A volunteer managing a Twitter account linked with the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hijacked the handle, the ruling party of Nigeria says. The APC Twitter account has become the focus of alleged impersonation and spreading of false information about the party on the social networking site. Edegbe Odemwingie, Assistant Director, Publicity of APC says […]
Nigeria told ‘not to miss fourth industrial revolution’
Nigeria must not miss the fourth industrial revolution spreading across emerging and developed economies, Dr Isa Pantanmi, Director General at National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said. The chief of the Nigerian IT agency, who says Nigeria missed out in the other revolutions says NITDA has developed a strategic roadmap to address the issues that […]
Buhari: ICT will be major change driver for Nigeria
Text of speech by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria delivered Tuesday November 7, 2017 at the opening of the 2017 eNigeria Conference organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja. I am delighted to be here today to witness the commencement of the 2017 e-Nigeria Conference. The theme of the event – […]
Minister: Buhari will decide on MTN’s N1.04 trillion fine ‘in public interest’
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, the new Minister of Communications told Technology Times today that final decision on the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria will be taken by President Muhammadu Buhari at the appropriate time “in public interest.” The Minister, who spoke with Technology Times this afternoon on the sidelines of the Alliance 4 Affordable Internet […]
‘Merge NBC and NCC now’, ATCON tells new Minister
The Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has called on Barrister Adebayo Shittu, the new Minister of Communication Technology to merge the two agencies of government responsible for regulating the telecoms and broadcasting industries. Engineer Lanre Ajayi, President of ATCON asked the new Minister, who was sworn in last week by President Muhammadu Buhari […]