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- 12 Jul 2021
Lagos Registers 82 MDAs on eProcurement Platform
A total of 82 MDAs are now on the platform of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (PPA). Babajide Sanwo-Olu This is coming with the onboarding of additional 25 Ministries, Departments and…
- 15 Feb 2019
Lagos to Launch e-Procurement Platform to Eliminate Corruption
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has revealed that his administration would launch e-procurement platform aimed at eliminating corruption from the system in the next three weeks. The…
- 21 Feb 2020
Lagos PPA Deploys e-Procurement Solution Modules to 7 MDAs
Mr. Fatai Idowu Onafowote, General Manager, Lagos State Public Procurement Agency, PPA, has revealed that the Agency has deployed five e-Procurement solution modules to the procurement processes of…
- 30 Aug 2019
Lagos Begins Implementation of e-Tendering, e-Bidding, others September 1
Fatai Onafowote, General Manager of the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency (PPA), has disclosed that the agency would commence the implementation of e-Tendering, e-Publishing/Notification,…
- 4 Oct 2022
LASG Tasked Internal Stakeholders on the Modalities of Structuring Sustainable PPP Transactions
As part of strategies to continually enhance effective service delivery within the Public-Private Partnerships and the PPP Ecosystem in Lagos State, the PPP Office, yesterday, met with its…
- 30 Nov 2016
Why Nigeria Fares Poorly in Infrastructure Provisioning- Omisore
Senator Iyiola Alani Omisore, ‎former deputy Governor of Osun State, has identified several factors why the Nigeria’s…
- 25 Jul 2025
Experts Champion Sustainability at Lagos Green Economy Forum
Lagos State’s transition to a greener economy is gaining momentum, with female leaders from top corporations taking the lead and the state government beginning to record early wins from its plastic…
- 28 Feb 2015
BOLFYNG Launches New eProcurement Portal with 30 Days Trial
BOLFYNG has launched a new innovative electronic procurement solutions aimed at bridging the vast gap between Purchasers and Suppliers enabling the process of Tendering, Pre-Qualification and…
- 30 Sept 2022
PPP Will Play a Critical Role in Accelerating Nigeria's Digital Economy - NITDA DG
Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has given a nod to the call for proposals to support the establishment of Digital Innovation Hubs in…
- 28 Jul 2024
LH Telecoms, Nigerian Firm Acquires Majority Stake in 9mobile, Changes Board
LH Telecoms Limited, a Nigeria based company has acquired Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, operating under the trade name 9Mobile. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the…
- 9 Sept 2014
NCC Frowns, Lists Dangers of Sealing Base Stations
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed displeasure at the incessant closure of telecommunication Base Transceiver Station (BTS) sites across the country by various agencies of…
- 13 May 2026
FG, World Bank Launch $65m SPESSE Funding for 24,000 Nigerians
Federal government, in partnership with the World Bank, has launched a fresh $65 million funding phase of the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) project…
- 31 Jul 2020
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Commissions First Indigenous Medical Face Mask Factory in Lagos
The first indigenous medically graded face mask manufacturing company has opened in Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, opened the O-Care Medical Face Mask factory in Odofin…
- 3 Jun 2022
Heirs Insurance, Heirs Life Record Significant Milestones One Year Since Public Launch
One year following their applauded entrance into the insurance sector, duo insurance companies, Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) celebrated their first anniversary…
- 16 Jun 2024
President Tinubu Appoints Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as New DG Procurement Bureau
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on…
- 22 Jun 2025
TCN Expands Grid Capacity with 5,910 MVA Boost from Multilateral Projects
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced a major boost to the national electricity grid with the addition of 5,910 megavolt-amperes (MVA) of transformer capacity. The development was…
- 28 Oct 2019
Danbatta Seeks Fully Adoption of e-Government in Service Delivery
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that the introduction of e-government applications has been beneficial to the process of…
- 9 Mar 2012
NIMASA Allays Stakeholders’ Doubts on Concession
The Nigerian maritime industry is reaping bountifully from the application of ICT in coastal surveillance following the outsourcing of the specific function to a private firm. Nigeria…
- 24 May 2021
DG NITDA Charges IT Stakeholders to Disrupt the Status-Quo
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has charged the Information Technology ecosystem stakeholders to disrupt the status quo.…
- 10 Feb 2016
Efficiency Unit Devises Strategies to Manage Procurement Costs
In furtherance of its commitment to re-prioritise spending and cut cost on recurrent expenditure, The Efficiency Unit of the Federal Ministry of Finance has said it is planning to introduce detailed…
- 9 Nov 2014
FG Re-Appoints Akpobolokemi, NIMASA DG for 2nd Term
President Goodluck Jonathan has re-appointed Mr. Ziakede Akpobolokemi, director general/chief executive officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), for another four…
- 12 May 2025
NASENI Commends President Tinubu’s Push for Local Industry Growth
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has welcomed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's "Nigeria First Policy," describing it as a bold step toward accelerating Nigeria's…
- 28 Jan 2017
Ojobo is The Authority Newspaper Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016.
Mr. Tony Ojobo, director of Public Affairs (DPA) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been named the most outstanding Public Affairs Spokesperson of the year 2016 by the…
- 19 Mar 2025
Court Rejects EFCC’s Document in N76 Billion Arik Air Fraud Trial
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has rejected a document presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of a former Managing…
- 19 Oct 2021
Nigeria to Spend N19Bn on Software in New Budget
The Nigerian government will spend N19 billion on computer software in 2022, according to the budget proposal for the year submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly. While the…
- 20 Jul 2014
PoS Transactions Hit N24Bn in June
Payment of goods and services across the country at merchants’ location through Point of Sale (PoS) terminals in June recorded some 16% rise in value hitting N24.8billion, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 29 Jun 2014
Stakeholders Gear Up for Nationwide Cashless Policy
Stakeholders in the e-Payment space are hopeful that the commencement of nationwide cashless policy this week will trigger a geometric growth in the deployment and use of Point-of-Sale (POS)…
- 27 Nov 2020
The PTF Collaboration Model Mitigating COVID-19 in Nigeria
By Chido Nwakanma There is a long list of organizations and individuals that have been “supporting Nigeria’s emergency response to COVID-19”. Their assistance speaks to the various collaborations and…
- 14 May 2012
Expert Berates Govt. for Poor Telecom QoS
An ICT expert and software specialist, Collins Onuegbu has blamed the federal government over the continued poor service deliverance by all major telecom providers in the country, insisting that the…
- 31 May 2024
Presidential Tax Reforms Committee Moves to Boost BPO Business in Nigeria
Worried by the dwindling fortune of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) business in the country, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee has identified the impediments to its growth and…