By Jessica Dogo Galaxy Backbone (GBB) has launched a digital empowerment initiative for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday as part of activities marking the organisation’s 20th anniversary celebration in Abuja. GBB Managing Director, Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju, said the milestone reflected two decades of digital innovation.Continue Reading
By Okon Okon The Federal Government has announced significant progress in executing zonal intervention and constituency projects across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mr Zaphaniah Jisalo, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the presentation of the Annual StatusContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi Prof. Babatunde Rabiu, Research Director, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has been appointed the 2nd Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur of the UN-Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS). Mr Olayode Abdurasaq, Senior Special Assistant on Media Communications to the Director-General of NASRDA, to Dr MatthewContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Galaxy Backbone (GBB) said that the country must take a leading role in shaping emerging technologies rather than consuming global innovations. The Managing Director of GBB, Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju, said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday to kick off activities to mark theContinue Reading
By Gabriel Agbeja E LAFI SOU Foundation, People Planet and Peace Foundation (PPPF) have trained 100 indigene of Djebonoua community on agroforestry to tackle climate change. The training, which held on Sunday in Djebonoua, central Côte d’Ivoire, was aimed at equipping participants with practical knowledge and skills on strengthening climateContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has described the Nigerian Digital Postcode Initiative as a critical tool for strengthening national security, public safety and institutional coordination across the country. Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka, the National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, said this on Monday in Abuja,Continue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has denied allegations that he is evading law enforcement authorities, describing a recent media report on the matter as inaccurate. Nnaji, in a statement on Monday in Abuja through his spokesperson, Dr Robert Ngwu, said he wasContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged citizens to remain resilient and refuse to surrender to fear amid the nation’s security challenges. The CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja to mark “Black Sunday” -a day setContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has appointed Mr Nwachukwu Okafor as its new National Assembly Relations Executive. Okafor made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. He said his appointment wasContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) says it has commenced the distribution of free fertiliser to 20,160 smallholder farmers across the South-West geopolitical zone under its Renewed Hope Farm Input Support Programme (FISP). The Executive Secretary of NADF, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim said that 80,640 bags of fertiliserContinue Reading
