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- 17 Aug 2022
Civic-Tech Hackathon: DG NITDA Urges Finalists to Channel Digital Solutions Toward Good Governance, National Development
Kashifu Inuwa, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has encouraged the finalists of 2022 Yvote Naija Civic Tech Hackathon to channel their ingenuity…
- 26 May 2014
NOA DG Harps on Mass Enrolment into National Database
Mike Omeri, director general, National Orientation Agency (NOA), has called on Nigerians to ensure that they are enrolled in the National Identity Database and issued the National Identification…
- 4 Apr 2026
Union Bank Looted: How Former Directors Gambled with Billions and Nearly Destroyed a National Bank
The former directors and owners of Union Bank did not just fail, they engineered a financial disaster. They manipulated reports, hid massive losses, diverted foreign loans and treated depositors’…
- 19 Feb 2015
NIMC Enrols 6m Nigerians into National Register
Chris Onyemena, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that the commission has enrolled about six million Nigerians so far into the national register.…
- 6 Aug 2026
NITDA Seeks Stronger Regulatory Collaboration for National Regulatory Sandbox
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called for stronger collaboration among government regulators to accelerate the establishment of…
- 3 Dec 2023
NITDA Tips AI to Power Future Economy
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has identified artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool that can power the economy in the near future. Yau Garba, national director, National…
- 15 Dec 2021
Digital Media, Veritable Platform to Enhance National Security - DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that digital media provides a veritable platform to enhance National Security, and can be…
- 16 Sept 2020
NIMC Registers 24m Nigerians on National Identity Database
Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the commission has so far registered 24 million Nigerians on the national identity database. The…
- 4 Oct 2020
Lottery Commission to Launch New National Game
Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, the director general of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, has assured the nation that the commission is now better positioned to contribute more meaningfully towards…
- 15 Oct 2012
Nigeria Gets Committee on Unifying Demographic Database
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Committee to midwife the streamlining of a centralised demographic database for the country. Namadi Sambo, the Vice President while inaugurating the Committee…
- 21 Jul 2019
Pantami Bags Outstanding Promoter of Local Content for National Development Award
The Director General/CEO of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has been awarded the prestigious Titans of Tech Award in recognition of his…
- 14 Feb 2021
Building Technological Ecosystem, Key to National Development – DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that a nation can only prosper when it creates strong technological ecosystem,…
- 9 Aug 2015
NITDA Taps CPN, Others on ICT for National Development
Mr Peter Jack, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said the Agency is in a renewed effort to collaborate with the Computer Professional (Registration Council)…
- 7 Jul 2008
Nigeria to spend N30 billion on National identity database
Mr. Chris Onyemenam, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has disclosed that the country requires N30 billion to build up infrastructure for the creation of a secure…
- 9 Jun 2015
NITDA Courts NigComSat for National InfoTech System
Mr. Peter Jack, director-deneral of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has moved to establish new collaborative approach to ensure an improved national InfoTech-driven…
- 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…
- 2 Feb 2018
Abubakar’s Appointment as NIA Boss Dangerous- NIA Staff
Some directors of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have written to the House of Representatives Committee on Security and National Intelligence to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to drop…
- 23 Oct 2020
NOTAP DG Hosts New ISPON National Executive Council
Dr. DanAzumi Mohammed Ibrahim, Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) recently hosted the new National Executive Council of the Institute of Software…
- 7 Dec 2018
Nigerian IT Startups Generates $101m in First 9 Months of 2018
Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, director general director, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that IT startups generated $101 million for the country’s economy from January…
- 3 Aug 2022
Startup Ecosystem: DG NITDA Engages Key Stakeholders in Lagos
In view of the fact that Lagos State has continued to maintain itself as a viable community with the strongest unicorn of innovation in the Nation, the Director-General, National Information…
- 19 Jun 2014
Boko Haram Plan to Bomb Abuja with Petrol Tankers
Mike Omeri, coordinator, National Information Centre and director-general, National Orientation Agency (NOA), has revealed a plot by the Boko Haram insurgents to carry out a massive attack in…
- 9 Jul 2026
New NIMC Act Strengthens Data Protection, Privacy - Director
Uche Chigbo, coordinating director of Operations, National Identity Management Commission, (NIMC), has said the newly enacted NIMC Act strengthens data protection and privacy, expands identity…
- 19 Jun 2014
National ID Card can Stem Financial Fraud- Onyemenam
Chris Onyemenam, director general of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has described the national identity management and the national identity card as systems built to curb …
- 20 Nov 2018
NIMC, ALTON Discuss January 2019 NIN Deadline
Ahead of the January 1, 2019 deadline given by the Federal Government for the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN), Director-General of the National Identity Management…
- 25 Jan 2021
NITDA kicks off Program for National Privacy Week 2021
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has unveiled a week long program to mark the start of the National Privacy Week 2021. The…
- 25 Apr 2018
CTO Appoints Gisa Fuatai Purcell as Director of ICT Development
Gisa Fuatai Purcell, a national of Samoa has been appointed as Director of ICT Development Department of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO). The Director of ICT Development, who…
- 9 Aug 2021
NITDA DG Extols Benefits of Web in Driving Digital Economy
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said the web is the backbone of the digital economy. As it serves as a pathway to…
- 17 Oct 2021
DG NITDA Urges Computer Sciences Students to Drive ICT Innovation
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on the National Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS) to use their talents…
- 21 Apr 2021
Digital Technology, a Veritable Tool in Combating Insecurity — DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said that warfare is no longer physical and therefore imperative for the Nigerian…
- 29 Nov 2016
Alleged N2.9Bn Scam: Trial of Mba, ex-NBC Boss, Begins Dec 13
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), the nod to dock Mr. Emeka Mba, immediate past director-general of the National Broadcasting…