Data By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Federal Government, EU and African Union on Monday urged Data Protection Authorities to develop a harmonised data governance framework for data protection across the continent. They made the call at the opening ceremony of a five-day data governance study visit for Data Protection Authorities, aContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola (News Agency of Nigeria) The e-Naira also known as the Nigerian digital currency was launched and activated on Oct. 5, 2021 by former President Muhammad Buhari, under the slogan: “Same Naira, More Possibilities”. But why have Nigerians not adopted the platform as expected by the initiators?Continue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has called on organisations across the country to ensure compliance to accessibility law and regulations to make provisions for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to access their buildings. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr James Lalu, made the callContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of the armed forces eliminated 39 terrorists, apprehended 159 others and rescued 109 hostages in different operations in the last two weeks Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a bi-weekly news briefing on military operations across the country.Continue Reading
By Victor Adeoti Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has commenced staff audit across the public service with a plan to fill existing vacancies within the education, health and other sub-sectors in the state. This is contained in a statement by Malam Olawale Rasheed, the Spokesperson for the governor,Continue Reading
Ann Iyonu By Abigael Joshua TEXEM UK, a leading consulting organisation dedicated to promoting excellence and societal development, has celebrated her alumnus Ann Iyonu, the Executive Director of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation. According to a statement on TEXEM’s website, Iyonu is congratated on being selected as oneContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The Federal Government has unveiled plans to train 250,000 data protection officers on enhanced management of data across organisations to safeguard the privacy of citizens. Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, (NDPB) made this known during a capacity building workshop for dataContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says it has empowered 2, 510 rural women in Abia with N20,000 each through its Special Cash Grant Project. Beneficiaries of the programme are from all the local government areas in the state. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq,Continue Reading
