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A Christian missionary, Afri-mission and Evangelical Network, has enrolled 178 out-of-school children in Abuja as part of its efforts to bring succour to women and children displaced by insecurity in parts of the country. The group which recently rented apartments for over 70 displaced families in Abuja also enrolled 60 displaced women in adult literacy classes as a means of empowering them. The group, which launched the back to school and adult literacy project in Abuja on Sunday said the enrolees were the first batch as the project would be sustained as more funds become available for the project. The…

* Wants inflation targets jointly determined by finance ministry, apex bank Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja  President of the Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (CMAN) and Director, Institute of Capital Market Studies (ICMS), Nasarawa State University, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, has called on appropriate authorities to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007  in order to establish a transparent framework for strengthening fiscal and monetary policy coordination  His intervention followed the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal Ministry of Finance and the CBN to formalise their collaboration on fiscal and monetary policy coordination. In an article titled, ‘Beyond the MoU: Building a…

The boss of the chipmaker Nvidia has said AI will not develop to a point that will lead to the extinction of the human race within a few years, rejecting such assertions as overblown “doomsday narratives”.Jensen Huang, the co-founder and chief executive of the $5tn AI chipmaker, said the claims made on social media by the former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that AI could become “superhuman” and kill off humanity within the decade were “irresponsible”.“2030 is not going to be the end of the world. There is 0% chance that’s going to be the end of the world,” Huang said…

Badenoch accused of U-turn after she pledges to bring back tourism VAT refund scheme she scrapped when ministerKemi Badenoch has pledged to bring back tax-free shopping for tourists by reversing a post-Brexit rule change, the Press Association reports. PA says: double quotation markThe decision to scrap the VAT refund scheme for international visitors in 2021 left the UK “less competitive” than many other European destinations as the country left the EU, the Tories said. Badenoch, who personally announced the abolition of the VAT refund scheme when she was a Treasury minister in 2020, said retailers were being “let down by…

At some point between the tiny world of particles and atoms and the much larger world we experience every day, quantum behavior appears to fade away. Quantum mechanics allows particles to exist in combinations of possible states, a phenomenon known as superposition. That strange feature inspired Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment involving a cat that is both alive and dead until it is observed. Yet objects in the everyday world do not behave that way. Physicists call the loss of these distinctly quantum effects decoherence. Exactly why decoherence happens, and whether gravity plays a role, remains one of the major open…

Yinka Olatunbosun At Arami, a fine-dining space in Lekki, Lagos, a collection of drawings and paintings unfolds a resonant story of water, childhood, migration, freedom, history and the environment. Titled Pure Water, the solo exhibition by Nigerian artist Chika Idu features 35 works currently on view, presented by SMO Contemporary Art. The exhibition, which opened to the public on September 5 and runs until November 30, explores the relationship between people, water and the environment while reflecting on the difficult histories of slavery, migration and racism, as well as the continuing human search for freedom. A press preview held on…

Europe is emerging as a strong alternative to traditional study-abroad markets with countries like Spain, Finland and Ireland creating opportunities for Indian students. | Photo Credit: istock.com Aspirations for an international education are spreading beyond metros and into smaller cities and towns in India.A latest analysis from higher education platform Upgrad suggests that about 50 per cent of study abroad aspirants now come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.The report is based on learner data from 53,800 aspirants within upGrad’s study abroad platform alongside other publicly available policy, immigration, and higher education datasets.It suggests that the rise of hybrid…

Protesters gathered in the US state of Texas after an ICE agent shot and injured a Venezuelan man during an immigration enforcement operation. City officials and demonstrators are calling for transparency and an independent investigation.Published On 21 Sep 202621 Sep 2026Share Protests in Texas after ICE agent shoots Venezuelan man on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Elon Musk recently claimed that his tunneling startup The Boring Company is working on “a simple precursor Hyperloop” between Austin and San Antonio that will reduce the journey between the two cities to less than 30 minutes. The Boring Company account shared Musk’s statement and said it “would be excited and honored to build this massive infrastructure project.” Many of The Boring Company’s announced projects — including tunnel systems in Chicago, Los Angeles, and between New York City and Washington, D.C. — have not materialized. However, it does operate a transportation system combining tunnels and surface routes in Las Vegas,…

Michael Carrick has struck a defiant tone after Manchester United equalled their worst start to a Premier League season, but a woeful 1-1 draw at Fulham left the beleaguered boss under mounting pressure.Trailing to Lisandro Martinez’s farcical own goal, United were just moments away from a third successive defeat on another dispiriting afternoon for Carrick on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMatheus Cunha’s deflected 89th-minute equaliser spared United from new humiliation.But escaping with a barely deserved point against a winless side placed second-from-bottom of the Premier League was hardly cause for celebration.With only one win so far this…