The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has revealed that it is committed to intensifying cybersecurity awareness and promoting emerging technologies in the country. The director-general of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi made this known when he received the head of computer science and information systems department of University of Limerick, Ireland, Prof. Mike Hinchey at the agency’s corporate headquarters in...

Ghana has announced her first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre laboratory confirmed earlier results. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received samples from both patients from Ghana’s southern Ashanti region – both deceased and unrelated – who showed symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting. The laboratory corroborated the results from the...

Mr. Isah Dogara, from Iowa community in the Federal Capital Territory, about 35km from Gwagwalada, said his macho attitude and belief in traditional medicine led to him infecting his wife and late mother with tuberculosis (TB) – all because he feared that being diagnosed with the disease would make him vulnerable. Dogara, a 39-year-old miner, believed he was cursed when...

The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has assured the general public that two special mission aircraft in the Deep Blue Project fleet of the agency will be deployed to fight oil theft and protect the nation's economy. Speaking at the recently held 16th edition of the maritime seminar for judges organised by the Nigerian...

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (FMARD), has flagged off yet another distribution of free agricultural inputs and quality seeds as part of its intervention for smallholder farmers in Edo State, stating that it would enhance food and nutrition security, economic growth and job creation, especially in the post-COVID-19 era. The event which took place...

The permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, has lauded the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for its plan to control road accidents in the school environment through advocacy and enlightenment campaigns on road signs and symbols to avoid loss of lives. Ajani made this known during a courtesy visit by the leadership of NANS, Abuja...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have sounded the alarm over the indication by current data that show a decline in global vaccination coverage in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines. According to the official data published today (July 15, 2022) by the duo, it is the largest sustained...

In furtherance of the Federal Government’s commitment to curtailing the spread of transboundary diseases in Nigeria, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has supported Edo State and other states in the south-south geopolitical zone with over 1.8 million free vaccines.  The minister revealed this during the flag-off ceremony of the 2022 nationwide free mass vaccination campaign against...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has assured the nation that Nigeria’s telecom regulatory framework will address the challenges that may arise with the advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the country – as it was designed to. He made this assertion during the Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Regulatory Roadmap for IoT Ecosystem in...

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Sen. Adeleke Mamora, has said touted science, technology and innovation (STI) as the desired roadmap to Nigeria’s industrial revolution Mamora, who spoke upon resuming as the ministry’s new helmsman, in his office today in Abuja, pledged that his administration will bring about positive developments in the STI sector. The minister said that he will...