Lukman Shobowale

The debate about the impact of new technology, particularly AI, on society continues to rage. Last month, for example, the current front runner to replace Jerry Brown as Californian Governor in 2018,  Gavin Newsom  – traditionally one of Silicon Valley’s most vocal supporters –  warned  graduating computer science students at UC Berkeley about the duty to “exercise their moral authority” to improve society. “This is code red, a firehose, a tsunami, that’s coming our way,” he said about the impact of new technology on jobs and inequality. So is Newsom right? Is the job of entrepreneurs and technologists, in his words, to “exercise their moral authority”? To answer this question, and to talk more generally about the impact of AI on employment, I sat down with the co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy,  Andrew McAfee . One of the world’s leading authorities on the economic consequences of new technology, McAfee is also the co-author of t...

…meet to address restructuring, economy, others …say herdsmen like B’Haram •Move bad for us –Cattle rearers Adelani Adepegba, ARUKAINO UMUKORO and TOBI AWORINDE South-West, South-East, South-South and Middle Belt leaders on Saturday, united against the threat of Fulani herdsmen and called for a new fiscal formula that would move Nigeria from its current dependence on oil and gas revenues to a fully diversified economy. The leaders admonished the Federal Government to immediately disarm all herdsmen in the country and bring an end to the terror unleashed on farmers by the nomads. During the consultative meeting held in Abuja, Chief Edwin Clark led the South-South delegation; Chief Ayo Adebanjo led the South-West delegation; Gen. Ike Nwachukwu led the South-East delegation while Prof. Jerry Gana, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman, former Governor Idris Wada and Gen. David Jemibewon (retd.) led the Middle Belt delegation. Also at the summit were Chief Olu Falae, Prof. Banji Akintoye, Chief Alber...

Alleged side chick and budding actress, Rosaline Meurer took to Instagram to thank God for giving her the opportunity to attend the African Movie Academy Awards 2017 which took place in Lagos last night. She also insinuated all allegations about her being Tonto Dikeh's ex-husband's side chick are lies. She wrote: "AMAA 2017! Thank you lord, with all the bad publicity and lies y'all got me here �� walking majestically on all the stones y'all be throwing at me. Climbed them all and got to the top. ��� thank you thank you � appreciate everyone of you and rosy loves you" http://www.lubeynaija.com/2017/07/with-all-lies-lord-you-got-me-here-rosy.html?m=1

United States Mega super star Meek Mill, has announced he's coming to Africa after rating shows most of his instagram followers where actually Lagos based. Meek Mill took this survey after the number of his followers were close to 12million with Lagos topping his followers list while New York, Daresallam, Philadelphia and Ghana sitting on the second, third, fourth and fifth position. Nigerians couldn't hide their joy on this great news as many where seen begging him to come to Lagos where he got a much fan base.  See photos and screen shots below 

If you are an avid follower of Kingtblakhoc, sure you’d have come across one of his girls he refers to as “HOC Smallie”. She joined his gang of recent and she shouldn’t be more than 20 years of age.. She’s featured in his porn videos, and uncensored snapchat stories. Identified as Ada, she has sobered up and has apologized to her friends. She wrote on Her Snapchat; “Hi guys these message is for everyone on my snap. I want to guess everyone is matured enough to know what’s right from wrong. I know some of you guys care about me if not you won’t want to show me the videos you see about me on the web and I’m really grateful for that.. ..But please, I have seen these videos before and its really hurting okay. Some of you think this girl don’t care, se is not even moved with what’s going on. I swear guys I am but you don’t expect me to cry all day, I’m trying to make amends of my wrong doing. and for those who advised me, I’m grateful, and don’t think this girl is being adamant too it, yo...

Fascinating photographs of 1930s Nigeria taken by a high-ranking education inspector in the decades before its independence from Britain have been unearthed after more than 65 years. The images were captured by Edward Harland Duckworth, who served as inspector of Education in Nigeria from 1930 to 1944, and collated into a photo album by his friend Henry Svory, who was a head of department at Ibadan University at that time. They provide an insight into the lives of the native population in the West African country in the decades preceding its independence from Britain in 1960. source:  https://gossip.naij.com/1096554-these-13-photos-nigeria-independence-auctioned-n400k.html?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C8627661188 source:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4360200/Fascinating-photos-Nigeria-taken-65-years-ago.html

An accident which happened along Enugu-Onitsha expressway was said to have been caused by road officials who were pursuing a driver. In the course of the hot pursuit, the driver landed in a ditch while trying to evade arrest. According to an online report, the road safety officers abandoned the wounded victims to their own fate and fled the scene.. Read what was shared by Von Nwadukwe on Facebook. Saw this accident scene at the Ugwu onyeama segment of the enugu - onitsha express way earlier. The car in the ditch fell in there while trying to get away from a team of FRSC officials who were following him in a hot pursuit. Regrettably the officers abandoned the occupants to their own fate and fled the scene though amazingly the occupants survived without life threatening injuries. These are sad realities of what state our dear country is in, where citizens are law breakers and law enforcement agents are indisciplined. We shall overcome. Source  https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/07/ac...

We will resist plan to oust Buhari over ill-health …NEF restates support for Osinbajo, names Paul Unongo as leader By Soni Daniel &Henry Umoru A group of northern youths, yesterday, claimed that a plan to oust President Muhammed Buhari on account of his ill-health had been launched.The group fingered the South-West as being behind the alleged plan. The claim came amid the ripples generated by the notice issued to the Igbo people by a coalition of northern youths to leave the North by October 1. The group of northern youths, under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum, spoke on a day the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) asked those taking advantage of Buhari’s ill-health to make political case for themselves, to stop their activities forthwith. NEF spokesperson, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, also announced the emergence of Paul Unongo, Second Republic politician, as the group’s leader following the demise of the convener, Alhaji Maitama Sule. The Arewa Youth Forum, in a statement obtained by Sun...

The grand finale was held yesterday(15.7.17) till the early hours of today at ladi kwali hall, sheraton hotel wuse Abuja. The Ahamadu bello university Rep wins the pageantry which consisted of 32 other girls representing different university in Nigeria She walks home with a brand new car ,endorsements deals and business/fun trips

Wizkid's new album has made to number 4 on the iTunes USA top album chat. My favorite track on the album is naughty ride. Wizkid is putting Nigeria on the world map. Congrats to him.  Jay-Z 4:44 is number one

Do you know that 11.5million Nigerians are unemployed and the government is to be blamed? Raise up your hands if you believe this. If you just raised up your hand, I will advise you to simply print this article and make it your companion. This is because you are just been told the worst lie in history. The government is not to be blamed for your lack of a job. Your parent is not to be blamed even though I will blame them for a different reason. You are simply the reason to be blamed for your lack of a job. In this article, you will learn the top reasons why you don’t have a job yet and what you should start doing about it right now. Let me tell you a story. In the past, I used to think that the getting a job was the hardest thing in this life but after a few years in this world by carefully avoiding the things in this article, I have been able to get the kind of job I want. Now let’s look at the top reasons why you don’t have a job yet. 1. Youself Okay. This is my first reason why you ...

YouTube has at lastly added thumbnail previews on its desktop platform. Users of the popular online streaming media can now hover their mouse on any video thumbnail on the website to get a 3 second preview of the clip contents. Actually, this is still limited to certain browsers – Chrome and Opera and it’s not yet available for mobile users. The absence of thumbnail previews made it challenging to glance through the content of the video without clicking it, yet some video sites have been making use of this technology for years now. Some content creators have been taking advantage of this YouTube weakness to exaggerate or over-hyped their videos with unrelated thumbnail images, thus attracting viewers to clicking on it. Now, with the thumbnail preview users can quickly scan through the video to see if it is what they are actually looking for before clicking. Regrettably, this perhaps won't stop the clickbaiters for long. Checking the last line in YouTube's support post, i...

Nigerians spent N6.7 trillion on importation of consumables and household items in 2015, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar stated yesterday. She spoke in Kano at a stakeholders’ meeting on “Buy Made-in- Nigeria Products” by the Ministry in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. Abubakar declared the staggering amount being spent on importation of goods as unacceptable, saying it is responsible for the campaign to change perception of Nigerians towards patronising locally made products. She said: “In 2015 alone, over N6.7 trillion was spent on the importation of goods and services for which the nation can produce locally. “Also, N1.09 trillion was reportedly spent on imported foods and drinks; N1.5 trillion on spare-parts; N123.01 billion on shoes and clothes and N399 billion on household items. Imagine if this had been spent on our local industries.” Abubakar informed government’s determination to encourage the patron...

Media personality Toke Makinwa‘s youngest sister Busayo is getting traditionally married to her beau Stian Fossengen today. Big sis Toke has been sharing photos from the wedding saying she is overjoyed and excited that her baby sister has been taken off the market, she wrote:I can’t keep calm… my baby sister is getting married God has been so faithful to us? today I remember my parents as always, truly the memory of the righteous is blessed Celebrate in heaven as we celebrate on earth. See more photos below:

AHHHHHHH.Disney just announced something that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel. Details are still super light, but Disney just dropped this bombshell in the middle of its D23 expo down in Los Angeles. Here’s what we know so far: All of the employees (or ‘cast members’, in Disney Park lingo) will be in costume and in character Each guest will get a storyline, which Disney specifically says will “touch every single minute of your day” It’s meant to take place on a space ship; ‘windows’ will only show space. 6 h Matthew Panzarino     ✔ @panzer Disney announces a Star Wars themed immersive resort hotel for WDW with costumes, a storyline for every guest, windows that only show space  pic.twitter.com/TU7R9jIU0k  Follow Matthew Panzarino   ✔ @panzer The thought is that guests will get to travel on a spaceship and have an...