By Our Correspondent A team of officials from Akwa Ibom State have arrived in Lagos to understudy the Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on disaster management and response. Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osayintolu, told newsmen on Monday that the team “is in Lagos for partnership and shared knowledge on disaster management”. Oke-Osanyintolu said […]
From Our Correspondent OpenBinacle® says it is partnering with the West African Linguistic Society (WALS) to undertake artificial intelligence and machine translation research to standardize and preserve West African indigenous languages. President of WALS, Prof. Lendzemo Constantine Yuka and CEO of OpenBinacle Group, Mr Emmanuel Gabriel, announced this in a statement. According to the statement, […]
By Prof. Kehinde Yusuf President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Yoruba ethnic group has an interesting proverb about ascendancy: Eni t’ó bá ma ga, esè rè á tínrín. (‘He who would be tall cannot avoid having thin legs.’) Being tall here is the metaphor for recording the highest levels of achievement or reaching the highest rungs on […]
By Our Correspondent A New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) chieftain, Adekunle Aderibigbe, says the Appeal Court verdict on Kano governorship election is an attempt to rob Kano majority of their mandate. TheNewsZenith reports that the Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked Gov. Abba Yusuf. It upheld the petition tribunal’s earlier judgement on the […]
From Our Correspondent The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, ruled that Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State was not a valid candidate in the gubernatorial election held in the state on March 18. The Justice M. U. Adumeh-led three-member panel of justices at the appellate court, therefore, nullified his election victory, on Friday. In […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA), on Thursday, said the current administration inherited a tough period in terms of insecurity and appealed to citizens to be patient. Ribadu made the appeal at the ongoing 19th Annual All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He solicited the cooperation […]
By Our Correspondent An 80-year-old woman has died in a building collapse that also displaced seven families in Oyingbo, Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State on Thursday. Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development. Farinloye said the building had shown signs of distress for […]
By Our Correspondent The APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen (APC-CDC) has felicitated with Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo and Kogi’s Gov-elect, Alhaji Usman Ododo on their victory at the Nov. 11 governorship polls in the states. Mr Elas Abone, the APC-CDC Public Relations Officer, sent the congratulatory message in a statement, on Friday in Lagos. […]
By Our Correspondent The Senate, on Thursday in Abuja, confirmed the appointment of Dr Aminu Maida as substantive Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Maida got the confirmation during Senate’s plenary session, where it adopted a report of the Senate Committee on Communications. The committee screened Maida on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Chairman […]
Palestinians in parts of southern Gaza said they received evacuation notices, a signal that Israel’s ground invasion is about to expand in the south on Thursday. That comes a day after Israeli forces began searching a north Gaza hospital where they claimed Hamas fighters operated. Hamas and hospital staff have denied the claim. The Israeli military […]