Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications company, has announced plans to create an automation hub in Nigeria to support operators for improved consumer experience. Ericsson made this known in a statement made available in Lagos on Wednesday. It said the centre would be a forum for showcasing recent innovations and developments, testing end to end use cases and a means to invest on local competence. Lucky La Riccia, Vice President and Head of Digital Services at Ericsson Middle East and Africa said: “As industry 4.0 accelerates in Africa, automation in operations is proven to boost customer experiences. La Riccia said Ericsson would…
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A new report by the UN’s Population Fund, UNFPA, says nearly half of women and adolescent girls in 57 developing countries, are denied the right to decide whether or not to have sex with their partners, use contraception, or seek healthcare. The UN organ on Wednesday described the report as ‘alarming’, adding that the lack of body autonomy had threatened women’s safety, potentially reduced their economic productivity and resulted in extra costs to countries’ healthcare and judicial systems. The report, My Body is My Own (PDF), studied both women’s rights to make their own decisions about their bodies and the extent…
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state has identified the Eastern Security Network, ESN, the security arm of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB, as bandits causing mayhem in Southeast. The Governor, who featured on ChannelsTV’s Sunrise Daily, accused the ESN of doing evil within the zone’s forests. Umahi vowed that the activities of the Network would not be allowed in the state. “And so, we won’t allow people to take the laws into their hands by killing cows and killing people. But I have to tell you that herders/ farmers’ conflicts are not the only security challenges we have in…
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved N532 million for the construction and furnishing of the University of Ibadan library extension. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, briefed State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is still in London for a routine medical check-up. “The Minister of Education also presented a memo for the award of contract for the construction and furnishing of the extension of the University of Ibadan library. “The memo, which was approved, is at the cost…
South Korea says will provide US$100,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to St. Vincent, the Caribbean nation and the Grenadines that were recently hit by multiple volcano explosions, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. Recall that big explosions from the volcano on the eastern island of St. Vincent since last Friday, destroyed communities, forcing nearly 20,000 people to flee from their homes, while water and other food supplies are becoming short, South Korean news agency reports. The government hopes the assistance will contribute to the recovery of the region and people’s livelihoods, the ministry said. Yonhap
Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state on Tuesday, commended operators of engine boats and canoes plying Dole Kaina – Lolo water ways, for striving to promote economic activities between Nigeria and the two neighbouring countries of Niger and the Republic of Benin. The governor made the commendation while addressing the people engaged in marine transport at Dole Kaina, saying the state government appreciated their orderliness and activities. Bagudu, who was transported in an engine boat from Dole Kaina to Lolo on a condolence visit, said he was satisfied with the professionalism displayed by drivers of canoes and engine boats in…
Officials say 20 nursery school children died in Niger on Tuesday in a fire that trapped them in straw-hut classrooms. “There were 20 deaths, most of them young children,” said the head of Niger’s fire service, Col. Bako Boubacar. He said the origin of the fire in Niamey was unknown. An official of a Niger’s teachers union said the school in the popular Pays Bas neighbourhood had around 800 students, including children in the nursery section. “The fire apparently started around the school gate. Without an emergency exit, many were trapped and students were forced to scale the wall to…
Participants at a one-day stakeholders’ strategic meeting have called on the Kogi government to key into the Open Governance Partnership (OGP) to promote transparency, accountability and good governance. The OGP, is a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from national and sub-national governments to promote open government, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance The participants made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting organised by the Conscience For Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) in partnership with African Centre For Leadership Strategies And Development (Centre LSD). In the communiqué…
The U.S Consul-General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo, on Tuesday, announced that the US government had provided over $6 billion since 2003, as assistance for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the country. Pierangelo revealed this when she led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, at the Government House, Agodi Ibadan. She stated that 1.2 million Nigerians were currently under HIV/AIDS treatment for life, explaining that the delegation was in Ibadan for the launch of the HIV/AIDS Treatment Surge programme that would be held on Wednesday. The Consul General, who said the launch…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has discovered eight decomposed bodies on the outskirt of Calabar, Cross River state on Tuesday. Mr Solomon Eremi, NSCDC Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a telephone interview in Calabar. Eremi said that the stench from the decomposing bodies attracted the attention of passers-by who traced the location of the valley and raised alarm. “We sent out Disaster Management and Recovery team to the area. They went there with armed men. “They went round the entire place and saw eight decomposed corpses made up of a female and seven males.…