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The cringe comes for us all, and for all our hot new turns of phrase. “Rizz” lost its luster when grandparents started asking about its meaning. Teachers who dressed up as “6-7” on Halloween drove a nail into the coffin of Gen Alpha’s rallying cry. And tech CEOs who once trumpeted the quest for “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI, are jumping ship for any other term they can find.Until recently, AGI was the ultimate goal of the AI industry. The vaguely defined term was reportedly coined in 1997 by Mark Gubrud, a researcher who defined it as “AI systems that…

A crypto attacker apparently took over a whale’s multisig wallet minutes after it was created 44 days ago, and has been draining and laundering funds in stages since.In a Thursday post on X, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that a whale’s multisig wallet had been drained of roughly $27.3 million due to a private key compromise. PeckShield noted that the attacker has laundered about $12.6 million, or 4,100 Ether (ETH), through Tornado Cash and retained around $2 million in liquid assets, while also controlling a leveraged long position on Aave (AAVE).However, new findings from Yehor Rudytsia, head of forensic at…

Timothée Chalamet still can’t believe he’s on the cover of a Wheaties box. The actor, 29, addressed his limited-edition Wheaties “Marty Supreme Box” during an appearance on the Wednesday, December 17 edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fallon, 51, beamed as he held up the box, which features a very serious-looking Chalamet as the fictional table-tennis champ Marty Mauser, whom he portrays in the upcoming film Marty Supreme.  “This is what I’m talking about,” Fallon gushed. “Are you kidding me?” Related: Gwyneth Paltrow Thought Timothee Chalamet’s Makeup Was Acne and Intervened Gwyneth Paltrow accidentally mistook Marty Supreme costar…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwarinpa, Abuja, on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who is facing N2.2 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It comes after Mr Ngige spent six days in prison in Abuja, where trial judge Maryam Hassan detained him on 12 December to await bail hearing and ruling. Ms Hassan, who heard the bail application on Monday, ruled on Thursday, granting bail to Mr Ngige, a former Anambra State Governor. The judge, who overruled the prosecution’s objection granting…

President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has formally submitted a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk. The development came on the heels of the tirades Mr Dangote has launched on Mr Farouk since Sunday over the NMDPRA’s continued issuance of licences for the importation of refined petroleum products into the country. Mr Dangote sees Mr Farouk’s pro-importation disposition as a threat to his multi-billion-dollar refinery and the larger Nigerian economy. On Sunday, Mr Dangote…

TikToker Amadou “Jarvis (Jadrolita)” Aminata says she has separated from her fellow content creator, Habeeb “Peller” Hamzat, and explained this to his mother. Peller proposed to Jarvis in December 2024. However, in September, Jarvis disclosed that she has yet to marry despite their engagement, citing issues linked to Peller. PREMIUM TIMES reports that Jarvis confirmed the breakdown of the relationship with the 20-year-old while responding to controversy surrounding Peller’s recent accident during a TikTok live session on Tuesday. This newspaper reported that Peller attempted suicide by deliberately crashing his newly acquired Mercedes-Benz during an emotional livestream that followed the alleged…

Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Commission, Lawrence Itanya has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for supporting young sportsmen and women in the region through the Niger Delta Games. Mr Itanya applauded the initiative while receiving the representative of Dunamis Icon Limited, the Project Consultants, and expressed the state’s readiness to take advantage of the games to identify and groom young athletes. “On behalf of His Excellency, Apostle Prince Bassey Edet Otu, and the good people of Cross River State, I welcome you to the carnival city of Calabar. We deeply appreciate the Niger Delta Development Commission…

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT,  High Court on Thursday rejected the bail application of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. Malami had in the application sought bail from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Babangida Hassan, said Malami’s detention was lawful and backed by a valid court order. The EFCC had accused Malami of money laundering and abuse of office. DAILY POST recalls that the anti-graft agency on November 28, invited Malami for questioning. Subsequently, reports emerged indicating that Malami’s international passport was seized…

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has disclosed that he was never a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fubara also claimed that PDP caused 90 percent of the political crisis he passed through. He spoke while addressing journalists on Wednesday night after visiting the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Secretariat in Abuja. “If I have to be honest, was I really a member of the PDP? I wasn’t. Whatever I suffered during the political crisis, 90 per cent of it was imposed on me by the party. “I was in my former party, just there. During the crisis,…

An Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their involvement in series of kidnappings in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State and neighboring communities in Rivers State. The convicts were found guilty of kidnapping an Anambra State businessman, Mr. Chijioke Anyanwuor, proprietor of Jon KAMSY Supermarket, Ikot Abasi, after collecting a ransom of ₦3 million from his family. The four condemned men are Marvelous Ndah, 38, a native of Ikot Iyire, Edemaya in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area; Anthony Anthony Akpan, 37, an indigene of Ekput in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area; Aniema Eshiet,…