* New partnership launched to boost food security in Nigeria, 10 African countries * Atiku mocks Buhari * Qualcomm set to shake up chip market

APRIL 10, 2019 'You are obssessed with me, focus on defending your fraudulent victory' - Atiku mocks Buhari The presidential candidate of the People [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st news logo real](  [ipower]( APRIL 10, 2019 [***] [Atiku-and-Buhari]( 'You are obssessed with me, focus on defending your fraudulent victory' - Atiku mocks Buhari The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has issued a rebuttal to claims by the campaign office of President Muhammadu Buhari over claims that he should be in prison if the system was working well in Nigeria. Atiku also dismissed allegations by the team of the president that he spent $30,000 to hire a US lobby group to persuade the US Congress to stop the inauguration of President Buhari. [Read more]( [***] [Agriculture-in-Nigeria]( New partnership launched to boost food security in Nigeria, 10 African countries A new partnership to boost food security in Nigeria and 10 other African countries by using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery to measure and predict crop yields, has been launched in New York. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that effect was formed in New York between Atlas AI and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and other partners. [Read more]( [***] [Rochas-Okorocha]( 'Igbos should forget 2023 Presidency' - Okorocha warns The outgoing governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has warned the Igbo people to forget about the idea of running for the presidency in 2023. Okorocha further stated the presidential race would be between the north and the southwest. Okorocha, who gave the advice while giving an update on political development in Imo state on Wednesday, April 10 said the southeast may no longer be represented at the All Progressives Congress national discussion. [Read more]( [***] [APC]( Supreme Court strikes out appeal on Kwara APC leadership tussle The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 10 struck out an appeal challenging the dissolution of the state Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara by Adams Oshiomhole. The appeal filed by Ishola Fulani, the Chairman of the dissolved Executive Committee was struck out on the ground that it lacked merit. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola who delivered the ruling held that the notice of appeal and manner it was brought before the court violated section 14 of the fourth Alteration Act of the 1999 constitution. [Read more]( [***] [adebayo-shittu]( NYSC Certificate: Shittu knows fate Thursday The Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday, April 10 revealed it will deliberate on the case between Communication Minister, Adebayo Shittu and All Progressives Congress (APC) over the party’s primary election on Thursday, April 11. The minister, a member of the APC, had dragged the party to court, seeking redress for allegedly being denied participation in the governorship primary election in Oyo state in the recent general elections in the country. [Read more]( [***] [Olusola-Adeyeye]( Zamfara Killings: '1999 Constitution cannot guarantee peace' - Sen Adeyeye The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Olusola Adeyeye has blamed the ongoing security crisis in Zamfara State on the structure of policing as established by the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. The Senator stated this on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, while reacting to a motion moved by Sen. Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara), on the need to create intervention funds in the 2019 appropriation to take care of humanitarian crises in the state occasioned by armed bandits. [Read more]( [***] [PZ advert]( [***] [military-New Zealand]( New Zealand Parliament vote to ban military-style weapons in ChristChurch shooting aftermath Just 26 days after the tragic mass shooting and killing of 50 people at two mosques in the city of ChristChurch, MPs in New Zealand have voted resoundingly to ban military-style weapons. The bill will ban all automatic and semi-automatic weapons including components that modify existing weapons. The MPs voted 119 to 1 in favour of the bill. [Read more]( [***] [Trump-Moon Jae-in]( Moon rushes to Trump summit to revive North Korea talks South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be looking to save the North Korean denuclearization process when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, April 11. With tensions once again building on the Korean Peninsula after the breakdown of Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in February, Moon plans to propose a deal he thinks would be acceptable to both Washington and Pyongyang. [Read more]( [***] [assange]( Julian Assange has suffered extended spying operation - WikiLeaks WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson has said some select individuals in Spain threatened to leak a 'massive trove of documents' gathered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The documents include videos, photos, and audio captured inside the embassy and further documents. The editor-in-chief claims Assange has had to endure an 'extensive spying operation' during his asylum tenure inside the Ecuadoran embassy in London, according to statements made in a press conference.[Read more]( [***] [Access Bank]( [***] [Technology]( [flyingcar]( Flying cars are most efficient for long distance travel Air travel has always been considered a superior mode of transport but we often think of Airplanes in that sense. Now, flying cars are being promoted as a great mode of transport for its efficiency on long trips; at least in theory. Air travel takes an enormous amount of energy. You have to lift something heavy into the air and keep it there for a good while. This is often faster but rarely more efficient than ground transportation. It lets gravity do the hard work. [Read more]( [***] [Qualcomm]( Qualcomm launches Cloud AI 100 chip to shake up market Qualcomm is sending shivers in the spines of competitors; Intel, and Nvidia as it introduces first silicon tailor-made processor for artificial intelligence (AI), the Cloud AI 10. It unveiled the Cloud AI 100 accelerator, which it built from the ground up and will offer more than 10x the performance per watt compared to the current AI inference solutions on the market, according to Qualcomm; a subtle shade of Nvidia's Tesla T4 series and Google Edge TPU inference chips. [Read more]( [***] [***] [uber-IPO]( Uber seeks record $10bn IPO in biggest tech float since Alibaba Uber, the ride-hailing firm may be selling over $10bn worth of stock in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO), in what will be the biggest tech float since that of Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba in 2014. ALSO READ: Uber launches Uber Freight as it expands into Europe Reuters reported the company is seeking to sell $10bn of shares and make the registration of the float public on Thursday. [Read more]( [***] [accenture]( Accenture prepares to buy French cloud consulting firm Accenture has announced its plans to acquire Cirruseo, a French cloud consulting firm that specializes in Google cloud intelligence services. The terms of the deal are undisclosed as yet. Accenture says that Cirruseo’s strength and deep experience in Google’s cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions should help as Accenture expands its own AI practice. [Read more]( [***] [kurian]( Freshly minted Google cloud CEO talks customer relationship, startups Once Thomas Kurian sat into his role as Google Cloud CEO, he began having hundreds of meetings. They were mainly to find out what current and prospective customers really wanted. The product was par excellent, 'the best of the best' as he described it; but the idea now bordered on getting more people to adopt it. So that’s the first order of business at Google Cloud now. Kurian, who came to Google Cloud after 22 years at Oracle, said that the team is rolling out new contracts. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [infertility]( Is infertility a disease? In a very interesting brief discussion in BioNews, Hane Maung, of Lancaster University, asks whether government funding for fertility treatment should be framed as fighting disease. Describing infertility as a disease has some strong supporters. The World Health Organization considers infertility to be “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse”. [Read more]( [***] [HIV]( This new HIV Vaccine could expose latent virus and kill it Antiretroviral therapy may soon be obsolete, as scientists have successfully used immune cells to kick the dormant form of HIV out of its hiding place and destroy it. The findings may soon lead to an HIV vaccine.According to recent estimates, around 1.1 million people in the United States have HIV. With the help of antiretroviral therapy, over half of these people now have a very low level of the virus.This means that they can no longer transmit it to other people. [Read more]( [***] [whitening-teeth]( Using whitening strips may damage your teeth Teeth are an important part of physical appearance for many people, and they want to show a bright white smile. However, a new study reveals that many tooth whitening products can damage the teeth.Studies have shown that most human teeth are not naturally pearl-white. In reality, most teeth are different shades and hues that tend towards yellow. Nor are teeth uniformly colored. [Read more]( [***] [AIRTEL]( [***] [Sport]( [Messi]( Can Man U stop Messi and his Barca storm troopers? "I don’t think Barcelona are as good as they were. When we went into it, we knew if we got 25 per cent possession we’d be happy.""It was all about concentration. So many quality players, Messi, Xavi, [Andres] Iniesta of that era. "I don’t think they have that many players as good as them but still they’ve got some real quality." [Read more]( [***] [Justice-Court]( ‘Ebola’ allegedly beats woman into coma A traditional boxer, Abdur-Rasaq, popularly called ‘Ebola’ on Wednesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court I, sitting at Chediya, GRA Zaria, Kaduna State, for allegedly beating up a woman till she fell into a coma. Abdur-Rasaq, 24, who resides at Kawo area of Kaduna is charged with assault and causing grievous hurt. 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