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Entertainment
Nigerian rapper Olamide has revealed the hand-painted cover art and 10-song tracklist for his upcoming album Time & Space, set for November 16, 2026 via YBNL Nation and EMPIRE.
Entertainment
Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors attended AFRIFF in Lagos wearing standout looks—hers a beaded ivory mini with a train, his a black suit with a red cap. Here's what made their style moment memorable.
News
Nigeria’s Flamingos defeated Japan 2–1 in Rabat to win the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, becoming the first African country to win a FIFA women’s competition.
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Entertainment
Burna Boy headlined the first-ever NFL Paris Game halftime show at Stade de France, joined by Yseult, Joé Dwèt Filé, and judo star Teddy Riner.
Others
As autonomous AI agents multiply, zero-trust architectures face new stress tests. This post explores why verifying agent behavior is harder than it looks—and what researchers are doing about it.
Business
OpenAI's textGrain watermark struggles with short passages and edits, raising questions about compliance with the EU AI Act's transparency rules that took effect in August.
Business
Investors submitted over N1 trillion in bids for Nigeria's one-year Treasury Bill at the November 11 auction, overwhelmingly favoring the 364-day instrument over shorter maturities.
The brief
Business
Seplat Energy has announced the naira exchange rate for its Q3 2026 dividend, giving shareholders clarity on local-currency payouts alongside strong nine-month earnings.
News
A widespread Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot, and SharePoint for businesses, schools, and government agencies across multiple countries, with recovery efforts ongoing as engineers work to stabilize affected servers.
Business
Conoil's earnings are rebounding, but its dividend yield remains below 1%. Here's why shareholders may deserve a larger payout for the 2026 financial year.
Business
The U.S. House has approved seven bipartisan measures targeting cybersecurity, disaster loans, manufacturing reshoring, and SBA lending reforms to support American entrepreneurs.
Across the newsroom
Business
Business
OpenAI's textGrain watermark struggles with short passages and edits, raising questions about compliance with the EU AI Act's transparency rules that took effect in August.
Entertainment
Entertainment
Nigerian rapper Olamide has revealed the hand-painted cover art and 10-song tracklist for his upcoming album Time & Space, set for November 16, 2026 via YBNL Nation and EMPIRE.
News
News
Nigeria’s Flamingos defeated Japan 2–1 in Rabat to win the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, becoming the first African country to win a FIFA women’s competition.
More stories
Entertainment
Download Festival 2027 has revealed its headliners at Donington Park, featuring Blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon, and Evanescence alongside more than 100 additional acts.
News
A new Times report details allegations from six women spanning 2005 to 2013, coming shortly after the comedian's prison sentence for rape and sexual assault.
Business
Madewell partners with Hudson Valley inn The Six Bells on a 23-piece limited-edition collection of apparel, accessories, and home décor inspired by storybook charm and cozy interiors.
Business
A market strategist explains why extreme bearish sentiment and washed-out leverage point to a bottom in chip stocks, making the iShares Semiconductor ETF a compelling contrarian play.
Politics
Libya formally protested derogatory comments made by Donald Trump at a Georgia rally, prompting a State Department apology and a partial walkback from the former president.
Business
Volkswagen has started production of its Africa-focused Tengo SUV at the Kariega plant in South Africa, backed by a $241 million investment, even as the automaker plans major global job cuts.
