Francis Nwifuru says God used Dave Umahi, the minister of works, to make him the governor of Ebonyi state. Nwifuru, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), won the governorship election in March 2023 to replace Umahi, the incumbent governor, at the time. Speaking on Monday in Ebonyi during an empowerment programme organised by Nkemkanma Kama, a member representing the Ohaoazara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency, the governor said he is the “greatest beneficiary” of Umahi’s government. Nwifuru, who described Umahi as a goal-getter, added that the minister was also influential in his election as the speaker of the state house of assembly…
Author: Daniel Ubokulo
Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has called on policymakers to leverage the unique strengths of their states to drive economic prosperity. The NITDA boss spoke at a capacity building workshop held at the FutureMap Academy in Hadejia, Jigawa State, on the theme “AI for Office Productivity, Design Thinking, Agriculture, Health, Education, Energy, and Climate Change.” Addressing the participants, including academics, professionals, startup founders, students, government officials and non-governmental organizations, Kashifu emphasized the need for policymakers to identify and harness resources. The DG cited Jigawa’s large pool of computer science graduates, saying they could…
Telephone services may anytime from now experience disruptions as telecommunications operators have reiterated the need to load shed their operations to stay afloat. Telcos under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Monday said service shedding is critical to their survival since tariff hike appears not in sight. Load shedding is a deliberate practice of shutting down some or all of a telecommunications service in a specific area to prevent the entire system from failing. The Chairman of #ALTON, Gbenga Adebayo, in a statement, said the Nigerian telecommunications industry was facing a critical challenge that…