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YouTube to tighten monetization rules to combat AI-generated content
Tech

YouTube to pause ads during peak livestream engagement

YouTube has announced that it will begin pausing ads during livestreams when chat engagement is at its highest and viewers are actively supporting creators through Super Chats, Super Stickers, or gift purchases. Previously, the only way to avoid ads on the platform was by subscribing to YouTube Premium. In a blog post, the Google-owned company […]

Travel

Spain grants legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants

Spain’s government has approved a sweeping plan to grant legal status to up to 500,000 undocumented migrants, a move aimed at formally integrating them into the country’s workforce and broader society. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez defended the decision, describing it as both “an act of justice” and a practical necessity for Spain. In a letter […]

Loan apps: FCCPC to address rising debt with new policy
Policy and Regulations

FG probes ‘sharp sharp’ loan operators over customers privacy data breach

The Federal Government says it is investigating the activities of some ‘sharp sharp’ loan operators over alleged violation of data privacy of customers. The National Commissioner, Nigeria Data Protection Commission, Mr Vincent Olatunji, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. NAN reports that ‘Sharp Sharp’ loan operators, also known […]

News

Tinubu commissions Nigeria Revenue Service new headquarters in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday officially commissioned the new Corporate Headquarters of the Nigeria Revenue Service in Abuja. The event marked the transition from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to the newly restructured Nigeria Revenue Service. Tinubu, while addressing guests in a video of the unveiling shared by his Special Assistant on Social Media, Dada […]

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Iran estimates $270bn cost of US-Israel war damages

The Iranian government on Tuesday estimated the cost of the war launched by the United States and Israel since February at $270 billion. AFP reported that Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani told the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that the figure was a preliminary estimate. According to Mohajerani, the first step in arriving at […]

Opinion

China slams US Hormuz blockade as ‘dangerous, irresponsible’

China accused the United States on Tuesday of “dangerous and irresponsible” behaviour over its blockade of Iranian ports, with President Xi Jinping vowing Beijing would play a “constructive role” in promoting peace in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump has threatened to sink ships entering or leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas in the […]

Electricity

FG pays ₦418.79bn power subsidy as sector losses exceed ₦300bn

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has disclosed that the Federal Government incurred a subsidy obligation of N418.79bn in the fourth quarter of 2025, even as inefficiencies across the electricity value chain led to losses exceeding N300bn during the period. The PUNCH reported that this was contained in the commission’s 2025 fourth-quarter report, which also highlighted […]

Oil and Gas

Dangote plans historic Pan-African IPO for oil refinery

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, is planning a landmark cross-border public offering of his $20bn oil refinery in a move that could reshape capital markets across Africa and deepen regional investor participation, a new report by Bloomberg revealed on Monday. The proposed listing, which will see shares of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and […]

Conferences featured

France, UK to convene global talks to reopen Hormuz

France and Britain will co-host a video conference on Friday with countries ready to contribute to a “purely defensive mission” to secure the Strait of Hormuz, the French president’s office said. President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will co-chair the meeting to discuss a plan to “restore freedom of navigation in the […]

Business

IEA warns of global fallout as Middle East tensions rises

The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol,has cautioned that prolonged conflict in the Middle East and any closure of the Strait of Hormuz could have severe consequences for countries worldwide. He warned that no nation would be shielded from the effects of the war, urging governments to brace for “difficult times in […]