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JUNE 30, 2019 ECOWAS adopts ECO as name of single currency The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday , June 29 adopted ECO a [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [1sq quote3 JEFF BEZOS]( JUNE 30, 2019 [***] ECOWAS adopts ECO as name of single currency [ECOWAS]( The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Saturday , June 29 adopted ECO as the name of the single currency to be issued in January 2020. The leaders at their 55th Ordinary Session in Abuja endorsed the name while congratulating the Ministerial Committee on the Single Currency for the considerable progress recorded in the implementation of the revised roadmap. 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Governors Ifeanyi Okowa and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Delta and Lagos respectively, are equally to be part of the delegation. [Read more]( [***] [Adeseye-Ogunlewe]( I’ve no regrets dumping PDP, says Ogunlewe A former Minister of Works, Sen. Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Saturday, June 28 said he had no regrets dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ogunlewe made the declaration in an interview in Lagos. "I have no regrets dumping the PDP. I feel at home in APC, it is a better party with good plans for Nigerians,’’ he said. Ogunlewe had made his intention known in May to dump PDP over the leadership crisis rocking the party in the state. [Read more]( [***] [NERC]( NERC seeks tertiary institution’s assistance to improve power supply Prof James Momoh, Chairman Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has called on tertiary institutions in Nigeria to carry out researches and innovations to improve power supply in the country. 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The choices we make today about how to govern AI will determine whether our future resembles dystopian science fiction, or something akin to Star Trek, where trustworthy AIs help bring out the very best in humanity. In the past when technologists and business leaders spoke of “digital transformation,” they had mobile applications or cloud computing in mind. Now they mean AI. [Read more]( [***] [Scott]( Scott Morrison wins G20 support to root out terrorist content online The world’s leaders have pushed social media giants to root out terrorism and violent extremist content to protect everyone using the internet. The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, earned a significant victory at the G20 summit by convincing all leaders of the world’s major economies to agree to take action, inspired by the live-streamed Christchurch massacre. 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