Nigeria desperately needs scientific investment to tackle COVID-19 Scientific responses On 1 March 2020, an Italian man was identified as thefirst caseof COVID-19 in Nigeria by the National Center for Disease Control. Within three days of receiving the specimen, the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases assembled a full genome of SARS-CoV-2. This wasthe firstsequenced genome of the virus from the African continent. This was immediately made available to the global scientific community to help inform the public health response, improve surveillance, and facilitate drug, diagnostics, and vaccine development....

Nigeria’s parliamentary elections officially kicked off on Saturday, April 9 marking the country’s fourth election since its return from military rule to democratic rule in 1999. Historically, Nigerian elections have been notorious for being marred by violence and electoral fraud. However, this year, a group of young Nigerians and civic advocacy organizations have come together to help solve this problem by using mobile technology and crowdsourcing tools to monitor the elections for fraud and other electoral irregularities....

Nigeria’s parliamentary elections officially kicked off on Saturday, April 9 marking the country’s fourth election since its return from military rule to democratic rule in 1999. Historically, Nigerian elections have been notorious for being marred by violence and electoral fraud. However, this year, a group of young Nigerians and civic advocacy organizations have come together to help solve this problem by using mobile technology and crowdsourcing tools to monitor the elections for fraud and other electoral irregularities....

A group of Nigerian hackers who call themselves “Naija Cyber Hacktivists” broke into the Niger Delta Development Committee’s website, a Nigerian agency set up to develop the region, yesterday. The group claims that they were displeased with the Nigerian government’s proposed budget of about N1 billion ($6.6 millon) for PresidentGoodluck Jonathan‘s upcoming Presidential inauguration. Here isan alleged screenshotof the agency’s website right after it was hacked, though the website is currently unavailable....

Two tech incubators in Nigeria,Co-creation Huband theInstitute for Venture Designare set to train Nigerian tech entrepreneurs in venture formation and entrepreneurship. Co-creation Hub Nigeria, a non profit social enterprise founded by Bosun Tijani and Femi Longe aims to provide a shared work space for technologists, social entrepreneurs, government, tech companies and investors to collaborate on innovative tech ideas and solutions for the country. Located in Yaba, Nigeria, the hub is strategically located in the vicinity of prominent Nigerian universities such as the University of Lagos....