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ERC condemns dissolution of Unilag SUG

By Amaka Abayomi THE Education Rights Campaign, ERC, has condemned the decision of the Senate of the University of Lagos to dissolve the executive and legislative arms of the University of Lagos Students’ Union, ULSU, for leading students’ protests against poor welfare conditions and high cost of goods and services on campus. Describing the decision as draconian and despotic, National Coordinator, ERC, Mr. Hassan Soweto, said the decision is an assault on the freedom of association and other democratic rights. His words: “That the University of Lagos is dissolving ULSU less than two years after it was restored following over one decade of proscription is a sign that intolerance has continued to rule the hearts and minds of members of the varsity management. “The ERC hereby demands the immediate restoration of Students Union activities and a halt to every other attack on the democratic rights of students. We also condemn the decision to make all students

This Could Lead To War...... What do you think!

This Could Lead To War

By Ochereome Nnanna ON Wednesday last week, I was at the Enugu State High Court to attend a session. Shortly before 10am, a large number of prisoners, accompanied by their wardens, arrived. President Buhari The prisoners’ warden who came to our own courtroom with his wards stood with us in the corridor as the court was packed with lawyers, plaintiffs, respondents, court staff and other interested persons. After a while, a discussion naturally came up about the menace of Fulani cattle herders all over the country. The prison warden who obviously hailed from Enugu State opened up and said the situation in the state was “horrible”. “I went to my hometown last weekend. I was just resting in my room in the afternoon when, all of a sudden I started hearing “hm-hm-hm”. I looked out of my window into my garden

2016 Budget: At last, Presidency, National Assembly Reach Truce

2016 Budget: At last, Presidency, National Assembly Reach Truce

ABUJA – At last, the Executive arm of the government and the National Assembly have resolved their lingering face-off over the 2016 budget, giving hope that any moment from now, president Mohammed would sign the document into law. A truce was brokered between the two arms of government at a meeting between the president, vice president Yemi Osinbajo and the leadership of the national assembly led by the senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubo Dogara had met behind closed doors with president Buhari

Facebook Quarterly Profit Triples As Use Climbs

Facebook quarterly profit Triples as use climbs

Facebook on Wednesday reported a powerful surge in profits as the user base of leading social network continued to climb. Profit in the first quarter tripled from a year ago to $1.5 billion as revenue jumped to $5.4 billion from $3.5 billion in the same period a year earlier. “We had a great start to the year,” said Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The key metric of monthly active users rose to 1.65 billion, up 15 percent from a year ago. And those using Facebook daily rose 16 percent to 1.09 billion

Trump vows 'America first' foreign policy

Trump vows ‘America first’ foreign policy

Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump promised a top-to-bottom overhaul of US foreign policy Wednesday to put “America first” and make its allies pay up. In a major foreign policy speech short on specifics that left Washington experts scratching their heads, Trump warned that Europe and Asia may have to defend themselves. He vowed to tear up trade deals, retool NATO to oppose migration and “radical Islam” and put US national interests ahead of all other considerations. “‘America First’ will be the major and overriding theme of my administration,” Trump told supporters, co-opting the slogan of America’s pre-World War II isolationists. The speech had been billed as a chance for Trump,

Drake Reveals views tracklisting

DRAKE REVEALS ‘VIEWS’ TRACKLISTING

Ahead of Friday’s release of his new album Views, Drake has gifted fans with the tracklisting.

The 20 tracks do not include any features, but that doesn’t mean no guests will appear on the project. After all, Kanye West and Jay Z show up on “Pop Style” and Wizkid and Kyla are featured on “One Dance,” but none of those names show up here.

The album also features songs that have previously surfaced online. That includes the Pimp C collaboration “Faithful,” for instance, and the Popcaan-assisted “Controlla.” Another familiar cut, “Hotline Bling,” also appears on the album, though it only shows up as the bonus closer.

On the eve of its release, Drake will premiere the album during a special episode of OVOSOUND Radio at 10 p.m. ET on Beats 1.

See the full tracklisting below.

VIEWS TRACKLISTING

1. “Keep the Family Close”
2. “9”
3. “U With Me?”
4. “Feel No Ways”
5. “Hype”
6. “Weston Road Flows”
7. “Redemption”

Reps Opposes FG plan

Reps oppose FG’s plan to secure N309bn Bond to finance shortfall in Electricity market ON APRIL 27, 20165:59 PMIN NEWSCOMMENTS 28 0 1 0 By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE House of Representatives yesterday rejected the plan by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to raise a federal government secured bond of N309 billion to cover the electricity market shortfall of N187 billion in 2015 and a projected shortfall of N122 billion for 2016. The House presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, noted that the bond would amount to spoon feeding operators in the power sector where tariffs had been increased twice since 2013 without noticeable improvements in electricity generation. The Rejection was part of the resolution on a motion tiled, “Urgent need to halt the plan to raise a federal government secured Bond of N309 billion to finance the outrageous shortfall in the Nigerian Electricity Market”, sponsored by Edward Gyang Pwajok represented by Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency of Plateau State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party,

Performance by Will. I. Am and Pia Mia

WILL.I.AM AND PIA MIA PERFORM ‘BOYS & GIRLS’ ON ‘ELLEN’

 

 

Stand up, “Boys & Girls.” will.i.am paid a visit to “Ellen” on Wednesday to perform his newcollaboration with Pia Mia for the first time.

Both sporting denim from head to toe, will and Pia showed off their chemistry. Much like they did in themusic video, the duo danced and sang, bringing the visual to life on “Ellen’s” stage. Backed by dancers and a band, will also encouraged crowd participation by going into the audience.

Will didn’t just perform his new single, though. He also took a moment to reflect on Prince’s passing. During the chat, the Black Eyed Peas frontman recalled the time he brought Michael Jackson to Prince’s Vegas show, but it didn’t quite go as planned. Watch will’s Vegas tale unravel below.

Smarter Design

Tomorrow's buildings: Smarter by design

By Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter

Technology

Image copyrightThinkstockImage captionDesign ideas are increasingly putting the human first

The smartest buildings of the future will be those designed with people in mind, according to a new breed of architects trying to put the human at the centre of the process.

This can mean design that speaks directly to the function of a building - a hospital designed to help make people better or a school that aims to redefine education.

Or it may mean using technology to allow people to get involved in the design process or feedback on how they feel about living or working in a particular building.

As part of its Tomorrow's Buildings season, the BBC looks at four ideas that aim to do all of the above.

Measuring feelings

Image copyrightArupImage captionImagine being able to tell a building how you feel about it

The new era of smart buildings is all about data - but, generally, what is being measured is practical stuff such as temperature, light, the number of people in a building at any given time.

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But what if you could also measure

Hard Summer Line-up

 NEWS

ICE CUBE, DJ KHALED, & TRAVIS SCOTT JOIN HARD SUMMER LINEUP

 

 

Things are heating up. With festival season underway after back-to-back weekends at Coachella, HARD SUMMER Music Festival has announced its star-studded lineup.

The two-day fest will take place July 30-31 at Auto Club Speedway, located approximately an hour away from Los Angeles.

Ice Cube, who reunited N.W.A at Coachella, will headline Day 1, following performances by DJ Khaled, Baauer, Desiigner, Flosstradamus, and Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals.

Day 2 will be headlined by Major Lazer, with appearances by Travis Scott, DJ Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign, and Fat Joe, among others.

HARD Summer Music Festival announced its lineup back on April 18, but only fans who called an 800-number got the message. Today, they said, their “digital curtain has been lifted.”

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 29.

Top 10 Apps you would want to have on your smartphone

Top 10 Apps you should have on your Smartphone

1. True caller : It helps protect you smartphone from unwanted calls, it also warns other users that a number is a spam number. The call filter also known as "Block List"  is a special tab located in the True caller app that allows that allows the personal submission of unwanted calls,  it also detects the name of an unknown caller.

2. Xender : This app allows you share media's and files such as (videos, music, games) with other smart phones using Hotspot. You can also use it to share files with your Pc.

3.  Chrome: if you don't have this browser then I think you're missing, it has a nice GUI, it is also fast when browsing the net.

4.Musix match: Displays lyrics of any music being played on your Smartphone,  it also downloads the album covers of your musics.

5.  Merriam Webster Dictionary: This is one of the best dictionary on a smartphone.

6.  Star maker: helps you record your songs online by doing a cover of other songs.

7. Google doc: This is similar to Microsoft Word but on your Smartphone.

8. Google Drive :helps you backup your photos videos and files online.

9.Es file explorer: it is used to access your phone files easily,  and arrange your files the way you want it.

10.Wps Office: it's used for reading pdf files format doc files and many more.

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YG CLAIMS SECRET SERVICE IS WATCHING HIM

NEWS

YG CLAIMS SECRET SERVICE IS WATCHING HIM AFTER DONALD TRUMP DISS

The secret service is keeping tabs on YG. The Compton rapper says that his Nipsey Hussle collaboration “FDT (F**k Donald Trump)” has the authorities reaching out.

“Secret service hollering’ at the label,” YG told TMZ. “They asked to see the lyrics on my album to see if I’m talking about him on my album. If I’m talking about it on my album, they’re gonna try to take it off the shelves.”

That wasn’t exactly YG’s intention with the track, he explained. Instead, he just wanted to move young voters to the polls.

“We’re trying to touch the people,” he said. “We’re trying to motivate the young people to vote. Take your time out to vote on who should be in office because it’s important. If not, it could be all bad for us.”

YG is doing more than fielding calls from the secret service. He’s also prepping his sophomore albumStill Krazy and gearing up for “The Endless Summer Tour” with Logic, G-Eazy, and Yo Gotti.

Advent of a Cyborg Era

Advent of a Cyborg Era? US Military Invests Millions for Brain Implant Development

Pentagon’s research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), is taking big initiatives to bringing us a step closer in making cybernetic organisms a reality as U.S. military invests up to $60 million on the development of implants that could connect the human brain and computers.

The Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) is DARPA’s new program that aims to develop a cubic centimeter-sized implant for humans to transmit brain neurons as electronic signals that computers can understand. They consider the result of the currently used neural interface while aggregating hundreds of thousands of neurons through just 100 channels as “noisy and imprecise.” NESD wants to “develop systems that can communicate clearly and individually with any of up to one million neurons in a given region of

Why will Drake be Photoshopped to his album cover?

THE CN TOWER TWITTER ACCOUNT CONFIRMS THAT DRAKE WAS PHOTOSHOPPED ONTO ALBUM COVER

 

 APRIL 26, 2016

Drake unveiled the cover art to his forthcomingViews From the 6 LP over the weekend, stirring up a firestorm of memes, something that’s become customary with Drake releases of any kind over the last couple years. The artwork, which depicts a very tiny Drake perched atop the CN Tower, the highest point of the tallest structure and signature landmark of his hometown of Toronto, was shot by Canadian photographer Caitlin Cronenberg, but its validity was still called into question. Was Drake actually sitting on top of the CN Tower when Cronenberg took her mesmerizing stills, or was he Photoshopped onto it after the fact?

That question was answered by the verified Twitter account of the CN Tower itself: no, he was not. Whoever runs that Twitter account even threw in a nifty hashtag for those still in doubt. “#NotReallyThere.”

Performance by Usher

NEWS

USHER PERFORMS PRINCE TRIBUTE AT COACHELLA

Prince takes over Coachella. Many musicians including Ice Cube paid homage to the late great on the first weekend since the Purple One’s death. Usher also came through with a couple of special covers.

The ATLien took the stage with Major Lazer during Sunday’s set to perform “I Would Die 4 U” and “1999,” two of Prince’s biggest hits—hits that continue charting.

Usher wasn’t alone as LCD Soundsystem also covered “Controversy” during their headlining performance and Jack Ü delivered a Prince-heavy set on Friday. Elsewhere, Sufjan Stevens and Gallant covered “Purple Rain,” and Jhené Aiko also joined Gallant for a duet of “Diamonds and Pearls.”

Gallant x Jhene Aiko. Diamonds and Pearls. #coachella #prince

A video posted by gerrick d. kennedy (@gerrickkennedy) on Apr 22, 2016 at 6:46pm PDT

The tributes kept pouring in. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ellie Goulding took on Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Ice Cube wore purple shoes and a purple bandana, and Killer Mike delivered these potent words: “Prince, wherever you are, we are burning this to the ground in your name.”

 

7th annual OVO fest announced by Drake

 NEWS

DRAKE ANNOUNCES 7TH ANNUAL OVO FEST

OVO Fest is back again. Drake has announced the star-studded lineup for the 7th annual festival in Toronto.

The three-day event will take place in the midst of Drake’s “Summer Sixteen Tour” with Future in late July.

It all kicks off Friday (July 29) with OVO Bounce, as well as Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s “High Road Summer Tour” with special guests Jhené Aiko, Kevin Gates, Casey Veggies, and DJ Drama. Then, Drake and Future will each go back-to-back with performances at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday (July 31) and Monday (Aug. 1).

Drizzy and Future’s “Summer Sixteen Tour” is set to begin July 20 in Austin before hitting major North American arenas and coming to an end Sept. 17 in Vancouver. Roy Wood$, dvsn, and special guests are slated to appear on the 30-city run.

“Summer Sixteen Tour” and OVO Fest come in support of the 6 God’s upcoming album Views, which is scheduled to drop April 29.

Last year’s OVO Fest featured appearances by J. Cole, Big Sean, and Kevin Hart, plus surprise performances from Kanye West and Future.

   

Drake announces summer 16 tour with Future

 NEWS TOURS

DRAKE ANNOUNCES ‘SUMMER SIXTEEN TOUR’ WITH FUTURE

Them boys are up to something. Drake is hitting the road all “Summer Sixteen” on his arena tour with Future.

Amidst speculation, GQ‘s “Most Stylish Men Alive”have officially announced dates for the North American trek, which kicks off July 20 in Austin, Tex. and travels across the U.S. and Canada, with stops at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’ Staples Center, Chicago’s United Center, and Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena.

They will be joined by OVO Sound’s Roy Wood$ and dvsn, and other “special guests” during the 30-city run, which wraps Sept. 17 at

T.I supports 'Bernie Sanders'

T.I. SHARES SUPPORT FOR BERNIE SANDERS

 

 

T.I. is feeling the Bern. The King of the South is throwing his support behind Bernie Sanders in this year’s election.

“I think he’s the most honest, the most straight-up dude,” Tip told TMZ of the Democratic candidate. “The most viable option.”

During his chat, the Atlanta rapper also revealed that he is able to vote despite his felony convictions. “This is something most people don’t know,” he said. “As long as you are not serving any sentence, as long as you are not on any probation or anything… If you’ve served your debt to society, you can re-register [to vote].”

Tip’s political ideals have drawn criticism in the past.Last year, he was blasted for saying he wouldn’t support Hillary Clinton’s run for president because she is a woman. At the time, he also criticized Donald Trump, saying that he “can’t cast no vote for him” either.

He later apologized for his comments about Clinton, but doubled down on his anti-Trump thoughts. “He’s making a mockery of democracy,” Tip said. “#OperationANYONEbutTRUMP.”

Drake unveils 'Views From The 6' Album Cover

DRAKE UNVEILS ‘VIEWS FROM THE 6’ ALBUM COVER

 

 Views is upon us. With just five days until his new album drops, Drake has revealed the cover.

The artwork, which serves as a love letter to his hometown, features the 6 God perched atop Toronto’s CN Tower, the world’s seventh tallest free-standing structure.

“To the city I love and the people in it…Thank you for everything,” tweeted Drizzy.

He has been gearing up for Views with new music. Earlier this month, he dropped two singles, “One Dance” with Wizkid and Kyla, and “Pop Style”featuring Jay Z and Kanye West aka The Throne.

“It’s going to be what everybody expects and wants from Drake and from us,” Drake’s longtime collaborator Noah “40” Shebib told The New York Times. “A lot of introspection, very vivid. He’s discovering new flows, new cadences, new patterns.”

Due April 29, Views From the 6 marks the follow-up toIf You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which debuted at No. 1 in February 2015.

Drake has been promoting the release with a series of “Views” pop-up shops throughout North America including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Springs, and most recently Toronto.

It’s also believed that he and Future are plotting a joint tour called “Summer Sixteen.” Future has been dropping hints, tweeting “FBG x OVO” and “Get Ready.”

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