A cross-section of stakeholders have commenced the review of Nigeria’s draft National Biosecurity Policy developed by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) under the Federal Ministry of Environment. Giving the opening remarks at the two-day meeting organized in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of State for Environment, Barr. Sharon Ikeazor, said biosecurity remained...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has launched the Nigeria Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startup Policy (NDIESP) which is in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) for a digital Nigeria. The NDISEP comprising five priority thrusts, namely advancing human capital, unlocking access to capital, enabling infrastructure, boosting demand, and promoting innovative entrepreneurship is formulated to...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has initiated the process for the review of existing licensing structure in the Nigerian telecommunication's industry in demonstration of its responsiveness to global trends and the dynamics in the Information and Communications Technology ecosystem. A step towards achieving this was taken recently by the executive vice chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, when he inaugurated an in-house standing committee to carry...

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has inaugurated Renal Dialysis Centre in Auchi for the diagnosis and treatment of kidney-related diseases. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the centre was facilitated by Sen. Francis Alimikhena (APC-Edo North) as part of his constituency project to the people of the area. NAN also reports that dialysis is a process of removing...

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector today, June 15, 2021, met in Abuja to brainstorm on mitigating hunger across the globe. Declaring the technical session of the 44th regular meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development (NCARD) open, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, said challenges arising from the COVID-...

The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (CentreLSD) has launched a BUILD grant for general support for lifting an intersectional approach to gender and natural resources management, and project support for institutional strengthening in the extractive sector. In his speech at the launch in Abuja, the CentreLSD executive director, Mr Monday Osasah, said the fund, given by Ford Foundation,...

Sequel to the COVID-19 pandemic, AstraZeneca South Africa announced this week that it would be providing sponsorship to BrandMed (Pty) towards the establishment of fifteen BrandMed Syntro-P health centres of excellence. This move is part of the global, science-led biopharmaceutical company’s commitment to work towards a future where all patients have access to sustainable, holistic health experiences and access to...

World leaders have come to the agreement that reversing land degradation is crucial to fighting the effects of climate change globally. Saying climate change, overuse and conversion for agriculture, cities and infrastructure mean that one fifth of the planet’s land area is degraded, they pointed out that the damage also drives drought and desertification and harms the livelihoods of almost...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has trained members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Bauchi State chapter, on using Information Technology to promote transformation in the health care sector. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop for the chapter held at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi State, with the theme ‘Healthcare transformation and digital technology’,...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said digital technologies are facilitating the anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari administration. He stated this at the 2021 pre-Democracy Day conference with the theme ‘Appraising the impact of President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight on the Nigerian economy since 2015’, organised by Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN) in collaboration with...