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This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free!When I changed careers at 30 to become a software engineer, I expected it to be hard. I expected to struggle to fit in, and I expected to bomb a lot of interviews (I did). What I didn’t expect was how few people would support me.As a parent, I get it now.A career change is a risk, and the people who care about you…

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested more than 20 suspected cultists as part of intensified operations aimed at curbing cultism and cult-related violence across the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, disclosed this on Thursday, during a telephone conversation with our correspondent. Mohammed said 20 suspected cultists had so far been arrested, adding that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ajao Saka Adewale, would issue a formal statement on the arrests and the ongoing operations. He said the state was currently peaceful, while commending residents and communities for their cooperation with security agencies in efforts to apprehend…

Kenya has opened its capital market to the ongoing Dangote Petroleum Refinery initial public offering, giving eligible investors in the East African country a regulated route to acquire exposure to the Nigerian refinery through Global Depository Receipts. The Capital Markets Authority of Kenya approved a Short Form Prospectus submitted by Renaissance Capital (Kenya) Limited for the transaction, extending participation in one of Africa’s largest equity offerings beyond Nigeria. The approval means Kenyan investors will not need to purchase the underlying Nigerian shares directly. Instead, Renaissance Capital Kenya will receive investors’ funds under custodial arrangements and work with Renaissance Capital Africa,…

Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has won the 2026 Caine Prize for African Writing, according to an announcement published on the Caine Prize website. Mr Kundizeza beat four other writers shortlisted for the prize, including Nigerian writer Akinwande Remilekun Jordan, who was the only Nigerian on this year’s shortlist. Mr Jordan was the only Nigerian on this year’s shortlist, with his short story, So Long It’s Starting To Look Like Eternity, competing with stories from Kenya, Cameroon, Egypt and Zimbabwe. The story was published by Naira Books in the anthology A House That’s Not A Home. The judging panel was…

By Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi BIRNIN KEBBI — The Kebbi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has clarified that the state government did not newly approve a N75,000 minimum wage specifically for teachers, saying the amount was earlier approved for workers across the state. The state NUT Chairman, Comrade Abubakar Zaki Sarki, made the clarification at a press conference in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, explaining that teachers were now benefiting from the consequential salary adjustment arising from the approved minimum wage. According to him, the adjustment followed the verification and review of the state’s teaching workforce and…

News » Premier League news » Arsenal newsOctober 7, 2026 21:36 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Arsenal transfer targets Yildiz wanted by the Gunners Juventus have no desire to part ways with Arsenal target Kenan Yildiz in the near future, according to Tuttomercatoweb. The Bianconeri handed a new long-term deal to the Turkish star last season. He ended the campaign with 21 goal contributions from the left wing.Arsenal had him as a top target to bolster the left flank, but Juventus made it clear that they would not entertain his departure at any price.Yildiz has since been injured due to a broken metatarsal,…

El Niño is strengthening in a world that is already hotter, raising the risk of drought, floods and crop losses across some of the world’s most important food-producing regions. But unlike many disasters, this one can be seen coming. UN experts say the months ahead offer countries a chance not only to protect the next harvest and our food security, but to prepare for a more unpredictable climate in the long run. Source link

By 2028, genetic engineering and gene therapy will be used frequently to treat a variety of diseases, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, according to the recently released 2030 Technology Megatrends Report from IEEE.“We are seeing a fundamental shift in how technology evolves,” says IEEE Fellow Dejan Milojicic, chair of the IEEE Future Directions Committee’s Industry Advisory Board, the group responsible for the report. “Artificial intelligence is no longer operating in a vacuum; it is now deeply connected to our energy, infrastructure, and physical systems.” Milojicic, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Fellow, is a vice president at HPE Labs in Milpitas,…

A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after reportedly collapsing in a hotel room following a sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker, identified as Angela Defa Jacob. The incident occurred on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Uwuigbe had checked into the hotel with the woman and reportedly collapsed moments after the sexual encounter. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, said three persons had been arrested in connection…

Average business interruption claim exceeds €850,000, around 70% higher than the average associated property damage claim. Fire and explosion accounts for more than 40% of the total value of claims analyzed. Non-natural catastrophe activity generates 74% of claims and 66% of total claim value, while natural catastrophe claims are becoming increasingly long-tailed. SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 8 October 2026 – Companies are increasingly at risk from surging business interruption losses due to concentrated production, fragile supply chains, geopolitical tensions, inflation, and growing technology dependencies.According to a new analysis from Allianz Commercial, the average total value of a business…