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Oluchi Chibuzor Rite Foods Limited, has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable business practices, recording significant progress in environmental stewardship, cleaner energy adoption and community investment as it continues to embed sustainability at the heart of its operations. The company’s 2025 performance underscores its deliberate efforts to build a more resilient and responsible business, achieving a reduction of more than five per cent in greenhouse gas emissions, a 23 per cent improvement in carbon intensity, a 15 per cent increase in water-use efficiency and a 27 per cent improvement in solid waste management. While presenting the company’s 2025 Sustainability Report in…

‘Most people don’t want pervert glasses that can film us without our consent,’ said a spokesperson from activist group Everyone Hates Elon. The group has launched a series of guerilla adverts deriding non-consensual filming by the glasses as well as an email campaign encouraging people to legally object to being filmed by Meta glasses under general data protection regulations, which over 20,000 people have signed.Rights groups have warned that the glasses threaten the right to privacy, while countries such as Germany are reportedly considering a ban.And while Meta’s safety guidelines say smart glasses should not be used for ‘harassment, infringing…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Donald Duke, has warned that Nigeria could slide into a deeper crisis within the next four years unless its current political and economic trajectory is urgently reversed. Speaking during an exclusive interview with ARISE NEWS on Wednesday, the former Cross River State governor said the worsening state of the country compelled him to return to frontline politics, stressing that remaining a spectator was no longer an option. “The direction the country is going requires very urgent intervention. In another four years, if we don’t change the trajectory, disaster — which is already looming — will…

Golden bands and swirling vortices have been spotted on the sun in the most detailed images ever captured of the turbulent surface of our home star.Astronomers observed the sun with the Inouye solar telescope in Hawaii, the world’s most powerful solar telescope, and saw new features smaller than 20km (12 miles) across in a magnetically active region close to a sun spot.The unprecedented pictures show processes on the surface that are likely to explain the decades-long mystery of why the corona, the sun’s outer atmosphere, is millions of degrees hotter than its surface.The most high-res image of the sun“These are…

Newcastle have appointed Matthias Jaissle as their new head coach following Eddie Howe’s exit.The German has signed a four-year deal with Newcastle, who paid £9.5m (€11m) compensation to Saudi side Al Ahli, whom Jaissle led to consecutive Asian Champions League crowns over the last two years. Jaissle has been with his new squad since the weekend and his first match in charge will be a pre-season friendly against Valencia at the Mestalla on Saturday. “When Newcastle United comes your way, you take notice,” Jaissle said.”The ambition of the club, the vision for the future and the opportunity ahead made this…

Taron Egerton (Apex, Kockroach), Jamie Chung (Lovecraft Country, Batman Caped Crusader), Benjamin Norris (Never Have I Ever, Abbott Elementary), Dylan Arnold (Oppenheimer, The Lady in the Lake), Jessy Hodges (Barry; Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed)  and Milan Carter (It’s Florida Man; Fubar) have joined the Season 2 cast of HBO‘s I Love LA in guest roles. Production is currently underway in Los Angeles on the eight-episode second season. Created, executive produced and starring Rachel Sennott, I Love LA revolves around an ambitious friend group that navigates life and love in LA. It stars Sennott as Maia, a young, aspiring talent manager, who is trying to make it in the cutthroat world of Los Angeles…

Nigeria’s U20 team, Flying Eagles, on Wednesday evening booked their place in the final of the 2026 WAFU B U20 Championship after a dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout victory over host nation Côte d’Ivoire. The pulsating semi-final encounter ended 2-2 after extra time, making the penalty shootout inevitable. The hosts started on the front foot and controlled the tempo from kickoff. They came close to an early opener twice in the 12th and 14th minutes, but Flying Eagles goalkeeper Clinton Lawani was alert and kept Nigeria in the game. The pressure eventually told in the 16th minute when Côte d’Ivoire’s Kaita…

A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump’s legal team on Wednesday over whether the court should allow a $10bn defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal to move forward.Trump sued the Journal and the News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch over a July 2025 article about a “bawdy” letter reportedly from Trump that was included in a 2003 birthday book for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has denied authoring or signing the letter, and his attorneys have argued that the Journal published the story despite having been told it was false.US district court judge Darrin P…

Iran and Oman agreed on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran’s foreign ministry saysThe ⁠geographic coordinates for a shipping ⁠route ⁠through the ​strait of Hormuz ⁠have been agreed by Iran and ⁠Oman, and ​a ‌joint announcement ‌is being ‌finalised, provided no third parties interfere, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ‌said on Wednesday.Baghaei added ​that any such agreement between Iran and ⁠Oman would not, ​by itself, ​guarantee security ​in the ​strategic waterway.ShareKey eventsYemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said they targeted a Saudi Arabian oil vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s military spokesperson said in a statement, Reuters reported.The Houthis said…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 08: Marcus Lemonis visits “Fox & Friends” at the Fox News Channel Studios on August 08, 2025 in New York City. Lemonis hosts new FOX show ‘The Fixer’ which airs on FOX Business Network. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe home furnishings market is stuck in place because Americans are stuck in place too. Through the first six months of the year, furniture and home furnishings retail revenues are down 2% as the housing market remains stalled. Looking more broadly, the Wall Street Journal reports, “Weak home sales are curbing shoppers’ appetite for appliances,…