Author: Tina George

The House of Representatives member for Aba North/South Federal Constituency (APGA), Honourable Alexander Mascot Ikwechegh, who assaulted a Uber driver, Stephen Abuwatseya on Tuesday tendered a public apology following the incident which happened on Sunday. A check ran by ASHENEWS revealed that less than 30 per cent of the public apology was written by human with about 70 per cent was AI/GPT generated. ASHENEWS placed the full note of the public apology on two AI dectectors known for a certain degree accuracy in checking for AI/GPT generated write ups and articles. The detectors are Quillbot and ZeroGPT. Zero GPT is…

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ASHENEWS reports that several farmers and fishermen across Niger state have died from snake bites as a result of the unavailability of anti-venom injections in public health facilities. These farmers and fishermen get bitten by snakes when they go about the demands of their occupation as they often go through bushy and swampy areas. ASHENEWS learnt that the victims are usually rushed to pharmacies and public health centers but they do not get to receive the anti-venom injections. Majority of the health centers do not have it while some pharmacies who have it sell it at exorbitant rate. Some of…

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ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State government has lamented over the dual challenges of diseases and rapid spread of misinformation being faced by rural communities across the state. The state government, in its bid to end this dual diseases has collaborated with the Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) to combat public health myths by launching the health misinformation management fellowship for health service providers. Speaking at the inauguration of the cohort 1, track two of the Niger State Health Misinformation Management Fellowship program in Minna, the state Commissioner for Primary Healthcare, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Dangana highlighted the critical impact of misinformation…

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