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- 15 Mar 2022
Computer Professionals, Others Kick against Proposed NITDA Bill
Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria) (CPN) has condemned the proposed National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Bill 2021 in its entirety. CPN delegates, led by…
- 23 Dec 2022
Confusion as Senator, Reps Disagree over Controversial NITDA Bill
The controversy surrounding the bill to repeal the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Act raged on at the hurriedly arranged joint public hearing by the Senate and House of…
- 6 Apr 2023
PIAFo Rallies Stakeholders to Dissect Pending NITDA Bill on April 13
Organisers of the fast-growing consultative event brand, Policy Implementation Assisted Forum (PIAFo), have dedicated the event's next edition to robust engagement on the pending amendment bill of…
- 16 May 2023
NCS Asks FG to Withdraw NITDA Bill from National Assembly
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) bill before the National Assembly. Professor Adesina…
- 22 Dec 2022
Controversy Looms Over NASS Plan to Conduct Secret Public Hearing on NITDA Bill
A clandestine move by the Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology, ICT, to pass a controversial bill concerning the Nigerian Information Technology Development…
- 13 Oct 2020
NITDA Pushes New Bill on Data Protection
National Info Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is to send a new Bill on Data Protection to the National Assembly, and if passed into law, would ensure stringent protection of personal data and…
- 27 Jan 2021
NITDA Urges National Assembly on Data Protection Bill Passage
Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Data Protection Bill into…
- 18 Jun 2024
NITDA Proposes New Act to Regulate Tech Sector, Levy 1 Percent Tax
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is actively pushing for the passage of a new bill that would transform the agency into a regulator for Nigeria’s tech sector and grant it…
- 6 Sept 2022
Startup Bill will Grow Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem – DG NITDA
As Nigeria moves to harness the potential of its digital economy through co-created regulations and provide enabling environment for growth, attraction and protection of investment in the sector, the…
- 12 Dec 2024
NITDA, API Release Whitepaper on the Framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is pleased to announce the release of a Whitepaper on the Framework for an Online Harms Protection Bill in Nigeria. This pivotal…
- 26 Sept 2021
Digital Economy: NITDA Assures e-Business Industry Heads of Public Private Partnership
In line with the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has assured the Committee of e-Business…
- 6 Aug 2024
ITU Urges FG to Address Multiple Regulations in Digital Space
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has advised the Nigerian government to simplify the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Nigerian Communications Commission…
- 10 Jul 2024
FG Targets N18.3Bn Digital Economy by 2026 with New eGovernance Bill - Tijani
Bosun Tijani, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that the digital economy sector is projected to generate up to N18.3 billion by 2026 with the proposed Nigerian Digital Economy…
- 29 Dec 2022
Foundation Calls on NASS to Stepdown NITDA Act
Cloud Network Foundation has urged the National Assembly to step down the NITDA Act 2021 currently under its consideration. The Foundation, whose membership is made of Nigeria's pioneer ICT media…
- 22 Feb 2010
Nigerians are Conscious of the Power of IT- Angaye
Prof. Cleopas Angaye, is the director-general and chief executive officer, National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda), a world class IT Agency totally committed to the transformation…
- 29 Jul 2019
Ex-NITDA Director Kemabonta Joins African ICT Foundation Executive Council
Dr. Inyi kemabonta, former director of Standards and Regulation in Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and a World Bank Consultant on Nigeria’s Digital Economy, has joined…
- 10 Nov 2017
eNigeria 2017: Participants Make 11-Point Recommendations To Government
By peter oluka To foster digital economy through local content development and regulation, participants at the just concluded eNigeria 2017, have recommended that the Government through NITDA and…
- 29 Jun 2009
Nitda Proposes e-Signature, New Law to Secure e-Business
Very soon, you may have to think twice before you click a button because the federal government is proposing a new law to make electronic documents and signatures as valid as their paper and ink…
- 30 May 2023
The Five-Point Digital Rights Agenda for Nigeria’s New Government
By Adeboye Adegoke, Senior Manager, Grants and Programs Strategy at Paradigm Initiative. As a new government takes over the reins of power in Nigeria, it will be useful to set a digital rights agenda…
- 13 Sept 2018
GITEX 2018: NITDA receives 407 start-up applications for sponsorship
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has received about 407 sponsorships applications from startups vying to be sponsored to the GITEX Future Superstars (GFS) billed to be…
- 6 Apr 2023
NITDA's Talent Development Initiative Woos Business Sweden
Developmental Regulations, one of the core mandates of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and a pillar in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), has…
- 25 Feb 2021
NITDA Mulls Review of its Act to Align with Digital Economy Ideals
Mallam Kashifu InuwaAbdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, on Wednesday, presented a proposal for the realignment of ‘NITDA Act 2007’ with the tenets…
- 27 Jan 2023
Scorecard: No plans to strip NCC of its powers – Pantami
Federal Government has no plans to strip the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its powers, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has said. Pantami said this…
- 2 Oct 2022
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2022 Backed by Omnibiz, Nexford University, Microsoft, NCC, NITDA, Union Bank, others
The Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS) 2022, the hybrid edition, scheduled for Tuesday, October 4 to Saturday, October 8 2022, has received the support of critical industry stakeholders. Nigeria…
- 31 Aug 2018
Nigeria Gears Up for GITEX as NITDA Inaugurates LOC
In a bid to expand Nigeria’s portfolio of technology opportunities, ensure the country’s effective participation at this year’s GITEX and to also expose her startups, the National Information…
- 10 Sept 2020
NDPR will Change Nigeria’s Digital Economic Aspirations- NITDA DG
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that the recently released Nigerian Data Protection Regulations (NDPR) will change the digital economic aspirations of Nigeria.…
- 11 Sept 2017
NITDA Insists On ‘Clearance’ As MDAs’s ‘17 Proposed IT Projects Hit N43Bn
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has cautioned Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as other government establishments against executing IT projects…
- 14 May 2012
ICT: Big Holes in Orosanye’s Report
What the federal government opt to do with the now sensational Steve Orosanye’s report will underscore the seriousness of this government. That report on the rationalization of the public service is…
- 21 May 2014
NIRA Appoints New COO
The Executive Board of Directors of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has named Mrs. Edith Udeagu as the new chief operating officer (COO) and Secretary to the Board. Mrs. Mary…
- 8 Jul 2019
FG, others urged to make broadband penetration accessible, affordable to all Nigerians
To tackle the menace of cybercrime in the country, the Federal Government, regulators, and industry stakeholders have been urged to examine the state of broadband in Nigeria and map out creative ways…