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Four Nigerian billionaires lost a combined $2.25 billion in estimated wealth on Wednesday as investors took profits after a strong stock market rally, pushing Nigeria’s benchmark index to a six-week low. Data from Forbes’ real-time billionaire tracker showed that Aliko Dangote, Abdul Samad Rabiu, Mike Adenuga and Femi Otedola lost $1 billion, $1.2 billion, $26.3 million and $20.8 million, respectively. Forbes updates billionaire net worth estimates every five minutes during trading hours, reflecting changes in the value of publicly listed holdings, while privately held assets are reviewed periodically. The one-day decline in wealth came as the Nigerian Exchange Limited’s market…

Available for over a yearCloudy lines in the sky, caused by aircraft engines, are called contrails. They’re harmful to the environment. Now a project is underway, using AI, to reduce the amount generated. It’s called Operation Blue Skies, and we speak to Google about their involvement. Also this week: we look at three very different approaches taken by manufacturers to help children and adults have a healthy relationship with mobile phones. And AI detectors – how do they work? Presenter: Shiona McCallum Producer: Tom Quinn (Photo: A large four engine passenger jet flies at high altitude. The sky is blue,…

At least 14 of the 20 people wounded in the strike on Kyiv have been hospitalised, officials say.Published On 20 Aug 202620 Aug 2026Russian forces have launched a ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confronted a wave of domestic political turmoil.Explosions rang out across several districts of Kyiv shortly after midnight on Wednesday, shaking buildings and setting off car alarms, according to the Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian news outlet.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe blasts hit the Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts.In…

It is not clear from this study whether the change reflects an overall increase in the populations of these whale species, or just a redistribution from other areas.Other experts the BBC spoke to were concerned that the study suggested there was an influx of the animals from West Greenland. That is a sensitive issue in Greenland, a country where some whales are hunted. But the scientists said that their findings do suggest that these “opportunistic” baleen whales appear to be adapting and might even be benefiting from the change. Other Arctic species, however, are “in trouble now”, explained Prof Heide-Jørgensen.…

A stunning double from the summer signing Camilo Durán helped Celtic open up a commanding lead against Lask in their Champions League playoff. Benjamin Nygren also produced a superb finish to send Martin O’Neill’s side on their way to a 3-0 first-leg win over their Austrian opponents in Glasgow.The visitors had two goals disallowed for offside and created chances throughout in an open encounter but Celtic were clinical as they continued their strong start to the season. Nygren has been at the heart of it with four goals and four assists in as many games and he opened the scoring…

Jack Coleman, who co-starred in the sci-fi drama Heroes alongside Hayden Panettiere, mourned the actress’ death at age 36 in an emotional tribute. Panettiere died on Sunday and her death is being investigated after an apparent overdose. “I’m heartbroken. I couldn’t begin to put my thoughts into words until now, and they will be inadequate,” began Coleman in his remembrance posted to social media. “I’ve loved Hayden since day one of the pilot of Heroes, 20 years ago, when she introduced herself by shouting ‘daddy’ and throwing her arms around me. From that day on, she called me daddio. She…

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are moving back to Britain more than six years after leaving behind their lives as working members of the royal family and moving to the United States.The couple began dating about a decade ago and married in 2018. She is an American actress, three years his senior, biracial, divorced and vocal about her views, and their union seemed to usher in a new, more inclusive modern era for the British royal family.They have two children, Prince Archie, born in London in May 2019, and Princess Lilibet, born in…

Prosecution says no evidence Patterson had ‘innocent’ interest in foraging mushroomsCrown prosecutor Jeremy McWilliams is arguing against Patterson’s third ground of appeal.On this ground, Patterson’s legal team argue the trial judge, Justice Christopher Beale, erred in ruling that photos and videos related to mushrooms and found on an SD card in Patterson’s home was inadmissible.Patterson’s lawyers said the photos from 2020 tended to support her evidence that she had a tendency to forage for mushrooms, which included picking and eating them. They argue the ruling meant she was forced to testify about the photos and hence was denied her right…

Heavy truck traffic has returned to the gates of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, as fuel marketers rush to secure products at gantry prices that continue to undercut rival depots across Lagos, with diesel drawing the sharpest interest. Data sourced from petroleumprice.ng showed long lines of tankers have formed at the refinery’s loading bays in recent days, a sign that the price gap between Dangote and other suppliers has widened enough to pull volume decisively in its own direction. The pull is strongest in Automotive Gas Oil, commonly known as diesel, where the refinery’s pricing now sits well below what marketers are…

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope before it falls out of orbit. The rescue satellite, named Link, launched July 3 on a journey to fly up to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, capture it with three robotic arms, and boost its orbit high enough to escape a looming reentry. Link is about the size of a refrigerator, with two power-generating solar arrays and three xenon-fueled electric thrusters to send Swift into a safer, higher orbit. Katalyst, the startup leading the Swift rescue effort, said Wednesday…