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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is a news reporting agency owned and run by the Federal Government of Nigeria just like Nigerian Television Authority. [1] NAN was formed in part to disseminate news easily across the country and to the international community and also as a means to counter negative stories about Nigeria.
The digital divide is a term used to describe the disadvantage in access to information which people without access to ICT suffer. [1] Nigeria's digital divide refers to the inequality of Nigerian individuals, groups, or organizations with regard to access to Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure or to the internet for daily activities. [2]
The Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy in Nigeria is a government ministry responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and regulation of policies related to communications, innovation, and digital economy sectors within the country. The current minister is Dr Bosun Tijani. [2]
Dotts Media House won the Best Digital Marketing and Influencer Agency of the Year award at the 7th Edition of the African Brand Leadership Merit Awards held in Lagos, Nigeria. [31] One silver and one bronze at the Pitcher Awards 2022 for the Use of Music and film in the agency's advertising works. [32] [33] [34]
Its creation has caused establishment of state ICT agencies in other states of Federation such as the Plateau State Information And Communication Technology Development Agency. The agency started its operation in Abuja, FCT with 30 computers. These devices were used for the training of major government functionaries which include the president ...
Many agents of Nigeria press have been imprisoned, exiled, tortured, or murdered as a result, among them being Ogoni activist and television producer Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed for treason by order of the Sani Abacha dictatorship in 1995 (resulting in the expulsion of Nigeria from the Commonwealth of Nations and sanctions from abroad).
Twitter was blocked in Nigeria from 5 June 2021 to 13 January 2022. [1] [2] The government imposed a ban on the social network after it deleted tweets made by, and temporarily suspended, the Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari, warning the southeastern people of Nigeria, [3] [4] predominantly Igbo people, of a potential repeat of the 1967 Nigerian Civil War due to the ongoing insurgency in ...
The third generation of Nigerian writers has used new media technology as a medium to showcase their stories and poetry to a worldwide audience. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] This new medium has introduced the use of literary magazines such as Omenana , [ 29 ] Saraba , and Jalada , as a means of publishing and distributihg independently. [ 9 ]