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Computer scientist Chinasa Okolo makes Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. Time Magazine has listed renowned Nigerian-American computer scientist Chinasa Okolo among the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence. The magazine revealed this in a video showing the recipients on its website on Thursday. TIME magazine …

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has announced that it has disbursed the sum of ₦2,946,927,155 of the student loan to 27,667 students from 19 institutions nationwide.The development was disclosed via NELFUND X handle on Friday. On August 14, 2024, it said students from 22 state-owned tertiary institutions had been …

The Federal government through the National Data Protection Commission has slammed Fidelity Bank with a fine of N555.8 million for violating customer data protection laws. This announcement was made by the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, at the Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation …

Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, the Global President of Kingsway International Christian Centre, has warned that those who do not invest in Lagos real estate now will likely regret it in the next decade. He advised against investing in stocks, claiming that real estate offers a better return on investment. Ashimolowo recalled …

Elder statesman, Chike Obidigbo, has described as very remarkable, the story that the north is now ready for Nigeria’s division into its constituent parts. Recall that a highly respected and distinguished northern leader, Prof Ango Abdullahi, had recently said that Nigeria’s amalgamation instrument has expired and that the country should consider …

Amid the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest which began in selected cities nationwide, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Wike, decked in a white suit, drove into the State House, Abuja, in a Prado SUV for the meeting with President Tinubu …

SPEECH BY THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE, IGP KAYODE ADEOLU EGBETOKUN, Ph.D., NPM, ON DAY ONE OF THE PLANNED NATIONWIDE PROTEST (AUGUST 1, 2024) AT THE IGP CONFERENCE HALL, FORCE HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA. Protocols Fellow Nigerians and Compatriots, 1. It is with grave sense of responsibility that I address you this evening. …

Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has again called on those protesting against the President Bola Tinubu administration to come for dialogue, saying government is ready to listen to them and also walk them through some governance issues that they may not have been privy to. He spoke on …

 Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police (IGP), says a police officer was murdered on Thursday during the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest.Speaking in Abuja at a briefing, Egbetokun said some police officers were also injured while some stations were razed by hoodlums who disguised as protesters. “In light of the current situation, …

Protesters have said the protests would continue unless President Bola Tinubu meets their demands. They called on the president to do the needful and the protests would be immediately called off. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, lamented that the oppression under …