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Digital Equity Africa has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Oracle Academy, and Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to organise Future Minds Artificial Intelligence Summer Camp 2025 for children and teenagers in Lagos State. The Summer camp, which is the first AI-focused summer camp for kids and teenagers […]
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been in a high-security prison for more than 1,600 days.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resident electoral commissioner (REC) for Lagos State, Prof. Ayobami Salami has charged the residents to take advantage of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which commences on August 18, 2025, to get their permanent voter card (PVC). Salami, who stated this at a press briefing held at the state office […]
With trillions of Naira locked in dormant assets across Nigeria, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Musa Dangiwa have collaborated to reinvigorate the nation’s economic potential in dead capital, which is estimated at $300 billion. The top government officials who spoke at the stakeholders’ workshop on the Nigeria […]
Attorney-general and commissioner for Justice of Ondo State, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo (SAN), has invoked the state’s Coroner’s Law to probe the circumstances surrounding the death of the late registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adeniran. Ajulo urged the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olusegun Ayedun Odusola, to appoint […]
Lagos State government has disclosed that 91 persons were recovered dead, N117.12 billion worth of property saved, and N19.52 billion lost in 1,605 fire incidents in 2024 across the 57 councils of the state. At the opening of a three-day Lagos International Fire Safety Conference, 2.0., organised by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, […]
A human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has sought support for the stranded Nigerian miners who were allegedly lured into travelling to the Central African Republic (CAR). Commending the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) for rescuing them and bringing them to the safe premises of the Nigerian Embassy in that country, the group […]
Wildlife conservation organisation, Wild Africa, has urged Nigeria to intensify efforts to protect its dwindling elephant population by mitigating rising human-elephant conflicts, which often lead to crop raiding, injuries, and fatalities on both sides. The group said Nigeria’s elephant population has dropped dramatically from over 1,200 three decades ago to just 300–400 currently, divided into […]
Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC’s) stakeholders have foreclosed the possibility of Governor Alex Otti joining the party as he will not be received into its folds. The stakeholders under the auspices of Abian’ Best Interest Association, said accepting Otti into APC ahead of the 2027 general election will be risky for the party which […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Sani, has raised concerns over Peter Obi’s promise to do one term if elected as Nigeria’s president. Sani, who spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief yesterday argued that though Obi’s integrity is not in question, the former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate may pander to […]