VIEWPOINT IS ON EVOLUTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IT IS WRITTEN BY ADURAGBEMI AKINLADE OF OUR PROGRAMMES DEPARTMENT. Artificial intelligence, (AI) has been on a transformative journey over the past few decades, evolving at a pace that few could have predicted, from its humble beginnings as a concept in computer science to its current state as…
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the Federal Government cannot stop funding universities in the country as it is constitutional. He made this known to the newsmen on Thursday. “There is no way the Federal Government of Nigeria would say they would not fund public universities…
A commuter vehicle encountered a roadside improvised explosive device ambush on KARETO Road in the Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. The suspected IED is believed to have been laid for troops by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), to be followed by a gun attack. One passenger was killed,…
Spanish police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually assaulting a female journalist, Isa Balado, while she was live on television. Balado was reporting on a Madrid robbery on Tuesday when the man walked up and appeared to touch her bottom, which he denied when she confronted him. Ms Balado tried to continue but was…
Nigerian award-winning singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor popularly known as Rema has expressed his hope to collaborate with American music superstars like Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion. Rema made this known following his successful smash-hit with Selena Gomez, ‘Calm Down.’ In a brief interview with Hollywood Reporter at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards…
Italian international Marco Verratti has signed for Qatari club Al Arabi, his new club and his former team, Paris Saint-Germain, announced on Wednesday. Al Arabi posted a video on social media showing the midfielder in club colours. Qatari-owned PSG released a statement thanking Verratti for his 11 years at the club. Verratti “played a major…
The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party Senatorial candidate, Michael Auta, seeking to invalidate the victory of the Kaduna-South Senator, Sunday Marshall Katung. The three-man justices, in a unanimous judgment, stated that the candidate of the LP failed to provide substantial evidence to prove the…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Oyo State Government has been maintaining a culture of transparency and accountability to engage the state and non-state actors in health sector for improved healthcare service delivery. Head of Service in the state, Mrs Olubunmi Oni disclosed this in Ibadan at the dissemination of the state ministry of health accountability framework and…
The partner of the late Nigerian artiste, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, has disclosed the singer “struggled till death”. The lady, identified as Wunmi, also claimed that the singer was never “happy for a whole day”. Wunmi, who took to her Instagram handle @c33why to share a picture of the baby she had with the…
The Southern Indian state of Kerala has issued an alert after it confirmed that two people have died from the rare Nipah virus. One of the deaths occurred earlier this month while the other took place on 30 August, both in the state’s Kozhikode district, officials said. Two relatives of a victim have also tested…