Umaru Pate
12 Nov
Professor of Media History and Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, Umaru Pate, has stressed the need to rethink models for training and research in theoretical and practical communication to make young people embrace new technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a fast changing world.
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The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has knocked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for concealing the name of a former government official who forfeited 753 units of duplexes to the Federal Government. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie on December 2, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of an estate measuring 150,500…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has made its largest asset recovery since its inception in 2003 after a court ordered the final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 units of duplexes and other apartments belonging to a former government official. The ruling on the estate, located…