NCC Moves to Safeguard Mobile Number Identity Through Regulatory Action
Barely ten days after the publication of an investigative story into the risks associated with recycled SIM card numbers, the…
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,…
Impact Story:NIMC Brings NIN Enrolment to Ward Level
About two weeks after a report on the delay and network downtime being experienced by residents of Kwara at the…
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…
Impact Story:Bank Gives Customer Fresh Biometric Enrollment Attempt After DPI Exclusion Story
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas Following the publication of a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) story by Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas highlighting the difficulties faced…
Network Glitches, System Downtime At NIMC Office Frustrate Kwara Residents
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas (NIMC office, Ilorin. Image credit: Google) For two days Jameel has shuttled between his home and the…
Incomplete BVN Biometrics Excludes Visually Impaired from Seamless Bank Hall Transactions
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas The Bank Verification Number, BVN introduced in 2014 is a core component of Nigeria’s Digital Public Infrastructure,…
From Cash to Clicks: How Digital Payment Platforms Are Helping Nigeria Women Traders, Artisans Save for the Future
By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal Nigeria’s digital public infrastructure, particularly its digital payments layer, has expanded access to financial services for…
15 Nigerian Journalists Selected for 2025/2026 DPI Fellowship
By Rasheedat Oladotun-Iliyas Fifteen journalists from 14 media outlets across Nigeria have selected for the 2025/2026 Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)…