Gates Foundation supports Nigeria with $7.5m for AI scaling initiative
June 3, 2025 The Gates Foundation has agreed to support the Federal Government with $7.5 million for Nigeria’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scaling Hub, a new initiative. This would accelerate the…
Gov. Bago pardons 11 death row inmates
June 3, 2025 Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger has granted unconditional state pardon to 11 convicted persons who were on death row. The Niger Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr…
Pilgrims performing Hajj without permit liable to 100,000 riyals fine, 10-year ban – Envoy
June 3, 2025 Dr. Modibbo Umar, Charge De Affaires, Nigerian Embassy, Riyad, says pilgrims performing the 2025 Hajj without permit are liable to 100,000 riyals fine, 10 years ban and…
Musk’s Neuralink raises $650 million in latest funding as clinical trials begin
June 3, 2025 Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Monday that it had raised $650 million in its latest funding round as its brain implant device enters clinical trials. “This funding…
Plateau pilgrim dies in Makkah
June 3, 2025 Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah. Mr. Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in…
Suspected Employment Fraudster Hands Over Self to EFCC
June 3, 2025 A middle aged man has handed himself over to the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, reporting himself for the offence of…
Terrorism: Two local vigilantes, 20 terrorists killed in Zamfara airstrike – NAF
June 2, 2025 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated no fewer than 20 armed terrorists and destroyed over 21 motorcycles during an air interdiction operation on May 31 in…
Nigeria imports Danish cows in bid to slash $1.5 billion milk import bill
June 2, 2025 Nigeria is importing dairy cattle from Denmark as it aims to double its milk output within five years, part of a plan to cut dairy imports that…
JDPC rehabilitates 135 houses, constructs 90 VIP latrines in Plateau
June 2, 2025 The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of Catholic Archdiocese of Jos and Pankshin Diocese, have rehabilitated 135 houses for victims of attacks in Bokkos Local Government…
Man gets life sentence for raping 10-year old girl
June 2, 2025 An Ado Ekiti High Court, on Monday, sentenced a 33 year-old man, Ajewole Olamilekan, to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year- old girl. The court also discharged…