The Centre For Information Technology And Development (CITAD) has issued a communique at the end of it social influencers summit that took place in Kano recently making some proposals on Artificial Intelligence. As part of the communique signed by Yunusa Zakari Ya`u, Convener, KANSIS/ Executive Director CITAD, Chiamama Okafor, E.D, MILID, Professor Abdulhamid Abdullahi, ABU and Danlami Nmodu, Publisher, NewsDiary Online, four recommendations were made. Part of the communique reads: “The summit recommends the following measures to boost the penetrations and utilization of AI in Nigeria: “Called the Federal Government to put in place an adequate national policy, legislative, regulatory,…
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Beneficiary states of the National Urban Water Sector Reform Projects funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) are meeting in Kano for project Coordination and review. In the annual 2-day workshop that started on Wednesday, Kano state is hosting Plateau, Ondo Enugu and Ogun states, begining from Wednesday in which the AFD project will be scrutinized for better implementation. The project in Kano state will cost more that N177.4 billion (€64 million), with the Federal Ministry of Finance as guarantor, which will involve the establishment of new water works at Challawa and Tamburawa, for the provision of portable drinking water…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve some lingering issues or risk another industrial action. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke gave the ultimatum in a statement on Wednesday, expressing frustration with the alleged delay tactics being used by the government to shy away from its pending commitments. Osodike stated that the government’s behaviour towards the union’s members is fueling crisis in the public university system. ASUU is seeking the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s Draft Agreement of 2021, as…
The Presidency has confirmed that a cabinet reshuffle to be undertaken by President Bola Tinubu was imminent any moment from now. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Onanuga, however, stated that he was uncertain whether the cabinet reshuffle would occur before October 1 or not, but emphasised that it was expected to happen anytime soon. It will be recalled that President Tinubu appointed his ministers in August of last year, and there have been clamour for cabinet reshuffle by some members…
The presidency has clarified that the federal government will not intervene in the ongoing fuel price controversy between Dangote Refinery and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Onanuga said both entities operate as independent companies in a deregulated market and noted that under the Petroleum Industry Act, NNPCL operates autonomously despite being owned by federal, state, and local governments. He added that the free market would ultimately benefit consumers, as other private marketers could…
The Executive Director, Citizens for Development and Education (CDE), Convener/Head of Secretariat, Kano Peace Committee (KPC), and Convener, Nigeria for Peace Project (N4P), Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, performed the formal inauguration of the Kano Peace Committee Football Academy, on the 23rd Sept. 2024, as part of the activities to mark and celebrate the 2024, International Peace Day, in Kano State. The event was deliberately designed to consolidate the message of this year’s theme “Cultivating the Culture of Peace” intentionally targeting the young people in the State, and engage on the importance of peace and peaceful coexistence. Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, said, it…
The National Chairman of the Nigeria Elders Forum For Peace and Stability (NEFPS), Ambassador Bature AbdulAziz, has urged the Military to sustain the harsh tempo of fighting bandits in the country, while thanking the Ministers of Defense, Abubakar Badaru and Bello Matawale for relocating to Sokoto. The Chairman of the Forum, noted while addressing newsmen in Kano Tuesday, that after their meeting, the fighting strategy of having the two defense Ministers closer to the scenes of the problems, has given ways to tackle the bandits headon. “This strategy was first adopted by the military in the previous government of President…
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja commemorated the 94th National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the residence of the Saudi Ambassador, Faisal bin Ebraheem Alghamdi. In a press statement by the Saudi Press Attache in Nigeria, Mohammed Alsahabi said, the event brought together an esteemed group of government officials, heads of diplomatic missions, representatives of international organizations, and prominent businessmen. In his address, Ambassador Alghamdi highlighted the significance of the occasion, marking 94 years since King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud unified the Kingdom, creating a strong and stable entity grounded in a tolerant Islamic…
By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna In order for the renewed hope agenda to be succinctly achieved, parochial suggestions from certain quarters that the humanitarian ministry be scrapped, must be utterly jettisoned, humanitarian expert, Hon. Prince David Yilbel has said. Hon. Prince David Yilbel (Fcic,Fcp) who made the observation in an elaborate analysis he signed and made available to newsmen Sunday explained that those suggesting the abolishment of the ministry are the greatest enemies of Mr. President. He stated that humanitarian ministry has come to stay given to the primary purpose of government “Which is protection of lives and properties and providing…
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, have arrested a 38-year-old drug trafficker, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach. A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Abuja, on Sunday, said the drug suspect was arrested last Sunday. The statement said after three days in excretion observation, Okafor excreted 76 pellets of the ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg. Also, in Kogi state, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway on…