KIMPACT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE SET TO LAUNCH HER ELECTION AI TOOL TO BRIDGE ELECTORAL INFORMATION GAP.

KIMPACT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE SET TO LAUNCH HER ELECTION AI TOOL TO BRIDGE ELECTORAL INFORMATION GAP.

Transforming Civic and Voter Engagement Over the years, citizens in Nigeria have been faced with the challenge of misinformation and disinformation in processing electoral data. In a bid to bridge the electoral information gap in Nigeria, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), with the support of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is elated to announce the development of her innovative Election AI tool, designed to bridge the electoral information […]

May 29, 2024 32

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2027: I will consider PDP-LP merger if…, – Obi

The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has addressed the possibility of a merger between the LP and the Peoples Democratic Party. In an interview on NoireTV-GlobalBlackTV released on YouTube on Saturday, Obi also reacted to the prospect of being supported as a Southeast candidate in the 2027 presidential election by Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s 2023 flagbearer. Responding to the interviewer’s question, Obi expressed gratitude for Abubakar’s statement about […]

May 27, 2024 7

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TRAFFIC VIOLATION: FCTA Taskforce Confiscates 120 Commercial Motorcycles in Abuja City Center

By Toffa Momoh Furtherance to it's ongoing effort to enforce traffic regulations and maintain order in areas where commercial motorcyclists popularly called "okada" were restricted, a joint taskforce of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has confiscated about one hundred and twenty, (120) commercial motorcycles during a massive raid in Abuja city center and along the expressway, particularly the Kubwa axis. The team, comprising the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic […]

May 22, 2024 51

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One student dies as fire guts Anambra seminary school

One person died, and several properties were damaged when a fire broke out at the Bishop Crowther Memorial Seminary School, Awka, Anambra State capital. The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, but it was gathered that the incident occurred around 11.30 pm on Saturday. It was also gathered that the fire damaged the school’s hostel, including mattresses and other students’ belongings. The victim, a student who died […]

May 20, 2024 23

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Minimum wage: Labour dumps negotiation over FG’s N48,000 proposal

•Negotiation has broken down, N48,000 amounts to wage reduction – Unions The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Wednesday dumped the minimum wage negotiation after the Federal Government offered to pay N48,000, a figure far below the N615,00 the unions were demanding as the new national minimum wage. After abandoning the session, the furious labour leaders summoned an emergency press conference where they vented their displeasure with the […]

May 16, 2024 21

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FG plans performance-based salary scheme for workers

A new wage system based on employee’s productivity in the civil service is underway, the Federal Government said on Monday. The government said with the system, workers on the same level could earn different salaries. The government said the formulation of an innovative wage system was being considered because it realised that productivity was a key factor in the growth of the country’s economy. The Director-General of the National Productivity […]

May 14, 2024 17

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Landlady, husband flee after throwing tenant’s corpse into canal

A landlord, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, have flown their Temidire community home in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State after allegedly disposing of their tenant’s body in a canal. Our correspondent learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024, led the state police command to launch a manhunt for the couple after their disappearance following the alleged […]

May 13, 2024 15

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National, state assemblies to spend N724bn in 2024

The National Assembly and the 36 state assemblies of the federation as well as their agencies will spend about N724bn this year, an analysis of their 2024 budgets Further findings also showed that the salaries and allowances for federal and state lawmakers would cost the country about N50bn this year. This means that the federal and state governments earmarked N673.94bn for the national and state assemblies as well as their […]

May 13, 2024 26

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Electricity tariff hike: Labour demands reversal as protests begin today

•NLC, TUC, others to picket NERC office, DisCos in 36 states The organised labour will on Monday (today) commence nationwide protests over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the Federal Government. The National Treasurer of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Olatunji Ambali and the National Deputy President of the Trade Union Congress, Tommy Etim, who confirmed the planned protests in separate interviews on Sunday, […]

May 13, 2024 16

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