The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, on Tuesday activated the NEMA Benin Operations Office to promptly coordinate response efforts following a tanker fire incident along the Auchi–Jattu Road in Auchi, Edo State. The incident occurred at about 8:00 pm on 17th December 2025 when a tanker reportedly...
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Nigeria Spearheads Global WSIS+20 Agenda with New Digital Localization Strategy
Nigeria has asserted its role as a primary architect of Africa’s digital future with the unveiling of a comprehensive strategy to localize the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20)Launched at a high-level side event in New York titled “Re-Imagining Digital Cooperation for Sustainable Development,” the roadmap outlines a multi-pronged approach to infrastructure, governance, and...
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Kano Startup Weekend: NITDA Head Challenges Entrepreneurs to Lead Economic Revitalization
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has positioned technology adoption and skills development as central tenets of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for inclusive economic growth.Speaking at the recent Kano Startup Weekend, Inuwa highlighted NITDA’s targeted human capital programmes as crucial tools for translating the administration’s...
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WE ARE READY TO LEAD IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE, NIGERIA DECLARES AT ICEGOV 2025.
The convergence of the top government officials led by the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani and the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, declared the country’s readiness to lead in shaping the future of electronic governance at the 18th edition of the...
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ICEGOV 2025 Targets Advanced National Economic Growth Via Digitalisation, Industrialisation, Creative Arts, Manufacturing and Innovation – NITDA
… As Inuwa advocates collaboration, and digital literacy for inclusive national development.Boardroom News ReportsThe Nigerian Presidential Economic Reform is reportedly focuses on Sustainable Growth, Enhancing Infrastructure, Effective Service Delivery and Accelerating Economic Diversification through Digitalisation, Industrialisation, Creative Arts, Manufacturing and Innovation.At the 18th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance...
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Africa’s Economic Growth To Rest on Digital Investment – Inuwa
Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), declares that Africa’s economic destiny to now rests on its own “compute capacity”, describing them as the foundation for sustainable digital transformation, job creation, and intra-African trade. The NiTDA boss stresses that a forceful investment in local digital public...
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We Must Forge a Deeper Digital Alliance for Inclusive Growth, Inuwa to Governors.
During a high-level visit to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat in Abuja, Inuwa called for State and Local Governments to commit to a stronger partnership with the Federal Government on unlock inclusive growth for all Nigerians, to achieve this the country must forge a deeper digital alliance. The core...
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Nigeria’s moves on Sustainable Digital Future strengthen governance for efficient service delivery. – DG NITDA
As part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which focuses on improving infrastructure, driving diversification through innovation and digitalization, bolstering governance for effective service delivery, and reforming the economy for sustainable growth, Nigeria is paving the way for an ambitious digital future anchored on innovation, inclusivity, and resilience.Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, Director General...
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Early Screening, Empathy Vital in Cancer Battle — NAOWA Coordinator
The Zonal Coordinator of the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA), 4 Brigade Chapter, Benin, Mrs Akon Oduyebo, has called on Nigerians to embrace regular medical screening as a key step in the fight against cancer. Mrs Oduyebo made the call on Friday during an event marking the 2025 World Breast Cancer Awareness Day and...
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Omolewa Ahmed Leads Cancer Awareness Walk, Urges Women to Embrace Early Screening
Former First Lady of Kwara State and founder of the LEAH Foundation, Dr (Mrs) Omolewa Ahmed, has appealed to Nigerian women to make their health a top priority by going for regular medical check-ups and cancer screening. Speaking during a cancer awareness walk that began at the Kwara State Stadium and ended at Yidi Road,...