Science & Tech

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has unveiled the Afam 3 Fast Power 240-megawatt turbine in Rivers State. The PUNCH reports that the project is a subsidiary of the Transcorp Group located in Oyigbo, on the outskirts of Port Harcourt in the state. Osinbajo, who arrived at the venue in …

The National Bureau of Statistics has disclosed that a total of 222.6 million telephone subscribers were in Nigeria as at end of 2022. The bureau disclosed this in its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information report for the last quarter of 2022, released in …

The National Population Commission has said its Server is intact and ready to be deployed for the upcoming 2023 Population and Housing Census exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by the Commission’s spokesperson, Isiaka Yahaya, on Monday. The NPC’s assurance came following a viral video where its staff …

Governor of Osun State Senator Ademola Adeleke has said domesticating Startup Act in the state will curb the rate at which youth engage in internet fraud and other social vices caused by unemployment. Governor Adeleke stated this in Osogbo at a sensitization programme ahead of domesticating the act among tech …

Federal Government, through the National Startup Act, NSA, Secretariat and Osun State Government today hold a stakeholders’ forum on the adoption and domestication of the Nigeria Startup Act. Recall that the Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke while receiving Members of the Osun House of Assembly in his office …

The Lagos state government has suspended all development plans on Banana Island after the collapse of a seven-storey building under construction on First Avenue Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that this halt was subject to a comprehensive audit by the officials of …

The Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N49 billion being the revised sum for the old Enugu-Onitsha Road project. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, briefed State House correspondents after FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. …

The Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, has announced the final date to remove free verified Twitter accounts. Musk disclosed this via his Twitter account, @Elonmusk, on Tuesday. He tweeted, “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20 Before he took over as the CEO, verified Twitter users …

Italy’s competition watchdog has said it had opened an investigation against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, for allegedly abusing its dominant position during copyright negotiations with Italian music artists. The Italian Competition Authority said it was probing Meta’s “alleged abuse of economic dependence” of the Italian Society of Authors …

Zoom has announced the introduction of new features to compete with other teams’ communication applications. These features are expected to help people catch up with virtual meetings they join late. The features include, AI-powered meeting summaries, prompt-based email responses, whiteboard generation, video huddles and a meeting scheduler. Aiming beyond just …