ANTHROPIC said on Monday its experiments suggested small AI models may be months away from being capable enough to self-replicate on commercial internet-of-things (IoT) devices, such as smart ovens and off-brand Android TV boxes. In its experiments, Anthropic looked at whether AI models could find vulnerable devices, copy themselves into those devices, and continue spreading without human help. It found that small models under 30 billion parameters could complete the many steps needed for replication. However, the firm found that such AI models also struggled to complete the entire sequence from start to finish. In its simplified tests, where some…
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DANGOTE Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has recorded a remarkable turnaround in its financial performance, posting $22.5 billion in revenue and $4.7 billion in net profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2026, compared with a loss of $117.2 million in the corresponding period of 2025, as the African industrial giant consolidates its transition into a major profit-generating industrial enterprise. The unaudited financial results, released in Lagos on Tuesday, reveal that revenue surged by 144 per cent from $9.2 billion in the first nine months of 2025, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) jumped nearly ninefold to…
By victor Itodo Abuh JOURNALISTS and media creatives have been invited to apply for a Peace Journalism and TV Production Workshop scheduled to be held in Abuja from November 15 to 21, 2026. The training will focus on peace journalism, television reporting, and production, with an emphasis on human rights, community voices, and social justice. The workshop is organised under the “MAKE IT COUNT” project by the Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) Radio & TV in partnership with WELTFILME.org e.V., with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). According to the…
THE QUESTION confronting the All Progressives Congress (APC) as it prepares for the 2027 general elections is no longer whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has political allies in government. It is whether those allies are matching their public declarations of support with the level of political mobilisation, visibility and grassroots engagement required to defend the President’s re-election bid. At the centre of this conversation is the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, whose political activities have continued to attract attention despite his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A minister’s support for the President should not be…
AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, Dr Adesina Aladeloba, has called for curriculum reforms to reflect Nigeria’s realities and climate conditions as well as promote use of indigenous materials to build. Aladeloba, Dean, School of Environmental Studies, Yaba College of Technology, made the call at the University of Lagos International Week 2026 which began on Monday. The event was organised by the university’s Faculty of Environmental Sciences. Aladeloba spoke on: “The Future of Built Environment Pedagogy in a Decolonised System: A Nigerian Perspective”. He said Nigeria’s built environment education remained largely Eurocentric, relying on foreign curricula, building standards and designs that often failed to address…
THE NIGERIAN Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has warned that Nigeria risks losing more than one billion dollars in annual export earnings if exporters fail to comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). NEPC Head Office, Maitama, Abuja The Regional Coordinator of NEPC, Mr Benedict Hegbe, gave the warning at a seminar on the EUDR and the National Single Window (NSW), organised by the council on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Hegbe, the regulation requires exporters to demonstrate that commodities exported to the EU are deforestation-free, legally produced and backed by proper due diligence documentation. He listed the affected commodities…
THE CATHOLIC Diocese of Gboko has ordered the temporary closure of its institutions in Ihugh, Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue, following repeated attacks, arson and destruction of church properties. The decision was announced in a pastoral letter and decree signed by the Bishop of the Diocese, Most Rev. William Avenya, and the Diocesan Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Marcellinus Wende, dated October 12. The affected institutions, according to the pastoral letter, are St. Winifred Girls Secondary School, St. Thomas Hospital, St. Winifred Nursery and Primary School and St. Winifred Parish, all in High. The decree directed the withdrawal of pastoral…
MILITARY veterans on Tuesday protested at the Military Pensions Board (MPB) in Abuja, challenging what they described as an unfair application of recently approved pension adjustments and demanding a review of the calculation method used to determine their new entitlements. The protesters, led by Lt. Col. Innocent Azubuike, coordinator of the Veterans Association of Nigeria, barricaded the entrance to the board’s office in Abuja, using canopies and chairs. Armed soldiers reportedly prevented the veterans from entering the premises. The protest centres on the implementation of salary and pension adjustments approved following President Bola Tinubu’s decision in August to increase the…
THE NIGERIA Police Force has arrested former Imo State Governor and former Senator Rochas Okorocha in Abuja over allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. Okorocha was arrested on Monday night, October 12, at the REIZ Continental Hotel in central Abuja, according to the police. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Aniete Iniedu, confirmed the development to Channels Television. Iniedu said the former governor was released on bail after about an hour of interrogation and was directed to return to the Force Headquarters on Tuesday for further questioning as investigations continue. The arrest followed what the police described as Okorocha’s failure…
THE FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed Nov. 20 for ruling on an application filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), to amend his suit against President Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after Atiku’s counsel, Mr Joseph Silas, and defence lawyers adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the application. Atiku and ADC had, in the main suit, urged Justice Ekwo to disqualify President Tinubu and APC from the 2027 presidential election. They questioned Tinubu’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate…