By TheNation Newspaper TWO NIGERIAN girls have placed the nation on the global technology map after emerging winners of the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to tackle drowsy and distracted driving. The prodigies, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has withdrawn its “Africa Hometown” initiative, following public confusion and mounting concerns within the country over the nature and interpretation of the programme. The initiative, unveiled in August at the 9th Tokyo International Conference...
By Temitope Ajayi When Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addressed African leaders and multilateral development partners who converged on the port city of Yokohama at the just-concluded 9th Tokyo International Conference, he was clear about the impending mission. Delving into the summit’s history, which started in 1993 as his launching pad,...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COMMITMENT TO strengthening strategic alliances with Japan and other international partners was reaffirmed at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, where President Bola Tinubu led the Nigerian delegation in high-level engagements focused on power, infrast...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent KISARAZU IN Japan has been named as the official hometown for Nigerians willing to live and work in the country. This is in a move designed to deepen cultural diplomacy, promote economic growth, and boost workforce productivity. The announcement came on Thursday on the sidelines of the 9th Toky...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has arrived in Tokyo for the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), which will take place from August 20 to 22 in Yokohama. The Presidential aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, at 00:50 am local time on Tuesday, wh...
