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For years, I have told the young professionals in my community that ownership is what carries wealth across generations, while a salary only carries you through the year. On 14 September, Nigerian investors get their clearest chance in a decade to act on that idea. Dangote Petroleum Refinery opens its public offer at N525 per share, with a minimum subscription of 10 shares. That puts your entry point at roughly N5,250 for a stake in what will become the largest single listed company on the Nigerian Exchange. Vetiva Capital, the lead issuing house, has designed the offer as Nigeria’s first…

Which one of us has not dreamed of getting a personal email from Nigel Farage? So imagine the excitement that Reform supporters must have felt when a message from their leader dropped into their inboxes late on Wednesday night. And mine. Could he also be about to offer everyone in the country £5,000 in return for electing a Reform government?Sadly not. Even Honest Bob’s planned welfare cuts won’t cover that. Instead, Nige was treating us all to his reflections on his party conference that had just ended. The only drawback was that there appeared to be some gaps in his…

Available for 34 daysIs AI really plotting against us? In a week where an Anthropic researcher believes there is more than a 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’ we’re delving deeper into the capabilities of AI agents. Tom Whipple is joined by Alex Mallen, from Redwood Research, the team whose recent investigation exposed the surprising, weird, and worrying scale of a website hack conducted by OpenAI agents. Is this the most important story we will ever cover on Inside Science? Or is this all just credulous sci fi hype? Professor Stuart Russell helps us unpick how we might align…

Key eventsIf they offered odds on it, I’d be considering a few pennies on Marcus Rashford to score last – he’s a terrific sub, will almost definitely get on, and I’d expect the game-state to offer him opportunities.ShareOur teams are tunnelled … and here they come.Share“Carrick is not given the credit he deserves,” says Krishnamoorthy V. “So many heavyweights have come and gone after SAF and few have been as quiet and as effective as Carrick. He should be given more freedom and a longer term to stabilise and deliver. They may not go far in this new Swiss scheme…

News of Jax Teller’s revival was major. But if Charlie Hunnam had his way, the Sons of Anarchy surprise would have stayed secret for longer. “My desire was to keep it as secret as possible, but there were a couple of very tenacious news organizations that had gleaned that we were doing something (laughs), so FX wanted to get out ahead of it,” Hunnam now tells The Hollywood Reporter about last month’s viral announcement about the Sons of Anarchy spinoff. On Aug. 19, FX announced that Sons of Anarchy, which signed off in 2014 after seven seasons, would be returning…

Ministers are facing a backlash from the hospitality industry after they announced mayors in England would be given sweeping powers to levy taxes on holiday accommodation such as hotels and Airbnbs.The plan, presented on Thursday by Angela Rayner, the local government secretary, will allow mayors to impose a “tourist tax” without a cap on how much they can charge and with few controls on how they can spend it.The move, which gives mayors some of their most significant tax-raising powers, was welcomed by regional leaders, who said it would give them a vital revenue stream at a time when local…

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s proposed Vienna-listed bond arrangement, describing it as another disturbing sign of an administration that keeps expanding its appetite for borrowing while diesel prices above ₦2,000 per litre and crippling energy costs cripple Nigerian factories. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said it is indefensible that, at a time when Nigerian factories are spending as much as half of their operating costs simply to keep the lights on, the government is again looking overseas for more financing without…

The United States has delivered some military equipment it sold to Nigeria as part of the two countries’ bilateral counterterrorism collaboration. The delivery, made over the weekend using the United States Air Force C-17 aircraft, was disclosed in an X post by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Thursday. The post did not detail the specific equipment delivered and its cost. “The equipment is part of a foreign military sales agreement that furthers the US-Nigerian partnership and will aid in Nigeria’s efforts to counter terrorism in the region,” the post read. It is not immediately clear if the sale was part…

The UK High Court has ruled that allegations that witnesses who testified for Shell over oil spills in Nigeria sought to mislead the court can be examined ahead of the full trial of a long-running legal battle involving two Niger Delta communities. The ruling followed a series of hearings in July 2026 concerning claims by the communities that their land in Bille, in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, was devastated by oil pollution allegedly caused by Shell. In a statement issued by Leigh Day, a UK law firm representing the communities, and shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, the firm said the…

Looking to take full advantage of your 4K television, but your current streaming stick doesn’t have the right features? Through September 13th, you can grab an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K from Woot for just $16.09 when you use the coupon code FIRE30 at checkout. With support for Wi-Fi 6 and 2GB of memory, it’s fast enough for streaming movies or playing games with Xbox Cloud Gaming or Nvidia GeForce Now. While this is the 2023 model, it’s functionally identical (and also has the same specs) to the current Fire TV Stick 4K Plus that costs considerably more. It received…