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- 14 Nov 2012
E Nigeria Has Become a Global Brand-DG Nitda
Prof. Cleopas Angaye, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda) has said that e-Nigeria conference, West Africa’s biggest ICT showcase has become a global brand .…
- 20 Apr 2010
Ministry of Education, Nitda Rejig IT Curriculum
Ministry of Education and National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda) are joining forces to rejig the Information Technology (IT) curriculum for tertiary institutions in a bid to…
- 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…
- 6 Jul 2010
NITDA to Sponsor Python Programme in Nigeria
National Information Technology Development Agency, (Nitda) plans to sponsor Python programming trainings all over the country in order to develop more opportunities to develop software programming,…
- 14 Feb 2012
NITDA to Provide WAN for Varsity Students
Prof. Cleopas Angaye, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda) has said that the agency would soon provide wide Internet access to students in universities across…
- 16 Apr 2012
NITDA Boss Backs eBusiness Life’s ICT Girls Day Campaign, Wants Gender Divide Bridged
Prof. Cleopas Angaye, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called on all stakeholders to support the move to ensure that girls are properly drafted…
- 26 Jul 2010
Nitda Launches RITC to Take Internet to Underserved Areas
As part of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda) target objective of providing internet access to the undeserved communities, a rural…
- 15 May 2012
NItda Bans Foreign ICT Products, Confusion Over Enforcement
The Federal Government through the National Information Technology Development Agency (Nitda), a parastatal of the Ministry of Communication Technology is set to enforce the use of Made-in-Nigeria IT…
- 21 Dec 2009
SystemSpecs Clinches Software Company of the Year Award
SystemSpecs has won the Software Company of the Year award at the recently held National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) organized by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). John Obaro,…
- 18 Jun 2012
FG Intensifies Efforts@ Developing & Marketing Local Software
Federal government is intensifying efforts at enhancing and marketing indigenous software as an internationally acceptable brand that would fetch it foreign exchange revenue. Prof Cleopas Angaye,…
- 19 May 2009
Stakeholders Seek ICT training in Educational Institutions
Stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology sector of the economy have called for an improved ICT training in the country's tertiary institutions, in order to sustain the growth in…
- 27 Apr 2009
Stakeholders Advocate Increased Investment in ICT
Stakeholders in the Information and Communications Technology sector of the country’s economy have urged both government and private organizations to increase investment in the information and…
- 9 Apr 2014
FG Appoints Jack as New DG of NITDA
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Peter Jack as the director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency. This is contained in a statement on…
- 15 Oct 2012
Tinapa Agog as ICT Eggheads Storm City for NSCC
This year’s National Software Conference and Competition (NSCC), a flagship event put together by the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (Ispon) promises to be bigger and better as over…
- 23 Feb 2009
e-LGA to Reposition LGs for Vision 2020
Dr. Olu Agunloye, executive vice chairman, National e-Government Strategies (Negst) has said that electronic Local Government Area (e-LGA) system will establish a control platform where local…
- 11 Jan 2010
Beacon of ICT Awards
ICT MAN of THE YEAR Bolarinwa: Steering Nigeria to Digitization Yomi Bolarinwa, Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is steering the emergence of a truly sustainable Broadcast…
- 1 Mar 2010
Nitda Moves to Encourage Use of Indigenous Software
Worried by the poor implementation of federal government directive to its agencies to give indigenous software preference when choosing software, and none patronage by private sector, National…
- 20 Oct 2008
Atcon Gears Up for ComBIT 2008 Expo
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has geared up to host the world as ComBIT 2008 Expo – an annual international information and communications technology exhibition…
- 17 Nov 2017
NCC seeks Senate’s Cooperation in Telecoms Regulation
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on federal lawmakers, especially the Senate Committee on Communications, to cooperate with it in regulating the telecommunications industry.…
- 2 May 2013
NIG to Host Conference on Broadband this Month
Nigeria Internet Group (NIG), a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization promoting the Internet in Nigeria since 1995 is to host its annual conference and exhibition 2013 with focus on the…
- 1 Nov 2012
FUT Minna wins Ispon Software Cup with One School Solutions
Two software incubators from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State have won this year’s national software Innovation competition organized for students in Nigerian tertiary…
- 19 Nov 2017
NCC, National Assembly Hold Annual Retreat For The Legislature
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, in partnership with the Senate Committee on Communications recently organised an annual retreat for the legislature, in line with its concrete expression…