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Rising from the miserly performance of last year, Nigeria’s economy posted a 5.01 per cent year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2021, the highest since 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
The Federal Government has kicked over WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy, stating that it would engage the owners, Facebook, on perceived gray areas.
Nigeria Engages Facebook On Protecting Citizens’ Privacy On WhatsApp The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Femi Adeluyi. BEVERLY HILLS, May 23, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has expressed its reservations over the new updated privacy policy that WhatsApp will share information of its users with Facebook, which is its parent company, and other Facebook companies. This follows the government’s commitment to upholding the data privacy of Nigerians in its Nigeria Data Protection Regulations (NDPR) and the possibility of this new Facebook policy breaching the regula...
How ICT sector retained top position in GDP growth ― Pantami On By Emmanuel Elebeke The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, says the consistent positive performance of the ICT sector to the growth of the Nigerian economy is a result of the development and implementation of relevant policies of the present administration. He said the Federal Government has provided an enabling environment for the ICT sector to thrive, through the development and implementation of relevant policies. According to the NBS, “Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) gre...
FG orders NITDA to engage Facebook on WhatsApp On By Emmanuel Elebeke In a demonstration of commitment to upholding the data privacy of Nigerians, the Federal Government has directed the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to engage vigorously engage with Facebook to understand the processes, level of security, etc of the data of Nigerian users in order to ensure that Policies proposed for Nigeria strictly adhere to the provisions of Nigerian Data Policy Regulation, NDPR. This was made know in a statement issued by the Technical Assistant (Information Techno...