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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor, a long-serving IEEE volunteer and former engineering director at 3M, died on 9 March. The IEEE Life Fellow was 104.Readers of The Institute might remember Gus from his 2022 profile: “From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M.” Just last year, he and I coauthored twoarticles. One discusses how to leverage relationships to boost your career growth. The other weighs the pros and cons of pursuing a technical or managerial career path. He was 103 years old then. How many IEEE members can claim a centenarian coauthor?I first met Gus in 2009 at the IEEE…

The Federal Government has criticised the coronation and activities of individuals styled as Eze Ndigbo (Igbo traditional rulers) in foreign countries, describing the practice as embarrassing. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, stated this while presenting the position of the government at a meeting of Imeobi, the highest decision-making body of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, held in Enugu on Thursday. In a statement signed by her Special Assistant on Communication and New Media, Magnus Eze, the minister said, “The situation has become a major embarrassment to the government, Ndigbo, Nigerians, and citizens of host countries where such…

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) extended its upward trend on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, as the All-Share Index (ASI) advanced by 0.28 percent from 202,023.10 recorded on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, to close at 202,585.53 points. The positive performance lifted equities market capitalisation from ₦130.01 trillion to ₦130.40 trillion, representing a gain of approximately ₦389 billion in investor wealth. Market Activity Trading activity remained strong as investors exchanged a total of 1.01 billion shares valued at ₦40.57 billion in 52,723 deals, indicating sustained liquidity and continued investor participation. Top Gainers Market gains were led by TAJSUKS1, which surged by 18.06…

President of Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe speaks during a press conference at the Pullman Hotel in Dakar on April 8, 2026. The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was in Dakar on April 8, 2026, nearly a month after the body’s shock decision to strip Senegal of its AFCON title and award it to Morocco. (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP) The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday rejected accusations of corruption by the Senegalese government after the body’s shock decision to strip Senegal of its AFCON title and award it…

US President Donald Trump. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP. US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Iran against imposing a toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran agreed to reopen the crucial route as part of a two-week ceasefire. “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. AFP Source link

News » Premier League news » Chelsea newsApril 9, 2026 20:39 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets Casado to Chelsea? Chelsea are planning a move for Barcelona midfielder Marc Casado during the summer transfer window, according to Spanish outlet Fichajes. The Blues are preparing for another busy summer ahead, and a new defensive midfielder could be one of the priorities with possible departures.It is now claimed that the club are weighing up a move for Casado, who has struggled for playing time at the Blaugrana this campaign.The Spaniard is a quality holding midfielder, but finds himself behind Pedri, Eric…

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs urged an appeals court Thursday to overturn the US hip-hop mogul’s prison term of more than four years for prostitution-related crimes. Combs, 56, was sentenced in October after a salacious trial that detailed the alleged “freak-offs” he organised: sexual marathons involving hired male escorts and his ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura and another unidentified woman. He was acquitted by a jury of the most serious charges against him — sex trafficking and racketeering — but convicted of two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution. The disgraced artist was not present at the Manhattan courthouse…

The Director-General of the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, discusses the challenges facing the economy, particularly the manufacturing sector, in this interview with ANOZIE EGOLE Nigeria’s macroeconomic instability has posed significant challenges for businesses. Which key policy reforms does the Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association consider most critical to rebuilding investor confidence? The most urgent reforms must address what I term the “liquidity paradox”, where financial institutions are awash with cash, yet the real economy is starved of credit. The recent Treasury Bill auction laid bare this disconnect; investors bid N4.4tn for securities worth only N800bn, a staggering 400 per…

Aid arrives in Africa wearing the robe of salvation—promising to bridge infrastructural deficits, calm socio-economic seizures, and steer fragile economies toward growth. Yet this robe is often stitched elsewhere. What is marketed as benevolence has already passed through Western theatres of policy, public relations, and strategic calculation before landing on African soil as “good faith” documentation. Africa consents, not always freely but often out of fiscal desperation. What follows is familiar: aid brews into debt, and debt matures into crisis. Zambia’s experience reminds us that the aftertaste of aid is rarely sweet. It is hardly news that Africa remains one…

Refiant AI, a South Africa-founded startup that uses algorithms to compress artificial intelligence (AI) models, has closed a $5 million seed round to build its platform, grow its team and support enterprise partnerships.  VoLo Earth Ventures, a California climate technology fund, led the round, backing what it considers a more efficient approach to developing smarter and leaner AI models. Founded in 2025 by Viroshan Naicker, Siddharth Gutta, and Mathew Haswell, Refiant AI is building tools that restructure and compress AI models by reducing computational weight and retraining them to maintain performance, so that they can run efficiently on smaller or…