MEMBERS of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics have issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all lingering issues with the workers or risk a nationwide industrial action. The 21-day ultimatum, which began on 27 August 2025, was contained in a communique issued at the end of the association’s 77th […]
By AMEDE ISAAC DEJI Adeyanju, you must admit, has been constituting nuisance in the public space without any shred of decency to his name and profession. Many times I have kept pondering how truly worthy he is of his university degree, vis-a-vis his law credentials that explicitly, if not majestically, declare him “…worthy in learning […]
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on the Federal and other state governments to emulate Imo state in implementing the ₦104,000 minimum wage to workers in the country. The President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, made the call in an interview with newsmen on the side-line of the National Union of Civil Engineering Construction, Furniture […]
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has filed charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against nine suspects allegedly linked to the recent deadly attacks on Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area of Benue and parts of Plateau. Report stated that the attacks left no fewer than 40 persons dead, many others injured, and hundreds displaced […]
CHEN Yingying, an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, Renmin University of China, has encouraged African media practitioners to embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI), highlighting its positive impact and challenges. Chen gave the advice during a virtual presentation at a training workshop organised in Nairobi by the Xinhua News Agency Africa Regional Bureau, […]
MR. Segun Daniel, winner of the Code4Africa Privacy Hackathon, has called for stronger digital re-orientation and education for youths to promote responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. Daniel, a final year Computer Science student of Bingham University, Abuja, made the call on Thursday on the sidelines of the dinner award for […]
THE Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), has rewarded winners of the Code4Africa Privacy Hackathon. They also called for development for data privacy solutions to enhance data protection in the digital ecosystem. The hackathon, which held during the 17th annual ISACA conference in Abuja on […]
NOBEL Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka and other stakeholders in the literary works have commended the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for including Christopher Okigbo’s Collection in its Memory of the World (MoW) Register in 2007. They urged UNESCO to take a step further in promoting Okigbo’s literary works for cultural exchange among […]
THE Defence Industries Association of Nigeria (DIAN) has urged the Federal Government and the Armed Forces to increase patronage of locally made defence equipment as a way of strengthening security and curbing insurgency. Secretary-General of DIAN, Engr. Kola Balogun, made the call in an interview on the sidelines of the African Chiefs of Defence Staff […]
THE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised concern over rising cholera outbreaks in Chad and other conflict-affected countries, stressing that humanitarian crises fuel the spread of disease across borders. Prof. Yap Boum, Deputy Incident Manager of the Incident Management Support Team at Africa CDC, said this during a virtual press […]