London Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK, delivering a fresh blow to the Tories and underlining the deepening fractures on the right of British politics as the country heads into a volatile political period. The announcement was made on Monday by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage […]
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Meta is rolling out Manus AI, the autonomous agent technology it acquired late last year, across its major consumer platforms — including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Meta AI — in what analysts describe as a significant step toward mainstream adoption of “agentic” artificial intelligence. According to an update shared by AI developer Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye,
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KANO The defection of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reshaped the state’s political landscape, with implications that extend well beyond party politics, sending ripples across northern Nigeria and setting the tone for the 2027 general elections. Kano, one of the country’s most populous and politically influential
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Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has declared that the country has “had enough” of pressure from the United States following the capture of former leader Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces earlier this month. Speaking during a public address to oil workers at the Puerto La Cruz refinery in northeastern Venezuela , Rodríguez’s said Venezuelans must
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Developers and AI practitioners are gaining broader access to agentic AI coding tools as recent changes make advanced autonomous coding features available at little to no cost, according to a software developer and AI researcher Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye. Ogunleye Samuel Olalekan Ogunleye noted that Anthropic’s agentic coding tools, previously tied to paid API usage, can
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Lagos As Nigeria ushers in 2026, early data from Google Trends indicates a nation turning its attention inward — toward entrepreneurship, personal development, and practical skill-building — as citizens look for ways to navigate rising living costs and the evolving realities of work. According to Google’s report covering searches from the first two weeks of
Beatrice Ekweremadu, wife of former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, has completed her prison sentence in the United Kingdom and has now been released after serving her term in connection with the high-profile organ trafficking case that led to her conviction in 2023. The case, which drew widespread attention in Nigeria and internationally, involved efforts
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Nigeria and the United States have issued a joint statement following the first session of the U.S.–Nigeria Joint Working Group, held on January 22, 2026 in Abuja.The Working Group was created after Nigeria’s designation as a Country of Particular Concern under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act. Its aim is to reduce violence against vulnerable
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By Olukunle Adewumi As far back as 2012, few Nigerians could have imagined that kidnapping would evolve into one of the most lucrative criminal enterprises in the country. It was once a distant crime, associated mainly with the creeks of the Niger Delta or with politically motivated abductions. Today, in 2026, the word “kidnapping” alone
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On January 23, 2026, Nigeria’s national electricity grid collapsed once again, plunging millions of homes, hospitals, factories, and offices into darkness. By midday, power generation had fallen from nearly 4,000 megawatts to almost zero, marking yet another nationwide blackout in a country where electricity failure has become routine. Official statements described the incident as a
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