CELINA Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of Zindi, Africa’s largest network of data scientists, has highlighted the critical role of AI workforce development in shaping Africa’s future. Speaking at the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, Lee joined industry leaders such as Google’s Senior VP for Research, James Manyika, and BCG’s Senior Partner, Sylvian …
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CONTROVERSIAL singer, Habeeb Okikiola, AKA, Portable has met his bail terms. Newsextra24 reports that Magistrate O.L Oke of an Ogun State Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Thursday, granted Portable bail in the sum of N2 million and a surety in like sum. The singer, on meeting his bail …
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MANCHESTER City manager, Pep Guardiola, is willing to offload up to eight players this summer. According to The Sun, Jack Grealish tops the list of players Guardiola wants to get rid of ahead of next season. Grealish could be joined by Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Mateo Kovacic, …
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TWO Nigerians, James Wuye and Muhammad Ashafa, won the inaugural Commonwealth Peace Prize of £50,000. Accordingly, Wuye and Ashafa, the co-founders of the Interfaith Mediation Centre were recognised for their exceptional contributions to “peacebuilding and reconciliation” in Nigeria. The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, announced their win on Wednesday in a …
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THE United Kingdom has promised to send troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees lacked substance, and demonstrated a poor understanding of the geopolitical shift that was changing the world. Experts told RIA Novosti on Thursday. On Sunday, UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said that the UK was ready …
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the interest rate at 27.50 per cent. This was after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN, on Thursday, February 20, 2025, voted unanimously to retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which is the baseline lending rate, at 27.50 per cent. …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a lawyer, Alexander Uchenna Ozougwu, before the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, for allegedly defrauding his victims to the tune of N1,323,850,000 through a bogus foreign exchange investment scheme. The lawyer was arraigned on …
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THE FBI has arrested Nigerian Pastor Edward Abiodun Oluwasanmi for conspiring with Osun monarch, Oba Joseph Oloyede, to defraud the U.S. government of $4.2 million COVID-19 relief funds. Like the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Mr Oluwasanmi also submitted forged documents to apply for the COVID-19 loans meant to lessen the financial …
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THE Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), along with major stakeholders in the country’s oil and gas sector, met in Abuja, on Wednesday, to discuss and fine-tune issues related to domestic crude supply obligations between producers and refiners. The meeting aimed to enhance Nigeria’s energy security. The gathering, which has …
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THE Police Command in Ebonyi has apprehended two suspects for allegedly stealing a Samsung phone, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, a power bank, and some clothing worth over N1.5 million. SP Joshua Ukandu, Spokesperson of the command, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Thursday. …
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