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Popular food critic Opeyemi Famakin has revealed that eating bushmeat, including crocodile, is illegal in Nigeria, and he has faced legal action for it. In a recent interview on EchooRoom, Famakin said eating such animals has an environmental impact and disrupts the ecosystem. He explained that the killing of these animals that aren’t farmed but…
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The development of artificial intelligence should not be guided by market forces alone, UN experts cautioned on Thursday, calling for the creation of tools for global cooperation. But they held back from suggesting the creation of a muscular worldwide governing body to oversee the rollout and evolution of a technology, the proliferation of which has…
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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has said that Nigeria is going to leverage its vast marine resources to generate clean energy to boost power generation. The Minister, while speaking during a stakeholder sensitization workshop on Deep Seabed activities yesterday in Abuja, stated that with the transition from fossil fuels to a…
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The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, has tasked graduating cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) to be ready to meet the high expectations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria by bracing up to play their part in resolving contemporary security challenges. He also enjoined the cadets to be…
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Save the Children International (SCI), Nigeria, on Wednesday called for improved humanitarian assistance for children affected by the devastating flood in Maiduguri. The Country Director, SCI, Nigeria, Duncan Harvey, during a news conference in Abuja, said that there were more than 150,000 children in 26 camps, and many have been disconnected from their families. Harvey…