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Shares in Presight AI, a data analytics company, soared on Monday, their first day of trading on the Abu Dhabi bourse after a $496mn initial public offering that was 136 times oversubscribed.The demand is no one-off. It comes two weeks after Adnoc Gas raised $2.5bn in the emirate’s biggest listing. They are among the latest in a fast-flowing pipeline of offerings in the Middle East that contrasts sharply with Europe’s moribund market. The 51 IPOs across the Middle East and north… Read the full article here
Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes says it is reimbursing its cloud-hosted customers that lost funds in a “security incident” in March that saw its customers’ hot wallets accessed.As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the ATM manufacturer issued a statement about a security incident on March 17 and March 18, which involved a hacker remotely uploading a Java application into its terminals and gaining access to sensitive information, such as passwords, private keys and funds from hot… Read the full article here
Finding love again! Jana Kramer is taking things slow with soccer coach Allan Russell but is enjoying the pair’s connection so far. “I don’t know if this is my forever person. … But, like, I’m not going to push away love just because I’ve been hurt before. I’m going to embrace it,” the One Tree Hill alum said during a January 2023 episode of her “Whine Down” podcast, revealing she has been dating a mystery man for several weeks after connecting… Read the full article here
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that a case of involuntary manslaughter, and reckless and negligent acts have been established against Chrisland School, some staff members and a vendor over the death of a 12-year-old student. The Office of the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of Justice said in a statement Friday that the suspects would be charged with the offences contrary to Sections 224 and 251 of the Criminal Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015. The student,… Read the full article here
Poetry matters because it never fails to remind us of the common colour of the blood in our veins, the violence of hunger, the ugliness of evil, the frailty of our forests, the vulnerability of our rivers, and the sigh of our Planet. Poetry never forgets, and never ceases to remind the Future of its debt to the Past. Wherever Justice is hidden, you can trust poetry to seek and find it. For in its lyrical habitation lives our Lamp of… Read the full article here
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu will tomorrow, Tuesday, hear the appeal filed by Comrade Chika Idoko, the ADC senatorial candidate for Enugu North district, against an earlier judgement of the High Court in the case seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Enugu State for this year’s polls. Idoko had in a suit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP in Enugu State, sought the disqualification of all the… Read the full article here
The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Cross River State is set to challenge INEC’s declaration of Prince Bassey Edet Otu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as governor-elect at Election Petition Tribunal (EPT). As they prepare for the Tribunal, they have also alleged that Prof Ben Ayade, the state governor, and the INEC have as a result, rushed to tamper with the election result papers. PDP has claimed that Ayade and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Professor Gabriel Yomere,… Read the full article here
Nigeria exacted revenge on Guinea-Bissau in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series with a 1-0 win in Bissau on Monday. The Super Eagles had suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to the Djurtus just last Friday. However, Moses Simon’s first penalty was enough for Jose Peseiro’s men to win the reverse fixture. The result takes Nigeria back to the top of Group A with nine points. They now have two more than Guinea-Bissau. It also ended a four-match losing streak for the three-time African… Read the full article here
Niger will host Algeria in the second game of the Group F doubleheader on Monday in an effort to earn their first victory of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign. The match is a must-win game for Niger if they hope to qualify for the finals. Algeria currently top Group F with nine points, while Tanzania has four, Niger has two and Uganda has one. It is the ninth time the two countries have faced each other, with six of… Read the full article here
No fewer than 1,000 aged women from across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State on Monday held a protest in Lafia, the state capital, seeking a review of the recently conducted governorship election in the state. The woman, who were dressed half-naked with leaves in their hands, sang emotional songs in Hausa language. Speaking during the protest, which held at the Peoples Democratic Party secretariat in Lafia, the state Women Leader of the PDP, Stella… Read the full article here
