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The Office of the Tax Ombud said it is strengthening its capacity to handle disputes arising from digital asset taxation as part of efforts to improve fairness and transparency in Nigeria’s tax system. The Tax Ombud and Chief Executive of the Office of the Tax Ombud, John Nwabueze, disclosed this on Thursday at a media parley in Lagos, where he outlined the office’s achievements and future priorities. According to him, the office has expanded the capacity of its accountants and legal experts to handle complex tax matters, including disputes involving digital assets, should such cases arise. He also said the…

Glitchy aesthetics. Literally collapsing menu boxes. The game taunting you by “possessing” your Steam friends. Technical tricks of this nature may sound gimmicky in 2026, but they felt excitingly unorthodox a decade ago, when Pony Island came out to critical acclaim.Fans of Daniel Mullins, the celebrated indie developer of Inscryption, will be forgiven for forgetting that Pony Island 2: Panda Circus is in active development. After all, it’s been almost three years since the announcement – and a full decade since it was first teased as an Easter egg in Pony Island’s ARG (Alternate Reality Game) – with only a…

Andy Burnham has pledged to be the prime minister for the North. But volunteers cleaning up a major plastic spill on the north-east of England coast say his government’s treatment of the “disaster”, which they say lacks urgency, does not support that claim.”This should be declared a national emergency,” says campaigner Olly Armstrong who believes, if the spill had happened further south, it would have been treated differently.Armstrong, from North Shields in North Tyneside, is one of thousands of volunteers who have spent weeks clearing beaches of millions of plastic pellets that washed into the River Tyne and the North…

Electric scooter riders are three times more likely to suffer traumatic brain injuries than motorcyclists, according to an analysis of accidents in England and Wales – which found women were particularly at risk of serious harm.Brain injuries accounted for more than a third of adult injuries on e-scooters, but riders also sustained more internal organ and blood vessel damage than did motorcyclists or pedal cyclists, the study found.The government has backed trials of rental e-scooters in England since 2020, but an additional 1m or so e-scooters are privately owned in the UK. These cannot legally be used on public roads,…

The Women’s National Basketball Players Association released a statement on Friday, emphasizing diversity and inclusion while saying the organization “will not be used as political pawns.””We embrace justice equity, diversity, and inclusion,” the statement read. “Those are the values that unite this Union and allow it to protect women’s sports while creating transformational change. Hate, abuse, and demonization of any person or group of people, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm. We will continue to have hard conversations. But we will not be used as political pawns.”Though not mentioned by name, the WNBPA’s statement comes 17 days…

The federal film and television tax credit has a new lobbyist, it seems. Reality TV star and former L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on Friday posted on social media that he had recently met President Donald Trump to advocate for the tax incentive. This legislative effort has been stop-and-start for well over a year. “Working with the President on a 25% FEDERAL film tax credit to bring back Hollywood,” the former The Hills star said, sharing images of himself and the president speaking at the Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles. After making a few accusations about California’s film commissioner…

A new mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan has raised questions about the shifting geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, where fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran has prompted some countries to seek new arrangements to safeguard their security.The pact, termed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, was signed in the Saudi city of Mecca on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The agreement is intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them…

Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for its initial public offering on June 24, 2021.Source: NYSEShares of medical platform Doximity more than doubled at one point in overnight trading Friday after some bold comments on the margin for its new AI search tool.CEO Jeffrey Tangney said the product brings in 10 times what it costs to run.”It’s early days on our AI search product, but I can tell you we’re earning more than 10 times per search in revenue than it costs,” he said on Thursday during the company’s first-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call.”Over time, we probably expect the…

In a reply to a comment pointing out that Tyga admitted to relying on AI for his own controversial ’80s-influenced album $tarface, on one of his Instagram posts, Fenix said:never said I didn’t use AI , i said it had nun to do w recording process . I didn’t even know what da app was till we mixed it and erbody started commenting . ain’t nothing wrong w using new technology as a tool keep up w the times or get left behindHe’s repeatedly gone out of his way to try and dispel the AI allegations publicly since the song…

NewsFeedRepublican senators are using the summer recess to avoid politically difficult votes. Lawmakers face pressure over issues that put them at odds with President Donald Trump, including the war in Iran and demands to release the Epstein files.Published On 8 Aug 20268 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo