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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that the most immediate danger from artificial intelligence is not machines slipping out of human control, but criminals using powerful AI models stripped of their safety controls. Speaking in a television interview on Sunday, Gates said cyberattacks would be the area where that threat shows itself most clearly over…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to name the companies printing ballot papers and other sensitive materials for the 2027 general elections. He also wants the commission to explain recent changes to the heads of some of its most important departments. With the presidential and National Assembly…
American rapper Nicki Minaj has revealed that her pastor’s Nigerian origin is one of her personal links to the country, as she urged celebrities and influencers to speak out about reported violence against Christians. American rapper Nicki Minaj has said her pastor is from Nigeria, citing the connection as one of the reasons the country…
One in every five girls in the world is still married before her 18th birthday, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Monday, even as it credited education, legal reform and social protection with preventing an estimated 68 million child marriages over the past 25 years. The agency released the figures to mark the International…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has stepped up enforcement of corporate governance rules, including a 10 per cent limit on banks’ investments in foreign subsidiaries, to protect depositors and ensure the benefits of recapitalisation are not undermined by excessive risk-taking. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tightened its oversight of banks, warning lenders…
The United States Department of Homeland Security has published the names and photographs of 24 Nigerian nationals arrested by immigration officers over alleged offences ranging from fraud and money laundering to drug-related crimes, assault and identity theft. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released the names and photographs of 24 Nigerians arrested…
International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank president Ajay Banga warned finance ministers in Bangkok on Monday, 12 October, that artificial intelligence will deepen the unemployment emergency across Nigeria and other developing nations unless governments build basic physical infrastructure and retrain their workforces. Cheap software easily replaces human workers. Speaking at their…
The United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative reported on Monday, 12 October, that acute global poverty rose for the first time in sixteen years to reach 1.2 billion people. Researchers counted 51.5 million more individuals trapped in compounding deprivation compared with the previous year, erasing a decade and a…
Armed bandits overran the remote farming settlements of Kokani and Kigbira in the Borgu council area of Niger State on Thursday, 8 October, setting mud-brick homes ablaze, killing dozens of defenceless villagers, and driving thousands of terrified peasants into the harsh bush along the Benin Republic border. Deadly violence returns to mock state assurances. Superintendent…
Western and Asian governments warned their citizens on Monday, 12 October, to avoid travelling to Saudi Arabia after five deadly missile and drone strikes hit commercial aviation hubs within a single week. Australia and New Zealand joined the United States, Britain, Canada, Japan, and South Korea in urging their nationals to scrap non-essential journeys and…