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President Tinubu is set to kick off his second tenure campaign amid widespread hunger and insecurity across Nigeria. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu is set to kick off his 2027 re-election campaign in Kaduna on October 24, 2026, amid persistent concerns over hunger, rising living costs and insecurity across Nigeria.The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, disclosed this on Friday after briefing the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on preparations for the forthcoming campaign.Yari said the meeting focused on the council’s readiness, the campaign timetable and the President’s…

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A member of Standard Bank Group, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has championed equitable climate transition at the 2026 Sustainable Finance Summit, themed Financing a Just Transition: Mobilising Capital for People, Policy and Prosperity. At the event held at the Lagos Continental Hotel and streamed live on YouTube, the chief executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, Mr Chuma Nwokocha, explained that the programme was designed to move Nigeria’s sustainable finance conversation from dialogue to action by bringing together stakeholders capable of shaping the country’s sustainable finance ecosystem. He noted that sustainable finance has moved from the margins to the…

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has called on indigenous oil and gas companies to strengthen their capacity and competitiveness in order to thrive in international markets. It identified access to assets, financing, technology, and markets as critical drivers of sustainable growth. Speaking at the 2026 Energy Conference of the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC), held on 8 October at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, the Board’s General Manager of Corporate Communications, Dr Obinna Ezeobi, made the appeal while representing the NCDMB. He highlighted that the conference theme, “Access to Assets: Empowering Players and Driving Growth,”…

By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned that it will be difficult for former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, running mate to the African Democratic Congress ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to campaign in Rivers State if he continues to attack President Bola Tinubu and his supporters. Wike spoke on Friday in Abuja after a meeting with the chairmen of the six area councils of the FCT. He was reacting to comments credited to Amaechi, who allegedly said only thieves and mad people would vote for Tinubu. “If he continues this line,…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons secured a 2-0 victory over Comoros in the first leg of the second round of the qualifiers for the 2028 Olympic Games. The match was played at Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, with Nigeria designated as the away team because Comoros does not have a stadium approved by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Despite missing key players, including Asisat Oshoala, Oluwatosin Demehin and Ashleigh Plumptre, the Super Falcons delivered a strong performance to take control of the tie. Nigeria created several chances in the first half but failed to find the back of the net. Rasheedat…

Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand warned the UN General Assembly on Saturday that the international order has entered an era of profound disruption, calling for stronger multilateral cooperation and new partnerships as major powers increasingly turn away from global economic integration. Source link

Today’s engineers face an unprecedented acceleration in AI hardware complexity, as explained in the recent research article “Revisiting Edge AI: Opportunities and Challenges.” The article examines the rapid growth of edge AI and the challenges it creates, including resource constraints, model architecture limitations, and network demands across edge-AI deployments.The acceleration is driven by a fundamental shift in how modern AI models are built and scaled. As the models have become much larger and more complex, they are computationally more demanding because they contain more parameters and require more calculations.To meet the demands of scaling deep neural networks, the industry is…

By Gloria Onosode, Director, Enterprise Sales, FairMoney BusinessA common view of wealth creation is that you first become financially comfortable, and then you start building wealth.For some people, that can mean waiting for the next promotion, a better-paying job, a more successful business or a time when the living costs take up less of their income. The problem is that “enough” can keep moving. As income increases, so do responsibilities, expectations and, often, lifestyle.In an environment where households are managing significant expenses across food, housing, transportation, education and other essentials, building wealth requires a different mindset. It cannot simply be…

By Adedapo Adesanya The United Kingdom government has welcomed the listing of Airtel Money on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), following an offer that valued the African digital financial services company at approximately £5.3 billion. The company’s ordinary shares commenced conditional trading on the LSE’s Main Market today, Friday, October 9, 2026, under the ticker symbol AMC, with the offer priced at £1.96 per share. All shares in the offer are being sold by existing shareholders, meaning Airtel Money will not issue new shares or raise fresh capital through the transaction. According to a statement on Friday, UK Business Secretary,…

— Camp denies signing MoU, alleges forgery By Steve Oko UMUAHIA — The third-term ambition of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has run into fresh controversy as traditional rulers in Bende, Abia State, insist on a 2019 power-rotation agreement that his campaign organisation has dismissed as a forgery. More than 27 traditional rulers from communities across Bende Federal Constituency reaffirmed the purported Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a meeting in Igbere on Friday, while Kalu’s campaign Director-General, Rev. Emmanuel Trumps Eke, denied that he or his principal signed the document. The monarchs said the agreement was…