The White House AI accord
The recent White House meeting between President Donald Trump and leaders of America’s most powerful artificial-intelligence companies was convened against astonishing advances in frontier AI, reports of systems behaving unexpectedly, fears of cyberattacks and misuse, and an unresolved question: who should police a technology whose consequences may reach every society? Trump initiated the encounter as […]
Expiring vaccine doses at a time of rising infections
LAST week, the Federal Government authorised the destruction of over one million doses of expired Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines.
Expiring vaccine doses at a time of rising infections
Last week, the Federal Government authorised the destruction of over one million doses of expired Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccines. Faisal Shuaib, Head of Nigeria’s National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, explained that the doses which were donated to the country with short shelf life, could not be used before their expiration date. He blamed the development […]
Electoral Bill: NASS, Buhari must get it right
ON Tuesday December 21, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter declining assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 was read on the floors of both chambers of the National Assembly – the Senate and House of Representatives. President Buhari’s veto of the election bill marked the 201st time he was failing to assent to a […]
Why government should encourage Nigerian inventors
Recently, the Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’ Allah, called on the Federal Government to establish a mechanism for assessing Nigerian university professors to determine their contributions to industry and national development. Professor Na’Allah compared being a university professor with being conferred with a chieftaincy title whereby the professor may not do anything […]
20% Police pay increase not enough
THE Federal Executive Council, FEC’s approval of a 20 per cent salary increase for the police with effect from January 1, 2022, commendable as it is, is a mere drop in the ocean. On its own alone, it only scratches the surface in addressing the plight of the average policeman, especially the lowest cadres which […]
