Keffe D Jailed for 40 Years Over Tupac’s Murder
A Nevada judge sentenced former street gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis to forty years…
Keffe D Jailed for 40 Years Over Tupac’s Murder
A Nevada judge sentenced former street gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis to forty years to life in prison on Tuesday, 13 October, closing the legal book on the 1996 drive-by murder of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur. Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny handed down the term in Las Vegas after a jury found…
Anthropic Warns AI May Soon Self-Replicate
Small artificial intelligence systems may soon copy themselves across domestic kitchen ovens and cheap television boxes without setting foot inside corporate data centres. In a security assessment published on Monday, 13 October, researchers at Anthropic warned that models under thirty billion parameters could gain autonomous self-replication skills before the year ends. Silicon Valley’s safety rails…
Africa Holds 30% of Global Weather Gaps
African governments maintain barely an eighth of the basic surface weather stations that their people urgently require, leaving nearly a third of the world’s entire climate observation blind spots sitting directly over the continent. Blind skies cost poor farmers their lives. Nigerian Meteorological Agency director-general Charles Anosike warned regional energy ministers and multilateral financiers in…
Netflix Wins Spain’s 2030 World Cup Rights
Netflix broke into men’s international football on Tuesday, 13 October, by capturing exclusive broadcasting rights for the 2030 FIFA Men’s World Cup across Spain and Andorra. The landmark purchase marks the first time that the Silicon Valley entertainment giant has seized the television crown jewels of an elite European football nation. Big tech now hunts…
Detty December 2026: The Party, The Pressure and The Price of Fun
As Lagos prepares for another festive season of concerts, parties and homecoming celebrations, Detty December promises entertainment and business opportunities. However, rising expenses are raising questions about affordability and how people can participate without straining their finances. Every December, Lagos takes on a different character. The streets get busier, restaurants receive more visitors, event centres…
Betrayal on the Highway: Inside the Shadowy World of Transit Kidnappings
 A rescued corps member’s account of strange roadside delays before a brutal highway abduction raises haunting questions about driver collusion as Nigeria grapples with a rampant kidnapping crisis. Before dawn broke over the ancient city of Ibadan, twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members boarded two commercial buses bound for the South East. Clad in…
FG Launches Platform to Attract $100bn Investment
 The Federal Government has unveiled a digital platform to improve access to investment data in Nigeria’s tourism and creative industries, targeting a $100bn contribution to GDP and more than three million jobs by 2030. The Federal Government has launched a digital platform aimed at attracting investment into Nigeria’s tourism and creative industries as it seeks…
₦101m Defamation: Appeal Court Reserves Judgment On SERAP, DSS
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in the appeal by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project against a ₦100m defamation award won by two officials of the Department of State Services. The decision will settle, at least at the appellate level, one of the most closely watched legal contests between a…
NUC To Sanction Varsities Over Honorary Degree Abuse, Says Ribadu
The National Universities Commission will begin monitoring universities after their programmes have been accredited and will check whether institutions are admitting more students than they can accommodate, its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, has said. Ribadu announced the measures on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the commission’s 2026 retreat with vice-chancellors…
Adeleke, Soludo, Wike to Lead Tinubu’s Re-election Campaign in States
The All Progressives Congress has named three politicians from rival parties as state coordinators for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, barely two months after one of them defeated the APC at the polls. Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke appear in the party’s…