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Lara Kudayisi Don-Momoh, the wife of renowned radio presenter Teddy Don-Momoh, has died. She was 42. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Teddy Don-Momoh married Lara, a certified relationship expert, in 2023, nine years after his wife, gospel music star, Kefee, died at a hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, in June 2014. Lara’s family announced her death in a statement posted on her Instagram page on Monday. The family said she died peacefully after a brief illness on 30 July. The statement read: “From the Family of Lara Kudayisi Don-Momoh. It is with profound sadness that we announce…

United States President Donald Trump has lambasted the nation’s biggest oil and gas giants as Houston, Texas-based Chevron reported record earnings while consumers struggle with soaring petrol prices.“I don’t like it,” Trump told reporters on Monday in reference to the blockbuster second-quarter earnings, as his war on Iran has kept oil prices high for months.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Chevron, too much money. ExxonMobil, too much. Too much money.”Trump’s comments came on the heels of an interview Chevron CEO Mike Wirth gave on the Fox News programme Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. Writing on his Truth Social…

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez says 6,125 people confirmed dead as government response faces scrutiny.Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026The Venezuelan government has announced that the confirmed death toll from a pair of heavy earthquakes that struck the country in June has risen to 6,125 people.National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced the updated figures on Monday, stating in a post shared on the Telegram messaging app that 61,000 people had been treated in hospitals.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe announcement comes as the Venezuelan government, headed by interim President Delcy Rodriguez, faces mounting criticism for shortcomings in…

The Federal Reserve may soon be drawn into the Trump administration’s efforts to back the embattled currency of U.S. ally Japan. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants the apolitical Fed to expand a lending facility that would enable Japan to support its currency without roiling the sensitive U.S. Treasurys market. That request comes as new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh is seeking to rewrite the relationship between the Treasury and the Fed. How the two collaborate could have important consequences for the management of the $29 trillion Treasurys market and could see the Fed take on a new role backing U.S. financial…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises. The CEO, who famously studied philosophy and earned a PhD in social theory, implied in Palantir’s quarterly shareholder letter that these were the kinds of capitalists who gave rise to Marxist socialism. “There are Marxist overtones and undertones to our business,” he wrote in a letter to shareholders about Palantir’s outstanding quarter he wrote. “Others, including many of those building large language models, intend, knowingly or otherwise, to capture the means of production of their purported partners.” To be clear, AI labs…

Last month, British student Alex Chui became the all-time most successful contestant at the International Mathematical Olympiad.Chui, a year 13 student at Tonbridge School in Kent, scored 100 per cent in this year’s event, held in Shanghai, winning him a gold medal, and bringing his tally of medals to seven, five of them golds.No other contestant in the history of the IMO, which has been running since 1959 and brings together school-age contestants from more than a hundred countries, has won a medal seven years in a row.I asked Alex if he had a favourite puzzle, and he suggested the…

Benjamin Nygren was quickly back on the goal trail as Celtic began the defence of their Premiership title with a 1-0 home win over Dundee. Before the game, Celtic fans cheered as the captain, Callum McGregor, unfurled the flag which confirmed again a 14th title win in 15 seasons.It was all a bit flat in a first half with Martin O’Neill’s side struggling to get into their stride as the visitors posed problems. However, the Sweden midfielder Nygren, so prolific last season with 21 goals, struck with a close-range header in the 52nd minute and the goal proved enough to…

In an alternate timeline, Paramount would be reporting quarterly earnings this week as Warner Bros. Discovery, one of its subsidiaries, would no longer be releasing its own separate financials. As it stands now, however, both companies are due to report – Paramount on Tuesday afternoon and WBD before the market opens Thursday. An antitrust challenge of the companies’ planned $110 billion merger by the attorneys general of 12 states along with the Writers Guild of America has put the deal on hold, with a judge soon to set a trial date. On their second-quarter earnings conference calls with Wall Street…

James Emejo in Abuja Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 National Spokespersons Awards and Economic Confidential Annual Lecture, as Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR) announced plans for the 2026 National Spokespersons Awards (NS-Awards) and the Economic Confidential Annual Lecture.This will be the most expansive edition of the event since inception, according to IMPR—publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential and Spokespersons Digest.The event will takw place on August 13, 2026, in Abuja.Managing Director of IMPR, Mr. Yushau A. Shuaib, who announced the programme, said the annual…

James Emejo in Abuja The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have forged a strategic alliance to strengthen agricultural financing and policymaking through the deployment of credible, harmonised and evidence-driven data.The move aimed at improving investment outcomes and accelerating Nigeria’s food security agenda.The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by both agencies at the NADF headquarters in Abuja.The agreement seeks to institutionalise collaboration in the generation, validation, analysis and exchange of agricultural statistics for planning, programme implementation and impact assessment.Speaking at the signing ceremony, Executive Secretary/Chief Executive, NADF, Mohammed Ibrahim, described quality data as…