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Google has promised not to use AI for weapons, following protests over its partnership with the US military. A decision to provide machine-learning tools to analyse drone footage caused some employees to resign. Google told employees last week it would not renew its contract … Read more...

The African Democratic Congress, which has been adopted by Obasanjo, has warned the Federal Government that it will shut down the Presidential Villa if Obasanjo is harmed. The Chairman of the ADC, Chief Okey Nwosu, said this during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Friday. Nwosu...

Alhaji Jamiu Abiola, son of the late presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, has claimed that he once begged former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, to honour his father for the sacrifices he made for democracy in Nigeria but was ignored. According to …...

Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, has formally expressed his interest in contesting in the 2019 presidential election. The 57-year-old made the announcement in Enugu on Friday, June 8, 2018, without disclosing the platform he’ll use to contest. When former president, Olusegun...

The Peoples Democratic Party has said it is alarmed by the revelation of Obasanjo that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government is plotting to arrest him on alleged trumped up charges in order to detain him indefinitely. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity …...

A former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife has warned against alleged plans by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to frame-up former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. This is sequel to the outcry by Obasanjo in a statement released on Friday alleging that Buhari … Read...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd Matthew Hassan Kukah has said that the desperation by politicians for public office is the reason they are turning the country into a killing field ahead of the 2019 polls. Speaking with Daily … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to stop levying spurious allegations against the national leadership of the party. The embattled Imo State governor had alleged that the National Chairman of the APC, … Read more via...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said they have recorded 62 Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during this latest outbreak, with 38 confirmations and 27 deaths. Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response of WHO, Dr Peter Salama reported in...

President Donald Trump has deleted a tweet where he referred to Somalia as ‘Somolia’ on Friday, June 8, 2018. President Trump‘s knowledge of the African country known as Somalia has been questioned. Trump deleted a tweet where he referred to Somalia … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

A Trader and mother of three, Kehinde Akanmo, 34, has petitioned the Mushin Grade A Customary Court, seeking the dissolution of her marriage of 18 years to Adewale Akanmo over alleged attempt to use her for money ritual... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2y2LzW2 Get More Nigeria...

A member of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Inspector Idowu Haruna, yesterday told an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, how Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, used a soldier as a decoy during his kidnap spree in Lagos... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

First, it was Uganda with their N20 per day to use social media. Next, we read that Tanzanian bloggers would have to pay $900/ year to operate. Now, in Zambia, there is a speculation that WhatsApp group … Read more via MissTechy – https://ift.tt/2LAaMco Get more World News

Counterpoint research reports that after Apple’s solid run at the top in Q1 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus outsold iPhone X in the first month of Q2. And it isn’t just the S9 Plus, ots smaller sibling, the Galaxy S9 shared the top spot with it. In Q1 … Read more via MobilityArena –...

A cheiftan of the Yoruba social cultural association, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, while commending President Muhammadu Buhari for honouring the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, however, told the President that … Read more via The...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode Factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr. Fouad Oki, yesterday, alleged a Southwest governor and the lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Bayo Oshinowo, … Read more via...

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom, in this interview with GBENRO ADEOYE and other journalists, speaks on 2019 elections and on the executive bill on water resources sent to the Senate, among others Some people believe that without a strong political coalition or merger of opposition parties...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed concerns over the alarm by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the Federal Government plans to arrest Mr Obasanjo on trumped up charges. Mr Obasanjo raised the alarm on Friday through a statement by his spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi...

Nigeria Police After days of rampage by youths of Umudagu, Mbaitoli Local Council of Imo State, over the alleged abduction and killing of one 22-year-old Ifeanyi Ogu, the police in the state have restored order in the community. The Guardian gathered … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

There are growing concerns over the whereabouts of Michael Adikwu and Kayode Opadokun, two of the arrowheads of the Offa bank robbery. In a press statement on Sunday to update the public with details of the investigation into the robbery and the invitation to Senate President Bukola Saraki …...