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Two yet-to-be-identified occupants of a vehicle have lost their lives in a road crash along the Isara-Remo area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Metro learnt on Monday from a traffic report by the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency that the accident occurred at about 3am. According to the report, the two passengers of a Suzuki bus were discovered by TRACE operatives and police officers at about 7am. The update noted that investigations revealed that the vehicle may have crashed into a broken-down truck along the expressway. The report identified the accident vehicle as a Suzuki bus with the…
LinkedIn has changed the way professionals communicate, especially in public. Before LinkedIn was launched in 2003, corporate language sounded different and was found mainly in meeting rooms, memos, annual reports, management books, and carefully edited press releases. No comment was complete without phrases like: “Think outside the box”, “win-win”, “take it to the next level”, “low-hanging fruit”. They sounded polished and deep. Those who didn’t use such expressions were seen as not sounding professional enough. But the phrases often hid weak thinking, vague plans or a fear of saying something plainly. As LinkedIn grew and became more important in the…
Engineers across Africa are urging ethical use of artificial intelligence as the technology expands into areas affected by insecurity, forced labour, and human trafficking. Experts say AI can help improve safety, but caution that it must not compromise human rights. Nigerian software engineer Ayotunde Somoye said the issue is both personal and technical. After years of developing large commercial systems used by millions, he has increasingly focused on applying AI to tackle security threats and human trafficking across the continent. “Behind every data point is a person, and that has to matter when we talk about security or human rights,”…
The Federal Government has fulfilled its promise of gifting a house to each member of the Super Eagles’ silver-winning 2023 Africa Cup of Nations squad, PUNCH Online reports. This was done through the National Sports Commission in Fez, Morocco, on Monday, almost two years after the tournament and just a day before the team’s opening game at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco. Led by Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro, the Super Eagles finished second at the 2023 AFCON, which was played between January to February 2024, losing 2-1 against the hosts in the final. Upon their arrival in Nigeria, President Bola…
Anambra State has launched a beta version of SmartGov, an artificial intelligence–powered digital platform designed to transform how citizens access government services, signalling a deeper push by the state to use technology as the backbone of governance. The launch builds on Anambra’s growing reputation in digital governance. The state was recently recognised at the National Council on Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, where it won four national awards, including Best Overall Performing State in Digital Technology Development and Best State in Human Capital Development. Chukwuemeka Agbata, Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Anambra State ICT Agency, told a press…
Erebor, the digital bank co-founded by tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, has secured a $4.35 billion post-money valuation after raising $350 million in a funding round led by Lux Capital, according to Axios sources.The valuation milestone, which underscores growing institutional appetite for banking models tailored to crypto, AI and stablecoin-friendly customers, comes as Justice Department regulators take swift steps toward chartering the company. Erebor recently received preliminary conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a key regulatory hurdle toward becoming a fully licensed bank. Last week, Erebor’s deposit insurance application was…
Vice President JD Vance is singing his praises for Nicki Minaj after her appearance at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. “Nicki Minaj said something at Amfest that was really profound,” Vance, 41, wrote via X on Monday, December 22. “I’m paraphrasing, but she said, ‘Just because I want little Black girls to think they’re beautiful doesn’t mean I need to put down little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes.’” The Vice President continued, “We all got wrapped up over the last few years in zero sum thinking. This was because the people who think they rule the world pit us…
A wave of relief swept over Niger State as the latest group of 130 remaining kidnapped schoolchildren and teachers from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government, were freed from captivity. The released children, who had been held by their captors for almost a month, were mostly younger pupils compared to the first 100 rescued and officially handed over to Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago by the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. The abductees, who arrived in six buses, were welcomed back with open arms by Governor Bago and other senior government officials at a brief…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dele Momodu, on Monday said that many members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are “crying behind closed doors” under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Momodu stated that Nigerians should be concerned about the direction in which the Tinubu-led APC is steering the country. He made the disclosure while fielding questions from listeners on an X Space session titled Avrilsspace: The Electoral Mathematics for 2027. According to Momodu: “I believe that an average Nigerian must be worried about the direction that APC and its leadership is leading us. “They have a lot of…
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it secured 33 convictions out of 563 persons who were prosecuted over various crimes in the state during the year. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Baba Azare, made the disclosure at a press conference in Uyo on Monday. Azare further said that the Command rescued 74 persons from human traffickers, and reunited them with their families. According to him, the command also rescued 10 kidnap victims, and recovered 179 assorted arms, 323 ammunition of different types, and 100 pieces of live cartridges. The police officer stated that the security situation in…
