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Ministry to use scientific innovation to boost food security
MINISTER of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that the ministry is poised to assist in providing food security through appropriate scientific and technological innovation in Nigeria.He said this when a delegation of…
Mining: FCT minister makes case for environmental protection, welfare of host communities
THE Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called for environmental protection and welfare of host communities where mining activities take pace.He warned against environmental degradation and lack of concern…
Our mandate is to ensure Nigeria becomes leading world economy — Minister of Science and…
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has disclosed that his ministry’s main mandate is to ensure that Nigeria becomes a leading economy through value addition to human capital development in the area of science and technology.This, according to him,…
FG restates support for investors in mining sector
THE Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has reiterated the Federal Government’s support for the success of the nickel project and other genuine investors in the mining sector as a way of actualising the government’s…
Malaria: NAFDAC wants global donors to patronise Nigerian drugs
lariaThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday appealed to international donors to patronise locally manufactured anti-malaria drugs that will be donated in the country.The NAFDAC Acting…
FG moves to regulate, standardise IT industry
THE Federal Government has vowed to deal with the challenge of irregularities and quackery in the Information Technology (IT) industry in Nigeria.Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who made this commitment, charged the…
Govts urged to stop acquiring generators for MDAs
THE Federal, State and Local Governments have been urged to immediately ban the purchase of generators for the Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) so as to draw attention to the urgency that transition from fossil to renewable…
FG reiterates commitment to job creation for Nigerian youths
THE Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on Nigerian investors to collaborate with the ministry in developing and building new enterprises that would promote jobs and create wealth, to stem poverty in the…
Diversification: Govt harps on workers’ efficiency, productivity
THE Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has said that effort by the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to fully diversify the nation’s economy will be in vain without the efficiency of…
‘We’ll boost tourism in FCT’
AS part of the efforts to boost tourism development in the Federal Capital Territory, a firm, GRC Motorsport, has proposed U-city project, with a plan to transform the Usmanu Dam in Bwari Area Council, Abuja into a tourist centre.…