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Veteran actress Joke Silva, creative economy strategist Audu Maikori and advertising executive Steve Babaeko are among eight accomplished professionals confirmed as panellists for the second edition of the QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit. Also billed to speak at the summit are technology and finance content creator Fisayo Fosudo, talent manager and music executive Efe Omorogbe, media and intellectual property lawyer Omotayo Inakoju, theatre practitioner and culture administrator Yibo Koko, and publisher Anwuli Ojogwu. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Mighty Media Plus Network Limited, publishers of the online newspaper QEDNG. QEDNG Creative Powerhouse Summit 2.0 is themed Creativity, Culture and…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will conclude with a blockbuster final as Spain take on defending champions Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday. The two football powerhouses have emerged as the tournament’s standout teams and will now battle for the sport’s biggest prize after navigating contrasting paths to the final. Spain became the first finalists after a composed 2-0 victory over France in Dallas, extending their unbeaten run in the knockout stages. Twenty-four hours later, Argentina booked their place with a hard-fought 2-1 win over England, moving within one victory of retaining the World Cup. The final…

James Emejo in Abuja The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, moderated marginally to 15.91 per cent in June from 15.93 per cent recorded in May, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Wednesday.The slight moderation marked the first decline in headline inflation after three consecutive monthly increases, suggesting that while overall inflationary pressures remained largely elevated, though the pace of price increases eased marginally during the review period.According to the CPI report for the period under review, month-on-month, headline inflation also slowed to 1.66 per cent in June from 1.75…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased slightly to 15.91 per cent in June, down from 15.93 per cent recorded in May, offering a modest sign of slowing price pressures even as food prices continued to rise. The bureau disclosed this in its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday. According to the report, the headline inflation rate was significantly lower than the 25.29 per cent recorded in June 2025, representing a year-on-year decline. Compared with May, the inflation rate fell by 0.02 percentage points. Similarly, on a month-on-month basis, headline inflation slowed…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software. Data recovered from the Tesla showed that the vehicle was traveling more than 70 miles per hour when it struck a house in Katy, Texas, killing 76-year-old resident Martha Avila, according to the NTSB. The family of the victim has since sued the alleged driver, 44-year-old Michael Butler, and Tesla, claiming negligence. Butler has also been charged with manslaughter. The safety board shared the information…

Lawsuit accuses Terry Harwood of misusing xAI to bypass safeguards and produce explicit deepfakes involving minorsPublished On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina man who was arrested earlier this year on charges of sexually exploiting minors, alleging that he misused the company’s AI tool to create sexually explicit content involving a child.The lawsuit, filed in a Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleges that Terry Harwood knowingly violated the company’s terms of service to create the material.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“[The] Defendant opened multiple xAI accounts using false identities.…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said up to 45 per cent of dementia cases could be prevented by addressing modifiable risk factors, as it unveiled updated global guidelines to help countries reduce the growing burden of the condition. The UN health agency released the updated recommendations on Wednesday, saying the guidance provides countries with evidence-based measures to prevent or delay cognitive decline and dementia across the life course. According to the WHO, more than 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia, while nearly 10 million new cases are diagnosed each year. Alzheimer’s disease remains the most common form…

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 15 July 2026 The first longitudinal regional atlas of intergenerational educational mobility shows that the subnational regions of Europe in which individuals’ educational opportunities are least dependent on the educational background of their parents tend to have the most innovation, as shown by the number of patents.

Michigan’s Board of Regents is not expected to discuss the findings of the independent investigation into the university’s athletics department that it commissioned, or the status of athletics director Warde Manuel, when it meets on Thursday, sources told CBS Sports.The development comes amid growing unrest outside the athletics department, as Manuel has gone on the offensive amid speculation over his future as athletics director. The board’s meeting agenda posted on Tuesday does not include the investigation or Manuel’s employment. A source told CBS Sports on Wednesday that there are currently no plans for the board to discuss the topics. News of…

When Sheen returned to the area with his family in 1977, having lived for a while in Liverpool, he was told that his neighbour had seen “a UFO hovering over her back garden”.”I got told this, at the age of eight, about this woman who lived next door who was clearly very sensible, so I totally believed this,” he told the Scarred For Life podcast, external in 2025.Then, at 12 years old, after getting off the school bus, he recalled seeing “something coming round the edge of the mountain, in the distance”.”I stopped, and this light came out and then…