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Kano Undergraduates Publish Paper On Artificial Intelligence
Four Kano Undergraduates who attended and graduated from Yusuf Maitama Sule North-West University in Kano have published a paper on artificial intelligence.
The title of the paper is “Long Short Term Memory And Non-Linear Autoregressive Models For Prayer Time Prediction”
The graduates are Adamu Lawan, Muhammad Lawan, Ahmad Dikko Umar, Abba Mukhtar Bala.
The paper’s abstract is as follows
Abstract:since the advancement of Artificial Neural Network (ANNs), many studies have been proposed in the past few decades for forecasting purposes. Time-series applications have been applied in areas such as stocks, electricity, and weather prediction. The role of time in conducting prayer cannot be over-emphasized. Muslims must perform each prayer at its stipulated time for it to be valid. But, overall these years, nothing has been done yet about prayer time prediction. In this paper, the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) of Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) models and Non-linear Autoregressive (NAR) models are utilized to exploit the use of time series application in Kano state prayer time prediction. The models mainly focus on collecting Kano state prayer times from prior years to predict future prayer times for three prayers (noon prayer, sunset prayer, and evening prayer). The LSTM training algorithm for the LSTM model, the Bayesian Regularization Neural Network (BRNN) algorithm, and the Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm for the NAR model were the state-of-the-art algorithms used in training the models. After that, a comprehensive comparative analysis is conducted between the algorithms to determine the best performing algorithm. Finally, the models were tested with a dataset from the Kano state shari’ah commission for prayer time from 2013–2020, for three prayers (noon prayer, sunset prayer, and evening prayer). The accuracy of the result shows that LSTM and NAR models could be applied to prayer time prediction and obtain decent accuracy.”
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The paper was published by the Journal of 2021 6th International Conference on Recent Trends on Electronics, Information, communication and Technology based in India.
The publication of the paper by the undergraduates who bagged Bsc in computer science from North-West University Kano in the year 2019 is seen by many as a commendable effort which is mostly not found among many Nigerian University graduates when the issue of brain drain and the crisis of underfunding is rocking the university system.
The Nigeria Tracker Communications publishers of NIGERIAN TRACKER online Newspaper and Open Source community Africa (OSCAR Kano) will soon convene a virtual conference where the graduates will deliberate on how they were able to publish the paper in an international journal.
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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.
All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.
The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.
The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.
The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.
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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences
By Salisu Baso
As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.
The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.
He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.
On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.
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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest
President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .
The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.
The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.
Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.
“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.
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