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- 5 Feb 2019
Google, PPDC, NERDC Unveil online safety initiatives on Safer Internet Day
Google, the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) and the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) have unveiled two online safety initiatives as part of Safer Internet…
- 1 Apr 2015
Court Grants PIN, PPDC Leave to Sue NIMC over Information on National ID Card Contract
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted two non-governmental organizations leave to challenge the refusal of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to provide them with the procurement…
- 11 Feb 2020
Google Dangles $1m Grants to Support Innovative Ideas Around Privacy, Safety of Families Online
Google has launched $1 million pan-African fund to support innovative ideas around privacy, trust and the safety of families online across sub-Saharan Africa. The company made the announcement at an…
- 10 Feb 2022
FG Working on Digital Rights Law- Pantami
Federal government has said it is working on a draft, Digital Rights Law, to ensure that the data privacy of Nigerians on the internet was not violated. Isa Pantami, minister of Communications and…
- 27 Oct 2022
NCC Advises Parents Against Children's Uncontrolled Exposure to Online Activities
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged parents and guardians to monitor and manage the engagement of their children online as the uncontrolled exposure to cyberspace is fraught with a…
- 11 Jun 2018
MRA Inducts Onu’s Science and Tech Ministry into‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology under the leadership of Dr. Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu has been inducted into the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for alleged blatant…
- 18 Oct 2017
MRA Inducts NIMC into FOI Hall of Shame
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has inducted the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, saying it was recognizing the agency for its determined…
- 20 Feb 2018
MRA Inducts TCN into ‘Hall of Shame’ for Power Outages
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has named the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) as this week’s inductee into the Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame for leaving Nigerians in the dark over its…
- 18 Feb 2013
Phone-for-Farmers Slides Into New Storms
Opinion Last December, Ibukun Odusote, permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, saw a need to let Nigerians know what impressive work her ministry was doing.…