By Mathew Ibiyemi The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has said digital transformation is the next generation for the transportation industry in Nigeria. Abdullahi stated this when he received the DG/CEO of…
By Mathew Ibiyemi 9mobile, has announced the deployment of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the ancient city of Ibadan. The launch of 9mobile’s 4G service in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, is expected to empower residents of…
Nigeria’s telecommunications industry, regulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been identified as one of the sectors whose performance lifted the country out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2020, contributing 12.45 per cent to the country’s Gross…
Nigerian communications Commission (NCC), has denied claims making the rounds in the media that it allocated 383 million new phone numbers to telecommunication operators in Q1 2021. This was contained in statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect Newspaper by NCC’s…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has expressed delights over the 14.70 per cent growth recorded by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT), fastest growing of all sectors of the Nigerian economy in the…
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emphasized the important role played by women in the country’s socio-economic and political space while underscoring the need to empower them in Information and…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has commended the World Bank for its role in facilitating capacity building in the sector. The Minister, who addressed participants during a virtual interaction, expressed satisfaction that the partnership between…
The integration of digital technology in agricultural value chain has been identified as a major stimulus that would help the county combat the challenges of hunger that may arise as a result of increased in the world’s population which is…
The hassles encountered by Nigerians in registering for the National Identity Number (NIN) were further reduced on Tuesday as Globacom launched an app that makes it possible for people to choose a day, time and location convenient for them to…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami on Tuesday officially inaugurated the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA) Programme, empowered 140 farmers with digital skills, tools, N100,000 naira seed fund in Gombe State. In the event…
