By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Nigeria Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA) has urged the House of Representatives to make budgetary allocation for the implementation of its 36-month roadmap on prioritising natural medicines in the country. Prof. Martins Emeje, Director-General of the NNMDA, made the call on Monday in Abuja during anContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The Nigerian Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA) is collaborating with the Nigerian Institute for Onchocerciasis, Trypanosomiasis and Research (NITR) to produce indigenous medicines for onchocerciasis and trypanosomiasis. Also known as sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis is an infection that spreads from the bites of infected tsetse flies. Advanced symptoms includeContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker Sen. Ned Nwoko (APC-Delta) says his Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023) Amendment Bill is meant to protect Nigerians from illegal access to their data, fake news, defamation and online bullying. Nwoko, who represents Delta North Senatorial District and Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft, saidContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi UNESCO in collaboration with its partners have inaugurated the Sankore project in West Africa, to boost economic diversification and development. The programme, was inaugurated on Thursday in Abuja in partnership with Results for Development (R4D), and the UK International Development. The programme comes under the Strengthening UK-WestContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, has unveiled sustainable energy with Electric Vehicle Charging Station in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the charging station was unveiled at the headquarters of Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Fene Osakwe on winning the Cyber Personality of the Year award at the 2025 Cyber Security Awards in the UK. Osakwe is the chairman of the Lagos State Cybersecurity Advisory Board and the first African to win in the Cyber SecurityContinue Reading
By Olasunkanmi Onifade Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has called for the strengthening of policies to eliminate quackery, enforce building standards and hold violators accountable in the building sector. President of the institute, Alderton Ewa, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a news briefing to commemorate the ‘2025 BuildersContinue Reading
By Tolu Aiyegbusi The National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) has urged that Executive Orders 003 and 005 be made laws to ensure full compliance by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Dr Kazeem Raji, Director–General of NBTI, made the appeal to the National Assembly during an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson Proprietors of Private Polytechnics, under the aegis of the Association of Private Polytechnics in Nigeria (APPN), have called on the government to pay attention to technical education in the country. Dr Benjamin Achiatar, President of the APPN, said this in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo Some experts have applauded the Federal Government for investing heavily on cybersecurity infrastructures and skills to protect Nigeria from cyber attacks and disruptions. The experts spoke at a three-day customer workshop organised by Flexip Group (FPG) Technologies and Solutions Ltd. and Checkpoint Technologies on WednesdayContinue Reading
