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  • Nigerian tech wizard dies mysteriously days after winning N68.8bn U.S. govt contract

    Nigerian tech wizard dies mysteriously days after winning N68.8bn U.S. govt contract

    Nigerian tech wizard, David Gbodi Odaibo, who recently won a $125 million (N68,750,000,000) government contract in the United States of America (USA), is dead.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Retina-AI Health Incorporation, Mr. Stephen Odaibo, who is brother to the deceased, made this known.

    The CEO of Retina-AI Health Incorporation narrated how his brother, David, who lived in Hoover, Alabama, mysteriously died in his sleep a week after winning the N68.8 billion contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

    “My brother, David Gbodi Odaibo, passed away yesterday. My heart is broken. He had a cardiac arrhythmia/heart attack in his sleep.

    “He was fully vaccinated and did not have covid. He and I were so close. He was only 42. David was kind, gentle, brilliant, and humble.

    “David had a PhD in Computer Engineering and was a Kaggle Competitions Grandmaster, the highest attainable skill level in practical Machine Learning. He introduced me to AI.

    “The algorithm he wrote for automatically detecting threats at Airports won a $125 Million contract from Department of Homeland security a wk ago. His code beat out companies backed by Billions of $. So in the future when you safely fly the skies, pls remember my brother David

    “Our hearts are broken. My poor parents, his wife and two young children. His 4 siblings. We are devastated. David & I were tremendously aligned in our interests and would often talk for hours. Our connection was rare & precious. We ended phone conversations with “love you”.

    “Hug your loved ones and tell them you love them. Though there may be sorrow in the night, joy comes in the morning. I’m comforted that David is with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” Stephen wrote via LinkedIn.

  • Trump fires head of security agency that vouched for credibility of US Poll

    Trump fires head of security agency that vouched for credibility of US Poll

    United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump yesterday fired, Director of Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Christopher Krebs, the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election.

    Trump fired Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security of the election was “highly inaccurate”.

    The firing of Krebs, a Trump appointee, comes as the president is refusing to recognise the victory of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and removing high-level officials seen as insufficiently loyal.

    He fired Defence Secretary Mark Esper on November 9 – part of a broader shakeup that put Trump loyalists in senior Pentagon positions.

    Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, ran the agency known as CISA from its creation in the wake of Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. election through the November election.

    He won bipartisan praise as CISA coordinates federal state and local efforts to defend electoral systems from foreign or domestic interference.

    He kept a low profile even as he voiced confidence ahead of the November vote and, afterwards, knocked down allegations that the count was tainted by fraud.

    At times, he seemed to be directly repudiating Trump, a surprising move from a component of the Department of Homeland Security, an agency that has drawn criticism for seeming to be too closely allied with the president’s political goals.

    CISA issued statements dismissing claims that large numbers of dead people could vote or that someone could change results without detection.

    Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court yesterday overturned an order requiring that election observers be allowed within six feet of ballot-counting operations.

    In its decision, the court said state law only requires that observers be allowed “in the room” where ballots are counted and does not mandate a minimum distance, NBC News said.

    The 5-2 majority opinion also found that the Philadelphia Board of Elections “did not act contrary to the law in fashioning its regulations governing the positioning of candidate representatives,” according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

    “Critically, we find the board’s regulations … were reasonable,” Justice Debra Todd wrote.

    The ruling reverses a Nov. 5 order in which Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon sided with the Trump campaign and agreed to reduce the 25-foot distance from which “candidates, watchers or candidate representatives” could watch the votes being counted.

    It also undercuts allegations by President Trump’s campaign that his supporters were illegally prevented from observing the tabulation process that’s projected to have helped Joe Biden capture the White House.