In a move to address the persistent challenge of job placement for Nigeria’s rapidly tech talent pool, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has forged a strategic partnership with Afrovision Technologies Ltd. (Doballi), a Dubai-based AI-powered platform. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed recently, aims to create a sustainable pipeline of employment opportunities, connecting…
A Nigerian activist, Mr Bishir Dauda, who is on a 50-day celebration road trip across West Africa to mark ECOWAS’ 50th anniversary, arrived in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ECOWAS, founded on May 28, 1975, to foster subregional economic integration and political unity, is celebrating its 50th…
Brice Oligui Nguema, the former commander of Gabon’s Republican Guard, has expressed interest in transitioning from a junta leader to a democratically elected president in an election scheduled for April 12. The 50-year-old general seized power in the oil-producing Central African country in an August 2023 coup against his distant cousin, President Ali Bongo. The…
The South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza, seeking to block lawmakers from meeting to vote on the next stage of the budget process. In a letter sent to the National Assembly Speaker, the EFF argued that Tuesday’s proceedings, which supported the fiscal framework…
Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), have arrested two principal suspects involved in the killing of 16 Nigerians of Northern extraction in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government last week. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the DSS in Uromi, following credible intelligence. Operatives of various security agencies are hunting for other…
The suspended senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, defied the ban on large gathering imposed on the state by the state government as she yesterday visited her constituency. The senator maintained that she did not break any law saying she remains a law-abiding person and not a lawbreaker as being allegedly painted…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the killings of 16 persons in Edo, describing it as barbaric. The caucus, in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, Minority Whip, Rep. Ali Isa and Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Aliyu. Madaki, in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed shock and grief…
Air Peace has marked its Lagos-London one-year anniversary by rewarding passengers for their loyalty and patronage on board the Lagos-London and London-Lagos flights with giveaways, raffle draw, and a cake-cutting ceremony. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications at Air Peace, Dr Ejike Ndiulo on Tuesday in Lagos. According…
Promoters and operators of entities engaged in a prohibited scheme is liable to a penalty of not less than N20 million or imprisonment to a term of 10 years or both. Thr Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi Agama, said it is one of the provisions of the newly signed Investments…
Enyimba International FC of Aba’s young defensive sensation, Divine Ukadike, says the club, popularly known as the People’s Elephant, is in the Presidential Federation Cup (PFC) for the trophy and continental ticket. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Enyimba FC will on Wednesday face PFC holders, Elkanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri, in a…
