Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Osun State Government has announced a plan for a statewide surveillance network using artificial intelligence-enabled cameras, drones and radar to monitor security threats across communities, schools, businesses and other public facilities.

Governor Ademola Adeleke, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the initiative is being developed in partnership with Chinese technology company Hefei Shengwen Information Technology Company Limited.

According to a statement by the governor's spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, Mr Adeleke met executives of the company on Monday to discuss and finalise details of the proposed project. The delegation was led by Cai Jianfei, the company's director of international operations, and Nemo G...