The World Bank today called on developing countries to embrace artificial intelligence technology tools to deliver better governance outcomes, warning that they risked being left behind if they failed to do so. “AI has thrown developing economies a lifeline, and they should seize it,” Indermit Gill, chief economist of the World Bank Group, sai...
•Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is now driving 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, making attacks faster, more sophisticated and increasingly difficult to detect, according to INTERPOL’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026. The report warns that the continent’s rapid digital transformation, marked by more...
•World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Africa must move urgently to position itself at the centre of the next global economic transformation or risk being left behind once again. That was the stark message from Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who challenged Afr...
•Boko Haram terrorists Boko Haram fighters have increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to improve their operations, using chatbots to obtain technical guidance on attacks, weapons and battlefield tactics, according to a report by The New York Times yesterday. Citing a study by terrorism and technology researcher Antonia Juelich o...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested two candidates and a parent over the alleged forgery of 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results using Artificial Intelligence and other electronic tools. The board disclosed this while announcing the release of results for 632,788 candidates who sat the exa...
Vice Chancellor of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Professor Haruna Ayuba, has tasked academic staff and postgraduate students to engage in the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence(AI) in their academic research work and writing. Prof. Ayuba stated this recently at a two-day training programme for postgraduate students and academic...
Google yesterday unveiled a new iteration of its professional Gemini AI suite geared toward online retail, seeking to create seamless interactions for shoppers from product searches to customer service. Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience (CX) will “use complex reasoning to understand intent and execute multi-step tasks on behalf of a cu...
A fact-check report by Reuters has said that the circulating social media reports on a fire outbreak at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s headquarters in Abuja was an AI-generated image. The report comes following the denial of the fire by the apex bank. The CBN had said claims that fire engulfed its head office in […]
•Asake and Wizkid Nigerian music stars Wizkid and Asake have shared their thoughts on Artificial Intelligence and its growing role in the creative industry during an Instagram session titled, “For Friends Only.” The clip, which has gone viral, showed the duo speaking casually about technology, music, and the future of performance. During the s...
•2024 NYSC Orientation Camp The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said it is overhauling its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) training for corps members through standardisation of the curriculum for deeper impact. A statement by the body said the Director General (DG) of the Scheme, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, ...
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