Felicia Agubata
30 Dec
Towards improving its global relevance, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has reiterated its commitment to rebranding the society and training 10,000 members in modern engineering skills.
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Facebook and Instagram's parent company, Meta, has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing artificial intelligence. The cable will run for more than 50,000 kilometres (31,000 miles) between the US, South Africa, India, Brazil and "other regions", Meta wrote in a blog on Friday. Global…
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced a decline in Nigeria’s headline inflation rate to 24.48% for January 2025, following the rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This marks a decrease from December 2024's 34.80% under the old inflation template. The CPI rebasing reflects updated consumer spending patterns, replacing outdated goods and services…
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Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Radda, has congratulated the winners on their victory after the All Progressives Congress (APC) won
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A passenger bus plunged into an 800-meter-deep abyss in southern Bolivia on Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring 15, police and local media said. The bodies of "at least 30" people have been recovered and transported to morgues after the accident near the town of Yocalla, police colonel Victor Benavides told AFP. The…
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Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company unveiled on Monday the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek. The launch comes as the world's richest man is deploying the enormous powers granted him by US President…
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The Nigerian box office experienced a major shake-up over the weekend (February 14–16) as Captain America: Brave New World dominated the charts with a record-breaking opening, raking in ₦137.5 million. According to a report on Monday by the Box Office via their x page, Nollywood also had a strong showing with Reel Love, which pulled…
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Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says the Bakassi Deep Seaport project will be funded without the state taking any loan facility. Otu said that the project, a flagship of his administration, though not conceptualised by his government, would change the economic landscape of the state and that of the country at large. The governor…
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Top US and Russian diplomats were meeting in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their countries' fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war. Both sides played down the chances that the first high-level meeting between the countries since US President Donald Trump took office would result…
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Gunmen have abducted one Abubakar Sadiq Ujmar, a staff of Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola, Adamawa State. According to the Spokesperson for the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in the early hours of February 17, 2025, at about 0130 hours, a gang of unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers encroached upon the…
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The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has mourned the passing of Chief Senator Dr. Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, a revered elder statesman and national leader, lamenting that a mighty iroko has fallen. Chief Clark died peacefully in Abuja on Monday, February 17, 2025, at the age of 97, surrounded by family and loved ones. The announcement…