Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said that the Methanol Fuel Technology policy will assist Nigeria’s economy to recover quickly from the damage caused by Covid-19 pandemic. He stated this at the final meeting of the Cabinet Committee to source funding for the Implementation of The National...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has clarified why it licensed law firms as Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCO). NITDA said, the clarification was necessary because a social media post made by a concerned legal practitioner on the propriety of NITDA licensing law firms as DPCO to provide data-privacy...
The National Information Technology Develoment Agency (NITDA) yesterday said, it was working to make Nigeria a global outsourcing destination, as part of economic diversification efforts of the present administration. NITDA disclosed this during an Online Stakeholders Engagement Workshop on the Draft "National Outsourcing Strategy for Nigeria 2020-2025." Speaking in an Opening Remarks,...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has assured that the Ministry is intensifying efforts to develop home-grown solutions to tackle Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges facing the nation. Dr. Onu gave the assurance when he received the Report of The Ministerial Committee on The Repositioning and Strengthening...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018 for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. This was announced in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Henry Nkemadu. The statement said, the Board of Commissioners of the Commission rose from its meeting recently with this position and...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has stated that the ministry is currently verifying claims for the cure of Covid-19. He made this known in a press release after the ministry's quarterly management meeting with its agencies, Monday in Abuja According to the statement, the Minister said that...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued Guidelines for Management of Personal Data by Public Institutions in Nigeria. NITDA said, the action was in furtherance of its regulatory mandate to prevent breach or abuse of personal data in the country. The Guidelines, according to the agency, were issued as...
Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) has weighed in on the controversy that next-generation telephone networks, popularly known as 5G technology may be harmful to human beings. Mr Kings Adeyemi, national chairman of the institute, in a statement, said that the frequency that drives speed in technology, as...
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has urged Nigerian technology experts to get ready for new innovations and ideas after the world might have defeated the novel Coronavirus that is currently ravaging our economies. Inuwa, who is also the Chief Information Technology Officer of...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, yesterday said as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was need to fast-track the implementation of the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy (NDEPS). He made the disclosure during the virtual Final Demo and Prize Giving Day of...