Minister of Communications and Digital Economy

Federal Government has again extended the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise till December 31, 2021. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, conveyed the…

Federal Government has approved the National Policy on the fifth-generation (5G) network in Nigeria. This is according to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who addressed journalists in Abuja after the…

Minority leader of House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has joined calls for the removal or resignation of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. There has been a growing call for his resignation following…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has denied links to extremist views, saying criminals and other entrenched interests are behind the attacks on him. He alleged that forces against Federal Government’s…

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has denied having any link with insurgent groups like Boko Haram and Al Qaeda, as alleged in a viral report. The minister said this in reaction an unconfirmed report that…

Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, has on Monday denied reports that United States government has placed Minister of Com­munications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami on terror watchlist. Reports…

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has said the challenge encountered by MTN users to recharge through the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel will be resolved soon. MTN subscribers took…

Federal Government has said as at April 1, 2021, over 51 million Nigerians have enrolled for National Identity Number (NIN) in the country. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, disclosed this on Thursday in…

Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, are set for this year’s Annual General Meeting…

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has said there are plans to replace bank verification numbers (BVN) with national identity numbers (NIN). BVN was launched in 2014 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to…

Federal Government has warned Nigerians against selling their SIM cards that are already linked with National Identity Numbers (NIN), stating that crimes committed with any SIM card would be traced for appropriate action. Sounding…

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has announced the death of his 13-year-old daughter, Aishah. The minister made the announcement via a post on his verified Twitter handle on Monday evening but did not…

Federal Government has launched a Digital Nigeria Portal and Mobile Application on Monday, September 28 as part of the implementation of National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for a digital country. Dr Isa Pantami, the…