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Lagos Tech Hub Backed by Israel to be Opened in Lagos
Lagos Tech Hub Backed by Israel to be Opened in Lagos
By: Michael Mike
Lagos Tech Hub will soon be opened by Innov8, an Israeli backed technology innovative centre in the country.
Already Innov8 has been involved in building innovators across the country at its facilities in Abuja for some years now.
The Centre has selected no fewer than 40 start-ups (persons) for the fourth rounds of recruitment exercise to be trained and mentored on basics of in innovation.
Innovate8 is an Israeli sponsored technology hub which acts as a focal point for Innovation Start-up Incubation, Technology Transfer, Knowledge & Skill Impartation, Prototype Development and Fabrication.
The not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation , has a mandate to enhance socio-economic growth and human capital development in Nigeria and beyond; through innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, capacity building and venture creation. As well as to inculcate the culture and instigate the process of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship and venture creation.
The hub has worked with 132 innovators since its inception in the country.
Speaking on the next plan of the centre, the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, Sharren Miriam Haskel-Harpaz, disclosed that the initiative has been able to attract millions of dollars investment into the country.
Haskel-Harpaz said it is part of the efforts to build bridges and people to people connections across the globe.
The Deputy Minister while commending Nigerian youth for their creativity and resilience in the face of all odds, said: “And with the investment of the Tech Fund today that was announced, of a few more millions that were invested in this project, we are happy to announce that we are now opening this project for another 40 startups that will be able to apply now for a new programme and a new internship.
“And I invite the Nigerian brilliant and creative minds to apply to this programme. Where now instead of 20, we’ll have 40 startups that will be able to be chosen. Some of the top ones to make their dream come true.
“To learn the skills on how to develop it and how to produce what they want to advance humanity and to advance your country. I think that this is part of what we’re talking about. The relationship, the government to government, people to people.
“This is what’s building the bridges and strengthening the bonds. It’s important for me also to state and to mention, I’m very happy to come here.”
On the Direct Foreign Investment the initiative has been able to attract, the visiting Foreign Minister said Samsung has invested $250 million on one of the startups, while another one attracted $250,000.
“Yes, we got directly to Tetra, a project called FGCI, it’s $250,000. This is just one project with $250,000, just one of it. You were talking about the graduates. Yes, the graduates and how much investments they were able to bring in. Yes, the graduates, we put, for example, Samsung. Samsung, it’s worth $250 million.
“Samsung bought them. And how much did they invest in it? $250 million. $250 million. Just for another, just one graduate.
“ So I think this is how you need to see it. The investments that we put here in the internship and in teaching them on how to develop their product and how to market it and what comes next.
Three terms, okay, of 20 startups. Okay, now we’re opening the fourth one with the help of the Tetfund and the Minister of Communication. Another 40 startups, but just one that was bought by Samsung brought into this country $250 million, just one of them.
“So it’s remarkable and the sky’s the limit with what is, with innovation and with technology, with healthcare, recycling and building and fashion.”
On expanding the initiative to other part of the country, the Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister said plans are already on going to establish one in Lagos.
She said “So this is the negotiation with the Minister of Technology and Innovation. And we’ve been discussing it. This is a product that’s up and coming.”
Lagos Tech Hub Backed by Israel to be Opened in Lagos
Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship
By: Zagazola Makama
Ambassador Yusuf Mamman, former Nigerian envoy, has lauded the leadership and reforms of retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, former Chief of Army Staff, describing him as a “soldier’s soldier” whose tenure transformed the Nigerian Army’s doctrine, structure, and innovation.
Mamman, who chaired the public presentation of the book Life Principles for Greatness from the Life of Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, said he accepted the role without hesitation because the work offered lessons for Nigeria’s youth.
He recalled that Buratai rose from a cadet in the Nigerian Defence Academy to become Chief of Army Staff at a time the country faced the existential threat of Boko Haram insurgency.
“He came at a very challenging and difficult time in our national history, when Boko Haram posed the biggest existential threat to Nigeria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity since the civil war,” Mamman said.
According to him, Buratai spearheaded deep and profound changes that reshaped military doctrine, operations, and troop welfare, laying the foundation for the ongoing modernisation of the Nigerian Army.
“He never sought to take credit, but his works were very evident and clear. The master plan for the Army’s modernisation we are following today was driven by his vision,” he added.
Mamman also linked Buratai’s example to the need for youth empowerment, noting that Nigeria’s young people are making significant contributions in technology, media, and the creative industry.
“We must give them the enabling environment to harness their creativity for national greatness. Our future relies on the resilience, creativity, and scholarship of our youth,” he said.
The event, held in Abuja Intercontinental Hotel attracted dignitaries including Senior Military Officers, both serving and retired, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, Chairman Senate Committee on Army, and other prominent Nigerians.
Ambassador Mamman hails Buratai’s legacy, urges youth mentorship
Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini in Zamfara community
By: Zagazola Makama
A feared bandit kingpin, Kachalla Alti, has killed a fellow gang leader in Matsuki village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, in what residents described as a deadly supremacy battle.
Zagazola gathered from sources that the incident, which occurred at about 4:45 p.m. on Monday, has left the community tense and largely deserted.
Witnesses said the slain bandit, identified as Dankarami Usaini, 40, a Hausa native of Matsuki, had long operated from the Dangajeru forest, allegedly extorting residents and attacking those who resisted.
According to locals, Dankarami was in the village to collect levies on behalf of Kachalla Alti, the younger brother of notorious armed gang leader, Adamu Alero.
However, discontent had been brewing among residents over the “excessive harassment” by Dankarami. They reportedly reached out to Kachalla Alti to intervene. Kachalla Alti stormed the village with his men and shot Dankarami dead on the spot.
Following the killing, many residents fled to nearby villages, fearing retaliatory attacks from Dankarami’s loyalists.
Local sources said tension remains high, with sporadic gunfire heard in nearby forest routes.
Kachalla Alti kills rival bandit kingpin, Dankarami Usaini in Zamfara community
Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe
By: Zagazola Makama
Police in Gombe State, in collaboration with local hunters, have launched a search for a 60-year-old man abducted by gunmen in Funakaye Local Government Area.
Sources said the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 12:30 a.m., when about seven armed men stormed the Ganti area of Abuku village via Ribadu Bajoga and kidnapped one Muhammadu Lawal to an unknown location.
Upon receiving the report from the village head of Bage, a joint team of police operatives and hunters mobilised to comb nearby communities in an effort to rescue the victim unhurt.
The sources said no arrests had been made as of the time of filing this report.
Police, hunters search for kidnapped septuagenarian in Gombe
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