A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF) has asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to provide data on the total number of meters distributed so far by electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The group, in a freedom of information (FOI) application, asked NERC to specifically provide information on meters distributed by the DisCos under the Meter Assets Provider...

Nigeria will host 54 participants/representatives from 54 African countries in the upcoming Focus Africa Science, Innovation and Commodity Expo billed to run from August 2 to 7, 2021. Addressing the media on the upcoming event with the theme‘Science and innovation as a panacea for rapid transformation of Africa’s economy through local raw material processing’ billed to hold at the nation’s Federal...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged the Nigerian Institute of Information and Communication Technology Engineers (NIICTE) to provide mentoring support for the interns, start-ups and innovators carrying out innovative ideas at the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR). The director-general of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, made this call when he received top executive members of NIICTE, a division of...

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) says it is working towards distributing 5,000 6kg cylinders with burners to Nigerians free of charge before the year ends. Mr Bassey Essien, executive secretary, NALPGAM, made the disclosure on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Essien said that the move by the marketers was...

Two former presidents of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Otunba Oye and Prince Kayode have emerged as the first deputy president and national vice president respectively of the John Udeagbala-led Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). They were appointed national officers at the inauguration of Udeagbala as 21st NACCIMA president at the investiture...

USAID has said Nigeria’s commercialization of pod borer resistant cowpea otherwise called SAMPEA 20-T is a tremendous progress in applying innovative approaches to advance its food security. The general development officer, Biotechnology Specialist USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security Center for Agriculture-led Growth, Dr. Faith B. Tarr, stated this at the launch/unveiling of the new variety in Kano, saying the achievement had advanced “Nigeria’s capacity to harness science, technology and innovation...

As Nigeria battles the challenge of providing stable power, the Federal Government has again spoken of the nation’s plan to deploy nuclear technology for production of sustainable and reliable electricity. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu stated this wwhen he received the top management of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANSCORP) Plc led by its managing director, Mr. Peter Ikenga, who paid him...

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has said about 8 million farmers and their families will benefit directly from cultivating the newly launched pod borer resistant cowpea variety (beans) called SAMPEA 20-T. AFAN president, Arc. Kabiru Ibrahim, said at the launch/unveiling of SAMPEA 20-T in Kano that over 12.5 million hectares of land would be dedicated to the production...

A senior fellow institutioner for development studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Dr. Ben Nwosu, has tasked the Federal Government to give back to artisanal miners and do more in terms of public good provision for the local mining communities. He made the call during the media launch of a new publication titled ‘Solid Minerals Development in Nigeria: Evidence from Ebonyi, Ekiti and Taraba states’ by the African Centre...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has unveiled the nation’s National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI) at a ceremony that signifies the commencement of operations of the infrastructure. The national PKI operations were unveiled by the agency’s director-general, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi in a key generation and handover ceremony for Root Certification Authority (RCA) for Country Signing Certification Authority (CSCA) and Country Verification Certification...