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 Following yesterday gubernatorial election in Osun State, South Western, Nigeria, Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of People Democratic Party, PDP, as the Winner of the election. Adeleke, a one term Senator pulled 403,364 votes, while the incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola of All Progressive Congress pulled 374,827 votes. The Governor elect won in 17 of the 30 Local government Areas of the state.  This election was a rematch of the 2018 election, where the outgoing governor was able to win with a few hundreds of votes after a rerun was organised by INEC.  In the mean time congratulatory messages have been coming in for the Governor Elect. One of such messages was from the President, Muhammadu Buhari, who has congratulated Mr Adeleke, and also promised Nigeria a credible electoral system as he enters the twilight of his administration. Mr Jackson Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke is a sibling to the Chairman of Pacific Holdings, Dr. Adedeji Ade...

 The world has made tremendous progress on the issue of AI. It is now an essential and an integral part of human life. Different level of societal fabrics is now engaging in the competitive development of strategies, policies and plans for the development, usage and governance of artificial intelligence. The technical progress that has happened in terms of automation powered by machine and deep learning, which is a result of great improvement in the computational power and data that can be used by AI system have increased the usage of AI in real world. This vast area of usage has made AI possesses vast positive and negative consequences for the society at large. It has also resulted in spirited debate on the directions that policies should follow for its management. People like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have posited that few companies will dominate the society, while Vladimir Putin is of the view that “whoever becomes leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world” (A...

 The effects of the continuous progress that comes with artificial intelligence on the society and economy is tremendous. This progress comes with vertical and horizontal changes to all existing industries, expanding the present products and services lines and facilitating the emergence of new ones. It also enhances productivity, ensuring job loss and job creation. This innovation is now gradually becoming the source of invention and being refers to here as invention of the method of invention as postulated by Alfred North Whitehead. While there has been argument on the legality of AI having a patent right as seen in the case of DABUS AI, AI is now known to possess the capacity of invention, and there is need for right policy that will ensure right incentive. If this dynamic is not recognising and continue with the existing approach of human been the source of invention it will not only limit the positive benefits of IMI but maintain the negative implications of retain such approac...

  An open day event was held by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on Friday to brief international audiences on the progress of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project and the life of workers there from a 360-degree multifaceted perspective. ABUJA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- An open day event was held by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), which is affiliated with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), on Friday to brief international audiences on the progress of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project and the life of workers there from a 360-degree multifaceted perspective. Themed "Working Together for Connected Future", the event was presented with vlog and cloud livestreaming. Yakubu Adogie, an external liaison officer with the project, introduced it and guided international viewers on a virtual tour around the entrance hall and dispatch center of Lagos Railway Station. Photo taken on March 7, 2017 shows the scene of a ground bre...

The Washington Post on Wednesday published the final column written by Jamal Khashoggi before his disappearance on Oct. 2 in Istanbul, Turkey. Karen Attiah, Khashoggi’s editor at the Post, said in an introduction that she received the column from the Saudi journalist’s translator and assistant on the day after he was reported missing. In the column, Khashoggi discussed the imperative of fostering a free press in the Middle East. The journalist cited the  2018 “Freedom in the World” report , which classified many countries in the so-called Arab world as “not free.” “As a result, Arabs living in these countries are either uninformed or misinformed,” Khashoggi wrote. He continued: “They are unable to adequately address, much less publicly discuss, matters that affect the region and their day-to-day lives. A state-run narrative dominates the public psyche, and while many do not believe it, a large majority of the population falls victim to this false narra...

A former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), 13 former governors and seven ex- ministers have been barred from travelling out of the country under  Executive Order 6 (EO6) issued yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari. The restriction followed the judicial affirmation of the constitutionality and legality of the Executive Order 6 (EO6). The watch-list and restriction were put in place pending the conclusion of the cases against those affected. Also on the watch list seen last night by The Nation are: ex-governors Saminu Turaki (Jigawa), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Adebayo Alao-Akala (Oyo), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Rasheed Ladoja (Oyo), Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia), Danjuma Goje (Gombe), Attahiru Bafarawa (Sokoto), Muazu Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Gbenga Daniel (Ogun); and Ibrahim Shehu Shema (Katsina). The ex-ministers are Nenadi Usman, Bashir Yuguda, Jumoke Akinjide; Bala Mohammed; Abba Moro; Femi Fani-Kayode; and Ahmadu Fi...

EFCC seizes N1b gold at Abuja airport, goes after rich suspects The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized gold worth about $3,131,412.39 (N1,127,308,460.39) being allegedly exported to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, illegally. EFCC named Abba Ali Yahaya as the brain behind the deal. Apart from impounding his passport, about €112,000 undeclared by Abba, has also been forfeited over alleged violation of the nation’s Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act. The precious metal was handed over to the suspect by a syndicate of illegal miners operating in Zamfara State. The anti-graft agency is already on the trail of four members of the said syndicate said to have perfected ways of beating security agencies at the nation’s airports. According to a document sighted by The Nation, the suspect, who admitted to be a courier, was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by EFCC operatives led by a crack female detective. It was gathered that the suspect had es...