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Director-General of City Boy Movement, Hon. Oluwatosin Shoga, in this interview, defends President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, saying his government is correcting several years of structural distortions and laying a
The White House faced growing scrutiny on Wednesday over the legal qualifications of its new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, after she failed to give a clear response when asked where she had passed the bar examination on her first day in the role. The controversy intensified after the Campaign for Accountability, a US watchdog organisation, […] Trump’s new press secretary under fire over lawyer claims
An old house partially collapsed in Port Harcourt to force the state government to announce a head count of old
Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government’s inner workings, is back for Season 2 in audio and video. By law, nearly every move federal agencies make—every email, every memo, every receipt—belongs to the public. The key to gaining access is the Freedom of Information Act. In theory, FOIA obligates the government to open its files. But it also allows the government to hold back certain details, meaning that forcing transparency often requires a fight. Join Bloomberg investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic for a guided tour of explosive details, bureaucratic foibles and details that government officials never wanted you to know. Listen to new episodes of Disclosure, from Bloomberg & No Smiling, starting Oct. 15, wherever you get your podcasts. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rising prices, unemployment and public debt test Saied’s economic promises.
Recently, Zotmann International Limited’s growing contribution to Nigeria’s industrial development and economic transformation earned the company international recognition in London, where it received the Excellence in Industrial Development and Economic
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
Pig farmers in Ogun State have lost over N5bn to an African Swine Fever outbreak, prompting them to seek government compensation and soft loans to recover. Read More: https://punchng.com/swine-fever-ogun-alerts-fg-as-farmers-lose-n5bn/
India’s sale of a controlling stake in IDBI Bank Ltd. to Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for nearly $6 billion helps jump-start the South Asian country’s push to reform its banking sector and shows the potential for more dealmaking in its rapidly growing financial industry.
The Employers Association for Private Employment Agencies of Nigeria says practical skills, not just certificates, are key to solving Nigeria’s unemploymen Read More: https://punchng.com/eapean-prioritises-practical-skills-over-certificates/
An opinion on how the intersection of religion and politics in Nigeria can both provide an ethical compass and be exploited to hinder good governance. Read More: https://punchng.com/dual-edged-sword-of-nigerias-political-piety/
Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company that tracks how stories and rumors spread online that describes itself as the “storm tracker for the internet,” […]
