The federal government says Nigerians can now ask their banks to issue them a debit card that doubles as their national identity card at no extra cost.
The institutions have been constituted into the steering committee to implement the policy which requires a collaboration between the private and public sectors.
The president, alongside his aides, some traditional rulers and religious leaders, performed Umrah rituals, amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
A contract was awarded for the provision of broadband in some selected airports. Twenty of them will be covered in the project’s first phase.
Mr Pantami revealed that a total of 1
According to him, 41 categories of taxes, levies and charges are already in the digital economy sector; hence, an additional excise is not justified.
It is worth noting that in the run-up to the 2023 general elections, threat intelligence revealed an astronomical increase in cyber threats to Nigerian cyberspace.
“On the election day alone, we were able to block more than 200 attacks, and the next day, the attacks geometrically increased to about 1.2 million…”
“The agreement will help in the effective coordination and sharing of frequencies and channels.”
The operational service of Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink, has been announced to be officially active for customers in the country.
