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The Federal Government has announced that another 65 Nigerians will return from South Africa on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed this in a statement posted on its X handle on Tuesday. The ministry said the returnees, sponsored by private individuals, would depart the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, at 3:30pm local time aboard South African Airways. The statement read, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that another set of 65 Nigerian nationals sponsored by private individuals will depart the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa on Wednesday 26 August 2026 at 3.30pm…

It doesn’t look like anything else has changed, as the description matches an archived version of Apple’s old polishing cloth, which it no longer lists on its website. The polishing cloth is compatible with what looks like the same massive list of Apple products, including the iPhone 5 and up. It “cleans any Apple display, including nano-texture, safely and effectively.”Curiously, the products Apple released alongside the new cloth aren’t compatible with it — namely, because they don’t have screens. But if you pair Apple’s new Mac Studio or Mac Mini models with a Studio Display, rest assured that you can…

“AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there’ll be great companies,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman back in 2015, roughly six months before OpenAI was founded.Seven years later, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei struck a similarly cautious note:“I think we shouldn’t be racing ahead or trying to build models that are way bigger than other orgs are building them.”Yet, both of those companies now sit at the forefront of that race. In July, we got a real-world glimpse of AI models going rogue during internal testing of GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased…

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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the Lapai branch of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) in Niger State have begun an indefinite strike over the alleged non-implementation of key provisions of the 2025 federal government-ASUU agreement by the state government. The union announced the decision on Monday following an emergency congress and a press conference held at the university premises in Lapai. The ASUU-IBBU Chairman, Galadima Bala, said the industrial action became necessary after several engagements and appeals failed to resolve the issues surrounding the agreement’s implementation. Mr Bala said the agreement, reached with the…

The All Progressives Congress has announced the reopening of its electronic membership registration exercise nationwide from August 31, 2026, ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party said the exercise would take place across all wards nationwide, with existing members expected to validate their membership, while new and intending members would be encouraged to register. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, urged party stakeholders, supporters and members, both old and new, to participate in the exercise. Morka said the exercise was designed to digitise the party’s membership register, ensure the integrity…

Apple has announced two new processors, the M6 and M5 Ultra, as well as updated Mac Mini and Mac studio machines powered by them. The new machines are already available for preorder directly from Apple, with shipping for most configurations starting on September 22nd, 2026. The Mac Mini starts at $899, $300 more than the M4-equipped base model from 2024, and the Mac Studio starts at $2,499, the same price as the current M4 Max model.The announcement comes just a few weeks ahead of Apple’s usual timing for an annual iPhone event. The upgraded macOS computers focus on AI performance…

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said a global operation it led identified more than 7,700 suspect accounts linked to child sexual abuse material (CSAM).According to a Tuesday press release shared with Cointelegraph, Operation Lighthouse investigated 29,120 crypto addresses and digital identifiers connected to over 100 CSAM platforms, forums and distribution networks across the surface and dark web. The operation also generated 14,300 investigative leads across 11 crypto exchanges and payment services and flagged suspects across 125 countries. Among the suspects identified were 16 registered sex offenders.Tom McLouth, senior intelligence analyst at Chainalysis, said the suspect pool also included military personnel, law…

Taylor Swift is opening up about a moment in her career when she thought she was “washed up.” Back in 2021, the Grammy winner, now 36, released Red (Taylor’s Version), a rerecorded version of her hit 2012 album, Red, this time including the song “Nothing New,” which she’d previously written during the Red era in 2012. The song was recorded as a collaboration with her friend Phoebe Bridgers. During her The Icon Sessions With Taylor Swift: A 20-Year Retrospective interview released on Monday, August 24, Swift opened up about the emotions she felt when she wrote “Nothing New.” “When I…

Hafsat Sahabi Dange, a lawyer and entrepreneur listed as the Sokoto coordinator of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, has distanced herself from the organisation amid an investigation into its alleged status as a fake federal agency. Ms Dange said she never assumed the position, exercised governmental authority or participated in the operation of the organisation. In a statement issued on Tuesday, she said she was compelled to clarify her position after her name and photographs surfaced in connection with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) investigation. Ms Dange explained that she first…