Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja sacking Mr. Christian Abah as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadigbo Federal Constituency of Benue State. Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja had in his judgment delivered on February 8, 2016 sacked Abah for submitting a forged certificate of academic qualification to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The judge had ordered the INEC to issue fresh certificate of return to Abah’s first runner-up in the Peoples Democratic Party’s primary election held on December 6, 2014,…
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The first reviews of the newly released Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti came out on Thursday, and by all accounts this card has performed beyond expectations. Nvidia’s new GPU can perform 35 percent faster than its GTX 1080, the company has claimed. Based on Nvidia’s Pascal architecture, this flagship gaming GPU includes next-gen 11-Gbps GDDR5X memory, and an 11-GB frame buffer. The GTX 1080 Ti, which will be available soon for $699, is even faster and more powerful than the more expensive Titan X Pascal. Source: Techy
Ramon Oladimeji Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of sums of N3,468,933,487.8 and $67, 586.27 found in possession of the Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam, and 11 others. Also ordered by the judge to be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government are three petrol stations and a residential building located in Lagos, said to be owned by Abdusalam and others. According to court papers, the affected residential building is located at No. 5, Sobo Arobiodu Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos; while the three petrol station are…
The subject of centuries of scrutiny and debate, Mona Lisa’s famous smile is routinely described as ambiguous. But is it really that hard to read? Apparently not. In an unusual trial, close to 100 percent of people described her expression as unequivocally “happy,” researchers revealed today(Friday). “We really were astonished,” neuroscientist Juergen Kornmeier of the University of Freiburg in Germany, who co-authored the study, told AFP. Kornmeier and a team used what is arguably the most famous artwork in the world in a study of factors that influence how humans judge visual cues such as facial expressions. Known as La…
Autonomous delivery robots will be able to travel on sidewalks, crosswalks and shared-use paths throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia this summer. Gov. Terry McAullife recently signed a law permitting the use of Starship Technologies’ Personal Delivery Devices, or PDDs. The six-wheeled robots, which resemble coolers, are designed to deliver parcels, groceries and food within a two-mile radius in 15-30 minutes. The PDDs weigh about 40 pounds and can carry a workload of up to 20 pounds. They travel at 4 mph. Source: Techy
The World Bank Group on Thursday revealed that it was working towards a financial package of more than $1.6 billion to build social protection systems, as well as fight the devastating levels of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen. Its President, Jim Yong Kim, gave the hint in Washington D.C. where he stated that […] World Bank mobilises $1.6bn for Nigeria, Yemen, Sudan to tackle hunger Source: Business
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has commended federal government’s effort through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in prospecting for oil in Benue Trough of the Gongola basin. He stated this on Thursday when he visited the site of oil prospecting at Barambo village in Alkaleri local government area of Bauchi State. The prospecting activity in […] Governor Abubakar visits oil prospecting site, commends FG’s commitment Source: Business
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will Friday hold a fresh meeting with Etisalat Nigeria and a consortium of banks over the failure of the telecom company to pay back N541.8billion loan taken from the banks. The banks – Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank – have […] Debt: CBN, NCC to meet with Etisalat, banks Friday Source: Business
The latest release of Black Lab Linux, an Ubuntu 16.04-based distribution, adds a Unity desktop option. You will not find Unity offered by any other major — or nearly any minor — Linux distributor outside of Ubuntu. Black Lab Linux 8.0, the consumer version of PC/OpenSystems’ flagship distro, also updates several other prominent desktop options. Black Lab Linux is a general purpose community distribution for home users and SMBs. Black Lab Enterprise Linux, its commercial counterpart, targets businesses that want support services. Source: Techy
Organizers of a new $50 million boxing tournament unveiled plans Thursday for the World Boxing Super Series, a September-to-May event with two weight classes of fighters chasing the Muhammad Ali Trophy. Berlin-based Sauerland Promotions, Swedish media company Modern Times Group and Swiss-based event marketing firm Highlight Event and Entertainment have united behind the project as Swiss-registered Comosa AG, officials said at the announcement in New York. “It is Comosa’s ambition to turn the World Boxing Super Series into the world’s biggest and best boxing tournament,” said Roberto Dalmiglio, Comosa’s management board director. But there were no deals for fighters announced…