Teacher education in Nigeria today is highly recognized as the foundation of the nation's educational system, which contributes significantly to the development of other sectors in the nation's economy. The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in Nigeria in the last twelve months has adversely affected teacher education programmes in Nigeria leading to suspension of academic and research activities in the institutions as a result of nation-wide lock down for seven months. This study specifically focuses on how Nigeria aims at achieving a buoyant and efficient economy and accelerated transformation through the production of high quality and well-motivated teachers for all levels of education by integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), into teacher education programmes. The study examined the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on teacher education programmes in Nigeria and justified the inevitable need for integrating ICT into teacher programmes. It also identified the challenges of ICT utilization in teacher education programmes in Nigeria. It was recommended among others that the stakeholders must endeavour to provide the teacher education institutions with modern ICT tools and facilities for effective teaching, learning, conducting research and dissemination of information in the institutions, so as to achieve the lofty goals of teacher education in Nigeria.