The Hidden Cost of Poor Death Record Interoperability
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal For many Nigerian families, the death of a loved one marks the beginning of a painful…
NELFUND: Nigeria’s DPI Backed Loan Initiative Makes Schooling Easy
(Al generated image) Nigeria’s student loan scheme managed by the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, (NELFUND) shows how Digital Public Infrastructure…
How Kwara is Leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure to Keep Pregnant Women Connected to Care
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas (Image: Okelele PHC, Ilorin) A reminder that brought her back On a humid Wednesday morning, pregnant women…
The Lagos Identity Project: Smart Governance or Another Layer of Bureaucracy?
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal When Marvelous Odeyemi began processing her admission into Lagos State University, she was expected to submit…
Months After DPI Report, LASHMA Introduces EasyPay to Deepen Digital Access to Health Insurance in Lagos
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal Months after a report by Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal highlighted how the Lagos State Health Management Agency…
How NIMC’s Push for Students NIN Enrollment is Causing Poor Classroom Attendance, Extortion
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas The National Identity Management Agency, NIMC is pursuing a campaign to enroll school-age children and infants into…
Digital Eyes On The Road: How Lagos is Automating Traffic Compliance
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal (Lagos Camera Control Rooms. Photo Credit: Facebook) Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre and arguably its most…
Burden of Recycled Phone Numbers: Old User, New User, Network Provider and the Hangman
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas (Photo: SIM cards and handcuffs. Image credit: AI) In 2025, Abimbola Tijani registered a new SIM card,…
From Paper Tickets to Plastic Cards: The Promise, Gaps, and Power of Lagos’ Cowry Card System
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal (Cowry Card. Photo Credit: Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal) When the Lagos State Government introduced the Cowry Card…
Kwara Residents Allege Extortion over NIN Charges at NIMC State Office, Enrollment Centre, threatening Nigeria’s Digital Public Infrastructure
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas NIMC logo Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State, seeking National Identification Number (NIN) data modification are being directed…