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Day: April 10, 2019

Machine learning will become reality in the near future

Research reveals machine learning is becoming more relevant for many organisations as the hype increasingly becomes reality Huge opportunities for better business intelligence and across a range of activities carried out by accountants Adoption of machine learning needs to be based on legitimate business need rather than just wanting to be seen as using AI […]

VP EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN NEW NDIC BOARD

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed confidence in the ability of the new Board and Management of the NDIC led by Mrs Ronke Sokefun whom he described as an experienced lawyer and Umaru Ibrahim and experienced technocrat to steer the Corporation in the right direction. VP Osinbajo made the comment during the courtesy call paid […]

UK Company Tests Automatic Aircraft Simulator As Nigeria Set To Take Delivery

As Nigeria prepares to take delivery of an automatic aircraft firefighting simulator worth about N5 billion, the equipment manufacturers, Messrs Alpine Metal Technology Company, UK has carried out the factory acceptance and pre-shipment inspection and test of the simulator in the presence of top Nigerian functionaries, including the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The […]

Balanced Diet Beats Nutritional Supplements – – – Study reveals

  Up  until recently, researchers have been unsure as to what kind of health benefits most dietary supplements provide, if any. Now, new research suggests that nutrients from supplements do little to lower your risk for death. Go to any convenience store and you’ll find rows upon rows of dietary supplements. As was published in […]

Zamfara Killings: SCAG Urged FG to End Massacre

Senior Citizens Advocacy Group (SCAG), a civil society organization saddled with the responsibility for an advocacy for good governance has urged the federal government to put an end to the indiscriminate killings going on accross the country, especially the latest development in Zamfara and Kogi State. The position of the group came after the federal […]

Global Executions Fall To Lowest Level In A Decade , Amnesty Says 

Annual executions recorded worldwide fell by almost a third in 2018 to the lowest figure in more than a decade, Amnesty International says. Some 690 people were executed in 20 countries last year, excluding China, a fall of 31% on 2017 – when 993 deaths were recorded. Executions in Iran fell by 50% after capital […]

Nigeria Signs N186 million Deal With Islamic Development Bank

The Federal Government has signed a $523,823 (N186 million) technical assistant agreement grant with the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Group, in Marrakesh, Morocco. A Finance Ministry statement  said Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, signed on Nigeria’s behalf, while the president of the ISDB Group, Bandar Hajjar, signed on behalf of the Group. The deal was sealed […]

Nigeria Gets $14.2m Japan Aid to Fight Disease Outbreaks

Nigeria and Japan on Tuesday in Abuja signed a $14.2 million aid project to strengthen the diagnostic capacity of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) The signing was done by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udoma for Nigeria and the Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Yukata Kikuta for Japan. It was […]

More reasons Nigeria Loses 2,300 Children, 145 Women Daily

  More reasons have emerged why Nigeria loses 2,300 under-five children and 145 women of child-bearing age daily. A report on maternal and child health released yesterday in Abuja by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) listed some of the causative factors to include inadequate health facilities, as the nation currently owns 30,000 […]