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Amosun inaugurates digital training hub to empower youths in Osun

The wife of former governor of Ogun, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, has inaugurated an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Digital Training Hub in Ile-Ife, Osun to empower unemployed youths with digital skills. The newsmen report that the initiative is aimed at equipping young people with relevant digital skills and knowledge to enable them to participate meaningfully in the ...

Gov Sule inaugurates 5.2km Akwanga-Jos bypass

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Saturday inaugurated the newly completed 5.2-kilometre Akwanga-Jos bypass in Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA). Sule, speaking at the inauguration in Akwanga, said the project was a strategic intervention aimed at decongesting the town and boosting economic activities along the corridor. He said the bypass would reduce travel time ...

Troops rescue 6 kidnapped victims in Benue

Troops of Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (JTF OPWS) have rescued six kidnapped victims around Gbise community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue. Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer, made the disclosure on Saturday in a statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi. Zubairu said the troops rescued the victims on September ...

NANS retracts statement on Olatunji-Bello’s funding comments

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has retracted its earlier statement criticising former Lagos State University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello. NANS President, Comrade Akinteye Afeez, made this known in a statement made available to the news reporters on Saturday in Lagos. Afeez ‌‌⁠⁠⁠‍⁠⁠‌⁠‍‌⁠‌‍‌said the earlier position was based on a misunderstanding of Olatunji-Bello’s comments ...