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AI technology is ‘shooting the messenger’ by impersonating professional journalists to gain credibility for false narratives. Not long ago, journalism tools comprised a notebook, a typewriter and possibly some coins for a telephone box to phone copy into the news desk. Then computers, email and cell phones brought speed, connectivity and the potential to demand greater accountability of the world’s …

By Idahosa Musa National Vice Chairman, South South of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih, has opined that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nysom Wike is not the problem of the party but those with entrenched interest of wanting to contest every presidential election without adherence to PDP’s Constitution. Chief Orbih made the assertion while …

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has vowed that the killers and their sponsors responsible for the attacks in Bassa communities and other parts of the state will not go unpunished. In a state broadcast on Wednesday morning, Mutfwang described the attacks as “coordinated acts of terror” aimed at displacing residents and undermining their right to exist peacefully on their ancestral …

By Idahosa Musa There seems to be no end in sight over the crisis rocking the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State as the National Vice Chairman, South South of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, on Wednesday, donated a new Secretariat to the state party. The party for a long time now has continued to be bedeviled by …

Fresh from implementing a ₦15 price reduction in its loading cost for Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, the Dangote Refinery has again slashed its refined product prices to make them cheaper, cutting its ex-depot rate to ₦835 per litre. The new price represents a ₦30 reduction from ₦865 per litre implemented six days ago, marking a 3.5 per …

On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go further than any other White House to reshape American higher education. Both sides are digging in for a clash that could test the limits of the government’s power and the …

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said yesterday that militancy, kidnapping and other social vices in the country would drastically reduce if the federal and the sub-national governments create jobs for the citizenry. It also advised that the government create sustainable and not casual jobs, which pay would not sustain a worker for a month. This is as the Vice President, …

Sources told SaharaReporters that Mr. Anyim Chukwudi, who serves in Cross River State, carried out the attack on April 6, 2024, alongside his brother, Mr. Anyim Eugene Anyata. A Department of State Services (DSS) officer, Mr. Anyim Chukwudi Christian, has reportedly escaped from police custody in Ebonyi State, months after he was arrested.  SaharaReporters learnt that the DSS officer was …

CNN — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference GOP lawmakers continue to show the president. In Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley was repeatedly urged to stand up to Trump and push …

The case, a flashpoint in an increasingly polarised gender rights war, was triggered by a challenge from gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS).  The United Kingdom Supreme Court has declared that transgender women, even those with Gender Recognition Certificates, do not fall under the legal definition of “woman” as set out in the landmark Equality Act 2010. The judgment, …