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- 19 May 2025
Nigerian Judges Pledge to Uphold Global Digital Rights Standards in Ikot Ekpene Declaration
Judges of the Federal High Court and National Industrial Court in Nigeria have committed to upholding global digital rights standards by endorsing the Ikot Ekpene Declaration. The move, aimed at…
- 2 May 2021
Paradigm Initiative Launches 'Ripoti' a Platform for African Citizens to Call Out Digital Rights Violations
Paradigm Initiative, PIN, has launched ‘Ripoti’, a groundbreaking platform geared towards the protection of digital rights of all African citizens. The platform’s aim is to fight the worrying trend…
- 10 May 2026
PIN Records 3.07Bn Media Reach, Expands Digital Rights Impact Across Africa in 2025
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African organisation focused on digital rights and inclusion, has released its 2025 Annual Impact Report, highlighting major achievements across Africa and other…
- 15 Mar 2019
ACSIS Urges President Buhari to Sign Digital Rights Bill
The African Civil Society for the Information Society (ACSIS), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give presidential assent to the Digital Rights and…
- 3 May 2017
Digital Rights and Internet Freedom in Nigeria
As Nigeria becomes a more digital-driven nation, it is quite necessary and important for policy makers to come out with the necessary laws that will guaranty the rights of the users and customers,…
- 30 Mar 2023
NITDA Supports Avocats Sans Frontiers France on Online Rights Protection
In line with one of the pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), aimed at achieving a safer cyber space, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),…
- 16 Jun 2021
NDSF2021: Citizens Participation Enhances Digital Cooperation in Digital Economy says Uzor
Citizens’ participation in digital cooperation for enhanced multi-stakeholder governance in a digital economy, would engender public policy designs and inclusion of citizenry, according to chief…
- 16 Mar 2026
FG Determined to Protect Rights, Privacy Online- NITDA
Federal government is determined to protect Nigerians’ rights and privacy in the digital space, according to Dr Ayodele Bakare, assistant director, Cybersecurity Department, National Information…
- 9 May 2018
Experts Urge Awareness on Cybercrime
Cybersecurity experts have urged governments to create more awareness on the implications of cyber fraud on global and national economies. The experts made the call in Lagos at the opening of a…
- 29 May 2025
Experts @ ABoICT 2025 Warn of Digital Disaster Risks in Nigeria Without AI Governance
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the global digital landscape, two prominent technology leaders have issued urgent warnings and strategic calls for Nigeria and Africa to adopt a…
- 8 Mar 2023
IWD: Paradigm Initiative calls for Digital Gender Equality for Women
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading Pan African organisation advocating for digital rights and inclusion in the region, has called on African Governments to urgently initiate reforms aimed at…
- 22 Dec 2021
Broadband: Pantami, Danbatta Assure of FG's Plans to Bridge Infrastructure Deficit
The Nigerian government has reassured of its commitment to ensure pervasive and ubiquitous broadband penetration in the country. Therefore, the ongoing policy directions and regulatory measures being…
- 28 Oct 2018
NCC, UK to Partner on Digital Inclusion to Bridge Access Gap
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) have agreed to collaborate on digital inclusion, cyber security and capacity building to bridge digital…
- 18 Feb 2025
Kaspersky Endorses UN’s Global Digital Compact
To enhance global efforts aimed at making the digital world safe and secure, Kaspersky has joined the ranks of organisations endorsing the vision of the United Nations’ Global Digital Compact. This…
- 29 Jul 2015
Sophisticated Cyberattacks Drive Innovation Btw Adversaries & Defenders- Cisco
Both the attackers and defenders in the cyber world are innovating. The Cisco® 2015 Midyear Security Report released on Tuesday, tell us how. The report which analyzes threat intelligence and…
- 1 Mar 2021
Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum 2021 Gets June Date
ITREALMS Media, multiple award-winning digital news platform, and the organizers of the annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series, has unveiled the date for this year’s edition. Mr. Remmy Nweke,…
- 12 Aug 2026
Africa Faces Rising AI-Enabled Cybercrime as INTERPOL Reports 55% of Cases
Africa is facing a new wave of cybercrime driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes on the continent now reportedly AI-enabled, according to the International…
- 28 Oct 2018
NCC, UK Govt to Partner on Digital Inclusion, Bridge Access Gaps
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Government of the United Kingdom (UK), have agreed to collaborate on digital inclusion, cyber security and capacity building, in what is seen as a…
- 14 Mar 2022
NDSF2022 Gets June Date in Lagos
The 2022 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been scheduled to hold in June this year at the esteemed Welcome Centre Hotel, International…
- 10 Dec 2024
Group Calls for Robust Legal Frameworks to Uphold Human Rights Online
As countries worldwide commemorate International Human Rights Day, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) is calling for the enactment of robust legal frameworks that uphold human rights online. The organisation…
- 19 Jan 2015
Experts Fret over Cyber-Security, List Areas of Focus
Cyber security experts have articulated areas of focus for organizations and government agencies in their efforts to protect their networks against cyber- attacks this year, as the country awaits the…
- 19 Sept 2021
Digital Encode: Pioneering Effective Cybersecurity Response to Attacks in Nigeria
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in its global cybersecurity index (GCI) 2020 ranks Nigeria 47th among countries tackling cybercrimes headlong. The index disclosed that countries are…
- 3 Jul 2018
NCS Makes Case for Digital Inclusion, Announces Date for National Conference
Professor Adesola Aderounmu, President, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has underscored the need for Digital Inclusion in Nigeria. Aderounmu, expressed this at a press conference to announce its 27th…
- 16 Aug 2016
NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, Others Participating At 2016 Nigeria Digital Confab
The 2016 Digital Innovation Conference, scheduled to hold in Kano State, had attracted the attention of a good number of government agencies, such as the National Information Technology Development…
- 24 Jul 2026
NITRA Conference: Stakeholders Seek Policy Reforms, Grassroots Innovation to Bridge Nigeria's Digital
Stakeholders in Nigeria's information and communications technology (ICT) sector have called for comprehensive policy reforms, stronger infrastructure investment and grassroots innovation to bridge…
- 10 Jun 2018
Worries as MDAs, Others Shun ONSA Cyber Security Infrastructure
Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA) has expressed concerns over lack of interest by government agencies and private organizations to use its robust cyber security infrastructure for monitoring…
- 12 Nov 2017
21st Century Technologies Partners Digital Encode for PCI DSS 3.2 Certification
By Ugo Onwuaso 21st Century Technologies Limited has achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS 3.2) certification, the most thorough global payment-card security standard…
- 17 Jun 2025
Lagos Future Conference 2025: Stakeholders Call for Digital Responsibility and Grassroots Innovation
The Lagos Future Conference 2025, themed ‘Future-Forward – Harnessing the Power of Youth, Innovation, and Technology for National Economic Growth,’ concluded last week with a resounding call for both…
- 19 Apr 2021
Cyber Era NG Partners Tradepass on BYTES ’21: LIVE & CyFrica: LIVE
Cyber Era NG, leading ICT and Digital Economy Publication has wrapped up plans to partner B2B Conferences and event organizers- Tradepass on two potentially industry disruptive virtual events for the…
- 6 Jun 2023
NITDA Partners with NAICOM to Institutionalise Cyber Insurance
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is exploring partnership and collaboration with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on how to institutionalise Cyber Security…