Nigeria News Digest: Aug 29, 2025

Nigeria saw intense political activity ahead of 2027 elections, with Atiku urging reforms and EFCC cracking down on illegal BDCs. Economic updates included passport fee hikes and GTCO’s capital injection, while security forces rescued...

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Science & Technology

The proposed E-Governance Bill could boost Nigeria's GDP by 21% by 2030.

- punchng.com

Nigeria's data center market is projected to grow from $278m to $671m by 2030.

- nairametrics.com

GTCO increased GTBank's paid-up capital to N504bn to meet recapitalization requirements.

- dailypost.ng

FirstBank reached a milestone with its digital loan disbursement, promoting financial inclusion.

- premiumtimesng.com

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission, partnering with ISACA, held the Code4Africa Privacy Hackathon during the 17th annual ISACA conference in Abuja, where student teams presented innovative data‑privacy solutions and were awarded for advancing protection in the digital ecosystem.

- quicknews-africa.net