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Does your power bank have “CryoPulse technology” or a “Cyber Window”? If you disappointingly answered “no” to both, you might want to consider upgrading to Ugreen’s new MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power Bank. It’s available starting today for $149.99, which puts it on the really expensive end of power banks with only a 10,000mAh battery, but those fancy-sounding features are part of what Ugreen is claiming to be the world’s first liquid-cooling system on a power bank with wireless charging.Inside the MagFlow Pro is a micro-pump that’s used to circulate coolant and draw heat away from components including the power bank’s…

Counting On alum Joy-Anna Duggar decided to wait to publicly announce her pregnancy — and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “Thank you all so much for the love on our pregnancy announcement,” Duggar, 28, wrote via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, September 2. “We are over the moon and cannot wait.” Duggar and her husband, Austin Forsyth, announced on Tuesday, September 1, that they are expecting another baby. The couple already share sons Gideon, 8, and Gunner, 2, as well as daughter Evelyn, 6. (Duggar suffered a stillbirth in 2019 and named her late daughter Annabell.) “It’s [definitely]…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a case filed by an unknown petitioner against Nigeria over alleged crimes against humanity. The international court dismissed the filing titled, ‘Formal Communication Requesting Investigation into Systemic Kidnappings in Nigeria as Crimes Against Humanity’ for breach of procedure. Despite the decision favouring Nigeria, the Nigerian government criticised the court. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, said the decision only came after the president of the pre-trial division had improperly initiated a procedural process by assigning the unverified filing from an anonymous submitter to pre-trial chamber II, purportedly pursuant…

FTSE Russell, a London-based provider of global stock market indices, has added MTN Nigeria, Dangote Cement, First HoldCo, and seven other Nigerian public companies among the qualified equities for its Frontier Index Series, effective from 21 September. Others include Guaranty Trust Holding Company, Nestle Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries, Presco, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, and Aradel Holdings. FTSE Russell disclosed a September 2026 review of the stock index. The admission of the equities remains tentative until the 7th of this month, it noted. The 10 stocks will be among the equities in the index’s Large Cap category. Quoting the companies in the Frontier…

The real policy challenge is, therefore, not merely how much should a Nigerian worker be paid? It is also what kind of economic system surrounds that worker, how much productive value does that system enable the worker to generate, and how much of that value survives the structural costs imposed between earning an income and meeting the basic requirements of everyday life? In recent weeks, there has been extensive commentary on the Federal Government’s scorecard, including economic stability, nominal GDP growth, the steady supply of petroleum products, tax administration reforms, greater responsibility by state governments for paying workers’ salaries and,…

The Nigerian Navy has dismantled illegal refining sites and recovered 99,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil in separate operations across the Niger Delta region. The Director, Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, adding that the operations were carried out on Monday, August 31, 2026, by the Nigerian Navy Ships (NNS) SOROH and NNS DELTA, following credible intelligence on suspected illegal petroleum activities. The statement read, “The Nigerian Navy has intensified anti-crude oil theft operations, discovers 99,000 litres of suspected stolen and illegally refined products. “The discoveries were made…

Microsoft is announcing some major changes to Xbox Cloud Gaming today, less than a year after opening up cloud gaming to its Xbox Game Pass Premium and Essential tiers. While all Game Pass plans have included unlimited cloud gaming over the past year, from November this will be limited to just 15 hours on Ultimate, 10 hours for Premium subscribers, and a measly 5 hours for Game Pass Essential.“We recognize that introducing limits is a meaningful change, particularly for players who regularly spend more time gaming through the cloud,” says the Xbox team in a blog post announcing the changes.…

Khloé Kardashian is celebrating a milestone moment for son Tatum, 4, on his first day of school. “I canNOT believe Tatum started school today! And my True is in THIRD GRADE! 🥹 Both of my babies are officially in school and I truly don’t know how we got here,” Kardashian, 42, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, September 2. “I’m so grateful for every milestone, but man… it is such a trip how quickly it all goes by. In a blink, they’re suddenly a little bigger, a little more independent, and becoming more and more of who they are meant to…

Civil society organisations and environmentalists in Nigeria have questioned the proposed $2.5 billion investment by JBS, the world’s largest meat-processing company, in the country. The groups said the investment, if not properly scrutinised and regulated, could have far-reaching implications for land, water resources, local livelihoods, smallholder farmers and the environment. They raised the concerns at a stakeholder convening in Abuja on Wednesday, organised by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), in partnership with Environmental Rights Action (ERA) and the HEDA Resource Centre. A cross section of Participants The two-day event, which ended on Thursday, featured discussions on JBS’ proposed…

President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the planned launch of the African Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA), saying Africa needs financial institutions that better understand the continent’s economies and risks. The African Union has announced that the agency will officially launch on 7 October in Port Louis, Mauritius. President Tinubu said the development was another step towards building African financial institutions capable of providing more accurate assessments of the continent’s economies. The president disclosed this in a post on his official X account on Thursday, recalling that he had advocated for an African credit rating agency in a February 2026 Financial Times…