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A Nigerian Software Engineering
student, Bobai Ephraim Kato , has
built a functional Artificial
Intelligence robot as his final year
project at the International College of
Business and Technology (ICBT), Sri
Lanka.
Kato, a 24-year old from the Atyap
tribe in Kaduna State, personally built
the robot and developed the
algorithm that enabled it solved the
famous Rubik cube puzzle in a
manner of minutes. But it was not an
easy journey to success because he
had to deal with an unimpressed
supervisor and a lot of failures in the
course of the project.
An early love for computing
I’m a self-directed learner willing to
experiment with new things; with a
high level of contextual and
technological insight. I was a
science student who loved
computing and technology, I
represented my school in computer
competitions but I was never
successful in any, and that
discouraged me.
I knew I was really doing well in
Chemistry, Physics and Biology, so I
thought I will do well if I went after a
medical career. In my final year in
secondary school I became the
health prefect and that confirmed to
me that I was going to be a doctor.
I have received awards in sports
including Athletics, Basketball, and
Chess and I also won the best singer
for a music competition here in Sri
Lanka in 2014.
Rejected by Nigerian universities
After completing my secondary
school in 2009, I wrote JAMB exams
twice applying for Medicine Course in
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria,
but I never got admitted. I also tried
the university’s remedial school and
still wasn’t admitted. I then decided
to change my choice of university
and applied to the Kaduna State
University (KASU) where I was
granted the admission to study
medicine. Unfortunately, on the day
of my course registration I wasn’t
allowed to register because I had not
passed English in WAEC. So I moved
on to the KASU remedial school.
It was during my remedial that I
decided to try NIIT (National Institute
of Information Technology)
scholarship exams in which I
emerged the second highest. The
scholarship and that granted me a
chance to return to computing. I then
decided to leave the remedial school
to register with NIIT to study software
Engineering. After completing a year
in NIIT my cousin decided to get me

an admission in Sri Lanka Institute of
Technology (SLIIT).
Going overseas and starting over
I left NIIT and travelled down to Sri
Lanka. When I got to Sri Lanka in
2012, I started University all over
again. I completed my first semester
in SLIIT but I wasn’t happy in the
school because they focused more
on IT (Information Tech) while I
wanted software Engineering. I then
decided to leave SLIIT to Informatics
Institute of Technology (IIT) which
was affiliated to University of
Westminster UK.
So I then started university over
again, I stayed in IIT for 2 years and I
completed my diploma and advance
diploma. My third year at IIT required
that I take an internship for a year
before I complete the fourth year. But
I couldn’t take an internship because
of my visa status which clearly
stated that I’m not allowed to work,
paid or unpaid job.
I then left IIT in 2014 to ICBT to
complete my degree in software
Engineering (2015 September 20th).
Accidental Project?
To be honest I didn’t plan to make
the project this great. I didn’t know it
will happen. I guess it’s safe to say
that I randomly chose the idea for my
final year project, it has nothing to do
with my passion and future plans.
Though I took a module called
Artificial Intelligent System while
studying in the university and that
module was just so interesting, I
learnt some few AI languages and I
was able to do a mini project called
WINE QUALITY TEST software which
uses and Artificial Intelligence to
determine the quality of a wine drink.
This software used some data set for
its prediction. I enjoyed the whole
development process.
Coming to my final year project we
was all asked to do a software that
uses AI (artificial intelligence) for
predictions and solutions; that got
me worried because I barely came up
with an idea. So I decide to spend
time making research and I came up
with something. I proposed to do a
robot that solves puzzles, I wasn’t
sure what puzzles as I had a lot in
mind but I final choose the Rubik
cube puzzle.
I then decide to make further
research on what tools to use and I
found out that there are many tools
out there that I can use for a robotic
design.
Building the Robot in the midst of
disappointment
I then started developing the
algorithm to solve the Rubik cube.
My supervisor was never impressed
with the progress all he cared about
was to see a robot working. I spent
most of the time researching and he
thought I wasn’t going to make it
happen.
I was able to create the algorithms
that solves the puzzle. I created 16
different algorithms which served as
set of skills for the robot. With these
sets of skills, I used an artificial
intelligence language called ‘R’ to
develop a pattern for the robot to
choose the best skills to solve the
puzzle. So basically R was the AI
part of my robot. It’s very easy to
use. I also had a database where the
new skills are saved. So the more
the robot solves the cube the more
intelligent it becomes.
I spent two nights building the robot
and after completing the
construction, I installed the software
which serves as the brain into a
memory card for testing.
My first 5 tests were a failure. The
robot always shot a scanning error,
and this was a week to my final
submission. All I could do was pray.
I didn’t know what to do again. I was
confused and restless. I kept
grinding and it finally started
working. At that stage, the robot
wasn’t intelligent enough and I had to
train it to solve many puzzles to get
more skills to save in the database.
It was very hard for me because I
can’t even solve the Rubik cube
myself. The robot is smarter than me
in that aspect.


My focus now is on Forensic
computing, Cyber Security and Digital
Investigation. This is the path I will
love to follow for my career and
education. I’m happy to return back
to Nigeria as a Cyber Security and
Digital forensic Tech. If anything,
that’s what Nigeria needs more. We
need people who are savvy and
sincere in Digital Investigation, Cyber
Security and Forensic computing.
The world today is bent on
technology, the corruption in the
world today is bent on it too.
I don’t get how a country will say
they can’t locate the terrorist living in
the country, and I don’t get how a
country will say they don’t know the
sponsors on this terrorist group.
They make calls, they send emails,
they use the internet for many
reasons, they upload videos etc. Just
one amongst this list is enough to
get whoever is responsible. We only
need savvy and honest people to do
this.
Many Nigerians have useful skills,
but money determines how, where
and what we use it for. My heart is to
return home. To be honest I don’t
have a dream of staying in a foreign
country. I must tell you something I
hate the fact that my current status in
my life is being a foreigner. I hate
the feeling that I’m not in my own
country.
So I’m on a fast track back to
Nigeria. Many tell me that there isn’t
opportunity in Nigeria. That’s very
true but I will deal with it
source:  African leadership

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APC Gov Primaries Update: 17th LGA, Okene
Delegates voting now.
The delegates are voting in alphabetically
order of the 21 Local Government area of
Kogi State:
1. Adavi.
2. Ajaokuta .
3 Ankpa.
4. Bassa.
5 . Dekina.
6. Ibaji.
7 Idah.
8. Igala-Mela Odolu
9. Ijumu.
10.Kogi Koton-karfe.
11. Kabba-Bunu
12. Lokoja.
13 . Mopa-Amoro.
14. Ofu
15. Ogori - Magongo.
16. Okehi.
17. Okene.
18. Olamaboro
19. Omala
20.Yagba East
21. Yagba West

The All Progressive Congress (APC)
on Wednesday, said there would be
no automatic endorsements for any
candidate in its primaries for the
Kogi elections.
The APC National Organising
Secretary, Sen. Osita Izunaso, said
this in Abuja at the inauguration of a
seven-man committee that will
oversee the party primaries to elect
the flag-bearer for the Nov. 29
gubernatorial elections in Kogi.
Izunaso advised the committee to
hold stakeholders meeting and
prepare well by informing the
security agencies that would
participate in the election.
According to him, the chairman of
the committee will be the returning
officer for the election primaries,
adding that the exercise will not be
stopped half way.
“Once you start the accreditation, you
cannot postpone, once you
commence, you must complete and
the winners will be announced on the
spot.
It is not something you will go and
compile and come back, it is not
allowed, and the aspirant with the
highest number of votes shall then
be declared the winner.
I want you to bear in mind, there is
nothing like endorsement, maybe
somebody will say he has been
endorsed, there is nothing like that
whatsoever, it is the people that will
choose.
You should hold a stakeholders
meeting first and introduce
yourselves.
The party also requests that you
reach out to security agencies like
the SSS, the police and other security
agencies upon arrival in Kogi so that
they won't say they were not
informed,” he advised.
Izunaso, who observed that there
were human errors in similar
exercises conducted in the past,
urged the committee to ensure that
such lapses were checked in the
forthcoming primaries.
The committee members include,
Sen. Magnus Abe, who will serve as
Secretary, other members are Alhaji
Ibrahim Sarki, Mrs Omorogie
Osifor, Mr Mohammad Wali, Mr Lanre
Asiwaju and Mr Greg Egwu.
Inaugurating the committee, Chief
John Odigie-Oyegun, who was
represented by the APC Deputy
Chairman North, Sen. Lawan Shaibu
said that members of the committee
were carefully chosen, adding that
they were all credible.
source: AIT

i wonder if this man is a fish or an human being
Meet Ben Hooper, the man who's
swimming from Senegal to Brazil in a
bid to become the first person to
swim the Atlantic Ocean.
More people have landed on the
moon than have swum an ocean in
full, Ben is hoping to add his name
to that list. It'll take him around 120
days of swimming in two sessions,
totaling around 2000km. He'll sleep
on a support boat over night to avoid
the risks of sharks and jelly fish.
Speaking to Caroline Barker he said
he was motivated by "a little bit of
ego... I'd be a liar if I said there isn't
an element of me trying to push
myself and see what I'm capable of,
but I think this is something so much
bigger, it's about showing that
nothing's impossible."
source: BBC

Anyadike learned to fly at age 12
through the Compton-based
Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum,
which offers aviation lessons in an
after-school program for
disadvantaged youths, the Los
Angeles Times reported. It was their
plane that she flew on her cross-
country trip.
The brave teenager came up with the
idea for the trip on her own, the
museum’s founder, Robert Petgrave,
told the Times.
“I told her it was going to be a
daunting task, but she just said, ‘Put
it on. I got big shoulders,'” Petgrave
said.
Along for the historic ride were an
adult safety pilot and 87-year-old
Levi Thornhill, one of the Tuskeegee
Airmen during World War II.
“They left such a great legacy,”
Anyadike said of the U.S. Army Air
Corps’ all-black combat unit. “I had
big shoes to fill. … All they wanted to
do was to be patriots for this
country. They were told no, that they
were stupid, that they didn’t have
cognitive development to fly planes.
They didn’t listen. They just did what
they wanted to do.”
About 50 Tuskeegee Airmen
autographed the young pilot’s plane
during her journey, the Times
reported.
“I wanted to inspire other kids to
really believe in themselves,”
Anyadik

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan
was Nigeria’s 14th head of state and
the immediate former president of
the West African nation of about 170
million people, but that’s all common
knowledge. It’s also common
knowledge that he originally came
into office after the former president
fell ill.
Here are some lesser-known things
worth learning about him:
Jonathan was born to a family of
canoe makers
Jonathan was born in what is now
Bayelsa State to a family of canoe
makers. In the oil-rich Niger Delta
region, this was a somewhat unusual
occupation, and Goodluc made the
even more rare decision not to follow
in his parents’ footsteps.
His middle name means “God’s wish”
Jonathan’s middle name, Ebele,
means “God’s wish,” suggesting his
parents had pretty high expectations
for him from the get-go. I mean, if
your name is Goodluck God’s wish,
you’ve got some high hopes to live
up to, right?
He has a Ph.D in
Zoology
Which might be
a bit of an oddity
for a sitting head
of state. But
Jonathan began
with a bachelor’s degree in zoology,
and followed up with an master’s in
hydrobiology and fisheries biology
and a Ph.D in zoology from the
University of Port Harcourt. Who
knows, maybe the Nigerian
presidential office has a ton a pets!
He worked as an environmental
protection officer before taking office
Among other things. Before entering
into the political arena in 1998,
Jonathan worked as an education
inspector, a lecturer, and more
memorably as an environmental
protection officer. It was in this latter
capacity that he stepped into the
public light, serving as a watch dog
on many corporations in the country
Jonathan seems to have a penchant
for being in the right place at the
right time
He assumed the presidency following
President Umaru Yar’Adua’s death on
May 5 2010, but that wasn’t the first
time he had to lead. In 1999, he was
deputy governor for his home state
of Bayelsa when the governor was
impeached on corruption charges.
Jonathan moved into the open
position, beginning his more
illustrious political career.
His fedora is one of his more
memorable signature features
The fedora has character, but a
former U.S. ambassador made the
unfortunate comment that Jonathan
lacked charisma and possessed an
“underwhelming personality,” a slip
of the tongue uncovered in the
WikiLeaks scandal.
As vice president, he kept a low
profile but was instrumental in
several key moments
One of Jonathan’s niche roles was
as a negotiator with his fellow Ijaws.
He managed to help forge an
agreement with militant groups in the
Niger Delta to stop a rash of violence
and encouraged them to lay down
their weapons in exchange for
amnesty, a move celebrated both by
his administration and by citizens
country wide.
onathan tried to ban the Nigerian
national soccer team after a poor
showing at the 2010 World Cup
After the Nigerian soccer team didn’t
progress past the group stage at the
2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa,
Jonathan tried to implement a two-
year ban on the team’s participation
in international competition. He later
backtracked due to pressure from
FIFA, but it was pretty clear he
wasn’t pleased with the performance.
Jonathan became the first sitting
Nigerian president to have his own
Facebook page
Jonathan launched his Facebook
page in June 2010 to help better
interact with the Nigerian people. He
used it as a platform to announce
his run for office in 2011, which
would represent his first actual run
for political election.
His wife has been
investigated on
money laundering
allegations
Though she was
never found guilty
or convicted of any
wrongdoing, Jonathan’s wife,
Patience, was investigated by an anti-
corruption committee in 2006. It was
alleged she had tried to launder more
than $13 million, but the evidence
wasn’t strong enough for a
conviction.
His children are adopted
As known to the public for many
years, Jonathan and his wife Patience
have two children: a son named
Ariweri Adolphus and a daughter
named Aruabi. It is speculated that
they were adopted from a motherless
baby home, either in Lagos or Port
Harcourt. The family is seen above
gracing the cover of This Day Style
magazine; according to many, these
are not his only children
Not a big fan of the gays
In January of 2014, Jonathan
followed the Ugandan and Kenyan
trend by signing into action a bill
which criminalizes same-sex unions,
relationships, marriages, and
activism. The penalty is 14 years in
prison. Outcry and condemnation
followed from US Secretary of Statae
John Kerry, and countries like Britain,
which threatened to cut off aid.
He was going to rename the
University of Lagos During the
Democracy Day broadcast of 2012,
President Jonathan announced that
he would change the name of
University of Lagos to Moshood
Abiola University, paying homage to
the late Chief M.K.I. Abiola. The
news was met with protest and
outcry from the students and staff of
the university, and a lawsuits were
filed against the Federal Government.
The decision was finally reverted, and
the original title for the university will
remain.
The missing funds
In March of 2014, Jonathan ordered
forensic auditing into the
disappearance of over $20 billion in
funds by the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation. Pressure was
put on Jonathan to instigate the
auditing by the finance minister, and
there is speculation that he wouldn’t
have pursued this matter without
prodding. Questions also arise over
Jonathan’s suspension of Nigeria’s
central bank governor Lamido Sansui
(pictured above) in February, as to
whether or not the punishment
happened because Sansui opened
his mouth about the missing billions.
Sansui claims that the money was re-
directed into a 2015 campaign
budget for Jonathan.

“Human body” sushi feast in Taiyuan bar
A local bar in Taiyuan, provincial city of
Shanxi province has introduced a somewhat
seductive, if not erotic, program of inviting
its customers to enjoy sushi strategically
placed on the body of a half-naked woman.
The practice firstly originated in Japanese
culture, where it is called “ # Nyotaimori ”,
which literally means “to serve (foods) on
the female body”. It is said to have its
origins in the samurai period in Japan.
Such event is not the first in China. In June,
an automobile show in north China’s
Shenyang had a similar event where young
models were asked to lay down on top of
the cars, and spectators could enjoy sushi
placed on their bodies.

1. Lagos is a land of opportunities


Lagos is indeed a land of
opportunities for many Nigeria. It is a
city where a hardworking pauper
from Makoko slum turns into
someone living in one of the most
expensive people in Lekki or Victoria
Island. However, do not jump the
next bus to Lagos expecting to be
rich overnight if you have no plan,

2. The legend of Area boys
house and support from friends or
frankly because Lagos is not as easy
as it is made to be. Money does not
grow on trees in Lagos because you
have to work to earn a living.
Unfortunately, jobs are limited in

3. Lagos is ‘small London’
Lagos.
Lagos is filled with colourful
architectures and iconic landmarks
that have this seductive charm that
perfectly blends with the wide span
of clean roads. The city is home to
one of the richest and the most
impoverished areas in Nigeria. It is
not every part of Lagos that looks
heavenly; some parts such as
Ajegunle, Makoko, Ijora Badia and
others, are shanty towns, sweat
shops and slums. Most of the
stunning things you see on
newsprints or television about Lagos
may have been edited to suit the
producers.
4. The cost of living is expensive
Lagos is an attractive destination,
decorated with affluence and luxury
but it can be surprisingly cheap. You
can get things – from sophisticated
to standard, extravagance to
essential, bohemian to natural. The
cost of living in Lagos may be on the
high side when compared to cities
like Akure, Ibadan or Benin. However,
Lagos is not as expensive as we are
made to believe it is. The city has
been built in such a way that anyone
can easily blend in. Surprisingly, you
can even do a lot of things under

N2000 in Lagos.
5. The crime rate is high

Do not be carried away with stories
that everyone in Lagos has criminal
tendencies. Some people have been
warned never to ask for directions
when they are in Lagos but end up
getting missing. The crime rate in
Lagos is not as high as it has been
exaggerated. Actually, security is
paramount in the city to allow crime

to rule the day.
6. Traffic Jam is unbeatable

You cannot come to Lagos and miss
traffic (‘go-slows’). We know that
almost every motorway is often
jammed with absurd traffic hams and
speed freaks. It is not true that you
are going to spend half of your day
stuck in traffic if you do not leave
your house early in the morning. The
menace of traffic is gradually losing
its grip, thanks to BRT lane and the
train service that have made it easier
for people to escape the Lagos
traffic. Traffic is not as horrible as it
has been painted in Lagos; all you
need to do is know your route and
how to move around.
Have you heard other exaggerated
things about Lagos? Share with us in

the comment below
source: DAILY POST