By: Ganiyu Olayinka Nigeria’s deepening security crisis is placing renewed strain on the country’s policing structures. Against this backdrop, the Federal Government announced Tuesday that Professor Emmanuel Olukemi Rotimi of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has been named to the Policy Advisory Committee guiding the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill. Communities across several…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has rolled out a National Software Quality Assurance Framework, a new set of rules designed to raise the quality, security, and reliability of software running across government institutions and regulated industries. Unveiled on Tuesday, the framework sets mandatory standards covering how software is built, tested,…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it is working on plans to train community-based digital instructors, part of a broader push to keep digital literacy programmes running and extend tech access to underserved communities across Nigeria. NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa shared the plans during a courtesy visit from Cal-Maji Foundation…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is pressing Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to work more closely together to protect government digital systems, cautioning that a weak point in one agency can put others at risk. NITDA’s Director-General, Kashifu Inuwa, raised the issue while opening a two-day Cybersecurity Workshop for MDAs…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu The Federal Government has suspended the proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), pending broader consultations with stakeholders. In a statement issued on Monday, the Federal Ministry of Education said the letter conveying…
By: Tunji Okunlola President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to enrol every Nigerian into the national identity database before the end of 2026, the commission’s Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has said. Coker-Odusote disclosed this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, describing the directive as part of the Federal…
By: Tunji Okunlola President Bola Tinubu departed Abuja on Saturday for a multi-nation trip that will take him to France, Kenya and Rwanda over the coming days, with two major continental summits anchoring the itinerary. His first stop is France, before he heads to Nairobi to attend the Africa-France Summit, scheduled from May 11th to…
