NIMASA Donates Materials To IDPs In FCT

NIMASA Donates Materials To IDPs In FCT

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) on Friday donated some relief materials to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to empower Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the FCT. NIMASA’s Director-General, Bashir Jamoh, said the donation was part of the...
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NCC: Telecomm Based Research Designed To Attain Capacity Development, Others

NCC: Telecomm Based Research Designed To Attain Capacity Development, Others

The Telecommunications-based research Innovations from Academics in the Nigerian Tertiary Institutions programme is designed to achieve outlined goals, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said.   In a notice published on its website and obtai...
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NCC Explores New Framework To Promote Local Content

NCC Explores New Framework To Promote Local Content

As part of measures to drive the federal government’s goal in promoting indigenous content in the telecommunications industry, the  Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is developing a new framework.   NCC executive vice-chairman (EVC)/chief exe...
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Presidency Donates Intensive Care Ambulance To LASUTH

Presidency Donates Intensive Care Ambulance To LASUTH

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has received an Intensive Care Ambulance from the Office of Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).    LASUTH explained that gesture was facil...
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Nigeria Reports 610 New Cases Of COVID-19, Two Deaths

Nigeria Reports 610 New Cases Of COVID-19, Two Deaths

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 610 new cases of COVID-19 infections, the second-highest in nearly six months.   According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the new infections took the country’s total confirmed cases to 179,118, from the 422 ca...
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’Nigeria Can Earn $20b Annually From Oil Palm’

’Nigeria Can Earn $20b Annually From Oil Palm’

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the need for Nigeria to diversify its economy from crude oil, noting that the nation can earn $20billion  annually from the cultivation and production of oil palm.  Addressing Journalists in...
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NCC, NESG Mull Collaboration

NCC, NESG Mull Collaboration

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) are considering possible areas of increasing collaboration to enhance the impact and contribution of the telecommunications sector on Nigeria’s socio-economic developme...
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FG Approves N4b For Fuelling Police Vehicles

FG Approves N4b For Fuelling Police Vehicles

The Federal Government approved over N4 billion in the 2021 budget for fueling of police vehicles,  Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi has disclosed.  A statement issued on Tuesday by Head of Press and Public Relations in the Minis...
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COVID-19: SIFAX Boss Advocates Improved University ICT infrastructure

COVID-19: SIFAX Boss Advocates Improved University ICT infrastructure

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic that slowed down teaching and learning in the country’s educational institutions, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has tasked relevant stakeholders in the education ecosystem on the need to upgra...
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Edo Flags-Off Training For Information Officers, Media Practitioners, Others

Edo Flags-Off Training For Information Officers, Media Practitioners, Others

Edo State Government has commenced a month-long training for Information Officers, Media Practitioners and Public Relations Officers under the employment of the state government.   The training, aimed at upskilling the workers and equipping them with...
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India Attributes 3,564 Accidents In 2020 To Potholes

India Attributes 3,564 Accidents In 2020 To Potholes

Not less than 3,564 road accidents occurred in India due to potholes in 2020. The figure is the lowest in the last five years, Parliament was informed on Monday.    In a written reply, Minister of Road Transport and...
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Danbatta Harps on Innovative Museums for Sustainable Development

Danbatta Harps on Innovative Museums for Sustainable Development

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has called for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organisations in the country...
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Cyber-Security Surveys: NCC Seeks Participation

Cyber-Security Surveys: NCC Seeks Participation

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called for participation in its 2021 cybersecurity surveys.  NCC, the independent regulatory authority for the telecommunications industry in Nigeria in a notice on its website on Friday explained that the C...
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Nigeria Records Another 565 Covid-19 Cases

Nigeria Records Another 565 Covid-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the number of active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased to 9,066 with 565 additional cases confirmed on Friday.   The NCDC stated that 76 people had recovered and were discharged from.....
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