UNESCO and Huawei have announced the launch of the implementations phase of the Technology-Enabled Open Schools for All (TeOSS) project in selected African countries. Aligned with UN SDG4, TeOSS will serve as a basis for powering the digital transformation of the education sector and support three UNESCO member states in building resilient education systems that…
By Garba Deen Muhammad Unlike previous struggles between Nigeria and the fuel subsidy conundrum, this time, it is a fight to finish. No ambiguity. No fence to sit on. It has taken Nigeria several decades and deadly battles to arrive at this decisive moment over the subsidy issue. In the past, every time a Nigerian…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday presented a sum of N351bn as the proposed appropriation bill for the year 2022 before the House of Assembly. Abiodun, while presenting the fiscal proposal christened ‘Budget of Restoration’, said the main task of his administration next year is to increase pace of the implementation of its…
Nigerian Retail Lender, Unity Bank Plc is set to engage no fewer than 5 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) being operated by women in the South West region, even as Sola Sobowale, the Brand Ambassador, asserts that no women will be left behind as the Bank launches Yanga Account in Ibadan. Unity Bank…
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Interior to carry out a full scale investigation into the causes of jail breaks across the country. The upper chamber also summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa…
Huawei Technologies has said it remains committed towards building a fully digital IT ecosystem in Nigeria as well as its research and development in investments to pursue sustainability into the future. The Deputy Managing Director (DMD), Huawei Technologies Enterprise, Ken Zhao stated this during the just concluded Chief Information Officers (CIO) Awards 2021 which held…
The National President of Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCh) has revealed that Dangote Oil Refining Company will be the highest employer of chemical engineers in the country when the refinery comes on stream. The Society’s National President, Engr. Saidu A. Muhammed, disclosed this during the NSCh’s visit/tour of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical project…
Manchester United has announced the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the season, subject to work visa requirements. Following this period, Ralf and the club have agreed that he will continue in a consultancy role for a further two years. The 63-year-old takes over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was…
Dame Judith Amaechi, wife of the minister for transportation has advocated stiffer penalty against gender based violence in the country. Mrs Amaechi stated this while speaking to newsmen at an event organised to commemorate the 2021 international day for elimination of violence against women and the accompanying 16 days of activism against gender based violence…
Delegates from the African Union, governments and regulators, operators and enterprise representatives, analysts in the region have met to discuss strategies to expand broadband services and develop broadband applications in Africa. Broadband has become an important engine for economic development. According to the World Bank studies, every 10 per cent of broadband penetration can generate…