The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians against a fake website calling for application for recruitment, saying the agency has not advertised vacancies in any medium. A statement signed by NITDA’s head, corporate affairs & external relations unit, Mrs Hadiza Umar, urged Nigerians to disregard the website, adding it is working to bring down the site, even as it assured of the...

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Women Arise Development Humanitarian Initiative (WADHI) are partnering to establish a digital incubation centre to build capacity of women. In his speech at the grounding breaking ceremony of the initiative today (July 27) at the grounds of the chamber in Abuja, the ACCI second deputy president, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said supporting women empowerment was one...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) swept the globe, sending people scurrying off the streets, and rushing onto laptops and smart phones, scrambling to get online for work, education, entertainment and socialisation. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation globally, as the world quickly adapted to the new change and every fabric of our lives moved online. The demand for online services skyrocketed as the globe moved onto Zoom,...

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has named science, technology and innovation (STI) as the recipe for the attainment of self-reliance by African countries. He stated this at a mini-trade fair heralding the official visit of a delegation from the Organization for Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) today (July 26) in Abuja, urging African countries to invest...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated its commitment to continue to strengthen collaboration with judicial institutions in Nigeria in a bid to further protect telecom infrastructure in the country. The NCC executive vice chairman, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the assurance when he received a high-powered delegation of the Kano State Judiciary who paid him a courtesy visit at the NCC Kano Zonal Office, in Kano, at the weekend. Addressing...

The acting managing director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has identified inadequate physical infrastructure (truck parks) as a major constraint in the implementation of the e-call up system. He pointed out this in his presentation at a webinar titled ‘Apapa gridlock: Accelerating implementation of e-call up policy’ convened today (July 26) by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), saying the traffic management...

The Organisation for Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) has decorated the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, as patron for its upcoming Sahel Military Games billed to hold in Nigeria with the sole aim of bringing countries under the region together in healthy competition to foster peace. Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja, OSMA board president, Brig. Gen....

The director-general of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has charged the re-inaugurated Biosafety Intelligence Unit (BIU) of the agency to ensure proper intelligence gathering and give prompt information with regards to matters of biosafety and biosecurity in the country. He gave the charge while officially inaugurating the unit in his office in Abuja, saying the essence of the unit...

Nigeria’s leading health maintenance organisation, Total Health Trust, has been awarded the Best Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) of the Year at the seventh edition of the Nigeria Healthcare and Excellence Awards (NHEA). The event was hosted by the Anadach Group and supported by Global Health Project and Resources at the Convention Center, Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed ‘Celebrating...

 ...Focus now on remote, hard-to-reach areas, schools, health centres The Federal Government has, again, approved the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to October 31, 2021.   The decision to extend the deadline was made following a request by stakeholders to accommodate registration in hard-to-reach remote areas, foreigners and diplomatic missions, diaspora and address low enrolments...