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Dynasquare Homes & Properties Ltd has marked its third anniversary, while unveiling its expansion plans targeted at improving access to property ownership. Established in 2023, the Lagos-based company reiterated its priority around property development, real estate investment and payment options to absorb more Nigerians into the property market. The company’s portfolio includes Iremide Heritage Gardens, Zion Estate, Sovereign Height, Emerald Extension and Golden Haven Residence, covering residential and commercial property opportunities. Speaking on the milestone, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador Ezeri Christopher Vincent, stated that the company remains focused on deepening its role in Nigeria’s real estate…

As respiratory virus season nears and fall vaccination drives get underway, more than half of US children are facing uncertainty over access to this year’s COVID-19 shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has unexpectedly delayed the distribution of the shots to a key federal program and some states. Usually, the CDC would allow states to order the newly available seasonal COVID-19 vaccines through the federal Vaccine for Children (VFC) program, which provides vaccines at no cost to children who are uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid-eligible, or Indigenous people in the US. Approximately 52 percent of all US children are eligible…

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and former VP, Atiku Abubakar. By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has denied insinuations that the political strategy deployed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G5 during the 2023 presidential election amounted to manipulation of the outcome in Rivers State. Wike said no evidence was tendered at the tribunal to support claims that the Labour Party (LP) won the state in the election. He spoke after an inspection tour of ongoing projects in the Federal Capital Territory, where he also disclosed that a fresh political strategy had been put…

Landfill manager David Balmer, who works with Mount Vernon’s operator Patersons, said it was possible that Scotland would quickly run out of landfill space.He said the Polmadie breakdown had created a perfect storm.”Could you see waste on the street? Absolutely,” he said.Balmer said councils and waste management contractors were under an obligation to collect the rubbish.”But if they can’t process it further down the line, what’s the easier solution?”The easier solution is to leave in the streets at the moment, pending a solution. The problem is we can’t see a solution.”Waste consultant Alasdair Meldrum, of Albion Environmental, says he has…

Civil society organisations and anti-corruption agencies have called for stronger legal protection for whistleblowers to strengthen Nigeria’s fight against corruption and improve the tracing and recovery of illicit assets. They made the call during a stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja on Wednesday, where participants described whistleblowing as one of the most effective tools for exposing corruption but noted that inadequate protection leaves people who provide information vulnerable to reprisals. The workshop was organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre in collaboration with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF). The event themed, “Strengthening Anti-Corruption Capacity &…

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI “infiltrated” an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.The agent hacked a statistics portal containing “non-sensitive” data from Australia’s universal healthcare scheme Medicare, Albanese said in New York on Wednesday, local time.He had a “very frank discussion” with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for taking “too long” to tell them about the breach, believed to be one of the world’s first publicly reported AI-led hacks of a government website.OpenAI said it only became aware of the incident in August “during an ongoing review” of “misaligned model activity”, and told Australian…

Teenagers are to be offered a range of new vocational GCSEs under a radical shake-up of the school system in England designed to tackle a crisis that has left nearly a million young people out of work or training.From 2029, pupils will be able to supplement compulsory GCSE subjects such as English, maths and sciences with courses such as construction, creative media production and child development, marking the biggest changes to the qualification for more than a decade.The Department for Education (DfE) said the new GCSEs would be two-year courses taken in year 10 and 11, “with nationally set content,…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged residents, particularly parents and motorists to prioritise safety when travelling during rainfall, especially in flood-prone areas. Head of Operations, NEMA Enugu Zonal Office, Priscilla Madukwe, gave the advice on Wednesday during an assessment of flood incidents and rising water levels in parts of Anambra. Mrs Madukwe described the recent incident at Ring Road, Nibo, where school children were trapped inside a bus in a flooded road as heartbreaking. She urged parents and motorists to allow floodwaters to recede before taking children to school or embarking on journeys in affected areas. She also…

From semester-long programs to short-term trips, NSU students can explore a variety of ways to study abroad at the annual Study Abroad Fair.Northeastern State University’s Office of International Programs will hold its annual Study Abroad fair. This fair gives students access to various resources that will help them succeed on their study abroad journey.Lindsey Taylor, study abroad and exchange coordinator, assists students by providing information on different opportunities available to them and works to promote the Study Abroad Fair. “The Study Abroad Fair & Passport Day is designed to give students direct access to resources,” said Taylor.  “Attendees can speak…

Meta is launching new VR hardware: a pair of glasses. The new Meta VR Glasses sit on your ears like a typical pair of glasses instead of being strapped over your head, but they still have immersive displays for watching movies, playing games, and getting work done. Imagine a pair of hefty black sunglasses with blacked-out lenses on the outside, but the components of a typical VR headset distributed between the device on your head and a computing puck in your pocket.The idea is to give you a way to experience VR in a much lighter and more approachable form…