One year ago, on November 15, 2023, the Guild of Editors invited me to share my thoughts on “Nigerian Media, Sustainability and Existential Threats by Big Tech” with colleagues. Being asked again this year is a privilege, but I won’t be surprised if this is my last invitation. Perhaps I won’t need to come as a presenter next time. A learning machine, let’s call the avatar Anaba, might have been developed to make the presentation. This may sound incredible, but increasingly, it seems that what AI cannot do does not exist. In its most basic definition, generative artificial intelligence (AI)…
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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has suspended one of its members, Mr. Steve Osuji, for breaching the confidentiality agreement surrounding an “off-the-record” presentation at its recently concluded 25th Biennial National Convention held in Enugu. In a joint press statement signed by the Guild’s President, Mr. Eze Anaba, and General Secretary, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, the NGE disclosed that the suspension stems from Osuji’s decision to publish content from a keynote address that had been explicitly declared “not for publication.” According to the statement, the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, delivered a closed-door keynote address…
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for more than 84 percent of all confirmed mpox cases on the continent.
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Dangote Cement Plc has launched a Farmers Empowerment Programme in Benue State, aimed at transforming 50 local farmers into agricultural entrepreneurs, in a strategic move to support Nigeria’s food security efforts. Benue is the latest beneficiary of Dangote Cement’s social investment initiatives. The programme is designed to help selected farmers cultivate both subsistence and cash crops on a commercial scale. This latest intervention comes just two months after the company provided cash grants to businesswomen in its host communities in Gboko and significantly increased bursary payments to students from the same areas, doubling the previous amounts. Speaking at the official…
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