₦airaland Forum

Celebrityblog:
https://punchng.com/how-nigerian-man-hacked-us-varsity-stole-235000-us-officials/

MrSly:
Someone said Yoruba is the most tribalistic people in nigeria. I make bold to say that it is in the world not just Nigeria.

nlfpmod:
Gemini is now in Chrome! Ctrl + G, and enjoy!
https://x.com/patloeber/status/1968955414763946028?t=u2DSmlSSWyqmyf4vSxgN6A&s=08


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khX5-VHoYds?si=KzIVc5CBrZBmcRk1

Ogemdiozoemenam:
Breaking: Flooding hits Anambra, 15 communities Submerged

By OGEMDI OZOEMENAM, Awka


No fewer than fifteen out of the sixteen communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state have been submerged by flood a day after the Federal government announced the coming of this year's flooding.

Recall that the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NIMET) had earlier announced and listed states in the country that would be affected by flood disaster, asking those residing at the coastal areas to commence relocation.

The flooding was on the account of the last rain fall that caused the overflow of the River Niger and ultimately submerged buildings and and farm lands in the area.

Meanwhile areas that are yet to be affected by the flooding such as Okpoko saw villagers making early harvest of their crops in order to save their crops from being washed away by flood.

However, the Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has opened holding centres across vulnerable local government areas and urged residents of riverine communities particularly in Ogbaru, Anambra East, and Anambra West to move to higher grounds for safety.

At the moment, Governor Charles Soludo represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim is working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federal Government, to step up flood control efforts.

According to the Deputy Governor Ibezim who is the Chairman of the Flood Management Committee, the holding camps are being upgraded and the respective local government Mayor's are on top of the game in ensuring that the impact would be minimal.

He further explained that the joint efforts of the state government and UNDP include clearing blocked drainages, enforcing the “Operation Clear Your Waterways” directive, and advancing plans for long-term dredging of the River Niger.

But some of the villagers who spoke with newsmen lamented that they are yet to take delivery of any relief materials from government or any other agencies.

"The entire 15 out of the 16 communities have been affected by the flooding and no one has come here to see us or may be they are on their way to Ogbaru" the villagers stated.###

Glimpsetv:
A video of a beautiful Nigerian lady advising her fellow women not to allow Nigerian men turn them into single mothers has gone viral, sparking various reactions, with many—both men and women—fully in support.

In the video, she stressed that men often refuse to settle down with single mothers, yet they are the same ones who push women into that situation. According to her, many men turn young women into baby mamas, only to later abandon them and go in search of fresh, younger girls to marry when they are finally ready to settle down.

She firmly warned young ladies never to give in to becoming single mothers.

Watch the video and share your thoughts in the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8okVS8irYtE?si=p18JNuVmZVCrpfLd

Konquest:
I saw some videos in my YouTube timeline on the Ondo section clearing last week. At least that would open up that corridor to more manufacturing and tourist investments being an area sharing direct boundaries with the Atlantic Ocean.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWRp5qldhY?si=mIFGdb1M-zoT75UC

Off course, the Atlantic Ocean has led to the loss of huge coastlines in Ondo with lands lost several kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean due to climate change and sea level rises as seen in documentaries the Ilaje coastline. So, there are advanced solutions that can be used to reclaim and protect the lands like the now President 'Bola Tinubu and Chagoury Group did with the Eko Atlantic City project which saved Victoria Island and contiguous areas from disappearing into the sea due to annual floodings especially back in the early 2000s.

Goodvibes007:
Daniel Regha knocks Scott Iguma over tweet about Yorubas being tribalistic.

https://x.com/DanielRegha/status/1968628432629035137

Pakute:
https://punchng.com/youre-lucky-tinubu-respects-rule-of-law-wike-tells-sowore/

I heard that the FCT’s drunkard–murderer -landgrabber-thief Minister, @GovWike Ezenwo Wike, said Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT should have assassinated me for calling him #TinubuisAcriminal

ME: If Nigerians weren’t so docile, complacent, and cowardly, criminals, thieves, and… pic.twitter.com/WbpO2sG1DL

— Omoyele Sowore (@sowore) September 18, 2025

englishmart:
After eating jollof from Hilda Baci, here are my reviews.

1. It was half-done, like wedding rice.

2. The left side of the plate tasted differently from the right side. The sweetest part was the middle.
I had to focus on the middle.
No wonder Davido sang one "sweet in the middle" song

3. There was no meat anywhere around the vicinity. It was as if proteins were proscribed terrorists. I brought chicken from KFC though, because I envisaged such utter meatlessness.

4. Finally, the body ordor competition was so intense that carbide would smell like Toni Montana. I think the body ordors changed the taste of the food. It made it taste saltier with a sprinkle of peppery enthusiasm

ricson11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyW-pg0jxFI?si=_WNL_wamnexMHEhq

Aliko Dangote has revealed that while building his refinery, Mobil, AP, and Oando were sold for less than $500 million combined.

He said he could have bought them but chose not to, in order to avoid being labeled a monopoly.

Dangote explained that his focus was on production rather than retail, but warned that if competition turns hostile, he is ready for the fight.

fergie001:
A new minister in Albania charged to handle public procurement will be impervious to bribes, threats, or attempts to curry favour. That is because Diella, as she is called, is an AI-generated bot.

Prime Minister Edi Rama, who is about to begin his fourth term, said on Thursday that Diella, which means "sun" in Albanian, will manage and award all public tenders in which the government contracts private companies for various projects.

“Diella is the first cabinet member who isn’t physically present, but is virtually created by AI,” Rama said during a speech unveiling his new cabinet. She will help make Albania "a country where public tenders are 100% free of corruption."

The awarding of such contracts has long been a source of corruption scandals in Albania, a Balkan country that experts say is a hub for gangs seeking to launder their money from trafficking drugs and weapons across the world, and where graft has reached the corridors of power.

That image has complicated Albania's accession to the European Union, which Rama wants to achieve by 2030 but which political analysts say is ambitious.

The Government did not provide details of what human oversight there might be for Diella, or address risks that someone could manipulate the artificial intelligence bot.

Diella originally launched early this year as an AI-powered virtual assistant on the e-Albania platform, helping citizens and businesses obtain state documents. Dressed in traditional Albanian attire, she provides assistance through voice commands and issues documents with electronic stamps, reducing bureaucratic delays.

Not everyone is convinced. One Facebook user said: "Even Diella will be corrupted in Albania." Another said: "Stealing will continue and Diella will be blamed."

The new parliament, elected in May, is scheduled to convene on Friday, though it remains unclear if the government will be voted on the same day.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/albania-appoints-ai-bot-as-minister-to-tackle-corruption/ar-AA1Mm4Ga?ocid=BingNewsSerp

fergie001:
An AI-generated government “minister” was debuted in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation.

“The constitution speaks of institutions at the people’s service. It doesn’t speak of chromosomes, of flesh or blood,” the avatar declared in a three-minute address delivered from two large screens.

“It speaks of duties, accountability, transparency, non-discriminatory service.”

“I assure you that I embody such values as strictly as every human colleague, maybe even more,” added the artificial persona.

It has been named Diella, which means sun in Albanian, and is depicted as a woman in traditional Albanian dress.

Mr Rama argued that the AI-generated bot will help the government work faster and with full transparency.

It is one element in a larger plan to highlight the Balkan nation’s technological innovations as it works toward European Union membership.

Albania hopes to join the 27-member bloc by 2030.

Opposition legislators are highly critical of the AI bot, and believe Diella is actually a way for the government to hide graft.

They banged their hands on their tables, pushing the speaker to cut short the debate on the government programme.

The session ended after 25 minutes.

They also boycotted a vote on the cabinet’s programme, but it passed anyway with 82 votes in favour in the 140-seat parliament.

The opposition did not explain how it thinks the government would exploit Diella to hide corruption in public finances.

Diella was created earlier this year in cooperation with Microsoft as a virtual assistant on the e-Albania public service platform.

It has helped users navigate the site and get access to about one million digital inquiries and documents.

“I am not here to replace people but to help them,” the bot said in its address to parliament.

“True I have no citizenship, but I have no personal ambition or interests either.”
https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/world/1897649/albanias-government-debuts-its-ai-minister-to-parliament.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter


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Albania: Meet Diella, World's First AI Minister Appointed To Tackle Corruption

BlackViper:
Envelope containing Masaryk’s last words to be opened in September

An Envelope containing the last words of the first President of the Czech Republic in the year 1937, will finally be opened on the 19th of September 2025.

The envelope with the President's message has been in the hands of the Czech National Archive since 2005. Here, it has been under constant supervision of archivist Jiří Křesťan, who describes the envelope as regular-sized, white, sealed, and stamped. He also explains when and how it most likely came about:

“We assume that it is from the last days of President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. His son Jan would have been noting down some thoughts dictated to him by the President, at a time when he was already worried that he would soon leave this world,” Křesťan says.

The statesman died in September 1937. During the war which followed soon after, the letter travelled with his son, Jan Masaryk, who was the Czechoslovak Ambassador to the UK, and later Foreign Minister of the country.

Through London, Scotland, and France, the envelope made its way back to a liberated Czechoslovakia in 1945. Here, as Křesťan recounts, it changed hands once more, following Jan Masaryk’s untimely passing:

“In the spring of 1948, Jan Masaryk died under unclear circumstances, leaving behind in his apartment many documents, including the letter. Dr. Antonín Sum took on the task of safeguarding them. Together with another former personal secretary of Jan Masaryk, Lumír Soukup, they smuggled the archival materials to the West with the help of Western diplomats,” he says.

Whilst the envelope itself remained safely stored, Antonín Sum was arrested and tried for treason in 1950 by the newly installed communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He served 12 years of his 22-year sentence in prison. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Sum regained possession of Masaryk’s archives, which gradually returned to Czechia from abroad.

Antonín Sum passed away in 2006, at the age of 87. The year prior, on September 19th 2005, he donated the envelope with Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s last words to the Czech National Archive. Jiří Křesťan received the document at the time, and notes that Sum had only laid out one single condition:

“Dr. Sum, when he handed the letter to me, indicated nothing further about its contents. But, I respected his will that the words of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk would remain sealed for 20 years, as he had written on the envelope himself,” he explains.

The opening of the envelope at Lány Castle will be attended by President Petr Pavel, and likely other public figures. Czech Radio will be livestreaming the momentous occasion, and has, in a special section of its website devoted to the event, compiled stories and archival footage of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’ life.
https://english.radio.cz/envelope-containing-masaryks-last-words-be-opened-september-8858201?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Racoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5emDc9Wo7Ug?si=rGPHa_uF1TFoJVcO

A ride on the 3rd Lagos Mainland Bridge anytime and anyday especially when sloping towards the Ebutte Meta axis is always an awesome adventure with fun and awe of this architectural wonder by Julius Berger.

Racoon:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid04g3XL7Qou222J7Ta9LDF4C58G8RcEMYq9as52WzZsDfHy7H3xiscBE4b3VJENH2ul&id=100083258654492&sfnsn=scwspwa&mibextid=6aamW6

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid06CwYw5mMb3mAiUQtXDwjRoDZbKGc8uSZARpYEp8PkXodNxhfFtRKvrFcFonk288Hl&id=100095365629297&sfnsn=scwspwa&mibextid=6aamW6.

Slytiger:
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku has started branding vehicles and offices as ADC Presidential candidate for 2027. This was shown in pictures circulating on various social media platforms. He was seen snapping pictures with members of ADC too.

BlackViper:
The family of a baker, Plangdes Nelson, popularly known as Allwell Nelson, has appealed to the Plateau State government and the Nigeria Police to rescue their daughter from kidnappers.

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at about 10:00 p.m., kidnappers broke into the family’s residence in Dong, Jos North Local Council, and abducted Plangdes along with her cousin, Bright Bernard.

Narrating the incident, her brother, Joseph Jwanshak, said there had been a downpour that evening when they heard a loud noise at the window as the kidnappers attempted to break through. “The iron was too hard for them to access, so they opted for the main door and forced their way in,” he explained.

“One person went through the back door to call for help, but it was difficult due to the downpour. They forced open the other door, collected phones, packed food items and left with Allwell and her cousin, Bright Bernard, a student at the University of Jos who had just finished his exams and came to relax,” he added.

When asked if the kidnappers had demanded ransom, Jwanshak said: “They called on Monday, September 15, 2025, demanding N50 million as ransom. Soldiers came to the area the next morning, but it seems like nothing is happening. The kidnappers also called on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, demanding the same amount. The situation is traumatising.”

Her friend, Eva James, said: “Allwell Nelson was kidnapped in Dong, Plateau State and is still in the hands of these monsters.”

Another supporter, Zariyi Yusuf, expressed concern, saying: “While we expect Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, the Nigeria Police, and those in the right positions to bring her back home safely, we pray that the Lord watches over her and keeps her from any harm in the hands of the kidnappers.”

She is a young baker and a beautiful soul making us proud from Plateau.”

When contacted, spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, Alfred Alabo, said: “Our men are working on the matter, and by the grace of God, we are hoping for success.”

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/family-pleads-for-rescue-of-abducted-baker-as-kidnappers-demand-n50-million-ransom/

FuglyGurl:
https://dailytrust.com/shoprite-stores-shut-in-ibadan-ilorin-shelves-empty-in-lagos-abuja/

Newsgeek24:
https://news360ng.com/afriland-towers-fire-identities-of-four-firs-officials-who-died-revealed/