Tag: TECHNOLOGY

“Technology, AI hold solutions to Nigeria’s challenges” – Pantami

Aminu Imam
Pantami on technology AI

Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa-Ali Pantami, has said Nigeria can tackle its pressing challenges, particularly insecurity and unemployment, through the effective deployment of technology, strong policies, and reliable power. Speaking yesterday during the launch of a compendium detailing 241 transformative legacy projects and over 700 employment opportunities executed between 2016, as Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and 2019-2023, as minister from Gombe State. Pantami stressed that the world is now in the era of the fourth industrial revolution, driven largely by digital…

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“Use technology for enhanced human security” – US urges FG

Aminu Imam
US urges FG

The United States Embassy in Abuja has urged the Nigerian government to make effective use of technology in promoting security and human safety all over the country. The embassys Senior Regional Security Officer, Bradley Markwald made this call during the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ASIS International, Chapter 273, which was held in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking on the topic: Leveraging Technology for Enhancing National Security in Nigeria, Markwald explained that the countrys vast population, rich resources, and expansive geography present both significant challenges and unique opportunities for safeguarding…

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Pilgrims Welfare: Saudi priorities transportation, health, technology

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Aisha Muhammad Ahmed, Makkah, Saudi Arabia is no doubt modernising as a means of easily accommodating and making life comfortable for millions of pilgrims who annually embark on lesser hajj and pilgrimage.  To achieve this, it is also utilising and prioritising technology in transportation and health. One of the major challenges that pilgrims face during annual hajj operations is traffic as you have a million to two plus simultaneously performing same rituals withing Makkah especially and moving from one point of ritual to another. The Saudi authorities are putting…

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