Nigeria Wins Two Major Global Awards for Digital Governance at OGP Summit in Spain
Nigeria has been recognized as a global leader in digital governance, clinching two major international awards at the recently concluded 2025 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Spain. The awards...
GITEX Nigeria 2025: A Declaration of Digital Ambition
By Shuaib S. Agaka
In early September 2025, Nigeria hosted one of its most ambitious technology showcases yet — GITEX Nigeria, a grand convergence of innovation, policy, and investment across Abuja and Lagos. It was more than a...
NITDA–ICPC Task Force: A Bold Step to Protect Nigeria’s Digital Future
By Shuaib S. Agaka
In an era where digital transformation drives governance, transparency, and innovation, Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has taken a bold and commendable step. By partnering with the Independent Corrupt...
Bank Customers Lose ₦250bn Annually to Cybercrime
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria recorded 25.35 million cases of stolen phones between May 2023 and April 2024, making it the country’s most prevalent crime with fewer than 12 per cent of the...
The Battle for Online Free Speech: Activists, Algorithms, or Authority?
By Shuaib S. Agaka
At this year's annual Economic Confidential Lecture, Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), called for an inclusive, citizen-centered legal framework to combat cyber attack, online...
AGROVESTO, NITDA Empowers Farmers Digitally
AGROVESTO, a fast-rising agritech startup and graduate of the iHatch Incubation Programme’s second cohort, has released findings from a groundbreaking survey centered on the digitization of agricultural supply chains in Nigeria. The survey, conducted in collaboration with the National Information...
