has an ambitious vision to produce a thriving community of Artificial Intelligence (AI) developers in the country. Inuwa revealed this while receiving instructors and some beneficiaries of NITDA AI Developers Training (NAIDT) who were on a thank-you visit to the Agency’s Headquarters in...

The Nigerian Army (NA) has resolved to strengthen its partnership with Nigerian Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) for a formidable communication infrastructure. This resolution was reached on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja received the management team of NIGCOMSAT, led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tukur Lawal at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. In a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the COAS appreciated the enduring collaboration between the Nigerian Army (NA) and NIGCOMSAT. He revealed...

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed misleading information on social media that MAFAB Communications has not rolled out the Fifth Generation (5G) licences granted to it by the Commission. NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, in a statement said, MAFAB publicly launched its services in Abuja on January 24, 2023, and in Lagos on January 26, 2023. At launch, the services were targeted at six cities - Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano, and Kaduna. The statement reads: “The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn...

L-R: Representative of Vice Admiral Awwal  Gambo (Rtd), Dr. Marwan AbdulKarim;  Chief Operating Officer, Premium Times Group, Musikilu Mojeed; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta; Head, Media Relations, NCC/Book Author, Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan; Chairman of the Occasion/Former Minister of Information and Communications, Frank Nweke Jr. and Book Reviewer, Azubuike Ishiekwene, at the public presentation of a book on “Cyber Politics” published by Premium Times Books in Abuja recently. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has commended the author of the book on ‘Cyber Politics’, Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan, for...

DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa in a group photograph with the Six Nigerian Students who participated at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) during the Council on Global Partner Summit held at Orlando, Florida, United States of America. In its strive to accomplish the facilitation of a 95 percent digitally literate population by 2030, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has successfully built the capacity of over three million Nigerians, the Agency’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa has disclosed.   Speaking at the Council on Global Partner Summit held in...

The Director General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, represented by Mr. Yakubu Musa, (left) National coordinator ONDI, at the E-Tech Africa summit 2023 The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has attested that digital innovation is ushering better lives for Africans and improving the continent’s digital economy. Inuwa, who was represented by National Coordinator, Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), Yakubu Musa, at the e-Tech Africa Summit in Abuja, stated that digital innovation is about using technology to “improve the way we do things which has led to...

L-R: Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Communications Commission, and Dr. Dasuki Arabi, Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reform, during the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony to strengthen collaborations between the agencies at the NCC’s Head Office in Abuja recently The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, and the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards accelerating the digitisation reform process in government. NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, disclosed...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), as part of its continued effort at revitalising the nation’s startup ecosystem towards the sustainability of a digitally transformed nation, has engaged the relevant stakeholders within the tech ecosystem in a Digital Policy Dialogue with the intent of harnessing ideas for the effective implementation of the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA). The Digital Policy Dialogue session, which was held last week Thursday at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos is aimed at creating a platform where inclusive and valuable insights are gathered from...

…PARTNERS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AGENCY L-R:  Dr. Bashir Gwandu, Executive Vice Chairman, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), receiving from Dr. Abdulrazak Garba, Director-General, Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), a geological map containing locations of solid minerals in Nigeria during a working visit to the NASENI Headquarters, Abuja on Monday, July 31, 2023. The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) plans to seek a national policy that will stop the export of strategic Solid Minerals overseas thereby domesticating the production of the end products locally.  NASENI is...

L-R: John Odeyemi, Chairman, Board of Trustees and past President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI); Dr. Michael Olawale-Cole, President & Chairman of Council, LCCI; Alkasim Umar, Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); Gabriel Idahosa, Deputy President, LCCI; Prof. Muhammed Abubakar, Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone Limited and  Leye Kupoluyi, Vice President, LCCI, during the 9th edition of the Information, Communication Technology and Telecommunications (ICTEL) Expo hosted by LCCI in Lagos recently. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, has advised businesses to adjust to the potential of disruptive technologies which have been adopted...