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- 25 Dec 2024
NCDC Activates Emergency Response as Lassa Fever Kills 190
Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic illness, according to Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC). The disease,…
- 10 Apr 2020
MainOne Provides Connectivity to COVID-19 Lagos Command Centers
MainOne, West Africa’s leading connectivity and data center solutions provider, has partnered with the Lagos State Government and National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to help curtail the…
- 31 May 2022
FG Orders Hunters, Bushmeat Sellers to Stop Business over Monkeypox
Federal government has rolled out strict measures to contain the spread of monkeypox in the country as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 21 cases of the disease. Dr Mohammad…
- 16 Apr 2020
Layer3 Provides NCDC With Free Bandwidth Upgrade to Support Fight Against COVID-19
Layer3 has upgraded the internet bandwidth to the headquarters of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). It says the move is aimed at raising the agency’s communication and response…
- 18 Jun 2020
MTN Spends N8Bn to Send 2Bn Free SMS in Support Of COVID-19
MTN has come out with details on how it spent N8 billion as part of the awareness of the Covid-19 campaign during the period starting from March, 2020. Ferdi Moolman, MTN chief executive officer,…
- 25 Aug 2024
Nigeria Ramps Up Response as Mpox Cases Hit 40
Nigeria has rolled out measures to contain the spread of mpox as the country has recorded 39 cases of the virus this year amid a surge in infections across Africa, according to Dr. Jide Idris,…
- 3 Apr 2020
Galaxy Backbone Deploys Telepresence Facilities @ 123 Locations
The Federal Government is now making extensive use of Telepresence facilities deployed by the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (FMoCDE), through the Galaxy Backbone (GBB)…
- 17 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Coca-Cola, Jumia Unveil New Partnership, Gives Consumers Access To Products From Home
The Coca-Cola Company on Friday announced partnerships with leading e-commerce platform Jumia to provide access for consumers to shop for their essentials online as opposed to going to stores. …
- 4 Oct 2020
CNN Credits Nigerian Scientists with Developing Cheaper, Faster Covid-19 Test Kits
Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive…
- 6 Jan 2025
FG to Activate Surveillance for Passengers from China amid Virus Scare
Federal government has announced plans to implement surveillance measures for inbound passengers from China, following a surge in respiratory virus cases attributed to the Human Metapneumovirus…
- 8 Oct 2014
Nigeria Uses Android App with Facebook to Beat Ebola
When Nigeria was hit by its first outbreak of the Ebola virus, health workers monitoring suspected cases armed themselves with mobile phones and an Android app that cut the time it took to…
- 25 Aug 2014
Ebola: MMA Gets Additional Screening Equipment
In a bid to further strengthen current efforts at containing the spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria, the United States Government has donated equipment worth 5,000 US Dollars to…
- 5 Apr 2020
Airtel Donates N1.9Bn to Fight COVID-19
Airtel Nigeria, has announced a commitment of over N1.9 billion towards the fight against COVID-19 in Nigeria. Airtel said N200m will go towards provision of an Isolation Center or any required…
- 23 Feb 2021
MTN Foundation Donates Medical Equipment to Primary Health Centres
MTN Foundation, the social investment vehicle of MTN Nigeria, has donated medical equipment to 12 primary health centres across Nigeria in the fourth phase of its What Can We Do Together (WCWDT)…
- 7 Jul 2021
Layer3 Celebrates 16 Years of Delivering Cutting-edge Technology Solutions
Layer3, a leading IT solutions provider, marks sixteen years in business this July. Since commencing operations in 2005, it has served a continuously growing clientele across Africa with a variety of…
- 11 Aug 2014
Ebola Vaccine Ready, for Trial Next Month
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company, may begin next month and be made…
- 13 May 2020
Phase3 Rolls Out Free Fibre Broadband at FCT COVID-19 Isolation Centre
Phase3 Telecom, leading independent fiber optic network infrastructure and telecommunications services provider, deployed free fibre broadband connectivity to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…
- 6 Oct 2020
NCC Explains Delay in 5G Deployment
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the country is exploring the potential benefits as well as health implications of…
- 3 May 2020
Dangote Foundation Engages 54gene Laboratory to Conduct 1,000 COVID-19 Test per day in Kano
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), a philanthropic endeavour of Aliko Dangote, has contracted 54Gene, a molecular diagnostics company specialized in research, and diagnostics, to immediately set up…
- 29 Apr 2020
COVID-19: PDP Asks NCDC to Account for N5Bn Grant from PTF
People's Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to immediately account for the N5 billion released by President Buhari, as special intervention fund to the…
- 1 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Group Urges Ghana and Nigeria Govt Not to Block Citizen’s Access to Emergency Services
Paradigm Initiative has urged the government of Ghana and Nigeria not to block the telephone lines or access of citizens to emergency services in this critical time. A statement released by Ghana’s…
- 19 Apr 2014
World Bank Gives $150m to 10 Nigerian Varsities, Others
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in seven countries in West and Central Africa, 10 of which are Nigerian…
- 8 Aug 2025
Artificial Intelligence: The Indispensable Catalyst for Nigeria's Agricultural Revolution
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store Nigeria's agricultural sector, a cornerstone of its economy, faces a critical crossroads. While employing a staggering 40% of the population…
- 30 Jun 2021
MDaaS Global Raises $2.3m to Launch Digital Health Solution SentinelX in Nigeria
MDaaS Global, the healthtech company building and operating a network of modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers across Nigeria, has raised $2.3 million in seed extension led by Newtown Partners via…