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 […]
TODAY on SUI, our guest is a great wordsmith, distinguished as a prolific writer, author, ghostwriter, poet, and esteemed writing coach, who skillfully unlocks the genius within individuals. Currently pursuing a degree in English Language and Literary Studies at Bingham University, she combines academic rigor with creative flair. Question: Briefly tell us about yourself Answer: […]
UNDERSCORING the import of contemporary global digital revolution, the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Emomotimi Guwor is persuaded that No Deltan, particularly the youth bracket should be left behind. Rt. Hon. Guwor who said this at the Third edition of the Delta State Social media summit in Asaba, the State capital has […]
What data shows INVESTIGATIONS by DevReporting have revealed grim statistics of sexually abused children in Lagos, a city nicknamed Nigeria’s commercial capital and one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in Africa. In 2020 alone, the state recorded 4,302 cases of domestic and sexual violence, according to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), […]
IN 2024, Nigeria’s Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, admitted that ‘children as young as 14 and 15’ are involved in illegal oil theft and refining in the country’s Rivers and Bayelsa States. Poverty, a lack of viable alternatives and normalised criminal enterprises in some communities have drawn children into these extremely hazardous illegal oil refining environments. A […]