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As campaign activities for the 2027 general elections get underway, clerics and politicians have quickly resorted to old rhetoric and tricks to mobilise support for their candidates. But Nigerians are challenging the attempts to use rhetoric and financial inducements to sway voters. The presidential candidate of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, was trying to put the personal records of President Bola Tinubu and the religious composition of his ticket on the front burner of the campaigns, before reopening the debate about fuel subsidy. In a recent interview with JKD Media, Atiku recounted how he refused to nominate…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and Managing Director of Federal Housing Authority, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, in this interview, bares his mind on the governance style of President Bola Tinubu and the strides currently being recorded  under the Renewed Hope Agenda in the housing sector. He also chides the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, for his recent political statement about reversal of fuel subsidy removal if he emerges victorious during the January,  2027 presidential poll. Raheem Akingbolu brings excerpts. It’s been over three years since President Bola Tinubu assumed office. How can you describe his…

Stories by Emma Okonji WIOCC Group, Africa’s leading carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform, has signed a Shareholder Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors will make a combined $300 million investment in the company. Signed at the LEAP 2026 Global Technology exhibition in Riyadh, the agreement represents a significant milestone in WIOCC Group’s growth journey, supporting its mission to build and operate open-access, critical infrastructure across Africa and to strengthen the digital ecosystems that underpin Africa’s economic transformation. Commenting on the investment, President/Chief Executive Officer of AFC, Samaila…

The timing of newly available scans—typically within a day, if not hours, of me and a small sample of other victims presenting them at rental companies or others—likely means that Nexus has near real-time access to data flowing through the third-party scanning service these businesses are using. Over a span of 24 hours, Krebs said the number of driver’s licenses listed as available grew by almost 400,000. That’s another indication that the breach has been ongoing and new cards become available shortly after they’re harvested. Using publicly available information, Krebs found that IDScan.net, a New Orleans-based ID scanning service, has…

Reform has been critical of measures contained in the bill and the impact they could have on funding the party receives from donors.There are currently no restrictions on the amount of money UK-based donors can give to political parties and politicians.Labour MP Stella Creasy said donations from individuals and companies giving £1m or more had “surged” in the last decade and gave examples for different political parties.Among those she named was British billionaire Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based businessman, who is one of Reform’s biggest backers. Last year he gave a single donation of £9m to Reform – the biggest single…

A cooling station in Cologne, Germany, offered relief during a June heat wave exacerbated by climate change. Credit: Ina Fassbender/AFP/GettyThe goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 ºC to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change is officially dead. According to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the best the planet can hope for on its current emissions trajectory is warming of about 1.8 ºC above pre-industrial levels this century.“Obviously, yes, we have climate procrastinated,” Inger Anderson, UNEP’s executive director, said during a briefing on 1 September. “And obviously yes, when we started UNFCCC…

Ghana and Nigeria will renew their rivalry in a different setting on Saturday as members of the African community in Estonia come together for the African Unity Cup – Friendship Match in Tallinn. The friendly, scheduled for 3 p.m. at Sportland Arena, Jalgpalli 21, Tallinn, aims to promote unity, community engagement and a positive representation of Africa in the diaspora. The event is being organised by African Expats MTÜ in collaboration with the Association of Ghanaians in Estonia (AGIE), with support from Afro Empire. Speaking on the decision to support the initiative, the CEO of Afro Empire, Tamara Adu, said…

“Fjord,” written and directed by Cristian Mungiu, is Romania’s submission for the 2027 Oscars in the best international feature film category, having been unanimously selected by the country’s selection committee. The film premiered in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or for best film, the FIPRESCI Prize, the Ecumenical Jury Prize, the Prix de la Citoyenneté and the François Chalais Prize. Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve star in the lead roles, with cinematography by Tudor Vladimir Panduru, editing by Mircea Olteanu, and production design by Simona Pădurețu. “Fjord” is a co-production involving Romania,…

Mist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed by trees and shrubs. A picnic bench sits at its edge, angled towards the reason why I’m here: one of the last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest in Britain. I’m pitching my tent at Wray Valley Camping, a low-impact site on Dartmoor’s eastern edge between Lustleigh and Moretonhampstead, where I’ll spend five days on one of the site’s “nearly wild” pitches.Also known as Atlantic woodland, temperate rainforests depend on a rare combination of high humidity, rainfall and consistently mild coastal temperatures where…

Nigerian rapper Erhiga Agarivbie, aka Erigga, has sparked debate on social media app, X, after praising musicians who didn’t come from wealthy families and had to work for their earnings. The rapper, in a tweet late Tuesday, wrote on his X handle, “Shoutout to all the musicians who don’t come from family money and had to grind for every single dollar they earn.” Reacting to the post was Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who quoted the tweet and countered that musicians who come from wealthy families also deserve recognition for working their way “to the top ”…