The director-general of the Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO), Prof. Paul Onyenekwe, has revealed plans of the agency to work with its newly inaugurated board, the National Assembly and other agents of government to ensure that Nigeria is show-cased better. He made this known during the inaugural meeting of the newly inaugurated 11-man board of SHESTCO, which was one of 12 other boards...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, has said that with concerted efforts of agropreneurs, the agricultural sector would increase its contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 23 per cent to 50 per cent in the next 10 years. The minister made this known during a round-table discussion on ‘Agropreneurs’ Success Stories and Mentorship Clinic’, as part of activities to...

The Vice Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Prof. Sunday Elom, has commended the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) for its role in creating Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) awareness in Nigerian higher institutions. The university don gave the commendation during the commissioning of NOTAP's Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office (IPTTO) established in AE-FUNAI.  He said...

The Federal Government has revealed that Nigeria will have adequate vaccines for over 50 pr cent of the nation’s eligible population by the end of the first quarter of 2022, based on delivery forecasts from the COVAX facility and the African Union. The executive director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made this known at a media briefing on the COVID-19 vaccination update yesterday in Abuja. Recall that Nigeria received 501,600 doses...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is 97 per cent ready for the full implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) technology deployment in Nigeria. The NCC executive vice-chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, re-affirmed the status of the commission’s 5G technology deployment at the annual African Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTech 2021) with the theme 'Embracing changes and digital transformation in the new normal,' held in Lagos. Presenting...

The director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has said the use of technology in combating insecurity in Nigeria can never be overemphasised. Abdullahi made this known when he hosted the rector of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Technology (NACEST) Makurdi, Brig. Gen. Yahaya Abdulhamid, at the agency's headquarters in Abuja. "It is important to know how to use technology – not just as an enabler – but as a...

The Federal Government has revealed that plans are underway to improve and expand Nigeria’s transportation sector, including the railway sub-sector. The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, made this known at the inauguration of the Transport Trade Group of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). She said the government is already reviving various transport infrastructures, from railways to airports and ports, in a bid to boost the economy. Represented by the assistant...

The director-general of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has restated Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring adequate biosafety regulation in the country. Speaking at a one-day sensitization workshop on bio-safety (genetically modified organism’s safety and regulation) in Nigeria, in Lafia, Nasarawa State, he maintained that only safe genetically modified products will be allowed in the Nigerian market, stressing that the agency...

An online influencer and Centrestage Live Conference host, Naomi Osemedua, has revealed how she leveraged social media to create rippling effects of positive impact in society. Speaking to journalists during a media parley after the conference themed ‘Changing the African narrative through the power of story-telling’ in Abuja, she explained that she deployed the power of narration to effect the desired changes in the African home and empower...

The director-general of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof Mustapha Abdullahi, has said the newly inaugurated governing board of the agency would bring change and development. Speaking during the board’s inaugural meeting shortly after their inauguration by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Abdullahi said NABDA’s second governing board would bring advancement by promoting the cause of biotechnology...