The Federal Government has begun an assessment of the first made-in-Nigeria helicopter as part of the process to meet international requirements and standards before its formal launch. Officials of the Ministry Aviation yesterday carried out on-site assessment and evaluation of the helicopter manufactured by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI). The executive vice chairman of NASENI, Prof. Maiwalima...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Bill into law. Stakeholders in the agricultural sector had described the absence of the PVP, which protects the intellectual property of varieties developed by breeders and farmers as the bane of investment and progress in the sector. While reacting to the presidential assent, the chairman, House Committee on Agriculture and Research...

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other sub-regional leaders participating in the summit include the presidents of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum and Central African Republic, Prof. Faustin Touadera Also at the summit are Lt....

The director-general of theNational Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has charged Information Technology ecosystem stakeholders to disrupt the status quo in the industry. He made the call during a meeting with the IT stakeholders in Lagos during his three-day working visit to the state. “Come up with new business model, ways to change things, new organizational structure and...

The director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi has identified cybersecurity as an essential ingredient for the protection of digital assets. He made this known during a working visit to Data Sixth, a defense operation centre which focuses on cybersecurity intelligence in Lagos, saying the reason the agency prioritizes cybersecurity, which is one of the seven pillars...

As Nigeria comes close to the end of its Nationally Determined Condition (NDC) revision process, stakeholders in the climate change sector are seeking strong political commitment towards the new policy framework. Speaking at the opening of a two-day stakeholders' workshop on the NDC revision process update convened by the department of climate change under the Federal Ministry of Environment and...

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has retained its role as the sector with the highest growth rate of all the main sectors of the Nigerian economy.This is based on the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021) Report on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) released yesterday, May 23, 2021, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).According to the...

The director-general of the National Information Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has urged a leading provider of innovative, data-driven solutions, Venture Garden Group to join the Bridge the MassChallenge Nigeria. He made the call during a visit to Vibranium Valley, the company’s headquarters in Lagos, at the weekend, saying a critical activity of the initiative is the hosting of...

With the rise of cybercrime in the social media space, the director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has advised secondary school students to always display high level of responsibility whenever they are online. In his speech at the 2021 inter-school debate with the topic ‘Should social media be encouraged among secondary school students?’ organised by the Junior Chamber International (JCI) with support from NITDA,...

An international environmental organization which focuses on addressing climate crisis, 350.org has lauded the announcement by G7, with the exception of Japan, to end their financial support for coal development overseas, and to fully decarbonize their energy sectors in the 2030s. The announcement is a major step towards phasing out the dirtiest energy source by the world's richest nations and was sequel to the International Energy Agency's report released on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, which...