Mutfwang suspend commissioners, special advisers

Plateau state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has suspended two of his commissioners from office and two special advisers. Gyang Bere, spokesperson of the governor, announced the suspensions in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. The statement said the suspended commissioners are Chrysanthus Dawam – Budget and Economic Planning and  Jamila Tukur – Tourism, Culture and Hospitality….

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Police “neutralise”killers of Gulak

The Imo state police command said the killers of Ahmed Gulak, former political aide to ex President Goodluck Jonathan, had been “neutralized.” Gulak was killed on Sunday by gunmen in Owerri, the Imo state capital on his way to the airport to catch a flight to Abuja. Spokesman of the Imo state police command, Bala Elkana,…

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Usman, ex-finance minister decries failed leadership, says Nigeria’s social contract with  citizens has broken down

A former finance minister, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman has said that the social contract between the Nigerian state and its citizens has broken down, leaving development efforts stranded. Usman stated this on Thursday night at national dialogue on development attitude organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Thursday night at Arewa House, Kaduna. The…

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The AI race and Nigeria

By Joseph Kwewum Nigeria is embracing artificial intelligence at a speed that should concern us. Not because AI is inherently dangerous, but because we are adopting it without asking who benefits, who loses, and who is left unprotected when things go wrong. In just a few years, artificial intelligence has gone from an abstract concept…

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2023: ADC promises to address security challenges in Nigeria

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has decried the increasing wave of insecurity across the country. The party also lamented the religious and ethnic divide among Nigerians, saying it is retrogressive. Director-General, ADC Global Campaign Council, Abdul-Azeez Sulieman said this at the launch of the North-West chapter of the party’s ‘Unity, Peace and Development Lecture Series’…

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