Youth Day: ACCI Tasks Young CEOs On Business Growth
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2021 International Youth Day, the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has challenged young business entrepreneurs across the country to grow their businesses to become top notch enterprises.
The ACCI director-general, Victoria Akai made this call when the Young CEO members of the chamber paid a courtesy call...
AfCFTA: FG Moves To Promote Made-In-Nigeria Goods
The Federal Government has inaugurated a technical working group (TWG) for the promotion of made-in-Nigeria goods and services in agriculture and agribusinesses under the newly signed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework.
In his address at the inauguration in Abuja, the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development, (FMARD), Dr. Ernest Umakhihe said the initiative would create...
Adewusi Seeks Legislation For Courier Biz Regulation
The postmaster-general of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Dr. Ismail Adewusi, has approached the Lagos State House of Assembly for legislative support to enhance courier regulatory role in the country.
Speaking during a courtesy call on the speaker of the Lagos State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa in his office at Alausa, Ikeja, Adewusi sought the support of the House...
PVP Will Incentivise Agribusiness Investments – Ojo
The director-general of the National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), Dr. Philip Ojo, has said the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Act 2021 recently signed into law will incentivise national and multinational agribusiness investments in Nigeria.
Speaking at the unveiling of the Act and stakeholders meeting today (August 12), he said the country’s agricultural sector transformation was a significant reason why the...
New UN Report Rates AfDB High On Climate Adaptation Financing
A new report by the United Nation’s-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has pitched the African Development Bank (AfDB) higher than other six large development banks in funding climate change adaption project for 2019.
It was gathered that while the AfDB spent $3.5 billion representing 35 per cent, the European Investment Bank followed with 11 per cent of its...
Nabasu Assumes Office As Permanent Secretary In Communications Ministry
Mr. Bitrus Nabasu has assumed office as permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.
He replaces the retired Engr. Festus Daudu who has left having completed the mandatory 35 years in the civil service of the federation.
On assumption of office on August 9, 2021, Nabasu who promised to build on the legacy of Daudu noted and...
COVID-19: WHO Begins Solidarity PLUS Trial
The director-general, World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the commencement of Solidarity trial, called Solidarity PLUS for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Speaking during a virtual press conference yesterday (August 11), the WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the trial involved thousands of researchers at...
Genetically Engineered Crop Development In Africa
From the beginning, genetically engineered (GE) crops (also known as GMOs) have been controversial. Europe has always been at the center of anti-GE activities. Well organized and well-funded, the anti-GMO industry fights to block implementation of this technology around the world. At present most African anti-GMO groups are funded by Europe.
Herbicide tolerance and insect resistance are the most common...
Abdullahi Applauds NIS For Going Paperless
The director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Malam Kashifu Abdullahi, has applauded Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) for launching its Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) platform today at the NIS headquarters, Abuja.
The platform launched by NIS is a key component of any digital transformation strategy and information governance effort, which uses automated techniques to transfer files electronically,...
NCC, NESG Mull Collaboration On Telecom’s Impact On Economy
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) are considering possible areas of increasing collaboration to enhance the impact and contribution of telecommunication sector on the country’s socio-economic development.
This was the crux of deliberations during a courtesy visit by a delegation of the National Assembly Business Environment Round Table (NASSBER), a policy unit at NESG...