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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned President Bola Tinubu that his administration’s economic policies are pushing Nigerians “dangerously close to the limits of human endurance,” citing the rising cost of petrol, food and education. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said that with petrol now selling for as much as N1,470 per litre, transportation, food and even basic education have become increasingly out of reach for ordinary citizens. “President Tinubu has turned the petrol pump into an instrument of punishment for everyday Nigerians,” the party said, adding that the cost of…

Chelsea have a new ownership structure after affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group acquired the ownership interests of Todd Boehly and Mark Walter, giving the US investment firm full control of the Premier League club. The club announced the change on Thursday, confirming that Mr Boehly has stepped down as chairman, while Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss will remain an important stakeholder in the ownership group. Clearlake said it intends to continue with the strategic direction established since the consortium acquired Chelsea in 2022. “There will be no changes to the day-to-day operations, leadership or strategy at the Club,” Chelsea said in…

Raphinha scored a hat-trick as Barcelona ripped Racing Santander to shreds in a spectacular 7-2 triumph in La Liga on Wednesday. Hansi Flick’s league leaders preserved their 100 percent record with a thumping victory over their promoted opponents, moving three points clear of Real Madrid. Joao Cancelo, Gabriel Jesus and Lamine Yamal also scored for the unstoppable Catalan giants, who have netted 33 goals in seven games across all competitions. With lightning flashing above Camp Nou, Barca started at rapid pace and took the lead with a thunderbolt from Cancelo. The defender crashed a shot in off the crossbar from…

Funmi Ogundare  The Government College Ibadan Old Boys Association (GCIOBA) and ipNX Nigeria Limited have partnered to deliver a campus-wide digital connectivity project at Government College Ibadan (GCI), providing more than 2,250 students and staff with access to high-quality broadband internet. The initiative, led by the GCIOBA North America branch and implemented under ipNX’s Corporate Social Rsponsibility (CSR) strategy, is aimed at strengthening digital learning, improving teaching and expanding access to educational resources at the public secondary school. Under the project, a campus-wide fibre backbone has been deployed to connect 29 buildings, while enterprise-grade wireless connectivity has been provided within…

As artificial intelligence (AI) firms push for greater controls on the industry, Al Jazeera unpacks the value of the main companies in the sector.A renewed debate has emerged over who should control the development of artificial intelligence (AI).The latest dispute follows an essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who has argued that the development of increasingly powerful AI systems needs to slow down, calling for greater regulation.US President Donald Trump pushed back, writing on Truth Social that the US already has “tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power” over AI companies, framing safety concerns as a conspiracy that only benefits China. He…

Emma Okonji The number of active subscribers for data (internet) services recorded on the network of each licensed service providers utilising various technologies, reached 157,706,496 as at July this year, numbers released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed. The NCC data also showed that the total internet data usage across networks, increased to 1,662,021.45 Terabytes (TB) in July, up from 1,532,172.67TB recorded in June this year. According to the statistics, which THISDAY obtained from the website of NCC, the increase in the active internet subscriber number and the rise in the volume of internet data usage have been…

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei is not the first corporate CEO to suggest that excessive competition is driving the world to some socially undesirable outcome.The safety breach disclosed by OpenAI after a swarm of its agents coordinated to breach their supposedly secure sandbox, get on the Internet and hack AI platform Hugging Face, warrants urgent action. It demonstrated the ease with which the technology can evade human control and gave concrete form to the existential fears about what it could do to humanity if not securely leashed.The end of the world may well be nigh, as some in the AI industry have…

Unions who donate to Labour will meet John Healey on Thursday to press home their demands ahead of next month’s Budget.Unite, the UK’s second biggest union, has called for a reversal of the freezing of tax thresholds, that see the lowest paid drawn into paying tax.The union’s leader, Sharon Graham, said she told Andy Burnham that the cut to the winter fuel allowance, carried out under former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, was a “disgrace”, adding: “What to you need to do is winter fuel in reverse – something that says to everyday people I am on your side.”The call…

Researchers have created mice with half-human brains in an effort to understand and develop new treatments for disorders such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and rare forms of dementia.The scientists transplanted lab-grown human brain cells into animals that were engineered to be born without a cortex or hippocampus. This made space for the human tissue to grow inside the rodents’ skulls.The procedure means scientists can now take cells from patients with brain disorders, turn them into brain tissue in the laboratory, and grow that tissue in living animals. The animals can then be studied to see how the…

New Inter Miami manager Cristian Gonzalez couldn’t have asked for a better start to life with the club, winning a trophy in his first match as Inter Miami won the Campeones Cup, defeating Cruz Azul 2-0. A rare header from Lionel Messi helped the Argentine score his 100th goal for the club, the same way that he scored his first goal, against the Mexican side. Casemiro added the insurance goal as rain fell over the Nu Stadium, scoring his fourth goal in his last five starts for the club. This also christens their new home with its first trophy since…