Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) is set to increase the contribution of the telecommunication sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribution to 22 per cent by the year 2027. The telecommunications sector contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023 from a 14.13 per cent contributed in the first Read More
The Chairman Enugu state branch of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Dr. Onyeka Okoh, has said about 63 million workforce in Nigeria were yet to contribute to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). According to Okoh, only 10 million workers have enrolled in the scheme, which he attributed to the inherent corruption in Nigeria. Okoh, Read More
The Bauchi state deputy governor, Auwal Jatau, has tasked participants of the just concluded retreat in the state to make good use of the knowledge acquired by assisting the administration to implement its policies and programmes. Jatau gave the advice at the closing ceremony of a 3-day retreat for commissioners, special advisers, permanent secretaries and caretaker committee chairmen organised Read More
In a groundbreaking move, Sterling Bank Limited’s Imperium Initiative has joined forces with JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. to tackle the import challenges faced by photovoltaic (PV) distributors and solar developers in Nigeria. The partnership aims to address significant foreign exchange burdens and operational constraints, ultimately driving the adoption of solar energy in the country. Group Head of Transport & Renewables Read More
The new Chief Executive Officer and Coordinator, National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA), Mrs Delu Bulus Yakubu, assumed duty on Monday in her office at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. Mrs Yakubu, who was welcomed by staff of the agency, held a brief meeting with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu. Speaking with journalists after a Read More
Management of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has denied reports of a rift within the Authority over the appointment of the Acting Managing Director, Surveyor Olawale Adetola. NIWA also commended the immediate past Managing Director, Chief George Moghalu for handing over to Adetola, who is the most senior General Manager in line with the extant rules of the agency. This Read More
A business consultant has urged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and business owners, especially bakers, to make use of new innovations, technology, and branding in sustaining their businesses in the current harsh and competitive economy. The chief executive officer (CEO) of Multiplus Consult Ltd., Mr. Ayodele Arokoyo, made the call on Friday during 100 Kaduna Brand and Merit Awards 2023. Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari, this week, inaugurated the National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship and charges the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to ensure faithful implementation of the programme.The programme was developed in collaboration with the Presidency, Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, with the support of the Tech Ecosystem.The National Council for Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Act, Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Engr. Dr. Kamoru O. Kadiri as the 5th substantive rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa. The appointment is for a 5 year single term. The appointment letter signed and personally handed over to Dr. Kadiri by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu in his office was dated 3rd April, 2023 with Read More
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has tasked polytechnics across the country to embark on quality research proposals that would translate into commercial and innovative use. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this in Abuja, Wednesday, during an interactive session with rectors and directors of research of polytechnics on National Research Fund (NRF) grants. Echono who lamented the Read More
Even though it is less than two months to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari has again assured that his administration is committed to the enhancement of open and distance learning programmes. President Buhari spoke in Abuja on Saturday during the 12th convocation ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Represented by the Executive Secretary Read More
The Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Magaji Tambuwal, has stressed that the recently established national climate change innovation hub will help Nigerian youths address climate challenges. The CNA stated this, Monday, at a forum organised to commemorate the Commonwealth Day in Abuja. Tambuwal, who said the Commonwealth Day is usually held on the second Monday of March every year, explained Read More
Nigeria and Israel have commenced collaborative moves to deepen partnership in innovation, entrepreneurship and production with the aim of harnessing Nigeria’s huge potentials for its technological development. This was disclosed by TETFund’s Director of Public Affairs and Protocol, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, Wednesday, in a statement after the the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman, paid a working visit Read More
Gender Advocacy groups led by the Do Foundation International Wednesday held a sensitisation walk in commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day celebration. The foundation urged women in the state to embrace modern technology and gadgets for business and daily life. Founder of the Do Foundation International, Dr. Dise Goddy Harry, while speaking on the theme of this year’s celebration Read More
Mallam Adamu Adamu is one of the most prolific writers of our time who was consistently passionate about the predicament of tertiary education in Nigeria. He dedicated his columns to the advancement of the ASUU struggles, through the 2000s, most pungent was his, ‘Why ASUU is always on strike’ of 15th, November 2013. Generally considered a polyglot, Adamu Adamu had Read More
As African insurers overhaul 50 years of existence as a body and the challenges that have confronted its growth, they have observed that technology, innovation and data are key focus for growth going into the future. President of the African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Tope Smart, speaking at the ongoing 48th Conference and General Assembly of the body in Nairobi, Kenya Read More
Nigeria’s current housing deficit is estimated at 17-20 million units. This deficit is partly driven by high cost of building materials among other factors. Recently, the Managing Director of New Material Nigeria Company Ltd, Mr. Jackie Dai Hui announced the introduction of a new product, Fibre Cement Board into the Nigerian market. This is a wholly owned Chinese firm. DAVID AGBA Read More
In order to address teething environmental challenges that continue to give give humanity sleepless night, the Global Environment Facility recently made available $200m to tackle climate change, pollution and the COVID-19 crisis; HELEN OJI report. The Global Environment Facility’s member governments, meeting on its 30th anniversary, approved new funding to keep advancing international conservation priorities through the pandemic and to Read More
The president, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, has disclosed that the bank was targetting to create 25 million new jobs by 2025. Adesina made the disclosure when he delivered a lecture on “Social Media, National Security and Social Change: Bridging the Gap for Development in Africa’’ in Lagos.According to a statement issued by the bank on Friday in Read More
Lagos is working especially in the present democratic dispensation where the current leadership of the state assembly have complemented the executive arm to deliver dividends of democracy. TEMITOPE MUSOWO reports. The popular saying of an average Lagos state lawmaker who believes he lacks executive power or budgetary allocation is that his job is simply to make laws, represent the constituents Read More
Africa Prudential is creating a growing list of business solutions for corporates across several sectors of Nigeria’s economy as it pushes ahead with its transformation into a digital technology provider. The business solution services are designed to build robust enterprise solutions for companies, government agencies, and not-for-profit organizations. The solutions enable disruptive innovations, value creation and growth for businesses, that Read More
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, at a world press conference, Monday unveiled its rebranded vision, mission and logo, in order to meet up with global contemporary and future technological demands to catch-up and lead other advanced countries via Science Technology and Innovation (STI) recently, in Abuja. The minister said that technology will positively influence all Read More
Former Senate President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ken Nnamani, has revealed how he aborted the planned to amend constitution to allow for third term in office during former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Nnamani said his model of legislating was shaped by the debate about whether the legislator is an agent or a trustee. Speaking Thursday in Read More
An indigenous innovator with the passion to build made-in-Nigeria cars has rebuilt a better version of the beetle Volkswagen car, and is calling on well to do Nigerians to invest and make the economy wealthy, boosted and better. BINTA SHAMA reports. Can we meet you? My name is Uchechukwu Eugene aka. Artman from a family of five with two gone Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed support for Senate amendments to the Electoral Act which mandates political parties to elect their candidates through direct primaries mode. In a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja, by the APC’s acti g national secretary John James Akpanudoedehe, asked Nigerians to ignore the the soundbites from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which vehemently Read More
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