EU, US, Indians show interest in Nigerian ICT at GITEX
Investors from the United States of America, Indian, Germany and Norway have expressed great interest in coming to Nigeria after listening to presentations made by Nigeria on investment potentials Already, leader of the Nigeria’s delegation land the Director-General of the…
Microsoft gives fresh lead to why it diverted $30bn data centre to S’Africa
Additional ‘veiled’ reason on why Microsoft Corp. suddenly diverted its publicized $30 billion investments in new data centre from Nigeria to South Africa may have been revealed based on the company’s position during a one-day government conference on digital transformation…
Missing in 2018 ‘Where to invest in Africa’ minus for Nigeria at ITU
…priceless data floor may also weaken investors The 2017 edition of International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecoms conference in Busan, South Korea, kicked off on Monday with the Minister of Communications leading over 30 delegates peopled by officials of the Nigerian…
Many federal agencies’ currently frustrated by release of funds for projects—Survey
Whereas the federal government is still basking on the euphoria of achieving the Treasury Single Account (TSA), there is a growing confusion and frustrations in accessing fund for strategic projects within Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Business Hilights can authoritatively…
NITDA named ‘Outstanding Government Agency of the Year’
Lead controlling parastatal for the federal government on issues of ICT, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has won the Outstanding Government Agency of the year Award. In the recently organized Titan of Technology Awards, an annual event organized…
Criminal justice system lacks knowledge of Cybercrime Law, administration
Indications showing that the nation’s criminal justice system and its administrators may not be well acquainted on issues bordering on cybersecurity matters have been revealed. A good number of cybersecurity experts who gathered recently in Lagos to look at the…
For being among fastest growing ICT nations, IPv6 very urgent in Nigeria—Danbatta
The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has explained the reason why Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 is very crucial to Nigeria at the opening ceremony of the 2017 International Workshop on IPV6 and INRM…
Can ease of doing business thrive when contacts on MDAs websites don’t work?
A scenario of not matching actions with words seems to be playing out at the level of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the ongoing drive to deepen ease of doing business being championed by the federal government. According to…
NITDA seeks cybersecurity campaign even though Nigeria spared from WannaCry Attack—DG
The management of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) would like to bring to the attention of Nigerians that the recent WannaCry or WannaCript ransomware attack has been contained and Nigeria was largely spared from the attack due to the…
ISPON indicts NOTAP, NITDA in proliferation of foreign software, killing local content
Considering the surge in capital flights involved in the purchase of foreign software by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and telecoms companies mainly from India and China, leadership of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) has called for…
