In order to boost local content and promote economic sustainability in Nigeria, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) will work with the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS). Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, the DG NOTAP, spoke Friday in Abuja to a delegation from the academy that was headed by Prof. Ekanem Brande, the academy’s Read More…
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Ore-Benin expressway monitored by 130 FRSC personnel during Christmas
For a special Christmas and New Year’s patrol, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) reported that 130 men had been deployed on the Ore-Benin motorway. The FRSC added that for the yuletide special patrol, which started on Tuesday and till January 15, 2023, it sent out three police cars, one ambulance, and one tow truck. Read More…
Anti-drug advocacy group worries about drug consumption by youths during festive period
An anti-drug advocacy group, the Vanguard Against Drug Abuse (VGADA), has warned youths in Nigeria against using illicit drugs and substances, especially during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Dr. Hope Omeiza, the VGADA’s executive director, sounded the warning while speaking to reporters on Friday in Abuja. According to Omeiza, substance use can lead to Read More…
Ahead 2023: Tinubu promises to reposition Nigeria’s economy
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, pledged businesspeople on Thursday that if elected, he will reposition Nigeria for more opportunity and development of its population. He also vowed to focus on improving the country’s security situation so that entrepreneurs could do business in a safe atmosphere. Tinubu made the vow during Read More…
Africa’s first humanoid, result of $12.6bn partnership between Canada and Nigeria
The value of the Uniccon Group of Companies’ partnership with the Canada Trade Commission on “Omeife,” Africa’s first humanoid robot, is estimated at $12.6 billion. When the Canada Trade Commissioner from Global Affairs Canada visited the group’s facilities in Abuja, Mr. Chuks Ekwueme, the group’s chairman, said this. According to Chuks, the humanoid robot’s anticipated Read More…
Nigeria receives 20 plundered Benin bronzes from Germany
The latest European nation to return cultural artefacts to their African origin is Germany, which, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, has sent 20 Benin bronzes from its museums to Nigeria. The handovers are the clearest sign yet that progress is being made toward the return of artefacts looted from Africa by Europeans during Read More…
How To Out-Rig Your Opponents
There are many ways to skin a cat. No one is more aware of this than the Nigerian politician. If power seekers devote 10 per cent of the time they spend meticulously planning how to grab power — if they devote just a tiny slice of that time to governance when they are eventually declared Read More…
Don wants adoption of international sign language
Professor Bolanle Olawuyi, a former director of the University of Ilorin’s Centre for Supportive Services for the Deaf (CSSD), has argued in favour of the adoption of International Sign Language as the current interpreting trend in a globalised society. In her keynote talk at an internal training for sign language interpreters at the CSSD in Read More…
IGP’s 3-month prison term for contempt vacated by court
On Wednesday, a Federal High Court in Abuja overturned its decision to sentence Usman Baba, the Inspector-General of Police, to three months in prison for contempt. In his decision, Justice Bolaji Olajuwon stated that the court had information showing that the I-G had mostly complied with an earlier judgement from the court requiring the reinstatement Read More…
NEMA receives 105 stranded Nigerians from Chad
At the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has taken in 105 Nigerians who have been stuck in Chad. While welcoming the returnees in Kano, Dr. Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, made this information clear. He claimed that a Boeing 737-7k9 ASKY Airlines, which was being Read More…