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- 17 Jun 2025
Gbenga Sesan to review ‘The Village Priest’ @2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum
Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative (PIN), Mr. Gbenga Sesan would be the reviewer of the latest book “The Village Priest” by Ogbuefi Remmy Nweke at the forthcoming Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa…
- 17 Aug 2022
UN Secretary General Appoints Gbenga Sesan on Internet Governance Forum
António Guterres, UN Secretary General has appointed a Nigerian social entrepreneur, Gbenga Sesan to serve on his inaugural Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Leadership Panel. The UN chief also…
- 30 Jun 2024
DigitalSENSE Africa honours Ekuwem, Odusote, Nwannenna, Adebayo, Uzor, others @NDSF’24
Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, the immediate past Secretary to the Government of Akwa-Ibom State, alongside the chairperson, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Mrs…
- 20 Jun 2024
NDSF’24: Adebayo, Rudman, Sesan, Iloezumma to discourse ‘Digital Economy and Safer Civic Space’
Messrs Gbenga Adebayo, Muhammed Rudman and Gbenga Sesan as well as Ms Francisca Iloezumma have made it to the speakers faculty of the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for…
- 31 May 2018
Igbalajobi, Sesan, Amana to Speak @ DigitalSENSE Forum 2018
Mr. Olatunji Igbalajobi, a cyber security expert and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CyberCode, and President of the Nigeria Internet Group, Mr. Destiny Amana would be leading speakers at this…
- 8 Jul 2024
NDSF@15: Ojo, Adebayo, Nnamani, Ekuwem, Nwannenna, Odusote Join DigitalSENSE Hall of Fame
Mr. Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda alongside the chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria and CNSSL group, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo; Managing…
- 28 Nov 2017
Paradigm Initiative to Rejig Techtiary Forum
Gbenga Sesan, CEO of Paradigm Initiative organisers of Techtiary Forum has said that, they will wind down the activity of Techtiary Forum in order to scale up work with tertiary institutions in…
- 20 Jun 2025
WSIS Review: Nigerian ICT Leaders Urged to Shape Global Digital Future
Stakeholders in Nigeria's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have been tasked to actively engage in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) review process. This call was…
- 11 Oct 2017
Paradigm Initiative Commends Imode Community On DiLiCe Project
By peter oluka Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise that builds an ICT-enabled support system and advocates digital rights in order to improve livelihoods for under-served youth, has applauded…
- 26 Jun 2024
NDSF@15: All is set to discourse Innovative Digital Economy, safer civic space in Nigeria
All is now set for the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) holding this Thursday, June 27, at the prestigious Welcome Center Hotels, International Airport…
- 14 Jun 2013
Ekanem, Uniben Student wins DigitalSENSE Student Essay contest 2013
Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem, a 400 level of the University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, has emerged winner of this year’s DigitalSENSE Africa Media Students Essay Contest, with an entry which a…
- 17 Oct 2022
Governments in Africa Urged to Establish Favorable Digital Laws & Policies
Governments across Africa have been urged to expand digital rights and inclusion on the continent by formulating favorable laws and policies. Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading Pan-African Digital…
- 25 Jul 2017
Stakeholders Call on Government Agencies to Embrace Digital Engagement
Stakeholders at a one-day roundtable talk on digital rights and engagement have called on government agencies to fully embrace digital tools in their engagement with the public. The roundtable,…
- 2 Oct 2017
Imode, Kwara Community’s Digital Literacy Centre, ICT Roadmap Unveiled
By peter oluka In a tactical move to become a digitally smart community that delivers a decent living and respectable future to its people, irrespective of their social status, Imode Community in…
- 23 Jun 2025
Remmy Nweke's "The Village Priest" Garners High Praise from Tech Community
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) stakeholders have applauded the latest in bookshelf by Remmy Nweke, the Village Priest, which was presented at the recently concluded Nigeria…
- 7 Sept 2022
Pantami Leads Industry Leaders to 2022 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum
For many Nigerians, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the importance of the Internet and digital technologies as a critical part of daily living hence, the necessity to deliberate on…
- 16 Oct 2025
FG, Others Preach for Online Safety after $32.8m Data Privacy Settlement with NDPC
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Federal Ministry of Justice, Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB), Paradigm Initiative (PIN) and other experts in the information communication technology (ICT)…
- 28 Jan 2025
NDPC @ 2025 Data Privacy Day, Calls for Collaboration on Awareness
Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has called for increased collaboration to raise awareness and foster data privacy and protection across Nigeria. Dr. Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner,…
- 13 Jun 2019
Danbatta, Rudman, ATCON, Krish lead speakers @2019 DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to lead speakers at the 10 th Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development…
- 23 Jun 2015
NDSF 2015: PIN, DSA Present Prizes to Three Students
The Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), recently in Lagos jointly presented three Etisalat Cliqlite e-learning tablets to three students. The presentation was in…
- 5 Jun 2017
Digital Rights: Surveillance, Interception Must Be Lawful- PIN
Participants at a workshop on Digital Rights and Cybercrimes have called for increased capacity building for law enforcement agencies on handling issues related to cybercrimes in Nigeria. The…
- 15 Mar 2019
Sign Digital Rights Bill Now, Paradigm Initiative Tells Buhari
Paradigm Initiative, an advocacy group, is currently mobilising Nigerians to mount pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law…
- 16 Jun 2019
Pantami leads NITDA delegation to 2019 DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Director-General (DG) National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) would on Thursday this week in Lagos give a keynote to the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE…
- 10 May 2023
Group Expresses Displeasure over Exclusion of Civil Society Groups from the Proposed Data Protection Council
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has expressed concerns over the exclusion of civil society in Nigeria from the proposed Data Protection Commission’s Governing Council, terming it worrying. The…
- 7 Jul 2017
Paradigm Initiative Adds Two Members to Advisory Board
Paradigm Initiative of Nigeria (PIN) said that two new members have joined Advisory Board: Drs Jummai Zainab Umar-Ajijola and Aida Opoku-Mensah. “Dr Jummai Ummar-Ajijola brings to the Advisory Board…
- 10 Aug 2016
PIN Seeks Release of Arrested Blogger, Cybercrime Law Review
The arrest of blogger, Abubakar Sidiq Usman, by heavily armed operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, August 8, 2016, in his residence has again highlighted the…
- 19 Feb 2020
Paradigm Initiative Selects Olatunde As Inaugural Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellow
Folasewa Olatunde, a Nigerian second-year doctoral student at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, has been selected as the pioneer fellow for the newly introduced Digital Rights and…
- 6 Feb 2019
CSOs, Nigerians Urge President Buhari to Sign Digital Rights Bill
The National Assembly on Tuesday transmitted the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent. Sodiq Alabi, Communications Officer, Paradigm Initiative,…
- 2 May 2019
Danbatta Confirmed to Lead Discussions at the 10th Edition of eWorld Forum
Organizers of of eWorld forum have announced that Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta would lead discussions at its 10 th edition of the eWorld Forum and Awards. Aaron Ukodie, publisher of…
- 15 Nov 2022
BudgIT, EIE and PIN Set to Host the 5th Edition of NMCG Conference
Enough is Enough Nigeria, BudgIT Foundation, and Paradigm Initiative are set to host the fifth edition of the New Media, Citizens and Governance conference tagged ‘Protecting Digital Rights in…