Author: niyidaram

Niyi is a senior data editor at NiyiDaram

President Buhari has sacked the head of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, Jim Obazee pictured above, after the council enforced a law that led to the exit of Pastor E.A Adeboye as the General Overseer of RCCG in Nigeria on Saturday January 7th. Pastor Adeboye during the church’s Ministers thanksgiving, announced his retirement as the General Overseer of the church only in Nigeria following a new law that disallows leaders of a non-profit organization, churches inclusive, to remain in office for more than 20 years.

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China’s life-like ‘robot goddess’, Jia Jia, impressed the public by holding conversations with participants at a conference in Shanghai today. The realistic AI humanoid, which was unveiled last April, also made specific facial expressions when asked various questions, including whether or not she had a boyfriend. Her inventor predicted that within a decade or so, artificially intelligent (AI) robots like Jia Jia would begin performing a range of menial tasks in Chinese restaurants, nursing homes, hospitals and households. Daily Mail

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FFK’s parents pictured in 1975. Femi’s father Chief Remilekun Fani-Kayode was elected Deputy Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria in 1963 until 1966 and he played a major role in Nigeria’s legal history and politics from the late 1940s until 1995. He was also a revered lawyer!

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