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The festival returns to Zilker Park over two weekends in October, with some single-day tickets already selling out If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Austin City Limits is fast approaching, and the festival announced set times for the acts on the bill for the first and second weekends of the October music festival. There are a total of seven stages, so fans making the trek to ACL will have some tough choices. The festival also announced the separately ticketed ACL Fest Nights, featuring acts…

The retiring number one civil servant of the federation’s new books are thoughtful reflections on leadership, institution-building, public service and the enduring power of purposeful stewardship, writes SUNDAY DARE I Planted – A Memoir of Purposeful Service is far more than a personal memoir. It is a thoughtful reflection on leadership, institution-building, public service and the enduring power of purposeful stewardship. Through a compelling blend of personal narrative, institutional history and leadership philosophy, Didi Esther Walson-Jack chronicles not only the remarkable trajectory of her career but also the evolution of some of the institutions she helped to build and strengthen. From the very…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians in the diaspora to take advantage of the ongoing economic reforms and invest in Nigeria, stressing that the country remains a viable destination for investors. Speaking at the just concluded Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS)  an annual hybrid event organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the Nigeria Diaspora Summit Initiative (NDSI), in Toronto, Canada, President Tinubu further urged Nigerian investors in the diaspora and diaspora capital with local entrepreneurs, startups and government leaders to promote economic growth and investment in Nigeria.  Represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila,…

The Federal Government and Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL) are set to commission 1,600 bed spaces at Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden. The facility represents the first university-level delivery under the National Student Housing Programme (NASHP). Abdul-Mutallab Mukhtar, managing director and CEO of FHFL, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. He said the hostel will be inaugurated by Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, and Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa. Mukhtar disclosed that NASHP is a Public-Private Partnership involving FHFL, the Tertiary…

Chinwe Okoronkwo Nigeria has no shortage of businesses with the potential to become significantly larger. The bigger challenge is ensuring that these companies have access to the capital required to make the transition from promising enterprises to major Nigerian institutions. Across sectors, entrepreneurs are building businesses with proven models, growing revenues and increasingly ambitious expansion plans. But growth eventually creates a financing question. A company looking to expand capacity, enter new markets or pursue acquisitions needs capital that can grow with its ambitions. For many businesses, that journey begins with retained earnings and bank debt. Others bring in private equity…

The recent Marvel’s Spider-Man games have become so tightly interwoven with the character’s core that they’ve been cited, by both actor Tom Holland and director Destin Daniel Cretton, as an influence on this year’s blockbuster film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Now the same development studio – Sony-owned Insomniac Games – is taking on one of Marvel’s other most recognisable characters in his first video game-starring role since some deeply mid-tier film tie-ins back in the 00s. So can they pull off the same trick with Marvel’s Wolverine?Storywise it certainly takes a similar approach, once again grabbing ideas from a wide…

The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education experts and school leaders after retake pass rates slumped this year.Only one in seven students in the age group retaking GCSE maths after a previous failure got a grade 4 or above this summer, while only one in six managed to pass English, meaning the majority will have to retake the exams next year if they remain in education or training.The lower than expected results for older students came against a more positive national picture in…

Researchers, including a Rutgers professor, have gained a clearer view of the biological changes associated with schizophrenia by directly measuring synaptic connections in the living human brain. The team used specialized positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to examine these crucial points of communication between brain cells. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, was led by senior authors Avram Holmes, associate professor of psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and core faculty member of the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research within the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, and Rajiv Radhakrishnan, associate professor of psychiatry and radiology and biomedical imaging…

1Nwaneri out of Arsenal pictureWhile Myles Lewis-Skelly looks likely to remain at the Emirates, the same can’t be said for Ethan Nwaneri. The 19-year-old was outstanding in his breakthrough season for Arsenal in 2024-25 but barely featured last season and was sent on loan to Marseille. That didn’t really work out and Arsenal are now exploring another temporary move to ensure Nwaneri gets regular football this season. Milan, RB Leipzig, Dortmund and Fulham are all thought to be interested, with Nwaneri unlikely to feature on the bench for Friday’s opener against Coventry as a result. Whether Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel…

As Ariana Grande winds down her Eternal Sunshine Tour, she’s the latest pop icon to call out Trump for using her music. On Thursday, the Grammy winner commented on a TikTok video posted by the Trump campaign, which used Grande’s 2024 single “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” to promote anti-trans views. Deadline can confirm Grande’s label is working to get the song taken out of the clip. “Never use my music again,” wrote Grande in the comments. “Also, your truth is false.” Related Stories The clip showed Trump walking on stage at a rally, with captions that…