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- 20 Feb 2020
ATCON Reveals Date, Guidelines for NEC 2020 – 2022 Elections
The National Executive Council of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced the date and guidelines for its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections into…
- 14 May 2018
Breakthrough in Education Funding could help Over 8million Nigerian Children- Education Commission
.Youth activists deliver petition with 1.5 million signatures calling for the biggest global investment in education history .United Nations Secretary-General, World Bank, and Regional Development…
- 18 Feb 2024
Nigerian Medical Association Games Begins Today
The Nigerian Medical Association is set to host the highly anticipated 7th edition of the NMA Games. This prestigious event will take place in Lagos from Monday, February 19th to Saturday, February…
- 22 Jan 2016
Shittu Endorses Olatunji Appointment As Ag. DG NITDA
‎Mr. Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communication, has approved the appointment of Dr. Vincent Olatunji as the new Director General of NITDA in acting capacity. ‎ The appointment,…
- 1 Apr 2014
Without Ships, Nigeria Not A Maritime Nation- NSC
Hassan Bello, executive secretary and chief executive officer of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) said that Nigeria could be regarded as a pretender in the comity of maritime nations without…
- 18 Jul 2018
NHIS Accuses Banks, CEOs of Hiding N720Bn
Professor Usman Yusuf, executive secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has indicted banks, former executive secretaries of NHIS, select management staff and interest groups in a fresh…
- 10 Jan 2015
UN Sees Jonathan, Buhari Contest as ‘Grave Test’
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, secretary general of United Nations (UN), has expressed profound concern about the forthcoming Nigerian election, calling the presidential polls between President…
- 27 Jul 2023
Lai Mohammed appointed special advisor to UNWTO secretary-general
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s immediate-past minister of information has been appointed as a special advisor by Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation…
- 7 Jun 2010
Nagaff Elects New Executive
National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (Nagaff), has elected a new executive headed by Eugene Nweke, as the national president, to run the affairs of the association for the…
- 1 Nov 2019
NUJ Rejects FG’s Plan to Regulate Social Media
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has rejected the step by the federal government to regulate social media operators in the country. The union stated its position in a communique signed by…
- 3 Aug 2017
NUC Urges Universities to Key into Remita
Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), advised Directors of Academic of Planning of Nigerian Universities to key into the Treasury Single Account, (TSA),…
- 17 Aug 2025
Gufwan Commends NCC for Sensitisation Workshop on Digital Citizenship for Persons with Disabilities
Ayuba Gufwan, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NDPWD), has commended the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for organising a sensitisation workshop on…
- 26 May 2016
NgREN Secures e-Books for Nigerian Varsities
Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) has secured EBSCOHost e-books collections for Nigerian universities. Prof. Julius Okojie, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC),…
- 4 Aug 2015
NgREN a Big Boom for Nigerian Universities
Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said that the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) will help to improve standard of Nigerian universities.…
- 1 Oct 2015
Nigerian Universities Research goes Online
Julius Okojie, executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said so far 27 Nigerian universities had been connected to share high-speed 10 gigabit core and internet resources content…
- 31 Oct 2017
NCC To Host Queen Maxima
Nigerian Communications Commission NCC will on wednesday host Her Majesty Queen Maxima of The Netherlands, in her capacity as the Special Advocate of the United Nations Secretary General on Inclusive…
- 3 Jul 2018
Court Orders Prosecution of Journalists for Contempt in Metu’s Case
Justice Okon Abang, presiding judge in the ongoing trial of Olisa Metuh, former national publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has ordered Abubakar Malami, attorney general of…
- 20 Jul 2025
UN Appoints Sa’id, Nigerian to Nuclear Panel
In a historic announcement, António Guterres, United Nations secretary-general has named Professor Rabia Sa’id, a Nigerian physicist, to a newly established global independent scientific panel tasked…
- 25 Jun 2014
NHIS Plans to Digitalise Health Insurance
Dr. Femi Thomas, executive secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), yesterday said the body had signed a Memorandum of Understanding to digitalise health insurance in Nigeria. He said…
- 17 Nov 2008
ITU Launches Initiative to Protect Children Online
International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has launched a new initiative to safeguard children, the most vulnerable users of the Internet. Ban Ki-Moon , United Nations Secretary-General said this…
- 26 Jun 2016
UN Unveils Common Ground Initiative with Advertising’s ‘Big Six’ for SDGs
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General at the weekend, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative developed among the six largest communications businesses globally in support of…
- 10 Feb 2014
World Bank Approves $80m Grant for Research in 10 universities
The World Bank has approved 80 million dollars grant for Nigeria to fund its 10 Centres of Excellence in universities. Prof. Julius Okojie, executive secretary of the National Universities Commission…
- 7 Aug 2012
60 % Nigerians Without Power – Electricity Workers
Moses Amedu, acting general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, North-West zone has said that 60 percent of Nigerians are without public power supply. Only 40 percent of…
- 22 Feb 2021
UN Pledges Support for Digital Economy, Tasks Government to Invest More in the Sector
Mrs Amina Muhammed, deputy Secretary General of United Nations has pledged the support of the global body to the country’s digital economy sector while urging the federal government to invest in…
- 18 May 2015
PDP Shuts Down Social Media Platforms
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shut down its social media platforms, saying some of them have been hijacked. ‎ The PDP, through its verified Twitter handle @PdpNigeria, had said on Sunday…
- 24 Apr 2024
Moniepoint, Community Pharmacists to Explore Digital Financial Inclusion for Health Industry
Issues bordering on the need to strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain and distribution leveraging digital technology, reducing the prevalence of fake medicines exacerbated by the unregulated and…
- 20 Feb 2022
CJN Seeks Training of Judges in Cybercrime from US officials
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has urged the United States of America, USA, to assist in training judges in the country on how to handle cybercrime related cases. The…
- 24 Jul 2022
Nationwide Shutdown: Banks, Electricity, Others to Join ASUU
Many unions and students bodies have decided join the strike in sympathy with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from this week, which may lead to a total shut down of their operations, an…
- 27 Nov 2022
22 Institutions, Others Set to Enjoy N16.7bn Broadband Access Projects
More than 22 institutions in the country, comprising 18 universities, and six polytechnics, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), drawn evenly from the six geopolitical zones in the country,…
- 25 Sept 2012
Subscribers Honour Obasanjo, Former President
National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (Natcoms), the umbrella body of telecommunications consumers in the country said it will confer the Nigeria Telecoms Platinum Award to Chief…