The consensus among many watchers of Nigeria’s communications sector is that it needs a kick after a long lull. The sector may have found
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Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa is Director General of NITDA as Buhari appoints new heads of MDAs
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Kashifu Abdallah Inuwa as the new Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The appointment
NITDA to MDAs: Comply with the law on use of social media for public institutions or be sanctioned
Nigerian government IT clearinghouse, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has asked ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to comply with the law on
No National Identification Number, no inter’l passport as Nigeria begins data harmonisation
Beginning this week, applicants for the Nigerian international passports will only be issued such passports if they have their National Identification Number (NIN). All
NITDA warns MDAs on use of generic third level domains in new policy review to incentivize dot ng
Country domain records 138,060 sign ons The gov.ng and mil.ng policy under which government and military domain names in Nigeria are administered have been
Nigerians worry over slow progress in implementing data harmonisation
Nigerians have expressed worries over slow progress made in implementing the data harmonisation policy by government; and they want government to accelerate the data
MDAs that default on IT procurement risk criminal prosecution, says NITDA’s boss Pantami
Public institutions that fail to comply with the federal government guideline on IT clearance risk serious sanction including criminal prosecution, the Director General of
IT outlook for MDAs extremely poor – only 4.7% use technology effectively, says NITDA
The IT outlook for most federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) is extremely poor as only 4.7 per cent of federal institutions use IT
NITDA’s boss, Pantami, affirms faith in indigenous IT companies as patronage surges
Indigenous IT companies such as Zinox Technologies, VEDA Technology, Beta Computers, and a host of others including soft solution providers such as PFS, SystemSpecs,
NITDA unveils five IT guidelines for social media, data protection, others
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has unveiled five Information Technology (IT) Guidelines and regulatory frameworks to guide the deployment of IT,