What is An Algorithm? How Computers Know What to Do With Data

ColumnsNewsOpinionScience & TechnologyWhat is An Algorithm? How Computers Know What to Do With Data

PilotnewsOctober 17, 2020

The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, machine learning, the cloud, quantum computing and more. One word in particular is used throughout computing – algorithm. In the most general sense, an algorithm is a series of instructions telling a computer how to transform a set of facts about the world into useful information. The facts are data, and the useful information is knowledge for people, instructions for machines or input for yet...

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Nigerians Cry Out Against Police Brutality

ColumnsCrime & SecurityNigeriaOpinionNigerians Cry Out Against Police Brutality

PilotnewsOctober 17, 2020

In 2017, Nigerian youths adopted a campaign against brutality from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The objective was to catalyze mass action against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a unit of the NPF set up to respond to armed robberies. The campaign, which adopted a mix of online and offline strategies, was popularly known on social media as #EndSARS. Over ten thousand Nigerians signed a petition and submitted it to the National Assembly calling for...

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339 Companies Bid for 2020/21 Crude Oil Sales Contract – Kyari

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & Gas339 Companies Bid for 2020/21 Crude Oil Sales Contract – Kyari

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

No fewer than 339 companies are bidding for the 2020/21 sales and purchase of the Nigerian crude oil grades. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari disclosed this at the 2020/2021 Crude oil tender prequalification bid opening ceremony, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the event marked another transparent process for the corporation. He said that in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Corporation had modified the...

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You Can’t Control Mineral Resources in Your States – FG Sends Message to States

BusinessNewsNigeriaYou Can’t Control Mineral Resources in Your States – FG Sends Message to States

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2020

The Federal Government on Thursday told state governments that they don’t have the power to control the mineral resources in their respective states. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this at a sensitization meeting with state commissioner for justice, minerals and environment from the North-Central geopolitical zone. The issue of resource control had been put in the front recently, with Zamfara unveiling the state government plan to establish a gold reserve...

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ASUU to Get ₦30bn Earned Allowances As FG Blames Union for the #EndSARS Protests

EducationLabourNewsASUU to Get ₦30bn Earned Allowances As FG Blames Union for the #EndSARS Protests

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2020

The Federal Government has agreed to release ₦30bn earned academic allowance to university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). FG said that money would be paid in tranches between May 2021 and February 2022. ASUU also disclosed that the FG had promised to spend ₦20bn on the revitalization of the education sector as part of the agreement to bring the seven-month strike to an end. These was part of the...

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EndSARS: UN Welcomes Police Reforms, Pledges Assistance

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaUnited NationsEndSARS: UN Welcomes Police Reforms, Pledges Assistance

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres says he welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to undertake “broader reforms” in the Nigeria Police Force following the #EndSARS protests. Speaking through his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, in New York on Thursday, Guterres said the UN was ready to “accompany Nigeria in those efforts”. While noting that he was keenly following the ongoing protests, the UN chief urged the country’s security forces to exercise “maximum restraint” in their response. “The Secretary-General...

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Senate Appropriation Committee to Begin Processing 2021 Budget Estimates Oct. 16

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsSenate Appropriation Committee to Begin Processing 2021 Budget Estimates Oct. 16

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

The Senate Committee on Appropriation says it will begin the processing of the 2021 budget estimates on Oct. 16. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Barau Jibril (APC Kano), made the disclosure while unveiling the timetable for processing of 2021 budget estimates by the National Assembly. He said the timetable was harmonised by the Senate and the House of Representatives appropriation committees. The Senate on Oct. 15, passed for second reading the N13.08 trillion appropriation estimates presented...

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COVID-19: 26 States Yet to Meet Testing Target – PTF

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: 26 States Yet to Meet Testing Target – PTF

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19  has said that only the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos state have achieved the target of testing one per cent of its population, while 26 states of the federation are yet to get to 25 percent testing rate. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the joint national...

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Ministry Launches N75b Youth Investment Fund

NewsNigeriaSportsMinistry Launches N75b Youth Investment Fund

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Thursday, launched the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) recently approved by the Federal Government. Dare said at the launch of application for the fund in Abuja that the NYIF underscored the importance placed on youths by the current administration He said that the fund would be spread over three years to cater for youth-owned businesses and investment needs. He added that “I must mention...

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COVID-19: NCDC Advises #EndSARS Protesters to Be Mindful of Virus

CoronavirusLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaCOVID-19: NCDC Advises #EndSARS Protesters to Be Mindful of Virus

PilotnewsOctober 16, 2020

As protests continue in spite of the  disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)  warns protesters to be mindful of the risk of getting  COVID-19 infection. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the warning on Thursday at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Media Briefing in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that demonstrations against police brutality have taken place in cities across...

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