NITDA's Novel Agricultural Revolution By Isiaku Ahmed   Diversifying Nigeria’s economy which has historically relied majorly on revenue from oil has always been a mantra of successive governments, especially since the beginning of the 4th Republic in 1999. But none appears to be more committed to this...

COVID-19 and NITDA’s Bridging of The Learning Gap By Mubarak Umar   The disruptive outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, alias COVID-19, has altered a lot of things and affected our socio-economic lifestyles in more ways than one. Globally, areas of human endeavour, from healthcare to sporting...

Danbatta's Reappoinment and Pantami’s Broad Vision By Mohammed Kabir Given the hype, hyper-attention and the spin given to the imaginary wrangling between the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Professor Umar...

NITDA Debunks Report Accusing It Of Receiving N1bn From NCC   The National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA has debunked rumours that it received one billion naira from the Nigerian Communications Commission at the instance of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali...

Eleven Banks Paid N8bn IT Levy In 2019     Eleven Nigerian banks paid about N8.08bn Information Technology-related levies to the government in 2019, the audited financial reports of the banks have shown. Analyses of the financial reports indicated that this is a reduction of N381.12m over the...

NITDA Moves Against 125 MDAs’ Over Unapproved IT Projects   The National Information Technology Development Agency has initiated enforcement action against 125 ministries, departments and agencies for failing to obtain authorisation before embarking on information technology projects. The concerned MDAs also violated provisions of the Regulatory Framework...