Obidient Movement queries INEC’s proposed deployment of AI for 2027 elections
Obidient Movement has questioned the proposed deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the 2027 elections by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The movement, in a statement issued by its Worldwide Coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko, said that the commission had yet to sufficiently explain how the technology would work. Tanko also expressed concerns over the commission’s […]
Alaoji power plant 80% ready
THE first phase of the 1074 Megawatts (Mw) power plant at Umuobasi-Ukwu, near Alaoji in Abia State, one of those being constructed under the National Integrated Power Programme (NIPP) have achieved 85 per cent completion with indications that one of the turbines could be fired in the next eight months.
ACF blames Boko Haram on poverty
By Emeka Mamah The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has reviewed the bloody Boko Haram saga in parts of the North and traced activities of the Muslim religious sect to what it described as the prevailing harsh economic situation in the country. The group noted, however, that it was concerned over the seeming extra-judicial killing of […]
MEND rules out money-for-arms surrender
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said late Tuesday that its disarmament would not be in exchange for money as the opening of a government amnesty offer window was due in less than 48 hours. “When we choose to disarm, it will be done freely, knowing that the reason for our […]
Yar’Adua’s govt inept, rudderless – el-Rufai
Former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has described the President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration as inept and rudderless, regretting that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was misled into supporting Yar’Adua in 2007.
Lagos LGs: Fashola mischievous —FG
AN end to the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and the Lagos State government over the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state may not be in sight as the Federal Government came hard on the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, when it described the action of the Governor on the creation of the LCDAs as not only mischievous but also as an attempt to distract the central government from implementing its Seven-Point agenda.
