Plateau State Launches Automobile USSD Validator

The Plateau State Government has launched an automobile Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) validator to assist the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in verifying the genuineness of vehicle documents and certificates in a bid to curbing forgery and weed out unlicensed drivers in the State.

Team OAU Wins 2016 World Rounds Of Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition

A team of three students from the Faculty of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) emerge with a second position finish at the 2016 World Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition held in Guadalajara in Mexico.

The team appeared as Africa’s representatives at the 2016 World Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition held in Guadalajara in Mexico where this year’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) also held.

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Nigerian AFIT Develops Bomb Detector Robot

The Nigerian Air force has invented two Unmanned Ground Vehicles and a Light Surveillance Aircraft developed by the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, north-west Nigeria.

The bomb-detecting robot is capable of defusing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The development is as part of the force’s contribution to the fight against insurgency in the troubled North-eastern region.

Commandant of the AFIT, Kaduna, Air Vice Marshal Toni Adokwe, made the disclosure at a gathering ahead of the institute’s 44th convocation ceremony.

CSO’s Launch Online Portal to Track Police Abuse [2016]

A coalition of 49 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has launched an online portal to document and track human rights abuses by the Nigerian police.

The coalition Network on Police Reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) and Connected Development [CODE], a non government organization whose mission is to empower marginalized communities, said unlawful police detentions are escalating and police extortion of citizens had become alarming.

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Nigeria Launches SOP & PSSP For Ports [2016]

The Nigerian Ministry of Transportation in conjunction with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) launch the technology-based Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and the Port Service Support Portal (PSSP) to check corruption and other unwholesome practices by service providers at the nation’s ports.

Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, said that the procedures, policies and automated service portal will cause enhanced port administration, which will bring greater investment into Nigeria.

The portal is also expected to enhance trade and increase business for small and medium enterprises.

In line with the current economy diversification plans of the country, the Vice President expects that an easier business environment starting from the ports would encourage the importation of the components for domestic production and check unwanted imports.

He believes with a better-regulated administration, the ports will play vital roles in the diversification of the economy.

The three priority areas set to tackle about 19 major challenges of port services in Nigeria, require strong collaboration of all government port agencies.