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The Albanese government is considering a “world-leading” ban on smart glasses in its offices and service centres as councils around Australia push the technology out of public spaces over privacy fears.The government has avoided a sweeping ban on the import of the camera-equipped technology and encouraged individual workplaces to set their own rules.The public service minister, Katy Gallagher, said on Thursday she had asked the Australian public service for advice on whether the glasses should be prohibited.“We need clear and consistent guidance for public servants,” Gallagher said.“Smart glasses can raise legitimate privacy and security concerns, particularly because of their ability…

Italy’s defence minister warns of severe economic fallout if Bab al-Mandeb becomes impassable, bypassing EU delays.Published On 18 Sep 202618 Sep 2026Italy will deploy warships to ensure safe passage for its commercial vessels through the Bab al-Mandeb strait, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, adding that Rome would not wait for a joint decision from the European Union.“We have the capabilities to protect the passage,” Crosetto said, warning that if the waterway became impassable, the economic consequences would be severe.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Italian defence minister said that Rome “must not allow bureaucratic delays in decision-making to…

‎ ‎The Managing Director of Ultimate Health Management Services, a Health Management Organization, Otunba Lekan Ewenla, has explained that preventive health care is a major component of health insurance in Nigeria, saying enrolment in the program will help eliminate or curb sudden deaths in the country. ‎ ‎Ewenla, in an interview with journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, said Nigerians should not wait until they are ill to access health care or know their health status as health insurance is mainly designed to address both preventive and curative healthcare services. ‎”As a matter of fact, the concept of health insurance was,…

Among the many surprises uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope, one of the strangest has been a large population of tiny, intensely red objects known as Little Red Dots. Their true nature has remained unclear. Now, new simulations performed with Japan’s ATERUI III supercomputer suggest these objects may be rapidly growing black holes that took advantage of conditions in the early Universe that no longer exist today. The findings do not require unusual physics or highly unlikely events. Instead, the simulations indicate that Little Red Dots could arise naturally from the environment of the young cosmos, where black holes…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday inaugurated the State Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 general elections, charging members to immediately commence consultations, grassroots mobilisation and sustained engagement with voters across the state. Abiodun, who is Chairman of the Campaign Council, said the inauguration marked the beginning of a new phase in the party’s preparations for the elections, directing members to translate the council’s organisational structure into effective action across the state’s 20 local government areas, 236 wards and polling units. The governor charged the council to work for the success of all…

Sylvester Idowu in Warri Chairman of Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria and Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, said yesterday that the state Houses of Assembly would consult governors before taking final positions on the proposed State Police Bill. Guwor said the consultation would help lawmakers and governors harmonise their views on the proposed framework for state policing. He spoke while reacting to the announcement by Clerk to the National Assembly that the constitution review bills, including the State Police Bill, had been transmitted to the state legislatures. According to a statement by…

A woman who lied to police multiple times to cover up killing and dismembering her abusive husband will spend a further 12 months in jail.Nirmeen Noufl was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty in August to killing her husband, Mamdouh, in excessive self-defence while she was being choked and assaulted in their Sydney home.The 55-year-old has been in custody since her arrest in October 2024, when she was originally charged with murder before prosecutors accepted an admission to the lesser charge.Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailCrown prosecutor Mark Hay told the court the disposal of Mamdouh Noufl’s body…

By Cynthia Alo & Kafayat Kokumo More than five billion people worldwide rely on forests to some extent for their livelihoods, yet its contribution to food security and nutrition remains largely overlooked in national statistics and policy frameworks, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has said. The FAO made this known in a new global report titled, ‘‘Forests for Food: Nourishing People, Sustaining the Planet’’, developed jointly with the Landscape Alliance and published on Tuesday. The report highlighted the crucial role of forests and trees in providing nutritious food, reducing hunger and poverty, and called on…

Waymo says it will launch a robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, as the Alphabet-owned company continues to eye overseas markets for expansion.Waymo’s vehicles will begin arriving in Singapore in “the coming months,” the company says, in preparation of mapping and autonomous testing with human safety drivers behind the wheel in 2027. Waymo says it is “working toward offering fully autonomous ride-hailing to the public” by 2028.Waymo will need approval from Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) before it can begin accepting passengers. The city-state requires all autonomous vehicles to undergo a safety assessment conducted at the Centre of Excellence for…

By Ebunoluwa Sessou Two politicians who were aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Lagos State House of Assembly have defected to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, following changes to the APC’s candidate list for the Agege constituencies I and II. The affected politicians are former Agege Local Government Chairman, Kola Egunjobi, who is seeking the Agege Constituency I seat, and Azeez Yusuf, popularly known as Ninolowo, who is contesting for Agege Constituency II. Vanguard gathered that the two had picked the APM tickets to continue their bids for the Lagos State House of Assembly…