Tag: Isa Pantami
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FG removes excise duty for telecoms services
The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for telecom sub-sector of Nigeria’s Digital Economy Industry in line with the recommendations of the Committee it constituted to review the applicability of the Duty to the telecom sector which is considered already overburdened with taxation and sundry levies.
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Telecoms, a humble review of a minister’s Scorecard – By Okoh Aihe
It would have been some whiff of good news last week for the telecommunications industry if evidence on ground did not advertise the contrary, overwhelmingly. It was the turn of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, to make his presentation at the 19th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Scorecard from…
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Privacy Week: Nigeria’s data protection market value hits N5.5bn — Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami said that the market value of Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) in Nigeria has hit N5.5 billion.
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No plans to strip NCC of its powers – Pantami
The Federal Government has no plans to strip the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) of its powers, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has said.
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Hackers make 66 attempts to compromise Nigeria’s FEC meeting
Hackers from Europe made 66 attempts to compromise the virtual meetings of Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC); attempts that were foiled, according to the federal government.
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Nigeria Data Protection Bureau hosts national privacy week
Nigeria will on Saturday 28th of January 2023 join the international community to observe Global Data Privacy Day 2023.
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Nigeria hosts regional digital economy conference
Policy makers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the West African sub-region will converge in Abuja from January 31 to 1srt February for the Digital Economy Regional Conference to discuss the future of digital economy and intensify regional public private partnerships for the region.
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President Buhari urges Nigerians to be responsible
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to hold themselves responsible for making the country economically and politically better.
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BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Managing Director for NIGCOMSAT
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Engineer Tukur Mohammed Lawal Funtua as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT).
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22 institutions, MSMEs set to enjoy N16.7b broadband access projects
More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital Economy efforts.