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Technology can help deliver aid and services more effectively – but can be harmful if users don’t know the risks. Many humanitarian organisations, including in Africa, are revolutionising their service delivery through new technology. This has become important in the context of rising migrant numbers, food insecurity and the impact of COVID-19. In 2020, the United Nations (UN) estimated that 3.6 per …

Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have expressed joy over the resumption intercity rail service in Bauchi and its environs. A cross section of the residents who spoke in seperate interviews in Bauchi,  commended the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) for the feat achieved. They said the gesture would enhance transportation as well as encourage social and economic development of the state. …

Edo State First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, on Thursday, officially declared open the maiden edition of the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) with the premiere of the first film for the event at Kada Cinema Center in Benin City, Edo State. The first lady, who was accompanied on the premiere by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Barr. Adaze …

Edo State Government has commenced the revalidation exercise for local government pensioners in the Edo North Senatorial District of the state. The Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and Secretary, Local Government Staff Pension Board, James Enoma Okungbowa, said in Benin on Thursday that the routine screening for all local government pensioners across the state will run from September 1st …

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Bauchi State chapter, has called on all media organisations to encourage their personnel to desist from partisan politics. It also urged journalists to remain apolitical and professional by desisting from engaging in partisan political discourse, especially on social media platforms, and to be circumspect from lifting news items emanating from dubious online platforms. This …

Before the new provision, individuals could launder suspicious funds through notorious secrecy and tax havens and hide behind shell companies incorporated in those havens to anonymously buy properties in the UK. A new law in the United Kingdom is requiring offshore companies investing in its property market to declare their beneficial owners, promising to reverse London’s notoriety for allowing the …

Serena Williams roared into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday, overpowering second seed Anett Kontaveit with a battling performance to extend her Grand Slam singles career in dramatic fashion. The 40-year-old tennis icon – who has signalled she plans to retire after the tournament – drew on all her reserves of resilience and sheer fighting spirit to …

The Minister of State for Transportation, Mr. Ademola Adegoroye, has reiterated the need for media practitioners to play the role of partners in progress with government on policies and programmes aimed at making life better for Nigerians. Adegoroye, who received some officers of the Transport and Aviation Correspondents Association on a courtesy visit in his office yesterday, said that the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the union is open to the Progressives Governors Forum’s offer to take over negotiation aimed at ending the ongoing strike if it will be sincere. The union’s National Vice-President, Dr Christopher Piwuna, disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH on Wednesday. The PUNCH reported that the PGF Chairman, who also is …

“At my place of work, we heard some have benefited, but it seems they are those at the top of their career.” Federal workers across the South-West zone in Nigeria on Wednesday unanimously called for review of the National Housing Fund (NHF) due to the alleged cumbersome processes of obtaining housing loans from the scheme. They told the News Agency …