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Young Innovators Showcase Tech Solutions in NCC’s Hackathon, Win N6 Million
Emma Okonji Three teams have emerged top winners of the Hackathon organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The three winning teams showcased their technology solutions alongside other teams during
Lagos Begins Three-Year Plan to Make Primary Healthcare More Resilient
Ayodeji Ake The Lagos State Government is developing a three-year strategy to close critical gaps in its primary healthcare system as population growth, malnutrition, workforce shortages and disease outbreaks continue
FG Canvasses Increased Investment in AI to Drive Digital Economy
Oghenevwede Ohwovoriole in Abuja The federal government has called for increased investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive the nation’s digital economy and data sovereignty. Secretary to the Government of
UBTH Cancer Treatment Centre now 100 % Operational, Says CMD
Felix Omoh-Asun in Benin The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Ida Ize-Iyamu, yesterday, said the Cancer Treatment Centre housed by institution is now
NAPTIP Rescues 180 Trafficked Children, Arrests FMC Onitsha Nurse
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued more than 180 children allegedly trafficked from five states, uncovering a network of
Meta to Charge N14 for WhatsApp Business Messages from October
Emma Okonji Businesses that market their products on WhatsApp will no longer do so free of charge, as Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, will begin to charge all business
EFCC sacks over 40 staff for corruption, prosecutes 5 others
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, says more than 40 staff members have been dismissed for corruption and financial malpractice in the last three years.
Obi, Baba-Ahmed tackle Tinubu over withholding of past records
By Clifford Ndujihe & Omeiza Ajayi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the 2027 polls, Mr Peter Obi; and National Chairman of the People’s Redemption Party,
G-100: Opposition parties offer 4-yr single term to stop Tinubu
***Atiku, Obi, Makinde absent at summit ***ADC, APM, NDC, PDP faction, PRP, SDP, DLA work out template By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA — Presidential candidates of the African Democratic Congress ADC,
Oversight: Dangote Refinery secures court’s orders against NMDPRA
By Innocent Anaba LAGOS — A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has restrained the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, a federal agency charged with the responsibility
