Google has announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, including the addition of 8 new countries in Africa. To date, 23 African countries are on the Flood Hub. In a statement issued by the Nigeria Agency Lead, Nosa Iyamu on Monday,  this expansion comes as part of AI-enabled efforts […]

The Ahmadiyya Hospital, Ojokoro, Lagos, has called on the income government to subsidise most medical facilities so that the poor and middle class can afford medical services. Speaking during a press conference, Managing Director, Ahmadiyya Hospital, Ojokoro, Lagos, Dr Sami’ulla Tahir,  explained that medical services were quite expensive, saying, unfortunately, private sectors were not being […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reassured Lagos residents of his administration’s plan to double efforts in delivering on electoral promises. Sanwo-Olu gave this assurance during a public lecture titled topic: ”The Making of a Beacon: Lagos and the Consolidation of a Democracy that Works for All,” in commemoration of the inaugural week. The lecture […]

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that his government has raised N134.8 billion in long-tenure bonds to boost “key infrastructure projects” in the state. The bond, signed on Tuesday, is “the transaction instrument for the first sets of allotment in the N1 trillion debt and hybrid issuance programme,” a statement by the governor […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has boasted about his cordial relationship with neighbouring country Niger Republic. Buhari, whose tenure ends in six days, attributed his confidence in the country’s defence to the cordial relationship he enjoys with them. He said if Nigerians make the country difficult to live in after the handover ceremony […]

The Joint Health Workers’ Union has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike if the Federal Government fails to meet its demands. The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Dr Obinna Ogbonna, made this known in an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday. JOHESU is the umbrella body of health workers’ unions and associations, including the […]

African FinTech founders have been advised to collaborate with the digital ID industry to stem the growing incidents of fraud within their systems. This was the summary of discussions at the just concluded Digital Identity 7.0 webinar on the theme, “Beyond Compliance: Building a stronger defence against FinTech fraud”. The discussion is set against a […]

The Centre for Social Justice has asked that the National Bureau of Statistics compile and release the current unemployment data for the country. CSJ, an advocate for fiscal transparency, accountability, and evidence-driven policy making and implementation, stated that the last time Nigeria’s unemployment data was released by the NBS was in the fourth quarter of […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero, has predicted that the  incoming government will face several industrial crisis due to the previous government’s failed agreements with the various groups they entered into agreements with. Therefore, Ajaero expressed “pity” to the incoming Tinubu administration, saying there are several inconclusive industrial challenges left unattended to by the […]

A consultant obstetrician and surgeon at the Aishah Buhari Mother and Child Hospital, Eiyekonrin, Kwara State, Dr Shukura Okesina, has submitted that Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of obstetrics fistula yearly. Okesina stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the commemoration of International Day to End Obstetrics Fistula. […]