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On the eve of the Olivia Rodrigo‘s Daisy Chain Fields, the superstar singer turned up Friday afternoon in Santa Monica where she revealed that her inaugural female forward music festival would be donating $10 million to a variety of causes. “Daisy Chain Fields was created to celebrate the power of what can happen when we come together to support one another,” she said while joined by executives from 10 nonprofits to pump the massive showing of support for their women-centric causes. That support is expected to be spread across all corners at Great Park in Irvine, Calif. on Saturday — both…

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Skill-oriented education will be yet another important priority among students. With industries changing rapidly due to continuous technological innovations, companies will want to hire professionals who have practical experience and expertise along with adaptation and problem-solving skills. Therefore, students are likely to be interested in universities that offer hands-on experience and practical skills through working with industries and global organizations.Technological advances are shaping the ways in which students investigate the global opportunities for education. Being provided with numerous sources on the Internet, virtual campus tours, online counseling, and career guidance through artificial intelligence, students get more chances to make decisions…

*Declares securing lives non-negotiable, key to Nigeria’s economic ambitions  *Urges united APC to ensure grassroots mobilisation ahead of 2027 polls Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu yesterday directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of Federal Government systems.Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement yesterday, revealed that the audit would include a review of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), federal government agencies, and their administration and internal controls. This comes as President Tinubu said national security remains the fundamental bedrock required…

•⁠  ⁠Defends his own age, says president in panic mode•⁠  ⁠Omokri: Tinubu is nowhere close to 90•⁠  ⁠Presidency tackles former VP over vow to open borders•⁠  ⁠Insists Nigeria’s borders already open•⁠  ⁠Declares Nigerians deserve facts, not campaign slogans Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Sunday Ehigiator Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday claimed that President Bola Tinubu is 90 years old, insisting that he has evidence to substantiate the allegation and would present it in court, while dismissing concerns over his own age and fitness to contest the 2027 presidential election.Atiku…

An image from the series “Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu”The Pokemon Company InternationalDisney+ has announced a deal with The Pokémon Company International and Aardman that will bring the new stop-motion Pokemon series Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu to Disney+ in 2027.As part of the deal, Disney+ will also stream the 1990s animated series Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, which is the first official arc of the Pokémon anime, covering Ash Ketchum’s adventures through the Kanto and Orange Islands regions. That series started airing on Disney XD earlier this month and is now streaming on…

The Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, a federal judge ruled in an order vacating government directives against the use of the firm’s AI technology. The government illegally retaliated against Anthropic by designating it a supply-chain risk to national security, said yesterday’s ruling by Judge Rita Lin in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. The maker of Claude AI technology was barred by the US after it refused to drop restrictions on the use of its products for lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance of Americans, the ruling said. “The undisputed record shows that the…

The SNP had promised to publish the draft legislation in their first 100 days in government after the Scottish election in May.Swinney said: “The world has changed fundamentally since 2014. So has the UK, and so has Scotland.”Scotland is ready. The Scottish people are ready. It is time the UK government delivered.”The first minister said he would have “more to say about Scotland’s constitutional future in the coming weeks”. He added: “Fundamentally, nobody will take better decisions about Scotland’s future than the people who live here. “That future belongs to the people of Scotland – and no-one else.”In line with…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to oversee and coordinate a comprehensive forensic audit of federal government systems. The audit will include a review of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), federal government agencies, and their administration and internal controls. President Tinubu’s directive follows the Federal Executive Council’s resolution on 19 August 2026, in response to findings by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on “fake agencies”, ghost workers, and other control failures. The exercise will establish the nature and extent of weaknesses…

Highlights from day two of the Tour Championship held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.