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Critics and critics.

This issue has also become part of a civil war between groups of APC supporters. There's a conflict between people that describe themselves as "Elite Buharists" and people that describe themselves as "Batists".

People are resurrecting old tweets.

The battle between Dr Tijani and Professor Pantami's supporters has been raging for a long time. This particular post led to a storm because many people believe that Dr Tijani was referring to Professor Pantami when he wrote "Sheikh".

Dr Tijani has started blocking supporters of Professor Pantami, but some people say that he criticised and insulted Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu and other government officials before he got into government, but he cannot take half of such criticism now that he is in government.

Some people have been digging up old posts by Dr Tijani in which he criticised the initiatives of Professor Pantami, initiatives which they claim that he is now copying. Dr Tijani has responded to and disclaimed those claims.

Professor Pantami also shared posts by others that showed that NCAIR was launched 4 years ago.

The former minister, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, began tweeting that NCAIR was launched 4 years ago and that legacy is achieved not claimed.

Dr Bosun Tijani announced the relaunch of NCAIR (screenshots 1 and 2).

He then announced what's different about the new NCAIR after people mentioned that Professor Pantami had previously launched NCAIR (screenshots 3 and 4).

Background

Dr Bosun Tijani was a major critic of Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu before he became a minister. His tweets in which he insulted both men, senators and other government officials were resurrected during his Senate confirmation hearings. Some APC supporters have not forgiven him for his past comments.

Dr Tijani was also a major critic of his predecessor, Professor Ali Isa Pantami and he has had a running battle with Professor Pantami's supporters since he was appointed.

In particular, Dr Tijani criticised Professor Pantami when Pantami launched the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), but Dr Tijani has recently announced the launch of the same centre. Some of Professor Pantami's supporters believe that Dr Tijani is trying to steal Professor Pantami's legacy, while Dr Tijani says that he is relaunching a better NCAIR than the one he met.

Former Minister, Isa Pantami, slams Bosun Tijani for relaunching NCAIR

The Immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has berated his successor, Bosun Tijani, for relaunching the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR).

The NCAIR is a special-purpose vehicle created to promote research and development on emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and UAV, Internet of Things (IoT) and their practical application in areas of Nigerian national interest.

Tijani on Friday announced the relaunch of the NCAIR with the support of global tech company, Cisco, adding the capacity of the Centre has been improved. This, however, did not go down well with the former Minister, who felt his “legacy” was being claimed.

Reacting to the announcement of the relaunch via a post on his X handle, Pantami said:

●“The National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics has been built and commissioned in November 2020, almost 4 years ago.

●“The first of its kind in Africa. It has been very effective, and thousands of Nigerians have been trained and trained. Legacy is achieved, not claimed.”

The relaunched NCAIR

Meanwhile, Minister Tijani on Saturday provided more details on what the “new and improved” NCAIR would deliver for Nigerians and the new capacities added to the Centre. According to the Minister, the goal of the Tinubu administration is to strengthen the capacity of NCAIR to conduct Artificial Intelligence research, empower local researchers and startups, and strengthen the application of AI in government.

●“To achieve these, here are some new initiatives we’ve introduced to support this relaunch:
“NCAIR now has access to over 2500 virtual CPUs for use by the Nigeria AI Collective. NCAIR is now connected to 1 petabyte of storage at GBB.

●“NCAIR will manage the new computing infrastructure for projects of national interest and academic research. There is now adedicated lab at NCAIR for State and enterprise AI research projects.

●“NCAIR will allow AI hubs and pods across the country connect remotely to the new computing infrastructure.

●“In addition, NCAIR will now report and academically publish on all projects carried out at the institution,” Tijani said.

Aside from the NCAIR relaunch, Tijani announced other policy initiatives that formed outcomes of the Ministry’s National AI Workshop, including the launch of the country’s first Multilingual Large Language Model.

Tijani further disclosed that after the 4-day of co-creation with over 120 ArtificiaI Intelligence experts, the country not only had an initial draft of its National AI Strategy but also announced some significant developments and partnerships that would lead Nigeria towards accelerating the development of AI.

He said part of the announcements was the partnership between 21st Century Technologies, Galaxy Backbone and NCAIR Nigeria to accelerate the development of Artificial Intelligence projects of national interest.

https://nairametrics.com/2024/04/21/former-minister-isa-pantami-slams-bosun-tijani-for-relaunching-ncair/

BascoVanVeli:
I was so annoyed watching that Bay fc game lol. How can u be a so called expansion team and u are trying to play like prime Barcelona U see it is not working but have zero plan Bs. I mean almost all their goals were self imposed. Then the worst part is how clueless and naive they are defensively. Well at least there is no relegation in this league

I was wondering about that at the beginning when they were building their team. A lot of the players said that they spoke to the coach and that his vision was that they should play exciting and attacking possession football. That's what big teams play! You are a new team, how are you sure that you can impose your style on others? You'll simply end up leaving spaces for more experienced teams to exploit.

1970

Princess Anne launches a new frigate for the Royal New Zealand Navy.

The way she launched it is similar to the way that Mrs Tinubu launched the OPV. She struck a hammer on a pad and the ship slipped into the water from the rear.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OSYvyINvXk?si=J6Ud7gG7zl5009_M

Michelle Obama launching a US Navy submarine.

She gave it its name (USS Illinois), then she tried to break a bottle of wine on its side. The bottle didn't break the first two times, but it broke on the third try.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdYIsjtypw?si=kw1GV3XQsmAl-88o

baralatie:
How many jets do we have now

At least 23 jets and we also have lots of turboprop planes for COIN operations, ground attack, surveillance, intelligence and transport.

CharleyBright:
How??
What is the wife of the President got to do with Naval ships?
Why doesn't she focus on attending to motherless babies and other humanitarian services? She dey look for where big money to fleece dey.
For me, it is all a Ruse and cover up for a clandestine Oil Bunkering business by the woman. The ship will be legally considered as the First lady ship and be cleared untouchable in oil bunkering and movement of stolen oil.
Thieves

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

This is pure comedy!

In this case it was the wife of a senator (Senator Tester) that launched the ship. She gave the ship its name (USS Billings) and smashed a bottle of champagne across its bow and the ship fell into the water. Then the US Navy band played Anchors Aweigh.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cnly179C8g?si=Xtho9ZYDeO79Cnl6

US Navy warships are usually launched by the wife of the governor of the state where the ship has its home port or by the wife of the mayor of the city where the ship has its home port.

The first question we need to ask is, "What is a constitution"?

The second question we need to ask is, "What does this ceremony have to do with the constitution"?

The third question is, "Is this ceremony mentioned in the constitution"?

The fourth question is, "If the Nigerian Navy invites the widow of an admiral to slip the ship into the water, would the name of the widow have to be in the constitution"?

Remember, the Navy can invite anybody to slip the ship. The person doesn't have to be a government official.

🤣 That post about constitution is very funny. What does this have to do with constitution??

Zambia and Malawi.

Rachael Kudananji and Temwa Chawinga.