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- 19 Feb 2015
Airtel, UNAIDS Partner to Tackle Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have partnered to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in an initiative…
- 5 Feb 2015
Etisalat Partners UNAIDS to Stop Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
Etisalat Nigeria has joined hands with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, in a campaign to ensure that no child in Nigeria is born…
- 6 May 2016
Agency Halts Aids to Nigeria over $3.8m Fraud
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended payments to Nigeria's AIDS agency over evidence that $3.8 million was stolen by its workers and consultants, the Geneva-based…
- 12 Oct 2009
Nipost Collaborates Naca to Fight HIV/AIDS
Ibrahim Mori Baba, postmaster general of the federation has said that the Nigerian Postal Service (Nipost), the nation’s national career in postal matters will partner with National Agency for…
- 8 Mar 2010
Fighting HIV/AIDS with Mobile Phones
For some Nigerians, the United Nations AIDS (Unaids) programme was waving the fear flag when it reported that Nigeria records at least 1,000 new HIV infections every day. To them, the purpose of the…
- 23 Mar 2026
FG Plans New HIV Prevention Injection in 8 States, FCT
Federal government has commenced is to roll out a new long-acting HIV prevention drug, Lenacapavir, in selected states as part of efforts to reduce new infections and end AIDS as a public health…
- 12 Jul 2021
FG Budgets N4.Bn for NIA to Monitor WhatsApp, Satellite Phones
Federal government has voted N4.8 billion for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to monitor WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging application, and Thuraya, a satellite telephone. Of the figure, N1.93…
- 28 Sept 2009
ICT Missing as HIV/AIDs Kills Nigerians
After the initial denial, the reality of the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus is staring Nigerians in the face as the disease continues to decimate the most active segments of the population with no cure in…
- 15 Nov 2018
U.S. Body Funds Study to Promote HIV Self-testing Habit Among young Nigerians
The National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health, has awarded $7.5 million for an international research program to prevent and treat HIV infection among adolescents and…
- 14 Jun 2015
Medical Practitioners Team Up for Ambitious HIV Treatment
Over twenty medical doctors from a range of specialisations have gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, took part in a sensitisation workshop on the UNAIDS treatment target – the 90-90-90. The doctors from the…
- 19 May 2016
EU Urged on Technical Support, Lift Ban on Food Exports from Nigeria
Nigerians have urged the European Union's for more technical support to ensuring food security and expanding the export fortunes of farmers. Similarly, they are of the opinion that EU's continued ban…
- 16 Nov 2021
NASRDA on Threshold of Developing Local Satellites
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has showcased five quick-win projects that could aid the design and development of indigenous satellites. The projects, which were researched…
- 5 May 2013
Abuse of Consumers in Nigeria
Consumer advocacy is very low in Nigeria to the extent that consumers do not appropriate their rights in most cases. It is so much so that consumer advocacy is still mere platitudes and at best…
- 14 Jul 2014
Abuse of Nigerian Consumers
A corporate cliché is that the direction of a business is ultimately determined by its customers, that is satisfied customers of course. In a normal society, the customer is the king and without him,…
- 25 Sept 2020
NDPR to Safeguard Personal Data of Nigerians -DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has disclosed that the motive behind the issuance of Nigerian Data Protection…
- 16 Feb 2020
NITDA DG says Maintaining Database is An Avenue for Foreign Direct Investment
As efforts to deepen the penetration of Information Technology (IT) across the country intensifies, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu…
- 9 Sept 2019
Worrying Abuse of Telecom Consumers in Nigeria
Consumer advocacy is very low in Nigeria to the extent that consumers do not appropriate their rights in most cases. Apart from enduring substandard services, subscribers have also been…
- 15 Nov 2020
NeGSt Pushes TAS Solution to Aid Anti-Corruption Fight
The National e-Government Strategies Ltd (NeGSt) has said the Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (TAS) software solution, which it launched this week will help all Ministries,…
- 3 Dec 2018
World AIDS Day: 4YBY Rewards Finalists in HIV Self-Testing Contest
In commemoration of World AIDS Day on Saturday, December 1st, 2018, the 4Youth By Youth (4YBY) Group, a team of Nigerian researchers led Dr. Oliver Ezechi at the Nigerian Institute of Medical…
- 27 Feb 2022
NITDA, NUJ Partner on Digital Journalism
In order to check quackery and the rising cases of fake news in the practice of journalism as well as provide eligible journalists with the latest technological tools with which they will carry out…
- 5 Nov 2025
Nigeria, Other African Nations Eye Sin Taxes, Debt Restructuring to Replace Lost Funding
Cash-strapped African nations are looking at imposing sin taxes, restructuring debt and even trying to take a cut of diaspora remittances to replace lost aid funding and prop up their health systems.…
- 7 Jul 2025
NIPOST to Crack Down on Criminal Courier Operators
Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has vowed to clamp down on courier companies found to be aiding the trafficking of drugs and other illicit items through the country’s logistics network. In a…
- 19 Apr 2017
CSEAN Decries Increasing Cyber-Attack Threats in Nigeria
Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has warned that the country is currently vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Remi Afon, CSEAN President stated in Abuja that corporate organisations and…
- 11 Nov 2020
EU Doles Aid Money on Poor Countries to Spy on Citizens - PI
European Union (EU) aid money might be helping non-member states to spy on their citizens, Privacy International (PI) has warned European Union aid has been used to pay for surveillance equipment and…
- 26 Aug 2014
Ebola Fight Needs $430m to End Record Outbreak-WHO
More than $430 million will be needed to bring the worst Ebola outbreak on record under control, according to a draft document laying out the World Health Organization’s (WHO) battle strategy. The…
- 6 Jul 2015
Buhari Sacks CSO for “Shady Deals”, Leaking Info to Diezani
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Abdulrahman Mani, his chief security officer (CSO), over what insiders described as “shady deals” in fixing appointments and for “undermining” the president. Mani…
- 30 Oct 2024
FG Invests $40m in Intercept Technology, $583m in Surveillance- S4C
Nigeria has reportedly invested $40 million in intercept technology and $583 million on public surveillance, according to a new report by Spaces for Change (S4C), a civil society organization.…
- 3 Apr 2019
NCC, N/Assembly to Criminalise Sale of Pre-Registered Sim Cards
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), is working with the National Assembly to criminalise mobile phones sim card infractions, according to Mr Efosa Idehen, director, Compliance, Monitoring and…
- 19 Aug 2019
NIMASA Opens Command Centre for Deep Blue Project
The Command, Control, Computer Communication and information otherwise known as the C4i Centre of the Deep Blue Project has commenced operations on a 24 hour basis at the Nigerian Maritime…
- 11 Jun 2024
Fitch Upgrades Coronation Merchant Bank Rating to ‘B-’, Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Coronation Merchant Bank Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B-2’from ‘CC’ and its Viability Rating (VR) to ‘b-’ from ‘cc’. Fitch has also upgraded the bank’s…