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Sunday, November 11, 2018

Photos And Video: China Unveils World’s First AI Robot News Presenter

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World’s first English speaking Artificial Intelligence news anchor

In case you’re an news presenter this news should stress you as robots are seeking your jobs. Chinese greatest news agency XINHUA has unveiled the world’s first English speaking Artificial Intelligence newscaster. This robotic newscaster dresses with a costly suit, glasses and tie. It was modeled after a genuine Xinhua stay called Zhang Zhao.

Xinhua News asserts the news presenter “can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor”, I don’t really concur. Appears to me like the Chinese organization is truly intending to cut employments of their commentators. In an announcement from the organization, it says, the AI robot presenters can “work” 24 hours a day on its website and social media channels, “reducing news production costs and improving efficiency”.

The computerized presenter can be modified to read news quicker than people.

In any case, the innovation has it’s very own detriments. For example, it has a restricted scope of facial expressions and it’s voice is totally robotic. Despite the fact that it makes a decent attempt to sound human, it’s anything but difficult to tell that it is anything but a genuine human.

The English speaking AI presenter started his job by saying, “Hello, you are watching English news programme,”

“I will work tirelessly to keep you informed as texts will be typed into my system uninterrupted,” says the presenter in an introductory video.

“I look forward to bringing you the brand new news experiences.”

Xinhua and Sogou a Chinese internet search engine built up this innovation. It was intended to reproduce human voice, outward appearances and signals. However you take a look at it, the possibility of AI discovering it’s way into various jobs is chilling as it will continuously assume control numerous occupations later on. We’ll check whether different news office obtains this innovation later on.

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Saturday, November 10, 2018

News: Federal Radio Corporation Of Nigeria Takes Over Radio Biafra

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As FG allocates IPOB broadcast frequencies to Radio Nigeria stations in Kaduna, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ibadan
You can’t stop our broadcast – IPOB

A highly placed source told Saturday Sun that other broadcast frequencies seized from Radio Biafra will be allocated for the use of Radio Nigeria stations in Bayelsa, Enugu, and Ibadan.

Ade Alade, Abuja and Vincent Kalu

Three years after the Nigerian security apparatus coordinated by the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Babagana Monguno successfully shut down all the broadcast frequencies of Radio Biafra operated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) the federal government has deployed four of the shortwave bands for the use of Radio Nigeria, Hausa service, Kaduna, which went off air over 30 years ago. The radio station returned to the airwave two weeks ago after the NSA office released four broadcast frequencies harvested from IPOB” for the use of the federal government owned radio station, which now broadcasts in Hausa language 12 hours daily. The four shortwave bands include 7315khz on 41 meter band, 13840khz on 22 meter band, 17525khz on 16 meter band and 7235khz on 41 meter band.

A highly placed source in the nation’s security circle told Saturday Sun that other broadcast frequencies seized from Radio Biafra will soon be allocated for the use of Radio Nigeria stations in Bayelsa, Enugu, and Ibadan. “The harvesting and shutting down of Radio Biafra broadcast bands were made possible after our security system penetrated IPOB foreign partners and network in October 2015 following credible intelligence on the modus operandi of operators of Radio Biafra. Having achieved that feat, the government feels the same technical backbone can be deployed for the use of a national goal. This explains why IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu can only address his people now through Facebook,” the source added.

A top official in the Federal Ministry of Information and another at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) headquarters in Abuja who confirmed the development yesterday however said they only knew that the broadcast bands were released for the use of Radio Nigeria by the NSA’s office but could not say whether they were seized from IPOB.

In a reaction to the development, IPOB detailed how the federal government made frantic efforts to frustrate its broadcast stations. “It is on record that Nigerian government and her agency Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation tried all they could to stop Radio Biafra from broadcasting from London but failed. They went as far as putting pressure on the British government to close out studios in London, that too failed. They purchased Satlink an Israeli company that provided us satellite services. They did this through a company in the United States.

As soon as the company assumed control of Satlink, they terminated our contract. We moved to another supplier and have been with this supplier for five years now. One important thing to understand is this, the federal government of Nigeria never successfully shut down any Radio Biafra frequency since inception.

“That is a fact. They repeatedly tried and repeatedly failed because Almighty Elohim Chukwu Okike Abiama is in control of IPOB and its activities. “Our contract expired with our service providers and we stopped the service hence any changes in frequency.

We are not aware that Nigerian government moved their beloved Hausa Service to the frequency once occupied by Radio Biafra. Hausa Fulani radio service is meant for Hausa Fulani not Biafra.

“We have our own Radio Nigeria Hausa Service run by Radio Biafra. Biafra radio and television services have come to stay which this Nigerian Government headed by the Fulani caliphate cabal cannot stop.

Anybody thinking of stopping Radio Biafra and Biafra Television is hallucinating. Our media platforms must continue to disseminate undiluted and accurate information to the people of Biafra and Nigeria until the end of time.

Biafra freedom is important and sacrosanct to the people of Biafra especially IPOB members worldwide, therefore we are fully determined to fund the running of Radio Biafra and Biafra television till Biafra sovereignty is restored,” the response signed by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful stated.

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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Phpto: Anything wrong with these photos of traditional leaders seated with Prince Charles?

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Pictured from L-R in the front is the Obi of Onitsha, Sultan of Sokoto, Prince Charles and Ooni of Ife. At the Back L-R: Emir of Kano, Shehu of Borno and Oba of Benin.

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Breaking News: President Buhari endorses N30,000 minimum wage

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President Buhari has endorsed the N30, 000 minimum wage proposed by the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC.

President Buhari gave the approval for the new salary when he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage at the Presidential Villa, Abuja this eveninig November 6th. The report was submitted by the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple.

Buhari has also promised to send a bill to the National Assembly to effect the change from N18,000 to N30,000.

The NLC had planned to go on a nationwide strike today if the Federal government failed to adopt the N30, 000 minimum wage it proposed.

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Lady Who Stole 7-Month-Old Baby In Port-Harcourt Caught, Child Recovered (Photos)

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A 7-month-old baby who was stolen in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital, has been recovered.

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It was gathered that the baby was allegedly stolen by a woman yesterday morning who vanished into thin air after the act and was later tracked down in the night after a manhunt was launched.

The woman was first taken to the Rivers government house security to avoid being lynched after she was captured and was later handed over to the police for further interrogation.

Read the report shared by Better Rivers on Facebook;

“Following our earlier report of a missing seven months old baby boy that was taken away from No 77 Akwuzo street, Mile 1 Diobu at about 9.45am today”.

“We swung into action by immediately activating all our contacts across Rivers State into an urgent search with the only information at hand being the lady who took away the baby’s phone number we got from a person who she called the phone with earlier, and we put a call through to the number but to no avail, at that point it became worrisome and we instructed that matter should be incidented with the police while we applied available technology and software at our disposal which eventually paid up SAT 213 tracker that was able to locate the the girls phone when we eventually called and she picked her but immediately switched back off”.

“As we write we were able get the woman and the missing 7months old baby back around Eleme junction and we took them to the Government House Security just to avoid the lady being lynched to death if we take her to Diobu, after reporting the incident there a call was put to Mile one police station and the matter handed over to them for further investigation”.

“We sincerely wish to thank all those who on getting the information acted by spreading the news that helped in increased pressured to help us locate the missing child and the lady”.