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The Emir of Gumel in Jigawa State, Ahmed Muhammad-Sani, has died at the age of 85 after a 46-year reign. According to an official statement, the traditional ruler passed away on Thursday afternoon at a hospital in Egypt. His death comes just four days after the passing of the Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State, Bello Suleiman, who died on Monday at the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau. Life, education The late monarch began his early education at Gumel Primary School (1948–1953) before proceeding to Hadejia Middle School (1953–1956). He completed his secondary education at Rumfa College (then Kano High School)…
Ngozi Monica Okonkwo & Co, the external auditors of Cutix Plc, have resigned their appointment after about six years of auditing the company’s accounts. The manufacturer, Cutix disclosed this in a regulatory filing signed by Chinwendu Nwokporo, the Company Secretary, on Wednesday, stating that it received the auditors’ formal notification of resignation on 24 July. Ngozi Monica Okonkwo & Co joined Cutix as external auditor in in November 2020, replacing ANOC Professional service who also retired at the time. The resignation took effect on 28 August, the date of the company’s 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). Cutix, who manufactures electrical,…
Nigerian Fuji musician, Adewale Ayuba, says he will release his new five-track album, “Arise”, on 19 September this year. Mr Ayuba disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Mr Ayuba, the project marks the beginning of a new chapter in his musical career. Mr Ayuba explained that ‘Arise’ marks a departure from the traditional long-form album format, which often involved lengthy recordings. He said he would henceforth focus on shorter songs and more frequent releases to align with changing music consumption trends. “I’m no longer going to do long-form…
The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the resignation of a police officer who alleged that he had been unable to access his salary for two years. The officer, identified as F/No. 524180, CPL Yusuf Aliyu, reportedly announced his resignation from the Nigeria Police Force on social media, citing his inability to access his salary. However, the command said preliminary findings showed that Aliyu’s salary had been paid “promptly and consistently” by the police authorities. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafi’u Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying the Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu,…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT, xAI’s Grok, and Anthropic’s Claude are all experiencing issues. At around 11AM ET, ChatGPT started returning error messages for users trying to use the chatbot, with its status page saying there are currently “elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex.”In addition to preventing users from having conversations with ChatGPT, the outage is also affecting logins, file uploads, voice mode, search, deep research, image generation, and more.Users began experiencing problems with Claude around the same time. While Anthropic’s status page indicates Mythos/Fable 5.1, Mythos/Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 4.6 were initially impacted by an outage starting around…
Update (Sept. 3, 1:30 PM UTC): This article was updated to clarify details of the acquisition.Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, extending its reach into the software and tools developers use to build artificial intelligence.The chipmaker agreed to acquire Hugging Face, which serves more than 18 million developers and hosts over 3 million models, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a Thursday announcement.“Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the entire AI ecosystem,” Huang said, adding that developers will remain free to choose their models, frameworks, cloud providers and computing platforms.The deal gives Nvidia control…
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned politicians and their supporters against invoking the name of Jesus Christ to advance partisan interests ahead of the 2027 general elections. The President of CAN, Daniel Okoh, an archbishop, gave the warning in a press statement released on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Okoh expressed concern about recent political commentary referencing Christ, specifically remarks by Precious Oruche, popularly known as Mama Pee, about Peter Obi and the upcoming elections. While acknowledging the passionate nature of political discourse, the CAN President emphasised that the name of Jesus Christ is sacred and must not be…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has signed the state’s N1.84tn 2026 Appropriation Bill into law, hours after the Rivers State House of Assembly approved the it. Fubara assented to the bill on Thursday at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, describing the appropriation as a “breath of fresh air”. The budget, titled “Budget of Resilience for Growth and Development,” was passed by the Martin Amaewhule-led House earlier on Thursday after lawmakers reviewed some of the provisions in the governor’s original proposal. Fubara had presented a N1.854tn budget proposal to the Assembly on July 10, representing a 24.5…
SwitchBot has launched a new retrofit smart lock that gives owners multiple ways to enter European homes without a traditional key. Announced at IFA today, the SwitchBot Lock Ultra Max Vision Pro Combo provides multi-user entry and up to 19 ways to unlock doors, including, fingerprint scans, passcodes, NFC card access, contactless authentication via facial or palm vein recognition, and more options for remote, voice, smartwatch, and widget access via the SwitchBot App.The combo costs €339.99 / £339.99 (about $395), and includes SwitchBot’s Keypad Vision Pro, Hub Mini Matter, and the new Lock Ultra Max. It’s pricier than the $249.99…
