A prominent Nigerian academic has issued a warning over the widespread use of flawed grammar among schoolteachers, saying classroom errors related to verb usage are made every 16 minutes, based on her research. Professor Roseline Adejare of Lagos State University (LASU) raised the concern during the university’s 107th inaugural lecture titled “Is, Was, Choose One:…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has approved the appointment of Mr Ibrahim Musa as the substantive Clerk of the House. The Speaker of the Assembly, Dr Danladi Jatau announced the appointment during the House proceedings in Lafia on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that brahim Musa was the Acting Clerk of the…
The Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit opened on Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with a clarion call by Dr Doto Biteko, Tanzania’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, for more equitable and sustainable energy for the future. Biteko, who delivered the opening remark, said the summit was a catalyst to ongoing National Compact…
Amid the Hajj rites, a pilgrim from Bauchi State, Abdullahi Adamu, passed away while standing in prayer on Mount Arafat during this year’s Arafat Day observance. Adamu hails from Ganjuwa local government area of the state. Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board confirmed the incident yesterday, expressing condolences to the bereaved family and the people…
Renowned computer scientist and one of the “godfathers” of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Prof Yoshua Bengio, has revealed his concerns about the trajectory of AI development. In an interview with the BBC, he expressed regret over not prioritizing safety over usefulness in the field’s rapid evolution, leaving him feeling “lost” about his life’s work. The AI…
Uganda has started a trial vaccination programme for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country’s latest outbreak. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of confirmed cases has risen to three. Earlier, the East African country announced an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, with a single case,…
Traffic on Lagos’s 3rd Mainland Bridge returned to normal on Monday after police dispersed protesters angered by demolitions in the Oworonshoki area. According to police spokesperson DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, the demonstrators had blocked the Iyana Oworo section of the bridge, one of the city’s busiest routes, trapping commuters — including reports of patients in need…
The wife of a prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye on Wednesday alleged that her husband has been kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya. According to the wife, Winnie Byanyima, the husband was kidnaped over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala. Besigye has run against…
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Aviance), has announced that it has sealed a string of handling contracts with five local and international carriers. This is contained in a statement by the General Manager of Corporate Communications at NAHCO, Mr Tayo Ajakaye on Wednesday in Lagos. According to the statement, the renowned ground handler…
In a devastating turn of events, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American-Israeli citizen, was among six hostages brutally murdered by Hamas as Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) closed in for a rescue operation in the tunnels of Rafah, Gaza. The Republican Interest reports that the confirmation of his death came from his family early Sunday morning. Goldberg-Polin,…
