Cyber attacks: Beware of hacking group masquerading as USAID – NITDA warns
May 31, 2021 The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians to beware of a widespread malicious email campaign undertaken by a hacking group, Nobelium. The group masquerading…
COVID-19: Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crises last year
May 5, 2021 Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again…
USAID initiates $3m food security grant for Nigeria
April 12, 2021 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria says it has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge for three million dollars in grant and technical…
Fertility rate very high at 5.3 per cent in Nigeria – AAFP
Dr. Ejike Oji, the Chairman, Technical Management Committee, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP), says Nigeria’s Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) is very low. He told the News Agency…
9 energy firms get $2.6m USAID grant to power rural clinics in Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through Power Africa, on Tuesday awarded $2.6 million (N1.2 billion) grant to nine energy companies to electrify 288 rural health facilities without reliable access…
U.N. says U.S. claim it’s using COVID-19 to promote abortion not correct
The United Nations rejected on Thursday an accusation by the United States that the world body was using the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to promote access to abortion through…
Reaching the unserved, underserved: Young Nigerian fixing Nigeria’s power problemÂ
Feb 25, 2020 Under current policies, an estimated 8 per cent (650m people) of the global population will not have access to electricity in 2030, 90 per cent of which…
Plans in place for Nigeria to stop fish importation – FG
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says following Federal Government’s effort to encourage local production, Nigeria may stop…
Delta, Cross River, 5 other States to benefit from USAID $60m investment hub for ECOWASÂ
The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has launched the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub worth $60 million. According to the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, the…
Military hands over 86 Boko Haram child fighters to Borno gov’t
Troop on patrol in N/East The Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) has handed over 86 Boko Haram child fighters who voluntarily surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole to the…