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India announces schedule of Moon mission’s soft landing

The lander module of India’s ongoing Moon Mission-3, or Chandrayaan-3, will land on the lunar surface as scheduled on Aug. 23 at around 6.04 p.m. Indian Standard Time. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on Sunday. ISRO said in a statement that it will telecast the moment live on its website, […]

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Features/Opinion Science & Technology TeleCom

Busting Myths: Git, the Unsung Hero of DevOps

By Abdullah Olalekan Abdulfatah “DevOps engineers don’t really need the knowledge of git”. That is something you might say to yourself if you are still quite new to programming. after all, isn’t DevOps all about infrastructure, deployment, and automation? okay! maybe testing too. Why would they need to border about the version control system that’s […]

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Education Science & Technology Tertiary Education

FUTA test runs software for library access to students

From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure The library of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has begun pilot test run of software, TouchNut, developed by a student for access control. This is after the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Adenike Oladiji, granted approval for the use of the software called TouchNut. Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo, the spokesman of the institution […]

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Education Regulators Science & Technology

I’m a product of Nigerian dedication system – Gombe

From Our Correspondent in Abuja Associate Professor of Computer Science at Louisiana State University, USA, Aisha Gombe says she is proudly a product of Nigerian education system and ready to give back to her home country.   Gombe made the pledge when she visited Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, on Wednesday, […]

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General Science & Technology

Research: Covenant Varsity partners OBTranslate

By our reporter The Covenant University in Nigeria says it is partnering with OBTranslate to undertake research and development activities in a broad range of areas. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties covers Machine Translation (MT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and linguistics. Under the arrangement, OBTranslate scientists would develop […]

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Education Science & Technology Tertiary Education

FUTA Don wins International Society of Neurochemistry grant

From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure …..To train 27 young Africans in Akure The International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) has approved a grant award for Dr Stephen Adeniyi Adefegha, an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to host 27 young aspiring neuroscientists.   This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations […]

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General Science & Technology TeleCom

NITDA seeks collaborative funding to improve digital economy

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called for collaboration with multinational stakeholders towards developing Nigeria’s digital economy. The Director-General of the agency, Kashifu Inuwa, made the call at the 2023 NITDA/Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) stakeholders engagements forum, on Tuesday, in Lagos. Kashifu appealed to the stakeholders to imbibe a sense of responsibility […]

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Science & Technology TeleCom

NCC redeploys 2 directors, others

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) at the weekend announced the redeployment of two directors and other senior officers to key departments in the commission. The redeployment is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at NCC. Under the new arrangement, Dr Alhassan Haru moves to the Technical Standards and Network […]

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Science & Technology TeleCom

Nairaxi emerges winner in NCC’s young innovators’ competition

Nairaxi, a mobile ridesharing app, that enables users to request taxi and bus rides tagged has emerged overall winner at the young innovators’ competition. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) organised the competition at the Digital Bridge Institute, Oshodi, Lagos. The company took the coveted prize, valued at N2 million. Kingsley Eze, Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer and […]

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Nigeria Elections: Google commits $2m to fighting misinformation

Google.org has announced a grant of $2 million for Nigeria Fact Checkers to fight against misinformation during the general elections. Dawn Dimowo, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google Nigeria, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Dimowo said that Full Fact, a UK-based charity, would partner with some organisations to fight misinformation […]

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