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When Amelia Dimoldenberg posted a video to social media this week, telling an unknown companion “we need to talk”, it felt like a monumental announcement was on the horizon. And so it came to pass. Chicken Shop Date, Dimoldenberg’s YouTube series, is coming to an end.The press release covering the announcement came packed with superlatives. Chicken Shop Date has generated 34m hours of views over the years, and has reached 97% of all countries on the planet. What it didn’t mention is that Chicken Shop Date helped to legitimise YouTube as a platform that has taken on – and perhaps…

John Shiklam in Kaduna The outgoing Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Mr. Jerry Adams, has disclosed that the state’s annual internally generated revenue (IGR) is trending towards N120 billion, with a monthly average collection of N10 billion. Adams disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the 160th meeting of the Joint Revenue Board in Kaduna. He said the state’s IGR stood at N58 billion before 2023 and rose to N62 billion before reaching N71 billion in 2024. According to him, in 2025, the state recorded an annual revenue of N85 billion, with an average monthly…

On the eve of the January 14, 2011 revolution, Tunisia was neither an ideal democracy nor the economic “dragon” of the southern Mediterranean that official propaganda portrayed it as. Public and individual freedoms were restricted, clientelism was widespread, development was unequal and unbalanced, and the regime controlled everyday life with an iron grip.The “Tunisian model” was marked by serious imbalances, many of which helped spur the revolution. Regional and social disparities in the distribution of wealth and opportunities created a growing sense of injustice among large sections of the population. When protests erupted following the mistreatment of a street vendor…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Nvidia has agreed to buy AI model platform Hugging Face for $13bn, in the latest step by the $5.4tn chip giant to use its financial might to accelerate the technology’s boom while exerting greater control over the industry.Hugging Face, which only last year turned down a large investment from Nvidia at a $7bn valuation to maintain its independence, serves as a repository for millions of models and data sets and has become a champion of “open” AI systems. Nvidia said the goal…

More than a kilometer underground, in what used to be a gold mine, inside a tank filled with tons of liquid xenon, “something” struck the nucleus of an atom. The tiny collision left an unusual energy signature that researchers are still unable to explain, but the scientists behind the experiment believe this could be the most convincing physical evidence of dark matter to date.Dark matter is one of the most important and elusive substances in astrophysics. Though it makes up about 85 percent of the matter in the universe, we can’t observe it directly because it doesn’t interact with light…

MOONS, which was built by a team lead from Scotland, has started its work at the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

By Adegboyega Adeleye Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola says he is happy with the quality in his squad following the club’s summer transfer activity. Iraola was speaking ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League trip to Ipswich Town, with new signing Bradley Barcola available for selection following his £123 million move from Paris Saint-Germain. “But I’m happy now. I have a lot of quality in the team. Now it is the moment for me and the players to develop what we have,” Iraola told the BBC. Barcola has trained with his new teammates this week, although Iraola said the France international’s lack of…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Iron Maiden are bringing their Run For Your Lives World Tour back to North America this fall, with an epic supporting lineup that includes Megadeth and Anthrax at select stops. The tour marks a half-century for the metal legends, with the band performing songs from their first nine studio albums. But craft beer fans have an extra reason to celebrate the band’s return to the U.S.: Iron Maiden and California beer icon Lagunitas have teamed up on Trooper…

A man who was struck by lightning while holding an umbrella in Staten Island, New York, has recounted the terrifying experience, revealing that he felt tingling, numbness, and burning pain throughout his body. The survivor, Thomas Fahmy, disclosed this in a video shared by CNN on Instagram on Thursday, following the circulation of a viral video showing the moment a bright flash struck him while walking, sending him to the ground. US man recounts surviving direct lightning strike. Credit: CNN Describing the immediate aftermath of the strike, Fahmy said he regained his footing moments later and walked into a neighbour’s…

Funmi Ogundare  WordenHCD Limited, in partnership with Access Bank, has commenced the second edition of its Spark-ED initiative, targeting more than 2,500 primary and secondary school students across Lagos State with practical financial, digital and entrepreneurial skills. The initiative, tagged Spark-ED 2.0, is designed to complement classroom education by equipping young people with competencies needed to make informed financial decisions, navigate the digital economy and identify opportunities to create value. The programme is currently implemented in selected schools, including Muritala Ajadi School, Surulere; Hope Rising Primary School, Bariga; and Millard Primary School, Ikeja, with plans to extend its reach to…