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The World Bank has said that despite the expansion of the Nigeria’s economy and the revenue increase, poverty rate remains alarmingly high. The Bretton Woods institution declared that 139 million Nigerians are living in poverty in 2025 despite the economic reforms embarked upon by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Country Director, World Bank Nigeria, Mathew Verghis, spoke in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Development Update where the bank also projected that Nigeria’s economy would grow by 4.4 per cent in 2027. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn The World Bank’s verdict is coming a few…

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has asked for one year to fix the country’s challenges, promising that if they persist, he will resign.He said this during a town-hall style meeting at his palace with various groups of government supporters. Many attendees had the opportunity to ask the president questions or simply share their views – to which he responded.”I don’t want flattery. I want to hear the truth. It’s the people who kept telling me that everything was fine who are responsible for our current situation,” he said.The movement behind the protest, known as Gen Z Mada, has been calling for…

Getty ImagesAmong the restricted procedures are liposuction, tummy tucks, breast reduction, removal of breast implants, tonsillectomies, carpal tunnel and tattoo removalNorthern Ireland’s health trusts spent almost £22m in a single year on restricted procedures which should only be carried out in very specific circumstances, according to the auditor general.Dorinnia Carville said about 12,000 operations, which include tummy tucks and tonsillectomies, were carried out in 2023-24 without any assurance they complied with government policy.Ms Carville described the lack of oversight by the Department of Health and the trusts as “very disappointing”. The Department of Health and the five health trusts acknowledged…

The use of ‘kamikaze’ drones to target gang members in crowded Haitian slums being called ‘ineffective’.

The hacker mansion is part startup commune, part luxury crash-pad, part sales floor for the future. They are dotted around Silicon Valley, inhabited by tech founders and futurists. The most opulent I’ve seen is in Hillsborough, one of the Bay Area’s wealthiest enclaves, just south of San Francisco. Inside, marble floors gleam beneath taped-up portraits of tech royalty; in the gardens, gravel is raked into careful Zen spirals and pools shimmer beyond the hedges.It was a sunny June afternoon, and I had come with my producer, Fay Lomas, to record interviews for a BBC Radio 3 documentary about the collision…

Taylor Swift visited her Late Night pal Seth Meyers for a Wednesday night takeover, serving as the show’s only guest. Not counting Meyer’s signature “Closer Look” segment, the entire episode was a “Tay/kover” as it was dubbed by the show. But even “A Closer Look” threw in some friendship bracelet and Life of a Showgirl song name jokes while speaking about the current government shutdown. Swift seemed right at home with Meyers despite the fact it’s been five years since she’d last been on the show. Meyers cheekily noted that it seemed like Swift has done about 15 years worth…

Alibaba Cloud named cloud computing and AI partner of NBA China as the basketball league returns after six years.Published On 9 Oct 20259 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe National Basketball Association (NBA) and Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba have announced a multiyear partnership, as the league stages two games in Macau to mark its return to the Chinese market for the first time since 2019.The announcement by Alibaba Group on Thursday said it would provide artificial intelligence and cloud computing services with the NBA and enhance fan experiences on the NBA app in China.Recommended Stories list of 3…

Taylor Swift closed out “The Life of a Showgirl” press tour with one last stop on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” Appearing on Tuesday’s broadcast – Meyers’ 1,713th episode, a number that fittingly adds up to 12, matching Swift’s 12th studio album (and nodding to her lucky 13) – was appropriate to the numerology that’s followed her entire career. Swift and Meyers covered her record-breaking new release, which became the most-consumed album in a single week hours before the taping started, and the self-directed “Fate of Ophelia” music video that reunited her with Eras Tour dancers and backup singers. Known…

279 Agricultural small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria have received a fresh opportunity to access funding, expand operations, and scale their businesses through a high-level networking event organised by the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) of Pan-Atlantic University, in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The two-day event, held recently in Lagos, was titled “Funding the Future: Powering Nigeria’s Agric-SMEs.” It brought together key players from Nigeria’s agricultural ecosystem, including representatives of financial institutions, business development service providers (BDSPs), and government agencies, to discuss practical ways to improve access to finance and business support for…

The global digital economy continues to evolve as blockchain applications move beyond speculative trading. In this shift, accessibility has become a defining trend — making technologies once reserved for specialists available to a broader public. PioneerHash PioneerHash, operated by London-registered Pioneer Infrastructure Partners SLP GP Holdings Ltd (Company No. 12841153), says it is addressing one of the key challenges in this transformation: simplifying participation in cryptocurrency mining. The company’s cloud mining model enables users to lease computing power remotely rather than purchasing and maintaining costly hardware. Company data shows operations spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, supported by artificial-intelligence systems…