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Lagos, April 17, 2023 – The Covenant University in Nigeria says it is partnering with OBTranslate in research and development activities in broad range of areas. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties covers Machine Translation (MT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and linguistics for OBTranslate scientists to further develop the “OBTranslate” machine translation and Generative AI platform.  The partnership was announced through a joint statement issued on Sunday by the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, and the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of OpenBinacle Group, …

Birnin Kebbi, April 16, 2023 – INEC has declared Nasir Idris of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Kebbi State Idris was announced as winner on Sunday after the conclusion of collation of results of the supplementary election held on Saturday. Yusuf Saidu, the INEC Returning Officer in Kebbi State for the supplementary governorship polls, declared Idris the winner and governor-elect of the state. He said that Idris polled 409,225 votes to defeat his opponent from the opposition PDP, Aminu Bande, who polled …

Instabul, April 14, 2023 – Nigerian-born Italian up-and-coming volleyball star, Julia Ituma, has died after a suspected fall from a hotel room window in Turkey following her team’s, Novara, defeat to Turkish side Eczacibas in the Champions League semi-final. Turkish police said 18-year-old Ituma was staying on the sixth floor of a hotel in Istanbul. The body of the Italian-born athlete of Nigerian origin was discovered at 5:30 am local time in front of the hotel, Turkish daily Daily Sabah reported. Her club announced, “With deep sorrow and emotion the …

Abakaliki, April 11, 2023 – Twelve persons, mostly women, died in a motor accident along the Ezillo axis of the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway on Tuesday in Ebonyi. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) confirmed the accident. According to its Sector Commander in Ebonyi, Uche Chukwurah, the accident involved a shuttle bus and truck. She said 12 of the 14 passengers in the bus died, while two injured persons were rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA) for treatment.  “Fourteen passengers were involved. Twelve died consisting of 10 females …

Abuja, March 23, 2023 – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says the president has lived up to his billing by providing a level playing ground for all parties in the just concluded elections. According to a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, the group said that this was a truly remarkable feat. It said this feat was, especially significant as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lost some of its major strongholds to opposition parties. “What President Muhammadu Buhari did by not deploying what is …

Lagos, March 23, 2023 – Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor-elect, says payment of salaries will be his priority on assumption of office. Otti made this pledge on Thursday while speaking on Arise Television. “As of yesterday, I had already started engaging banks. “There is no problem in taking loans, but the problem is what you do with the loans. Payment of salaries is my priority.” “We will create a bigger economy, a robust economy; we will do everything possible to ensure our economy grows.” Otti urged residents in the …

Lagos, March. 4, 2023 – Development partners have agreed to commit more than $50 billion to Africa’s drive to transform its agriculture sector to food basket. The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) said the global support was coming barely two months into the launch of the programme. The AfDB said political leaders in the continent had resolved to work tirelessly with international partners on compacts that would transform agriculture across the continent. It said the leaders resolved this at the recent Dakar 2 Food Summit organised by the Senegalese government and …

Abuja, Feb. 27, 2023 – Party agents of the PDP at the national Collation Centre in Abuja on Monday staged a walk-out on the centre. The agents, led Senator Dino Melaye, have alleged manipulation of figures, particularly in the Presidential votes in Ekiti state, and called on the INEC Chairman, Prof Mahood Yakubu, to review them. They also said the figures from the different states should be uploaded on the server of the commission. Yakubu, however, said there would be no review until the process was completed. The Global Business …

Dutse, Feb. 27, 2023 – Bola Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the presidential election in Jigawa State by scoring highest votes of 421, 390 votes. He beat his closest rival, Abubakar Atiku of PDP, who won 386,587 votes. Labour Party had 1,889 votes, while New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) recorded 98,234 votes. Professor Arma Ya’u Hamisu Bichi, the collation officer, described the election as peaceful. APC won two senatorial seats, eight House of Representatives seats in the state, while the opposition PDP won one …