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...

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said strategic partnership with the media on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) development is the key to move the country from resource to knowledge-based economy. The minister said this when the Leadership Newspaper group paid him a courtesy visit today (July 23) in his office in Abuja. Onu stated that the...

As several African countries face the third wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a global team of humanitarians, the Mercy Corps has called for vaccine equity to support mass vaccination so as to tackle the virus in Africa.  According to WHO, Africa recorded an additional 1 million cases over the past month - the fastest surge the continent has...

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos Chapter, says there may be 10 per cent job loss in the country if government fails to intervene in the problems confronting the poultry sector. PAN’s Lagos chapter chairman, Mr Godwin Egbebe, stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. “If the growing price of poultry feed...

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has advised the Abuja Municipal Area Councils (AMAC) and other government bodies against alleged plan to impose N100,00.00 tax or levy on bakery and other businesses in Abuja. In a statement in Abuja signed by the ACCI president, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, it called the attention of the Abuja area councils to the current...