With the emergence of new Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease variants and mutants, a professor of medical microbiology and tropical medicine at the University of Nairobi, Prof Walter Jaoko, has called for the establishment of regional vaccine manufacturing centres in Africa. He made the call during a virtual press briefing on COVID-19 vaccines and virus mutations convened by the African Science...

Nigeria is targeting the attainment of 90 per cent broadband penetration rate in terms of population and a 70 per cent rate in terms of our total land mass within the next two years through its National Broadband Plan 2020-2030. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known in a chat with journalists while giving...

Dr. Evans Woherem is the chairman of Digital Africa. In this exclusive interview with NKECHI ISAAC, he talks on the upcoming revolution and why it is important for Nigeria and Africa as a whole to build their capacities and invest in emerging technologies to be able to partake in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The excerpts. Can you give us a...

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status for the country’s national emergency number 112 being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) through its emergency communication centres (ECC). The Senate committee on communications recently organised a one-day public hearing where stakeholders gathered to make valuable contributions and observations on two bills by...

The Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy says it has been able to save the nation over N22.4 billion through the implementation of the Information Technology (IT) project’s clearance policy. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, made this known in a chat with journalists while giving account of his stewardship in office so far under the...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the Revised National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) and the National Climate Change Programmes for the country during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting. The Minister of Environment, Dr Muhammad Mohammed Abubakar who spoke on the development explained that the new policy document captures updates of emerging issues in the sectors not reflected in the previous...

In 2006 or thereabout, entrepreneurship education was formally introduced in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The introduction was greeted with a lot of hopes and high expectations. The reaction was not misplaced as Nigerians believed exposing students to entrepreneurship education might stem the challenge of unemployment in the country. Over a decade after the introduction of entrepreneurship education in the nation’s higher...

A non-governmental organization (NGO), Initiative for Peace and Women’s Right in Africa (IPWR) has sought for increased participation of girls in ICT to promote career opportunities in the world's fastest growing economy and increased gender equality. The founder, IPWR, Mrs Edidiong Idang, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that encouraging young girls to delve into...

The Federal Government has inaugurated a steering committee for stage 2 of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Phase Out Management Plan (HPMP) project under the Montreal Protocol signed by Nigeria in 1988. In his speech at the inauguration yesterday in Abuja, the Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, explained that the stage II HPMP, a project under the Montreal Protocol on Substances...

Power is the main driver of every nation’s socio-economic development. It is key for development of all sectors of the economy. However, most developing countries are still battling with power generation. In the case of Nigeria most of the rural dwellers are not captured on the national power grid which leaves them to generate and provide their basic power supply...