The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says Air Nigeria will begin to convey Nigerians before the end of President Muhammad Buhari’s administration. Acting Director-General (I-G) of the commission, Mr Michael Ohiani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the ICRC was now working round the clock to get
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Africa’s largest telecom company, MTN bought 144 plots of digital land in the Africarare metaverse Ubuntuland for an undisclosed sum. MTN with this purchase laid claim to becoming the first African company to enter the metaverse, according to a press release on the company’s website. Ubuntuland is being developed by Africarare and
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Graduate student Nidhi Juthani was not content with just one graduate degree. Instead, she decided to earn two in one fell swoop, via MIT’s PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (PhDCEP) program, which allows her to obtain a doctorate and an MBA concurrently. The combination is a perfect fit for Juthani,
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The Witcher," a fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, has become increasingly popular, following the release of several videogames and a spin-off series by Netflix. The latest season of the show, uploaded on Netflix in December 2021, was watched by users worldwide for 2.2 billion minutes in its debut week
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A new methodology simulates counterfactual, time-varying, and dynamic treatment strategies, allowing doctors to choose the best course of action. When it comes to treatment strategies for critically ill patients, clinicians want to be able to consider all their options and timing of administration, and make the optimal decision for their patients.
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The E.U.’s dependence on Russian oil and gas greatly complicates the current conflagration. Nobody should be surprised that the man who called the unraveling of the Soviet Union “the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century” has been trying to reverse history. He took the first step in Crimea in
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Governors of the 36 states have faulted the Electricity Bill 2022 currently under consideration in the Senate just as the Minister of Power, Engr Abubakar D. Aliyu, decried the dilution of some of the supervisory powers. The bill seeks to repeal and replace the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) 2005.
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Japanese carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp, on Monday said it was preparing to shutdown all of its plants in Japan as from March 1 due to a cyber attack on one of its domestic suppliers, according to local media reports. The company Toyota will temporarily shutdown operations at 28 production lines in
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Technology has been identified as very crucial to content creators in Africa to tell their stories globally. This was the submission of experts, yesterday, in Lagos, at the 2022 AfricaNXT week, a yearly event with the theme: “Reimagine Now, Co-create Next”. AfricaNXT was formally known as Social Media Week. Speaking at
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The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused many employers to rethink the concept of work, and remote work promptly became a thing. However, it didn’t take long before individuals, companies, and governments alike began decrying the work-from-home (WFH) concept, given the psychological toll it took on people due to seclusion. It was
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