President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy for supervision. This is released in a statement signed by the spokesperson of Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, Mrs Uwa Suleiman […]
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MTN has taken one of its most aggressive steps yet towards its own digital transformation by providing a platform for better digialisation of other services. It has launched a new pan-African API marketplace called Chenosis, providing a platform for third party application program interfaces (APIs) that allow integration of apps […]
By Bayero Agabi As the world continues to embrace digital life , global economy, governance and innovation has also been affected. This is one of the reasons Nigeria has in recent times embarked on the promotion of the Nigeria digital economy by integrating all aspects of the nations economy. In […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and three other agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy have continued to implement people-oriented projects to advance the digital economy agenda of President Muhammad Buhari. The other agencies are the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), […]
Facebook-owned Instagram has rolled out a new way to create and share videos – Reels – to rival popular Chinese app, TikTok. The social media platform says that users can share reels with their followers on Feed, and if they have a public account, make them available to the wider Instagram community through […]
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The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, says the Draft document on the Executive Order protecting Telecommunications Infrastructure across the country has been reviewed by the relevant authorities and is awaiting presidential assent. This disclosure was made by the Minister during his keynote address at […]
Story By Uwa Suleiman In furtherance of the implementation of the Digital Economy Strategy, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) Thursday 23rd July, virtually commissioned a number of projects aimed at giving impetus to the Digital Economy drive. Special Guests of Honour, Honourable […]
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the reappointment of Umar Danbatta as the Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for another five years. Danbatta was confirmed after his nomination was put to a voice vote. The Senate confirmed Danbatta during its plenary today, […]
Ninety-eight per cent (98%) of the total service-related complaints received from telecoms consumers within a 15-month period, spanning January 2019 to April 2020, have been successfully resolved, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said in a report. Besides this declaration, the Commission has reiterated its commitment to ensuring improvement in […]