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Kim Kardashian has an enviable bikini collection. Kardashian, 45, showed off her famous curves in a glitter-flecked bikini while snapping a mirror selfie with her boyfriend, Lewis Hamilton , during their tropical getaway to Hawaii. The reality star, for her part, looked chic in a pastel pink Gucci bikini featuring triangle cups and halter straps. She styled the designer piece with a matching pink bandana in her hair and sheer mesh sleeves. Hamilton, 41, matched his girlfriend in bubblegum swim trunks. He completed his look with a graphic gray T-shirt and a painted bucket hat. The F1 driver wrapped his…

Presidential candidates and national chairpersons of political parties participating in the 2027 general elections on Tuesday signed a national peace accord in Abuja, committing themselves to peaceful and issue-based campaigns ahead of the commencement of electioneering on Wednesday. The agreement was signed under the auspices of the National Peace Committee (NPC), chaired by former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar, in partnership with The Kukah Centre. The ceremony, held at the International Conference Centre, brought together representatives of several political parties and presidential candidates, including the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi; the African Action Congress (AAC)…

Afrobeats star David “Davido” Adeleke has reflected on his uncle, Ademola Adeleke’s re-election as Osun State governor, claiming that he took on 17 All Progressives Congress (APC) governors with just his mobile phone. The “Unavailable” hitmaker, who played a key role in Adeleke’s re-emergence as governor, also spoke about President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, among others, during an interview with News Central TV on Tuesday. The singer said: “I defeated 17 governors with all their power, with all their immunity, with all their aides, with all their escort commanders, with all their…

A UK crypto investment company that promised returns of up to 100% has been shut down after an investigation found no evidence that it carried out any genuine trading, with nine investors losing more than £300,000 between them. A release on UK Home Office website on Tuesday noted that Key Coin Assets Ltd was wound up at the High Court in London on Tuesday, August 11, following action by the Insolvency Service. The company had told investors they could receive guaranteed returns of between 40% and 100%, while one online post advertised “0 Fees, 0 Risks”. The Insolvency Service said…

OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra, that it thinks could have “critical” cybersecurity capabilities, and the company says it instituted a two-week pause in reinforcement learning (RL) training on its “latest models intended for deployment” while it tightened up security. The company’s “largest planned frontier RL run remains on hold.”For its frontier model research, OpenAI now requires stronger sandboxes for workloads…

Interstice Digital has launched a cross-chain swap engine with FalconX connecting the Canton Network with Ethereum, Solana and Robinhood Chain. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the non-custodial engine allows assets to be swapped across the four networks without Interstice taking custody or executing transactions on users’ behalf. FalconX, a digital asset prime brokerage serving institutional investors, provides liquidity for the engine, which is designed to connect Canton’s institutional markets with assets and trading activity on public blockchains, giving users a route between tokenized assets on Canton and liquidity on networks such as Ethereum and Solana.Canton is a public blockchain built for institutional finance,…

Hayden Panettiere’s former onscreen mother recalled seeing the actress battle with “inner demons” before her sudden death. “This hits deep. I’ve had to take the day to let the idea that Hayden is not with us, wash over me,” Sylvia Jefferies, who played Panettiere’s mom on Nashville, wrote via Instagram on Monday, August 17. Jefferies, 57, recalled Panettiere facing ups and downs when they worked together on the musical drama. (Nashville aired from 2012 to 2018.) “I shoot straight from the hip. At times, Hayden was not easy to be around. I remember calling her a downright tornado. But she…

The Anambra State Government has ordered immediate testing of water from boreholes and wells in flood-affected communities across Onitsha, Ogbaru, Ogidi, Umusiome Nkpor and Obosi. The State Commissioner for Environment, Clem Aguiyi, disclosed this on Tuesday in Awka while briefing reporters on measures to address potential health risks. Aguiyi said the directive aimed to prevent waterborne diseases following flooding and erosion that submerged water sources and damaged drainage systems. He said the flooding and erosion had also heightened the risk of contamination in Idemili North, Ogbaru and Onitsha South Local Government Areas. Aguiyi said the exercise was a proactive public…

Racism is a sleight of hand game. The best way to understand it is by exploring what my Yoruba ancestors call ìlara. In my culture and language, we say “ìlara ko gbo ògùn.” Ilàrá does not respond to medication or a cure. It is desiring someone’s essence out of profound admiration, even love, but in a manner that is twisted by the idea of scarcity; hence the need to obtain it by all means. It is the tragic, corrupted pilgrimage of a misplaced spirit seeking the beautiful essence of another that it doesn’t realise it already possesses within its own…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday received briefings from the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, and the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Darma, at the State House, Abuja. The trio discussed the management and disposal of houses seized nationwide by the anti-graft agency, the State House media office revealed in a statement and photo release late Tuesday. It read, “Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Olanipekun Ola Olukoyede, and Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Muttaqha Rabe Darma, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the management and disposal of…