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- 16 Oct 2022
FG Donates 1,000 Laptops to Nigerian Women
The National Centre for Women Development, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, has given over 1,000 brand new laptops to Nigerian women trainees in the six geopolitical zones of…
- 24 Apr 2014
NCWD, Tingo to Launch Phones for Women in Distress
Onyeka Onwenu, director general, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has said that her organization is teaming up with Tingo Mobile Limited to launch a phone with special applications to…
- 20 Aug 2020
Stanbic IBTC Partners United Nations on Women Empowerment
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has disclosed that it recently partnered the United Nations on an initiative to provide seed funding for women across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal…
- 18 Sept 2018
IGF Seeks Women Participation in Internet Governance for Development
Mrs Mary Uduma, the Chairperson, Internet Governance Forum (IGF) says active participation of women in the internet process is key to the development of any nation. Uduma made this known on Tuesday…
- 18 Sept 2022
WEETS 2022: NITDA Explains Role of Women in Driving Digital Economy
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has explained that women's participation is crucial in the digital economy pursuit being championed by the Federal Ministry of…
- 4 Aug 2013
Nitda Inaugurates Tinapa Software Incubation Centre
National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda) has inaugurated second software incubation centre at Tinapa in Cross River state. Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River said at the ceremony that…
- 2 May 2025
NITDA, RHI, Commission IT Community Centre in Ibadan
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), has officially commissioned a state-of-the-art IT Community Centre in Ibadan,…
- 14 Aug 2014
HTVW&Y Steps Up For Women ICT Summit 2014
Nigerian Women under the umbrella of High-Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths (HTCW&Y) are coming together to channel a noble agenda for tackling the nation’s collective security…
- 17 Mar 2026
NITDA, Partners Train Nigerian Women to Strengthen Cybersecurity Workforce
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched a specialised training programme aimed at empowering Nigerian women with cybersecurity skills and increasing their…
- 9 Feb 2025
SERAP Sues Tinubu over Alleged N167Bn Projects Fraud
President Bola Tinubu has been dragged to court by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), over alleged N167 billion project fraud. A statement made available to journalists by…
- 12 Mar 2024
First Lady Urges Women’s Full Participation In Digital Revolution
The First Lady, senator Oluremi Tinubu has stressed the need for women to fully participate in the digital revolution. She said on Tuesday at the handover ceremony of the National Information…
- 30 Nov 2022
WISCAR Unveils Illustrious Line-up for 2022 Annual Leadership & Mentoring Conference
Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR), a leading not-for-profit and non-governmental organization focused on women empowerment and strategic mentoring for professional women has unveiled the agenda…
- 3 Sept 2018
Glo Bags Best Women Enterprise Support Award
Globacom has bagged the Best Women Enterprise Support (Company) Award at the 2018 Nigerian Women Digital Agenda Summits and Awards (NWDAS), organised by the Centre for Cyber Awareness and…
- 8 Jun 2015
UNIC, TWYEF Tasks Parents on Digital Savvy Children
As the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos in collaboration with Tehila Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation (TWYEF) joined the rest of the world recently to mark the Global Day of…
- 3 Dec 2014
WISCAR Graduates, Inducts New Mentees at 6th Anniversary
In its bid to continually mentor and develop young career women, Women In Successful Careers (WISCAR) a not-for -profit organization graduated its fifth stream of successful mentees and inducted new…
- 15 Jul 2016
HTC Partners NCC, NITDA On Nationwide ICT Stakeholders’ Forum
The High Tech Centre (HTC) for Nigerian Women and Youths, a non-governmental organisation in collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Information Technology…
- 15 Jun 2022
NITDA to Train 1m Application Developers in 18 Months
The deployment of digital technologies is a necessary fundamental tool in the implementation of the United Nations 17 sustainable development goals to make the world a better and safer place and the…
- 21 Oct 2014
WITIN, Others Worried Over Global Gender Digital Divide
Nigerian women and girls have called for urgent multi-stakeholder commitment to bridge the global gender digital divide. Rising from “Girls and ICT Session” in the First Lady’s summit on women and…
- 19 Oct 2009
Fashola Commissions Recreation Centre
Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Lagos State governor last Wednesday handed over a sports recreation centre constructed by the Council of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at Oworonshoki, Kosofe local…
- 9 Feb 2018
AfDB Urges Governments to Prioritize Inclusion of Women in Science & Technology
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to make science, technology and innovation (STI) policies inclusive and…
- 9 Feb 2026
FG Launches the Happy Woman App Platform
Federal government has unveiled a new digital platform to connect millions of women to finance, skills training, and market opportunities, in what officials call the country's largest…
- 14 Mar 2013
Intel Marks International Day for Women with Entrepreneurship Training
The need to bridge the gap in access to basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) between men and women has been identified as critical to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goal…
- 8 Aug 2021
AMMBAN 2021 Conference to Explore Framework to Sustaining Financial Inclusion Gains
This year’s Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) conference will be exploring suitable framework to sustain gains achieved in the financial inclusion initiative of the…
- 14 Apr 2017
Buhari Sacks PenCom, CPC Bosses, 21 Others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday relieved the heads of 23 Federal Government agencies of their appointments and approved the appointment of their replacements. Key agencies of government…
- 24 Nov 2024
Massive N197bn Contract Fraud Uncovered in MDAs by Auditor-General
A recent report by the Auditor-General of the Federation has uncovered financial irregularities totaling over N197.72 billion across various ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria.…
- 7 Mar 2022
Danbatta to Chair International Women's Day Lecture
Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), will chair a public lecture to mark the 2022 International Women Day (IWD) in…
- 7 Mar 2014
Intel advocates Women Empowerment with ICT, Entrepreneurial Skills
Intel Corporation has joined in the global celebration of International Women’s Day with a call for improved commitment towards the empowerment of women and the girl child in all fields of human…
- 23 Jan 2015
Pat Utomi to Deliver ABS 30th Anniversary Lecture
Professor Pat Utomi, founder of The Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL), and co-founder of the Pan African University will deliver the 30th anniversary lecture of The Anambra Broadcasting Service…
- 31 Oct 2025
Transforming Africa: NITDA DG Makes Urgent Call for Digital Investment
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called for urgent and strategic investment in Africa’s digital public infrastructure, describing…
- 18 Mar 2026
BoI, MTN Foundation Launch N1Bn Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Bank of Industry (BoI) and MTN Nigeria Foundation have launched a N1 billion Y’ellopreneur 3.0 Matching Fund to support women-owned businesses across Nigeria. The fund was launched at the official…