Google has said it is taking proactive steps to shape public perception and influence AI policies globally by helping regulators sharpen their focus on artificial intelligence. The tech giant, already under intense regulatory scrutiny for its search and advertising businesses, is emphasizing education and workforce training to pave the way …

OVER forty professors led by Raphael Akinfeleye have written a petition to the speaker, House of Representatives over what they tagged as matters of urgent national importance: anarchy at the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA over illegal appointment of Professor Aisha Maikudi as vice chancellor. In the petition dated January 25, …

A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has pleaded guilty in a Florida district court to defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of over $6 million through a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. Photo: Twitter-@TheJusticeDept According to the US Department of Justice, the 36-year-old and his accomplices deceived victims by sending …

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the green light to the promotion of approximately 900 officers. The commission also reinstated life and property insurance for its operatives. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, revealed this at the commission’s 2024 Rewards and Recognition ceremony in Abuja on Saturday. Olukoyede stated …

A Nigerian civil and political rights activist, Dr Wale Ajewunmi, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prevent  tension and crisis in the Lagos House of Assembly. Ajewunmi, who gave the advice in a statement in Lagos on Saturday, called on the impeached Lagos Assembly’s Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, …

OPERATIVES of the Imo Police Command’s tactical Unit have neutralised three notorious kingpins of Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday …

  THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has suspended all access gate fees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In a statement, on Saturday, signed by its spokesperson, Dr Obiageli Orah, the agency said the move was to alleviate the traffic burden on airport road users. The statement …

In the ever-evolving dynamics of global economies, understanding the mechanisms and processes that provide accurate measurements of economic activity is essential. One such critical statistical exercise is the rebasing of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For Nigeria, a country with a diverse and complex economic structure, GDP rebasing is more than …

NIGERIAN gospel artiste Mercy Chinwo has released a statement via her lawyers addressing the lawsuit against her former label boss, Ezekiel ThankGod, more popularly known as Eezee Concept. In a press release posted on her Instagram page, Chinwo recounted her journey with the music producer, from starting as his background …

BAUCHI State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party over alleged anti-party activities. Bala Mohammed, who accused the FCT Minister of already serving the ruling party, All Progressives Congress’s interests, said it’s better for …