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The Nigerian government on Tuesday received the new US Africa envoy, Frank Garcia, on his first official trip to the country. Mr Gracias is the newly confirmed US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. The trip is his first official trip to West Africa, with Nigeria as his first stop. The top diplomat is expected to visit Côte d’Ivoire and Mali over the next few days. The US Embassy in Nigeria disclosed in a post on X that Mr Gracias met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to review progress under the US-Nigeria Joint Working…

Nigeria’s sprint star, Favour Ashe, says he is mentally and physically prepared for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, as Team Nigeria intensifies preparations for the multi-sport event, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 100m and 4x100m relay specialist, popularly known as “The Nigerian Nightmare”, said the national team’s training camp has played a key role in sharpening the athletes’ readiness ahead of the Games. “Coming into the Commonwealth Games, I would say my mental is in the right spot. I’m ready mentally and physically. This training camp has been a huge boost for the athletes and has put us…

X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, admitted in a post on Monday that X’s algorithm was “missing” data about surfacing posts from people who you’ve followed back. Now, he says a tweak will “boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals,” hopefully enhancing the sense of community instead of highlighting and spreading random arguments, but didn’t explain how the data went missing in the first place.Last week, Bier also said users who post original content will “climb faster,” after admitting that top accounts on the platform have been posting “stolen” recycled content from other users, and now this tweak might…

Humanity Protocol will refocus its cybersecurity efforts on operational security following a June $36 million exploit that was traced back to a compromised employee laptop, according to the founder of the decentralized identity company, Terence Kwok.In an interview with Cointelegraph, Kwok said that the exploit stemmed from last year’s mainnet launch, when several production keys were inadvertently backed up onto the laptop that was compromised, including admin hot wallet keys and a quorum of multisig owner keys across both chains.  He said:“The hard lesson here is that operational security is as critical as smart-contract security, and we’re rebuilding accordingly.”The exploit…

Content creator Allison Kuch, wife of former NFL defensive end Isaac Rochell, is highlighting just how expensive it can be to give birth in the United States. “How much it cost to give birth in America,” Kuch 31, captioned a viral TikTok video shared on Sunday, July 12, revealing that it cost her more than $20,000 to give birth to her second child with Rochell, 31. While the final cost was staggering, the influencer noted that her first baby was a planned C-section — and cost $32,000. “This baby was a vaginal birth, 48 hours spent in the hospital from…

The 44 pupils and teachers rescued from kidnappers after spending 56 days in captivity have started reuniting with their families following their discharge from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, ending about two-months of anxiety for relatives who had feared they might never see their loved ones alive again. Emotional scenes unfolded on Tuesday evening at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital facility where the victims had been receiving treatment and psychosocial support since their rescue, as parents, siblings and relatives broke into joyous tears while embracing the returning children. Hospital officials coordinated the discharge process, calling out the…

World record holder Tobi Amusan has secured her place in the 2026 Wanda Diamond League Final after a string of consistent performances in the women’s 100m hurdles event this season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The former world champion has amassed 28 points from five Diamond League meetings in the women’s 100m hurdles, comfortably sealing qualification for the season-ending championship, scheduled for September 4 and 5 in Brussels, Belgium. Amusan currently sits second in the Diamond League standings behind American Masai Russell, who leads with 32 points. They both head into the final with races remaining in London, Lausanne, Silesia and…

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters. In the lawsuit, the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools, but failed to exclude those on parental or medical leave from its ranking system:The result was that employees who took protected leaves were disproportionately selected for layoff, based on scoring that not only failed to account for their protected leaves, but in effect penalized the…

Artificial intelligence now helps write more than 95% of Coinbase’s code, offering new insight into the crypto exchange’s AI strategy following its decision to cut 14% of its workforce earlier this year. Coinbase cut 700 staff in May. In an email to employees, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said AI has “dramatically” changed the pace of work and there was a need to “return to the speed and focus of our startup founding, with AI at our core.” “Effectively, 100% of our employees are using AI on a daily basis here,” Coinbase’s head of platform, Rob Witoff, told Cointelegraph. “And close to 100%…

The cause of death for Jennifer Grey’s mom, Jo Wilder, has been revealed. A County of Los Angeles department of public health death certificate obtained exclusively by Us Weekly on Tuesday, July 14, shared that Wilder died of lung cancer. No other contributing factors were listed. Wilder was cremated on Friday, July 10, and scattered at sea, according to the certificate. She died in a nursing home called The Pinnacles at Burton in Los Angeles. The funeral establishment that handled her burial was Lifesource. Related: Jennifer Grey Says Mom Died ‘By Her Own Choosing’ After Cancer Diagnosis Jennifer Grey announced…