Protesters storm Kaduna assembly, demands update on probe of alleged N423bn graft by El-Rufai’s administration

Hundreds of protesters on Monday stormed  the Kaduna State House of Assembly, demanding a formal briefing on the status of the house’s investigation into the administration of former governor Nasir El Rufai. The demonstrators, led by Yerima Shettima of the Northern Stakeholders Consultative Initiative (NSCI) and Aliyu Muhammad of the Coalition of Kaduna Stakeholders Forum…

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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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INEC fixes dates for 2027 general election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 20, 2027, for the presidential and national assembly elections. The INEC chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, announced the date on Friday at a press conference at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. He added that the governorship and state houses of assembly election would be held on March…

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