Following the death of one out of six kidnapped children in Abuja, Isa Ali Pantami, the former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies of refusing to use the NIN-SIM policy to fight insecurity in the country. The Informant247 reports that the Nigeria…
The Federal Government said 12,988,978 attacks were recorded during the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, saying the attacks originated from both within and outside Nigeria, adding that threats to public websites and portals…
Professor Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy on Thursday, said that the federal government has no plan to strip the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) of its power. Pantami, who spoke at the 19th Edition of President Muhammadu Buhari administration scorecard series (2015-2023) in Abuja, noted that there was no iota of truth…
No fewer than 22 institutions in the country, including 18 universities and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones, have benefited from a Federal Government’s broadband infrastructure projects. It was learnt that the projects were designed to accelerate the Nigeria Digital Economy efforts Presiding over the unveiling…
President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami on his 50th birthday. The minister has been described by the Nigerian leader as one of the most “resourceful, innovative and effective public officials that I have in the administration.” The presidential media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement…
The Nigerian Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, made this revelation during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector. The programme took place in Abuja, the country capital on Monday. The minister had stood…
The son of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, who was kidnapped, has been reportedly found at a checkpoint in Bauchi, The Informant247 Nigeria News gathered. According to Daily Trust, the Minister’s son, Alamin Isa Pantami, was found on Friday at a checkpoint in Dambam, a Local Government Area in…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, gave the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum to meet its demands which were agreed upon in the Memorandum of Action (MoA), signed by both parties on December 23, 2020. President of ASUU, Comrade Emmanuel Osodeke, while addressing newsmen in Abuja at the end of the Union’s…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has revealed that the National Identity Number, NIN will help government and security agents to identify those who access the internet. He said this at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris, adding that 67 million Nigerians have enrolled for NIN. Pantami said, “NIN is going…
Nigerians on social media have started trending the #PantamiResign hashtag while calling for the sacking of the Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Isa Ali Pantami, over alleged ties with terrorism and terrorist groups. The Nigerian Twitter community also said the minister cannot be trusted with the data of Nigerians, especially with the ongoing National…
