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- 14 Oct 2021
KPMG to Spend $1.5bn to Accelerate Solutions for Environmental, Social, Governance Issues
KPMG International Limited, an Anglo-Dutch multinational professional services network has announced that it plans to spend more than $1.5 billion over the next three years specifically to focus on…
- 9 May 2014
IDC Insights Counsels Governments on Leveraging Social Media
A recent survey by International Data Corporation (IDC) survey highlights that 40% of local government executives and 30% of central government executives indicated that the authority they work for…
- 16 Mar 2017
InstinctWave’s Report Shows Government Agencies Unresponsive to Social Media
The campaign for government parastatals and other public institutions in Nigeria to embrace digitization is yet to be replicated in practical terms or fully implemented. The major aspect of…
- 29 Jan 2018
Paradigm Initiative Challenges Nigerian Government's Surveillance of Social Media
By peter oluka A digital rights group, Paradigm Initiative, has vowed to challenge the Nigerian Government’s latest attempt to curtail free speech online. The organisation made this known in a…
- 6 Dec 2018
FG Recants, Says No Plan to Gag Social Media
Federal government on Wednesday said there is no plan by any of its agencies to restrict Nigerians from accessing the social media. This is coming on the heels of the public outrage, over the…
- 28 Oct 2020
Reps Kick as FG Considers Clampdown on Social Media
Members of the House of Representatives have warned the Federal Government against a clampdown on social media. Odebunmi Olusegun, chairman, House Committee on Information, National Orientation,…
- 10 Jan 2022
Dictators in Africa Using Social Media to Cling to Power
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is suspected of using fake social media accounts to consolidate his power. He wouldn't be the only one in Africa. Is social media becoming a threat to democracy on…
- 16 Apr 2026
Lagos Targets Vulnerable Residents in Expanded Social Register
Lagos State Government has intensified efforts to strengthen its social protection framework with a fresh push to update the state’s Single Social Register. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor, Lagos This…
- 1 Nov 2020
Tuface Calls out FG for Attempting to Regulate Social Media
Tuface Idibia, music icon has described the plans by Nigerian government to regulate social media as irresponsible. Tuface Tuface urged the leaders to do the needful first before regulating social…
- 24 Aug 2017
FG Orders Military to Monitor Nigerians on Social Media
The federal government has ordered military to start monitoring Nigerians on the social media to check hate speech, anti-government and anti-security information. Major-General John Enenche, director…
- 16 Jan 2022
FG Shelves Enforcement Social Media Platforms Registration
Federal Government has shelved plans to force international social network services and digital platforms to register and open offices in Nigeria. According to the Punch government’s move to ensure…
- 24 Jan 2022
FG Scraps Plans to Register Social Media Platforms
Federal government may have halted plans to compel international social network services and digital platforms to register and open offices in Nigeria . According to sources, the government’s effort…
- 3 Aug 2021
FG to Sack Civil Servants Leaking Official Documents on Social Media
Federal government has again raised the alarm over unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media and other platforms. It has therefore threatened to henceforth dismiss officials…
- 13 Apr 2025
Lagos Commences Integration of NIN with State Single Social Register
Lagos State Government is committed to ensuring that the Lagos State Single Social Register is updated and integrated with individuals’ National Identification Numbers (NIN) to enhance the…
- 21 Feb 2012
Cross River Automates Payment with Smart Card Technology
Cross River State Government has built several social service infrastructures on a smart card through its ICT company Smartgov.CRSG, to empower the citizens and residents of the state. The special…
- 11 Apr 2017
Report on Monitoring of Citizens' Calls, Social Media Posts is False - FG
Federal Government has described as false the information being circulated on the Social Media to the effect that under a purported Ministry of Interior Regulation, all phone calls and Social Media…
- News7 Sept 2026
N33.75Bn Cash Transfers: Falana Calls for EFCC Probe, Recovery
Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN),on Sunday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate and recover N33.75 billion in cash transfers allegedly not accounted for under the Federal Government’s social investment programmes.
- 24 Feb 2020
No New Regulation to Monitor Phone Calls, Social Media- FG
Federal government has said it has no new regulations to monitor phone calls and probe through what Nigerians do on social media. Uwa Suleiman, spokesperson to Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister…
- 16 Jul 2021
Infobip Releases 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Infobip, Global cloud communications company, has released its 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report detailing the company's environmental sustainability, social impact and governance…
- 5 Oct 2009
Fulfilling Social Contract with Nicep
Most government owned businesses are virtually bankrupt and hopelessly incompetent, apologies to the 'business' management tactics of sleek 'businessmen' politicians”. Because of the…
- 11 Oct 2022
Inuwa, DG NITDA says Fintech has Helped Move Many Nigerians Out of Poverty
Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the Director-General of NITDA, emphasized the fact that Nigeria is doing pretty well in the Fintech industry and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) especially with the…
- 10 Mar 2026
FG Mulls Age Restriction for Kids on Social Media
Federal government has said that it is evaluating potential policy approaches for the protection of children online, including age restrictions. In a statement by Bosun Tijani, minister of…
- 26 Jan 2022
FG to Impose Twitter Operational Conditions on other Social Media Platforms
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is set to enforce Twitter operational conditions on Facebook, Whatsapp, and other social media platforms. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture,…
- 16 Jan 2022
SERAP Challenges Buhari to Provide Agreement With Twitter
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to provide a copy of the agreement the federal government had with Twitter, social media company. …
- 22 Oct 2020
Buhari Decries Use of Social Media against FG
President Muhammadu Buhari has said falsehood is deliberate spread through the social media that his government is oblivious of the sufferings of Nigerians. In his national broadcast Thursday, he…
- 22 Nov 2017
Shittu Commends NCC on Impeccable Use of social Media
The Nigeria Communications Commission,NCC, has been recently commended by the Minister of Communications, Honourable Adebayo Shittu, for impeccably deploying social media networks for public…
- 29 Aug 2025
FG Shuts Down over 13.5m Social Media Accounts for Alleged Policy Violations
Federal government has confirmed the closure of 13,597,057 social media accounts over harmful content and breaches of the country’s digital code of practice. The figure was contained in the Code of…
- 7 May 2026
NASSCO Says 12.3m Nigerians Linked to Social Register through NIN
National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO,) has disclosed that more than 12.3 million Nigerians have so far been linked to the National Social Register through their National…
- 3 Sept 2026
Business Leaders Weigh In on Nigeria’s Economic Growth as FG Launches $1bn HOPE-SP Scheme
Business leaders in Nigeria’s private sector have called for greater emphasis on skills acquisition, entrepreneurship and individual initiative to complement government social protection programmes and drive sustainable economic growth.
- 6 Jun 2014
President Jonathan Maintains Average Ranking on Social Amenities
In spite the atest governance poll results released by NOIPolls for the month of May 2014 revealed that 58% of adult Nigerians approve of the job performance of the President over the past month;…