Deadline for the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks. The new deadline is now April 6, 2021. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, stated this during the meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on NIN-SIM registration which was held on Monday, February 1, Read More
The corollary of invalidating registered SIM cards without National Identification Number (NIN) is something meaningful. I mean this is a good decision taken by the government of the federation through the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. People have in possession many voters cards than National Identification cards. However, it has some side effects because there many people rural dwellers, Read More
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has called for the creation of an African Single Digital Market (ASDM) that would help build data sovereignty in the continent. The minister, who stated this at the Global Privacy Day Celebration 2021, in Abuja, Thursday, noted that, the Oxford Economics values the global digital market at $11.5 trillion Read More
The corollary of invalidating registered SIM cards without National Identification Number (NIN) is something meaningful. I mean this is a good decision taken by the government of the federation through the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy. People have in possession many voters cards than National Identification cards. However, it has some side effects because there many people rural dwellers, Read More
A record 1.2 million devices were sold between 2015 and 2019,the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said. NITDA Director-General Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said investments in the indigenous software development mandated for federal government institutions stand at over N1.3 billion. The DG who stated this when he led some members of his management team to brief the new Read More
The Jigawa state Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubukar, has urged Nigerian youths to key into the digital technologies and focus more on critical thinking in order to find solutions for Nigeria’s economic and security challenges. Governor Badaru made this call at the 1st Jigawa innovation summit organised by the state government in collaboration with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Read More
As the deadline for telephone subscribers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) with Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards draws to a close, many Nigerians are still wondering whether they are going to lose their SIM numbers for failing to get their NIN linked with their SIM numbers. The federal government had given two weeks directives for all SIMs without Read More
Nigeria is sheepishly taking on COVID-19 in a frontal assault that might prove to be a catastrophic miscalculation. The Federal Ministry of Education has defiantly ordered the reopening of primary and secondary schools across the country. Millions of pupils are now cheap targets for the deadly virus. The first cheap target for COVID-19 was presented three weeks ago by Isa Read More
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment centre at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The desk will be set up by Tuesday, 19th of January, 2021. This enrolment centre will provide support for members of the Diplomatic Corps and will be managed by Read More
The headquarters of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has closed against enrollment of National Identity Number (NIN) for all applicants. This was disclosed by NIMC head of media and publicity, Kayode Adegoke, who said the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy gave the directive. Adegoke said the minister reactivated 20 other centers within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to make Read More
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has advocated for a reverse of the zero budget status of NIPOST which has been the practice for many years. According to a statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr. Franklin Alao, the minister who spoke at the Courier Services Forum organized by Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), said Read More
New directives have emerged from the telecom industry that all SIMs without a National Identity Number (NIN) will be blocked by December 30, 2020. “The submission of NIN by subscribers is to take place within two weeks (from today December 16, 2020 and end by 30 December, 2020),” the NCC said in a statement on Tuesday. “After the deadline, all Read More
The permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr. Musa Istifanus, has advised private and public entities that use the radio frequency spectrum or operate radio-communications equipment without government’s permission to regularise their operations by obtaining authorisation to avoid sanctions and/or prosecution. He gave the advice at a virtual/physical sensitisation workshop titled Implications of Irregular and Read More
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is to collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to expand the National Social Register for targeting the urban poor. The Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known in Abuja on Monday at a ministerial press briefing to acquaint Nigerians with the Read More
he Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has stated that digital innovation and digital entrepreneurship in Nigeria will help position the country in its rightful place in global digital space. The minister who was speaking at the stakeholders review and validation workshop of the National Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy (NDIEP) organised by the National Read More
Director-general National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has stated that Nigeria is prepared for the 4th Industrial Revolution. He said NITDA implementation of the IT roadmap has created ways for the adoption of the 4th industrial revolution which will serve as yard stick for digitalisation of the country’s mode of operation and the economy at large. The Read More
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) will join other 192 countries under the umbrella of the United Nations Postal body, Universal Postal Union (UPU) to celebrate the World Post Day on October 9, 2020. In this year’s World Post Day celebration, NIPOST is organising a virtual lecture titled ‘The Role of the Post in Digital Economy’ slated for today, 8th October 2020 to be delivered Read More
As the world marks the Cyber security Awareness Month in October, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami has directed NCC, NITDA, NIMC, Galaxy Backbone and NigComSat to embark on nationwide cyber security awareness programme. This 31-day awareness drive according to the minister will enable Nigerians obtain the knowledge required to embrace the digital economy and Read More
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has said the country was committed to developing capacity of Nigerians to use technology to solve problems. The minister stated this at the official launch of the digital Nigeria portal and mobile App in Abuja. The digital Nigeria programme will provide a platform to empower Nigerians to develop Read More
NigComSat-1R, the Nigerian Communication Satellite is successfully utilising its L-band/ SBAS payload as the backbone in a partnership between NIGCOMSAT Ltd, Thales Alenia Space and the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa, and Madagascar, ASCENA to provide a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) that broadcasts signals over the Africa and the Indian Ocean (AFI) region. A statement by the General Read More
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