[ad_1] An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool is using satellite remote sensing and machine learning to predict agricultural yields of key crops across Africa, to help mitigate the harms of climate change and other crises, its developers say. Pan-African research organisation AKADEMIYA2063 says the Africa Agriculture Watch (AAgWa) tool will aid the production of staple foods…
[ad_1] The Trade Union Congress (TUC) had asked the federal government to consult stakeholders before making any decision on the removal of the petrol subsidy. On Monday, in his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu said the petrol subsidy regime was over. In a statement by Festus Osifo and Nuhu Toro, president and secretary-general of TUC,…
[ad_1] The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has asked President Bola Tinubu to erase the thoughts that he would unilaterally remove fuel subsidy. The congress said its members were horrified with Tinubu’s inaugural address on Monday when he declared that subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as Petrol “is gone”. At a press briefing…
[ad_1] Uganda will ensure that everyone has equitable access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care after the president signed an anti-homosexuality bill into law. Health minister Ruth Aceng said following concerns by global organisations that the new law might negatively impact access to HIV/AIDS services. “Uganda will ensure that prevention programmes for HIV epidemic control…
[ad_1] Rahman Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Hotel Ile-Ife in Osun, has been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), in 2021. Oyebola Ojo, the Osun chief judge, gave the ruling on Tuesday after the hotelier was found guilty in the case. Adedoyin…
[ad_1] Despite the growing population in India, the Sikkim government is paying families and giving out childcare benefits to encourage women in the northeastern state of India to have more babies. The extinction among Sikkim people in India is pushing the government to pay for the essential needs of babies to encourage families to have more…
[ad_1] Companies Bank of Kigali first-quarter profit up 15pc to Sh2.2bn Tuesday May 30 2023 Bank of Kigali headquarters in Kigali, Rwanda. NMG PHOTO Bank of Kigali (BK Group) net profit for the first quarter ended March 2023 rose by 14.5 percent to Rwf17.88 billion (Sh2.2 billion), driven by increased interest and non-interest income. The…
[ad_1] By Sarah NEGEDU Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Olusade Adesola, has assumed leadership of the FCTA following the exit of former ministers Muhammad Bello, and Dr Ramatu Tijani Aliyu. Speaking during the handover over the weekend, Bello charged the city managers and heads of secretariats to step up their duties…
[ad_1] British ministers could be set for a legal battle with the COVID-19 inquiry over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Cabinet Office has until 4:00 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Tuesday to respond to the request from the official inquiry led by the cross-bench…
[ad_1] On Sunday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in a nationwide broadcast that the COVID-19 pandemic was not used as a conduit by his government to siphon money or engage in corruption. He added that he had asked the Auditor-General to investigate the COVID expenditures and that the related parliamentary processes were being followed….
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