Google is scrapping an outside council set up to evaluate its artificial intelligence efforts after a dramatic outcry about the makeup of the panel. The Alphabet Inc. company introduced the group, called the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC), on March 26. Google asked the eight members to advise the company on knotty ethical questions … Read more
The pilots of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 were unable to regain control of their plane despite “repeated” attempts to follow Boeing procedures, an interim report has found. The Boeing 737 Max aircraft failed to gain altitude and nose-dived into the ground shortly after take off from Addis Ababa on 10 March, with the loss of … Read more
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is offering Democrats new information in a bid to stay out of jail while he cooperates with Congress. Cohen’s attorneys Lanny Davis and Michael Monico told lawmakers in a letter Thursday that Cohen has discovered substantial files on a hard drive that might be helpful to … Read more
Sixty-two people were killed this week in jihadist attacks and subsequent intercommunal clashes in north Burkina Faso, a minister said Wednesday. “There were 62 deaths,” Simeon Sawadogo, minister for territorial administration, said of the violence between Sunday and Tuesday in Arbina commune, near the Mali border. “We have 32 dead because of the terrorists. We … Read more
An escalation of the United States and China trade war would drive manufacturing away from both countries and likely cause job losses, but would not change their total trade balances, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report showed yesterday. The United States and China would see “sizable” losses in manufacturing as capacity moves toward Mexico, … Read more
Following the Five Nigerians arrested for robbery in Dubai. Nigerian passport holders are no eligible to three months UAE tourist visa. According to Africholiday, Nigeria passport holders are now restricted to 1 month 96 hours and 48 hours UAE tourist Visa till further notice.
The Government of Japan has released $1.5million to fund community stabilisation activities in the North-East region of Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the funds would be utilised through an ongoing programme launched in 2016 and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria. The interventions being implemented in the … Read more
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of three Commissioners of Police, Jona Mava, Olushola David and Titus Larmode, to the next rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). The Commission also promoted 8,913 senior Police officers to their next substantive ranks to fill existing vacancies. A statement by the PSC spokesman, Ikechukwu … Read more
A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections, according to exit polls. They say Volodymyr Zelenskiy—who played the president on TV— received 30.4% of the vote, with current leader Petro Poroshenko second on 17.8%. The two, who have expressed largely pro-EU opinions, are … Read more
Pope Francis told the tiny Catholic community in predominantly Muslim Morocco on Sunday that their mission was not to covert their neighbours but to live in brotherhood with other faiths. Francis has used his two-day trip to stress inter-faith dialogue. He has also backed Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s efforts to spread a form of Islam … Read more
South Africa’s foreign minister has called an urgent meeting with ambassadors following attacks against foreigners in Durban. Early on Monday morning three people died amid protests targeting shops, many of which are foreign-owned. Around 50 people sought shelter at a police station when a group of unemployed South Africans forced them out of their … Read more
North Korea has described a break-in at its embassy in Spain last month as a “grave terrorist attack”. In its first official comment, the government demanded an investigation and said it was closely watching rumours that the FBI had played a role. On Wednesday a group committed to ousting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, … Read more
Britain’s exit from the European Union was in disarray after the implosion of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy left her under pressure from rival factions to leave without a deal, go for an election or forge a much softer divorce. After one of the most tumultuous weeks in British politics since the 2016 … Read more
Arab leaders meeting in Tunis have issued a renewed call for the establishment of a Palestinian state and condemned a move by the United States to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. Held in Tunisia’s capital, the 30th Arab League summit kicked off on Sunday against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, serious … Read more
Russia recently sent two military planes full of troops and equipment to Venezuela. It’s a move that could provoke a strong response from the United States and potentially plunge the South American nation into further chaos. Around 100 Russians landed outside of Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, with unidentified equipment on Saturday. It’s not entirely clear … Read more
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named a caretaker cabinet yesterday, as he grapples with a political crisis following weeks of protests demanding he end his 20-year rule. Serving Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will head the administration, private Ennahar TV reported. Seeking to defuse the demonstrations, Bouteflika had said on March 11 he was dropping plans … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines say the black box of the crashed Boeing 737 MAX-8 jet that killed all 157 people on board has been recovered. In a statement issued on Monday, Ethiopian Airlines said two devices, the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder, were recovered from the crash site. “The Digital Flight Data Recorder(DFDR) … Read more
THE International Christian Concern, ICC has debunked rumors in the social media about the death of 15-year old Christian Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, abducted in 2019 by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa, Nathan Johnson, said that reliably information obtained by his organisation revealed that Leah and Alice Loksha, a UNICEF workers … Read more
A Nigerian Professor Pius Adesanmi Is on board the Ethiopian Air that crashed earlier today. Pius Adesanmi, popular Nigerian professor and columnist based in Canada, was on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the early hours of Sunday, Ekohotblog confirms. @pius_adesanmi According to a Twitter hadle @johnooba wrote : I just got information … Read more
Toni Iwobi, a Nigerian IT entrepreneur who has spent 38 years in Italy, has been elected as the first black senator in the European country. He was elected in the industrial city of Brescia in northern Italy. “Friends, it is with great emotion that I inform you that I was elected senator of the Republic!” he … Read more