Many people are familiar with Google as a search engine, but fewer have heard of Google Scholar. During this week, a young lady approached me with her research struggles, mentioning her inability to afford or access published journals. When I asked if she had heard of Google Scholar, she said ‘No.’ Google Scholar, launched in beta in November 2004, serves as an open-access web search engine. Its primary purpose is to index and provide access to a wide range of scholarly content, including peer-reviewed journals and books, conference papers, theses, dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other academic materials, such…
Author: Editor Francis
Redis can persist datasets by taking common snapshots of knowledge and appending them with modifications as they turn out to be available. Redis can then be configured to generate these database backups on demand or at automated intervals to make sure database durability and integrity. Another type of persistence is append-only file (AOF) persistence, which includes saving every write operation to a log file on disk. This strategy provides better sturdiness than snapshotting, because it permits the Redis server to recreate the dataset by replaying the log file in the occasion of a crash. Redis persistence can be configured in…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP), during the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has given the only condition to drop the “fight” against president Bola Tinubu GOVIMA reported that the former vice president of Nigeria requested for President Bola Ahmend Tinubu at the Chicago State University, adding that there were connections in the certificate Tinubu submitted to the INEC which should have rendered him ineligible to contest the election. Making his condition known was done during the press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Atiku said he was not ready to back down from his course. “I have…
Recall that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had alleged that Bola Tinubu submitted a forged diploma certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), ahead of the February 25 presidential election. Following this claim, Atiku, the PDP candidate, applied to a US court to compel Chicago State University (CSU), to produce various documents, including a copy of the diploma certificate in question. The court granted Atiku’s request. In a deposition made in compliance with the court order issued by Justice Nancy Maldonado of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated investigations into the activities of tech giant Meta (formerly Facebook), international haulage company DHL, and online payment platform OPay over alleged data breaches. If found liable, these companies may be required to forfeit two percent of their annual gross revenue to the government. Numerous complaints from Nigerian citizens regarding violations of data subjects’ rights prompted these investigations. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched inquiries into the data processing practices of these companies. This marks the second time that the NDPC has probed companies, banks, and universities in Nigeria for alleged data…
During the recent Abu Dhabi meeting between President Tinubu and the UAE’s Al Nahyan, it was revealed that members of the UAE delegation were assigned specific responsibilities. Some members were entrusted with addressing the terms related to the visa ban, while others, comprising top executives from Emirates Airlines, were focused on the resumption of commercial flights. President Tinubu and Al Nahyan reached an agreement during their Abu Dhabi discussions. They jointly decided that, in the interest of both nations, the visa ban imposed on Nigerians and the suspension of commercial flights by the UAE should be lifted The Foreign Affairs…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled an ambitious plan to convert a substantial portion of the country’s vehicle fleet from Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) within the next 36 months. In an official statement released on Wednesday, the Spokesperson for the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Louis Ibah, reported that the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, made this significant announcement while participating in a panel discussion titled “Energy Talk” at the ADIPEC 2023 conference and exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Minister revealed that this transformative initiative is a…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that the Nigerian government is actively working on reforms aimed at simplifying the passport application process. The goal is to introduce the possibility of Nigerians initiating passport applications online as early as December. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s “Politics Today” programme on Wednesday, Minister Tunji-Ojo emphasised the necessity of these reforms to address the perceived disorderliness in the current passport application procedure. The proposed changes signal a significant step towards modernising and streamlining the process of obtaining passports for Nigerian citizens, making it more accessible and efficient for the public. …
The Kenyan government has announced the end of a four-year nationwide ban on new mining licenses, with the aim of rejuvenating the country’s mining industry and enhancing its role in economic growth. This moratorium, which was imposed back in December 2019, effectively halted the issuance of permits for all new mining projects while Kenya worked on overhauling its outdated mining regulations. The lifting of this ban now opens up fresh investment opportunities in sectors such as construction materials, industrial minerals, and gemstones across the East African nation. According to Mining Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya, the moratorium has been lifted for…
The Nigerian government has disclosed that 23 oil blocks, managed by both international and local oil companies under Crude Oil Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), failed to produce crude or remained inactive in the year 2021. This revelation comes from the latest Oil and Gas Industry Report for 2021, released by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), a federal government agency. PSCs are contractual arrangements where oil companies commit to funding operations for petroleum exploration, development, and production within specific concession areas. Successful operations require these companies to pay Petroleum Profit Tax,…
The United States and Kenya are set to convene for a second round of in-person discussions under the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) from October 4 to 7, 2023. Leading the U.S. delegation will be Assistant United States Trade Representative Constance Hamilton, accompanied by representatives from various government agencies. The U.S.-Kenya STIP was officially launched on July 14, 2022, with a shared commitment to achieving high-standard commitments across various areas. The primary objectives of this partnership are to increase investment, foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth, benefit workers, consumers, and businesses (including micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises), and promote…
The Federal Government has taken decisive action by forming a committee dedicated to investigating and addressing the multifaceted challenges that have perpetuated a crisis within the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) This proactive step aims to provide lasting solutions to the issues plaguing the NSITF. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, who disclosed this at the NSITF headquarters, in Abuja on Tuesday, confirmed that within the short period of time he had spent in office as minister, he had received a lot of petitions. Lalong also said he never knew an agency like NSITF existed in…