By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has emphasized the urgent need for increased educational awareness to protect threatened trees and plant species in Kano State. This was…
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CITAD: Stakeholders Call for Gender, Climate Justice Integration in Nigeria’s Digital Transition
By Mustapha Salisu Stakeholders have called for the deliberate integration of gender and climate justice principles into Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda to ensure a fair, inclusive, and environmentally responsible digital future. This…
CITAD Condemns Arrest of Two Kano Youths Over Facebook Post
…Demands Immediate Release, Respect for Digital Rights By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has condemned the arrest of two young residents of Tofa Local Government Area in…
Experts Call for National Framework on AI Governance at CITAD’s 6th KANSIS
By Mustapha Salisu Experts and digital rights advocates have called on the Nigerian government to urgently establish a comprehensive national framework to guide the ethical and inclusive governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)….
CITAD Condemns Arrest of IBBUL Student for Criticizing Niger Governor, Demands Immediate Release
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has condemned the arrest of Abubakar Isah Mokwa, a postgraduate student at the Department of Agricultural Economy and Extension, Ibrahim Badamasi…
CITAD’s 6th KANSIS: Participants Advocate Deployment of AI to Tackle Corruption in Governance
By Mustapha Salisu Participants at the 6th Kano Social Influencers summit organised by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), have called for the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address…
CITAD Condemns Arrest of Journalist Danuwa Rano, Demands Immediate Release
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has condemned the arrest and continued detention of journalist Ibrahim Ishaq Danuwa Rano by officers of the Nigeria Police, Zone One…
CITAD Introduces Young Women to AI at E-Commerce Digital Skills Workshop
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), through its Technical and Innovation Department, has introduced participants to the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at an ongoing one-day digital…
CITAD Launches Digital Tech Policy Forum to Advocate for National AI Framework in Nigeria
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has launched the inaugural edition of its Digital Tech Policy Forum to deliberate on the need for a national Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy framework…
CITAD, Male Feminists Network Celebrate Int’l Day of the Girl Child in Kano
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in collaboration with the Male Feminists Network, on Saturday joined the global community to mark the 2025 International Day of the…
CITAD Urges Kano Traditional Rulers to Engage Men in Fight Against GBV
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has urged traditional rulers in Kano State to take a more active role in engaging men in the campaign to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…
CITAD Warns Against Ignoring Gender, Climate Justice in Nigeria’s AI Drive
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has cautioned that Nigeria’s push toward artificial intelligence (AI) must be guided by feminist principles and climate justice to avoid deepening…
CITAD Demands Immediate Release of Corps Member Detained Over Facebook Post
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Zakariyya Kabeer Gwagwarwa, a corps member from Kano State currently serving in Katsina, who was…
CITAD Trains KHAIRUN Staff on Blockchain, Fintech in Kano
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has organised a three-day intensive training on blockchain and financial technology for staff of Khalifa Isyaka Rabiu University (KHAIRUN), Kano. The training, which ended…
CITAD urges men, religious leaders to join fight against gender-based violence
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on religious leaders in Kano to use their platforms to preach against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and to encourage men to…
CITAD Marks 2025 World Software Freedom Day, Calls for Adoption of FOSS
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 2025 World Software Freedom Day with a chat session focused on advancing…
CITAD Urges Gender, Climate Justice in Nigeria’s Digital Policies
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called for urgent reforms in Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda to integrate gender equality and climate justice. Speaking at a press…
CITAD Coordinator, Hamza Aminu Fagge, Elected NAB Kano Youth Leader
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has proudly celebrated the election of its Coordinator for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Hamza Aminu Fagge, who on Saturday emerged as the Youth Leader…
CITAD Urges Gov’t to Stop Scapegoating Social Media
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Nigerian government to stop scapegoating social media for the country’s insecurity and instead focus on addressing the root causes of…
Centralised platforms eroding citizens’ online rights — CITAD
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has warned that centralised social media platforms such as Facebook (Meta) and X (formerly Twitter) are eroding citizens’ digital rights through data misuse and…
CITAD Demands Immediate Release of Usman Sabo, Condemns Crackdown on Digital Freedoms
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) expresses deep concern over the growing pattern of harassment, intimidation, and unlawful detention of citizens in Bauchi State for exercising their constitutional right to…
CITAD, APC Train Kano Lawyers, Judges on Tackling Emerging Digital Rights Issues
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), has concluded a two-day capacity-building training for 20 legal practitioners comprising 10 lawyers and 10…
CITAD Trains BUK Lecturers on Fintech, Blockchain
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, Bayero University Kano (BUK), has conducted a three-day training for university lecturers on Financial…
CITAD Cautions DSS Against Intimidating Citizens Over Online Expression
By Mustapha Salisu The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has cautioned the Department of State Services (DSS) in Bauchi State against what it described as arbitrary intimidation of citizens over…
CITAD to Launch dComms as Decentralized Alternative to Global Social Media Giants
By Mustapha Salisu The Executive Director of the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), Malam Y.Z. Ya’u, has announced the Centre’s readiness to introduce dComms, a decentralized communications platform designed as…