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  ●Journalism is madness best unleashed in youth It was in October 1983, well past midnight, when Chris Okojie and I missed our way in Isolo, close to School Village, where Governor Lateef Jakande had built a cluster of schools. We were on our way from dropping off Nduka Irabor. Sam Amuka What did we do? We parked under a …

American Artificial Intelligence (AI) research organization OpenAI is trying to compete directly with search engine giant Google by testing SearchGPT. The search engine launched with a large text box asking the user, “what are you looking for?” Instead of providing a list of links, SearchGPT tries to organize and understand them. In one OpenAI example, the search engine summarizes its …

The planned nationwide protests against the worsening economic conditions in Nigeria scheduled to begin on August 1 have sparked a series of reactions both domestically and internationally. Security advice issued by the United States, Britain and Canada underscored growing concerns about potential unrest. The advisory, citing past incidents, has warned foreign nationals to avoid areas where protests may occur and …

Nigerian tennis star Offiong Edem lost 4-0 to Brazilian Bruna Takahashi in the women’s singles round of 16 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday, July 28. Edem’s defeat marks the third elimination of a Nigerian from a table tennis event after Quadri Aruna and Olajide Omotayo were eliminated in the men’s singles event on Saturday, July 27, crashing …

In a major counter-terrorism operation, troops of the 151 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating under Operation HADIN KAI, have successfully eliminated eight terrorists in Bula Marwa, near Siraja village, Borno State. The dawn raid, conducted in conjunction with the Hybrid/Civilian Joint Task Force, began in the early hours of Sunday. The operation targeted a known enclave of Boko Haram …

Nigerian social media users have slammed former Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Organisation spokesperson Kenneth Okonkwo after he left the party and criticised the party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi for his approach to party issues. The popular Nollywood actor who announced his decision to leave LP on Sunday, accused Obi of lacking the leadership skills to resolve the internal …

A group, the Energy Transparency Initiative (ETI) has slammed the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, over what it called false claims against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The group expressed concern over Agbese’s recent remarks regarding NNPCL and NMDPRA. Regulators and national oil companies …

Human rights lawyer and member of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the outcome of the #EndSARS protests, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has urged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to investigate the alleged disconnection of customers by telecom operators. According to a statement on Sunday, the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) warned that telecommunications companies should not try to sabotage the …

A superb long-range free-kick from Alexia Putellas gave world champions Spain a 1-0 win against Nigeria’s Super Falcons in their second Group C match at the women’s football event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. This is now two consecutive defeats for the Falcons, while the Spaniards have achieved two victories in two games. Falcons coach Randy Waldrum made some …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has warned that many Nigerians fall victim to human trafficking because they do not understand the antics of traffickers and the nature of the crime. Speaking at the 2024 World Day Against Human Trafficking, marked in Abuja over the weekend with a unique football match between female officers of …