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Two Fire Outbreaks Hit Access Bank Branch and a Residential Building in Kano
Two separate fire outbreaks were recorded in Dawakin Tofa and Kumbotso Local Government Areas of Kano State, affecting an Access Bank branch and a residential building.
World
Politics
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Business & Markets
Business
Gambia Revenue Authority Boosts Transfer Pricing Audits
Gambia Revenue Authority launches technical assistance programme to strengthen transfer pricing audits and protect tax revenue.
Market Movers
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N1.17tn Loss for Investors as NGX Reverses Gain
Investors on the Nigerian Exchange lost N1.17 trillion as the market reversed its four-session bullish run.
London Heathrow No Longer Europe's Busiest Airport
Istanbul overtakes Heathrow whose passenger numbers on Middle East routes fell 20.2% year-on-year.
OpenAI Reportedly Completed a $7 billion Employee Tender Offer
OpenAI has bought back $7 billion worth of shares from employees at the privately held frontier AI lab as part of an effort to provide liquidity to its workforce.
Technology
Tech
Threads Launches VR App for Meta Quest
Meta launches Threads app for Meta Quest VR headsets, expanding platform reach.
Tech Signals
Xbox Elite 3 Prototype Leaks With Built-In Screen
Aug 11, 2026
Meta’s new Glimmer AI model offers a hint at Zuckerberg’s Personal Intelligence Vision
Aug 11, 2026
Apple will Stream Friday Night Baseball Live in Vision Pro
Aug 11, 2026
Anthropic Will Now Watermark Text Generated by its AI models
Aug 11, 2026
Apple May Introduce Photo Authentication Tool in IOS 27
Reference Image could verify photo provenance in the wake of generative AI, a critical tool in an era of AI-generated content.
Thousands of Lawsuits Over User Addiction Proceed Against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Google
Social media platforms face a long road of litigation over addictive design claims.
Culture & Lifestyle
01Investigation Finds New York State Museum Misused $597,624 in STATEMAP Grants02Zara Summer 2026 Drop Gives Shoppers Ready-To-Wear Staples For Beach, Work And Evenings037 Airbnbs That Put Visitors In The Heart Of Biarritz04New Africa Cultural Initiative Turns Manju Journal Into Pan-African Nonprofit05Claudia Rankine Recasts Public Monuments, Points To Asad Raza’s Absorption (2019)06HIV Control in Africa At Risk As Climate Change Hits Vulnerable Populations
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Signals
Chad to Eliminate Visa Requirements for African Nationals From January 2027
Chad says it will remove entry visa requirements for all African nationals from January 1, 2027, in a move it says will support freer movement across the continent.
When the Danube Runs Low, Europe’s Wartime Past Rises Again
Record-low water levels along the Danube are exposing sunken Second World War ships, unexploded ordnance and other military remnants, turning an intensifying European drought into a reminder of a conflict buried beneath one of the continent’s most important rivers.
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