As Nigeria enters the peak of the rainy season, the director-general of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Engr. Clement Nze, has lamented that state governments are not proactive in their actions to curtail flooding incidences in the nation. Addressing a press conference on the overview of 2021 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO): Update of flood situations in the country, said...

The provost, Centre for Strategic Research and Studies, National Defence College (NDC), Ambassador Chijioke Wigwe, has said available data shows the COVID-19 restrictions contributed to the upsurge in domestic violence and other crimes such as looting, cyberfraud, and internet scam. At the citizens forum on Strengthening Citizens Voices for Security Sector Accountability (SPaCVOSSA) during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria organised...

The Minister of State for Science and Technology, Barr. Mohammed Abdullahi, has called on government and the organised private sector (OPS) to initiate urgent interventions in order to engage Nigerian youths and make their lives more meaningful. The minister said this when he gave a goodwill message at the Generation Unlimited Nigeria launch in Abuja, making reference to a disturbing 2020 report by the managing director of World...

“This pandemic has magnified every existing inequality in our society – like systemic racism, gender inequality, and poverty,” – Melinda Gates When Melinda Gates made the above statement, many did not streamline it to what we see in our general policy system, and it is why I have decided to open this discourse with the quote. In today’s Nigeria, many live...

In the heat of the debate over the Electoral Act Amendment Bill and the propriety and workability of electronic transmission of result, the House of Representatives invited the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the nation’s telecom’s regulator. The house also invited the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to answer to some questions. But as it has now turned out, the invitation...

The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said the commission is particularly noted for its faith in strategic collaborations and partnerships as a central principle of its stakeholders’ relationship management and regulatory activities. He made this assertion in his keynote address at the 2021 virtual conference and exhibition on Information Communication Technology and Telecommunications (ICTEL) with the theme –...

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...