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Governor Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, the Gorvenor of Zamfara has pledged his support for the declaration of state of emergency in Zamfara state. He said this while addressing journalists in Gusau, the state capital on the recent killings in the State which led the youths on Tsafe to protest.

In a recently organised hackaton, participants in this year's DSN boot camp were chosen to work with real life data and the results are amazing.  It shows that Nigeria really got brains. Here was  what Mr. Bayo Adekanbi, one of the founding members of DSN had to say -  *DataHack 2018: How we raised the bar & humbling feedback* Dear friends, It’s already 2 years since we kicked off Data Science Nigeria  and one of the best anniversary gifts was the opportunity to get 50 awesome budding data scientists to engage real world dataset of a leading bank in the country.It’s a proof of our evolution! Kudos to the guys who spent 3 days doing intensive work at the Hackathon. This has further validated our cause and reinforced the value we bring to the table as a solid AI learning community. It’s therefore very humbling for me to share this private chat with one of the most respected Nigeria business leaders.  He has got good things to say about the community. Our journey of

Superstar Messi has just gotten a new air ride. An Argentine company has made a plane customised for the 31-year-old and his family which includes a kitchen, two bathrooms and 16 seats that can be folded to make eight beds. The plane was reportedly