The European Union (EU) has banned the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems considered harmful to people’s safety or rights. The bloc began the implementation of the laws on Sunday to guarantee the safety and transparency of AI systems in the market. The Act’s main features include additional standards for AI literacy training and prohibitions…
American billionaire and owner of X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, has described US Agency for International Development (USAID) as a criminal organisation, saying it is time for the agency to die as President Donald Trump has agreed that there is the need to “shut down” the agency. This followed days of speculation over the…
The Trump administration has revoked deportation protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, adding to the uncertainty for many who were already affected by a previous decision to cancel an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The move comes just days after Trump’s administration reversed an 18-month extension of…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) said Muslims in the South West seeking to resolve issues under Islamic law is not a privilege, but a constitutional right. The JNI said this in reaction to the recent uproar over the establishment of Shari’a panels in some parts of south-west Nigeria. The JNI Secretary General, Professor Khalid Abubakar…
Chief Bisi Akande, former governor of Osun State, has claimed that Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo State, could have significant information about the murdr of Nigerias former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. This comes over two decades after the brutal ass@$sination of Ige. Ige was k!lled on December 23, 2001, at his…
