Tag: Prof. Isa Pantami
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“Over 6.9 million attacks were recorded on election day” -Prof Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has revealed that over 6.9 million attacks were recorded on election day (February 25, 2023) alone. He noted that no fewer than 12.9 million cyberattacks were recorded from within and outside the country during the just-concluded Presidential and National Assembly polls. Disclosing this on Tuesday,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari signs Nigeria Start-Ups Bill into law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria State-up Bill 2022. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, confirmed this to State House correspondents shortly after the president appended his signature on the bill to become an Act. According to Pantami, the new Act will come into effect with so many…
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BREAKING: FG appoints new acting Postmaster General of NIPOST
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami has approved the appointment of Mr Bulus Yakubu as acting Post-Master General (PMG) and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). This was contained in a statement issued by NIPOST Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Franklyn Alao on Thursday in Abuja.
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FG shelves five percent duty on telecom services
The Federal Government has put on hold the proposed five percent excise duty on telecommunications services. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, announced the suspension in Abuja on Monday. Pantami said the decision to suspend the tax was arrived at by stakeholders, asserting that the telecommunications sector already has challenges of…
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Cyber security: Nigeria improving on global ranking – Pantami
Nigeria has improved on its global ranking in cyber security, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has said. Pantami made this known on the sideline of the Stakeholder’s Consultative Forum on Emerging Technologies organised by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) and the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy in Lagos.…
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Cyber-attacks growing at alarming rate in the country – Pantami
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami in an opening of a two-day International Workshop on Cyber-security and Digitalisation, organised by the Africa Centre of Excellence on Technology Enhanced Learning (ACETEL), technology unit of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), expressed concern over the growing rate of cyber-attacks across the globe,…