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NewsNigeriaScience & TechnologyFG harps on role of technology in sanitising mining sector

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)November 6, 2023

The Federal Government has harped on the crucial role that technology will play in sanitizing the solid minerals sector. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake who disclosed this on Monday, emphasised the significance of technology in sanitising and repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity to achieve a substantial contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration. Speaking while playing host to...

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Crime & SecurityNewsScience & TechnologyFederal Government To Spend Over N33 billion On High-Tech Gadgets For NDLEA, Other Projects

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 31, 2022

ABUJA — Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said the Federal government has approved the sum of N33.812 billion for various projects across ministries, including high-tech gadgets for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Malami said FEC approved a total of N1.070 billion for both projects,...

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Science & TechnologyTelecommunication5 Million Nigerians To Be Trained In Design ICT-Based Innovations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)March 20, 2022

ABUJA — Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami says the investment in youth Digital skills is yielding massive results with 5 Million Nigerians to be trained in designing ICT-based innovations in coming years. The minister stated this in a message to a youth ICT-based competition tagged “Digital for All Challenge” organised by Tech 4 Dev; a nonprofit ICT advocacy organisation. Represented by his Technical Adviser on ICT Development, Mr Femi Adeluyi...

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EducationGender & EquityScience & TechnologyFoundation Urges FG to Boost Girl-child Access to Science Studies

PilotnewsFebruary 12, 2022

ABUJA — Helpline Foundation for the Needy, an Abuja-based NGO, on Friday urged the Federal Government to provide the facilities and the enabling environment that would boost the access of the girl-child and women to science studies. President and Founder of the foundation, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, made the call at an interactive session for women and female students. The event was organised by the NGO, in partnership with Make a Difference for the Needy Foundation...

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AgricultureScience & TechnologyAdesina Emphasizes the Importance of Technology in Agriculture

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 3, 2022

ABUJA — Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has on Wednesday emphasized the importance of technology, and recalled how it was deployed during his tenure as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria. Adesina served as Minister under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan from 2011-2015. Shortly after, he emerged as the first Nigerian to become AfDB President, a position he currently occupies. Speaking during the Conferment of Honorary Doctorate of Technology...

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Research & DevelopmentScience & TechnologyAustralian Researchers Break Ground On Quantum Computers

PilotnewsJanuary 13, 2022

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have contributed to an international breakthrough that would allow for the cheap production of next-generation super-powerful quantum computers. The publication in the journal of Advanced Materials on Thursday showed a new method of embedding single atoms into silicon wafers to create extremely precise arrays of subatomic particles or “qubits” used in quantum computing. The current process of making quantum chips relied...

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BusinessScience & TechnologyZeetin Boss Advocates Devotion to Science, Technology Development

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2022

ABUJA — The founder of Zeetin Engineering Limited, Azibaola Robert, has said that sincerely embracing and deploying science and technology by Nigerians would facilitate and deepen the economic and infrastructural development of Nigeria. Robert stated this when he hosted a delegation of the national executive of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN), led by its president, Dr. Elizabeth Eterigho, on Tuesday in Abuja. “There are many things wrong with Nigeria’s technological advancement and...

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EducationScience & Technology114 Indigents In Enugu Rural Community Receives Free ICT Training

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Tech Hub and Youth Innovation Centre Obollo Afor have successfully trained a hundred and fourteen indigent persons in Information Communication Technology, ICT. The five-week free training organized by the State Government in collaboration with Tech 4 Development exposed participants to fundamentals of computer, ICT among others. Presenting certificates of participation to the participants the General Manager Enugu State Tech Hub, Obollo Afor, Dr. Emmanuel Uba Nwani revealed that the training...

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Science & TechnologyAfrica Records Good Progress in Adoption of Bio-Tech Crops- ISAAA Director

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

ABUJA — Africa has recorded good progress in the world in adopting bio-tech crops,  Dr. Margaret Karembu, the AfriCentre Director, International Service for the Acquisition of Agricbiotech (ISAAA) has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that SAAA is a not-for-profit international organisation that shares the benefits of new bioscience technologies to key stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries, through knowledge sharing, support to capacity building initiatives, and partnerships. Karembu made this known in...

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EducationNewsScience & Technology20m Young Nigerians To Be Impacted With Digital Skills- Osinbajo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 27, 2021

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says no fewer than 20 million young Nigerians would be impacted with digital skills through an initiative of the Federal Government and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), disclosed on Monday, in Abuja. This was part of a pre-recorded message delivered by the vice president on Monday in Abuja at the official launch of the Generation Unlimited (GenU) programme in Nigeria. The introduction of GenU Nigeria was...

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