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Meta offered $100m bonuses to lure OpenAI staff, Altman alleges
Tech

AI market is in a bubble, investors overexcited – Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes the artificial intelligence market is currently in a bubble, The Verge reported Friday. “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” Altman told a small group of reporters last week. “Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion […]

Town planners unveils committee to push urban planning law implementation
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Town planners unveil committee to push urban planning law implementation

The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners has stepped up efforts to promote sustainable and orderly urban development with the inauguration of a Presidential Committee tasked with securing the full implementation of the 1992 Urban and Regional Planning Law. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Abuja, NITP National President, Dr. Ogbonna Chime, described the 33-year-old legislation […]

Trump to spend $1bn on offensive cyber operations
Business

Trump’s trade adviser urges India to stop buying Russian oil

President Trump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, said India must halt its purchases of Russian crude, warning that the revenues were helping to fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Navarro added that New Delhi was “cozying up to both Russia and China.” He wrote in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times. Navarro made this disclosure […]

Rising food prices threaten inflation gains, CPPE warns
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Rising food prices threaten inflation gains, CPPE warns

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has cautioned that persistent increases in food and month-on-month prices signal unresolved structural weaknesses in Nigeria’s economy, despite the recent decline in headline inflation. In a statement on Sunday, CPPE Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Muda Yusuf, described the July 2025 inflation report as a “mixed […]

Australia fines Google $36m over anticompetitive search engine deals
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Australia fines Google $36m over anticompetitive search engine deals

Google has agreed to pay a fine of 55 million Australian dollars ($36 million) after admitting to anticompetitive agreements with the country’s two largest telecommunications firms, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced on Monday. The watchdog said Google’s Singapore-based Asia Pacific division signed contracts with Telstra and Optus that banned the installation of rival […]

Shipping crisis stalls Dangote fuel distribution
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Shipping crisis stalls Dangote fuel distribution

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s much-anticipated plan to begin fuel distribution using 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas-powered trucks has suffered a setback, as only 450 units have so far been delivered out of the expected fleet. The $20bn refinery, located in Lekki, Lagos, had scheduled the nationwide distribution scheme to begin on August 15. However, logistics challenges […]

Duolingo CEO defends ‘AI-First’ strategy, says memo misunderstood
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Duolingo CEO defends ‘AI-First’ strategy, says memo misunderstood

Duolingo Chief Executive Officer Luis von Ahn has sought to clarify remarks that sparked criticism earlier this year, insisting that the company’s push to become an “AI-first company” was misinterpreted. Speaking in an interview with The New York Times, von Ahn said the controversy arose largely from a lack of context. “Internally, this was not […]

Business

NNPC subsidiary expands fleet beyond 160,000 cubic meters

WAGL Energy Limited, a joint venture between NNPC Limited and Sahara Group, has expanded its fleet capacity to over 160,000 cubic meters. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, NNPC said the move reinforces WAGL Energy’s role as a leading supplier of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Africa. The company noted that the expansion […]

FG appoints Opeyemi Agbaje as PenCom chairman after NLC ultimatum
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FG appoints Opeyemi Agbaje as PenCom chairman after NLC ultimatum

The Federal Government has appointed Mr Opeyemi Agbaje as Chairman of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), following mounting pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress over the non-constitution of the commission’s governing board. Multiple sources within the NLC and the pension industry confirmed the appointment to on Saturday, though PenCom’s spokesman, Ibrahim Buwal, said there was […]

Aviation

Ibom Air passenger Comfort Emmanson narrates ordeal

Ibom Air has come under scrutiny after passenger Miss Comfort Emmanson alleged she was assaulted by a member of the airline’s cabin crew. Emmanson in a video posted on her Instagram account alleged that a flight attendant, identified as Julian Edwards, forcibly removed her wig, cut off her gold jewelry, and damaged her mobile phones […]

Kano approves N40.8bn contracts for 17 township roads
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Kano approves N40.8bn contracts for 17 township roads

The Kano State Government has awarded contracts worth over N40.8bn for the construction and rehabilitation of 17 township roads across the metropolitan area. The projects, which cut across Gwale, Nasarawa, Kumbotso, Fagge, Kano Municipal, Tarauni, Dala, and Ungogo Local Government Areas, were announced by the Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Waiya, during a tour of completed […]