TFAs: Campaign Coalition Visits FCCPC, Honours Irukera
The Trans-fat Free Nigeria campaign coalition has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to help uphold consumers’ rights to safe and healthy foods and right to accurate information on food labels so they can make informed decisions and stay healthy.
The executive director of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), Akinbode Oluwafemi who spoke at the...
NITDA Partners AREAI On Digital Innovation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it will partner a non-governmental organization, Aid for Rural Education and Access Initiative (AREAI) in making digital innovation available to rural community dwellers.
The NITDA director-general, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi made this known when he received the AREAI chief executive director, Prince Gideon Olarewaju, who led a delegation of the top management of...
Diary: NOTAP, FrieslandCompina Wamco Go Into Partnership
The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) and the FrieslandCampina Wamco Plc, have entered into a partnership for increase in local content in dairy production in the country.
At a one-day sensitization workshop on dairy development project,held in Bayero University Kano (BUK) for the north eastern part of the country, the director-general of NOTAP, Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, said...
Vaccination Against Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Successful In Mice
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Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University Hospital have for the first time been able to delay the development of hereditary colorectal cancer with a protective vaccination. Mice with a hereditary predisposition to colorectal cancer survived significantly longer after vaccination than unvaccinated animals. Combining the vaccination with an anti-inflammatory drug increased...
Be Prepared For Flood If… – NIHSA
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has asked that the country be prepared to experience flooding incident once the upper catchment of the River Niger Basin gets flooded.
The director-general of NIHSA, Engr. Clement Nze, gave the warning during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, saying the agency was also in contact with the Cameroonian authorities with regard to...
NEMA Seeks NITDA’s Collaboration On Risk Mitigation
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sought the collaboration of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the use of ICT infrastructure and digital platform for timely and lifesaving search and rescue operations in the country.
In his remarks when he received the NEMA director-general, Mustapha Ahmad, in his office yesterday, the NITDA director-general, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, said...
Revised AOL, Spectrum Pricing Regulations Will Enhance Competition – Danbatta
The executive vice chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said the ongoing amendments of two major regulatory instruments of the commission will help in strengthening and ensuring a fair and competitive telecoms market in Nigeria.
He said the public inquiry not only reflected the commission's strategic mission and vision to promote regulatory excellence through...
AKK Gas Pipeline Project Will Create Massive Jobs -Kyari
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said the ongoing 614 kilometres- Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project will create prosperity through massive job opportunities and guarantee peace for the country, assuring that it will be delivered on schedule.
A statement by the group general manager, group public affairs division of the NNPC,...
ACCI, AEA, Nile University Partner On Innovation, Entrepreneurship
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is set to partner the Abuja Enterprise Agency (AEA) and Nile University on innovation and entrepreneurship development that will benefit students of the institution.
The tone for the tripartite partnership was set when the duo paid a courtesy call on the chamber at its headquarters in Abuja.
In his remarks, the ACCI president, Dr. Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, expressed the chamber’s willingness to...
FG Restates Commitment To NDEPS For Economic Growth
As Nigeria marches towards attainment of its digital economy quest, the Federal Government has restated its commitment to deploy the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for economic growth and transformation.
The director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, made this known while delivering his welcome address at the Anambra Innovation Stakeholders Summit (AISS 2021) with the theme – ‘Incubating a digital...