* Melaye: Senate filled with computer-illiterates, calls for re-education of senators | 'Atiku will fall again at Supreme Court' | PDP decries probe of ex-Gov, Ambode | How Mercy cruised into BBNaija final

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 Melaye: Senate filled with computer-illiterates, calls for re-education of senators The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Mela [Preferences](  [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [download](  [Ike]( SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 [***] Melaye: Senate filled with computer-illiterates, calls for re-education of senators [Sen-Dino-Melaye]( The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has called the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan to send all 'analogue' senators to computer schools as he canvassed for digitalization of the senate. Melaye made the call while speaking on the 9th Senate Legislative agenda on Thursday, September 26. "We must also visualize this chamber. We must introduce ICT to all our operations in the National Assembly, particularly in the Senate.[Read more]( [***] [APC-Flag]( Members’ posters for 2023 presidency, ploy to cause distractions, disharmony – APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from posters of its members contesting for 2023 presidency. The APC says that such posters were posted by mischief makers and not from the party members. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, who said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, September 26, said that the party did not have any activity about 2023 elections than to focus on governance. [Read more]( [***] [Buhari-Atiku]( Atiku will fall again at Supreme Court, says BMO The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, rejecting the election of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Supreme Court would fail. BMO in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju in Abuja on Thursday, September 26, described PDP’s appeal as an exercise in futility. [Read more]( [***] [Rochas-Okorocha]( Okorocha: None of my aides has gone into hiding to evade EFCC arrest Former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha has denied reports claiming that some of his aides had gone into hiding to evade arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A media report had claimed that aides of the former governor had disappeared from the state ostensibly to avoid being arrested by personnel of the anti-corruption agency. But Okorocha, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, on Thursday, September 26, described the report as “totally false”. [Read more]( [***] [Lawan-1]( Senate President Lawan proposes elimination of agencies The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has identified the elimination of mergers of some redundant agencies. Lawan in his remarks on the 9th Senate legislative agenda noted that there are close to 700 agencies belonging to FG. He said: "The current number of agencies of government is simply too much and unnecessary. We close to 700 agencies of government. Many of them only live on a budget. They have no function to perform. [Read more]( [***] [Governor-Akinwunmi-Ambode]( Ambode: PDP condemns probe of ex-Gov at Lagos Assembly The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has condemned the recent protest at the state House of Assembly, calling for the probe of former Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode. A statement by Mr Taofik Gani, Lagos PDP spokesperson on Thursday, September 26, in Lagos, said that the protest lacked sincerity of purpose and obviously calculated at embarrassing Ambode. [Read more]( [***] [IMG 20190716 230126]( [***] [whistleblower]( Seven most alarming claims in the whistleblower complaint against Trump White House officials were immediately spooked by President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukraine’s president, and their concerns prompted a whistleblower complaint from an intelligence official. The complaint, which was released Thursday morning, details Trump’s efforts to pressure Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which first revealed Russian hacks of the Democratic National Committee. [Read more]( [***] [pompeo-agaist-chemical-weapons]( 'It was chlorine': Mike Pompeo accuses Bashar Assad of using chemical weapons Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces used chemical weapons during an assault against the final rebel-held region of the country, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The United States has concluded that the Assad regime used chlorine as a chemical weapon on May 19th,” Pompeo told reporters at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “The United States will not allow these attacks to go unchallenged, nor will we tolerate those who choose to conceal these atrocities.” [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [google-doodle-celebration]( Google celebrates 21st birthday with a Doodle According to U.S law, Google is legal! Well, to buy a beer anyway. While the legality of some of its other activities is a point of contention among certain state and federal entities, the web giant is celebrating its 21st birthday on Friday with a retro Doodle. The Doodle shows you what a typical desktop computer looked like 21 years ago when Stanford Ph.D. students and Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page published a paper called The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine. In it, the pair outlined Google, a prototype "large-scale search engine" that had a database of "at least 24 million pages." [Read more]( [***] [woman hacker food]( Food delivery service DoorDash hacked Food delivery services are all the rage these days. Apparently, people are so averse to leaving their home, that they are willing to pay a premium to get meals driven to them. But wait, is that really a new trend? Pizzerias, for instance, have been delivering pies for years. Y eah, but that was driven by an employee of the restaurant. These days, services like Grubhub and DoorDash allow pretty much anyone with a car to be the go-between -- there is no vetting by the restaurant. Your delivery driver could be a psychopath -- lord knows what he/she is doing to your food. [Read more]( [***] Hospital blues: Some days are like that [DR-KNOW-300x200]( Working in a hospital sure has its peculiarities. You remain an emotional freak until you learn to manage the diversities of scenarios in the hospital. Until you achieve that state, your lots will be a roller coaster of emotions. One moment the exhalation of a life saved and the other moment, the gloom of a life lost. But then, work must go on. Today, we would look at some interesting times. On clinic days, I get asked questions that range from the mundane to the absurd. The questions are often multi-dimensional and to describe some as controversial is an understatement. Here are samples Must my baby look like my husband? [Read more]( [***] [banner]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Gernot-Rohr]( Rohr picks Azeez, Olayinka for Brazil game, as Omeruo, Abdullahi, Awaziem return Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has invited midfielder Ramon Azeez and forward Peter Olayinka into Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the Oct. 13 friendly with five-times world champions Brazil in Singapore on Sunday. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), disclosed in a statement on Thursday, September 26. He said that Rohr is also having defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Abdullahi Shehu and Chidozie Awaziem back from injury. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [healthcare-professional-looking-at-medical-scans]( AI just as good at diagnosing illness as humans The first systematic review and meta-analysis of its kind finds that artificial intelligence (AI) is just as good at diagnosing a disease based on a medical image as healthcare professionals. However, more high quality studies are necessary. A new article examines the existing evidence in an attempt to determine whether AI can diagnose illnesses as effectively as healthcare professionals. [Read more]( [***] [concept-image-of-circadian-clock]( Body clock influences how well the immune system works New research in mice has found that the immune system does not respond equally well at different times of the day. This suggests that the body clock may influence mechanisms related to immunity. Circadian rhythms, which people commonly refer to as "body clocks," are the body's automatic means of adjusting biological mechanisms, such as hunger and the need for sleep, according to natural rhythms, such as the day-night cycle. Body clocks also regulate other "self-drive" mechanisms, including breathing, heartbeat, and body temperature. 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