An indigenous firm, Nigus Enfinity, has disclosed its plan to introduce electric vehicles into the Nigerian automobile market in 2018. The Firm also stated that its local assembly plant for electric vehicles will be ready in 2020.
Samsung Heir-Apparent Sentenced To 5-Year Imprisonment For Corruption
A South Korean court has found Lee Jae-Yong, the billionaire heir apparent to the Samsung business empire, guilty of bribery and other corruption charges. Lee, the son of Samsung's ailing chairman, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, well short of the 12-year prison sentence prosecutors had sought.
Google CEO Visits Nigeria; Reveals Plan To Train 10m Africans
Google plans to train 10-million people for digital jobs, says CEO Sundar Pichai in a surprise visit to Nigeria. He is the latest global tech firm chief to make the pilgrimage to Lagos, the capital of Africa's most populous country, following trips last year by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft's Satya Nadella.
Mathematics and Sciences To Be Taught In Nigerian Languages - FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday, inaugurated a committee to articulate strategies for teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in local languages.
The plan, according to the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, is in keeping with global best practices.
Nigerian Teenager Emerges Third At Global Microsoft Championship
Katherine Eta of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos, has emerged the third-place winner in the 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) held in Disneyland, California, USA.
African Countries Get Internet Domain Name
More than 50 African countries have created an internet domain fully owned by Africa, which they named DotAfrica, NAN report on Wednesday. This happened recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the 29th ordinary session of the African Union Assembly.