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182 Over 60 per cent of Lagos residents are forced to live in informal settlements, a new report has revealed, highlighting the severity of the state’s housing crisis and the growing gap between affordable housing supply and the needs of its rapidly expanding population. The finding was contained in the State of Lagos Housing Market Report, Volume 3, published by the Roland Igbinoba Real Foundation for Housing and Urban Development. The report paints a worrying picture of life in Lagos, where areas such as Makoko and Ajegunle continue to reflect the challenges of urban poverty, poor living conditions, and insecure…

The UK government should offer discount visas to US cancer scientists who have had their research cancelled by the Trump administration, Sir Ed Davey will say.”The UK should step up and say: If Trump won’t back this research, we will,” the Liberal Democrat leader will say in a speech to his party’s conference in Bournemouth on Tuesday.He will propose the setting up of a fellowship scheme for US scientists seeking to escape the US government’s “anti-science agenda”.The Lib Dem leader has stepped up his attacks on the US president this week and accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of wanting…

Michael DempseyTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesAI services need a lot of computing powerIt’s such a big number that it’s hard to imagine. Worldwide, around $3tn (£2.2tn) will be spent on data centres that support AI between now and 2029.That estimate comes from the investment bank Morgan Stanley, which adds that roughly half of that sum will go on construction costs, and half on the pricey hardware supporting the AI revolution.To put that number into perspective, that’s roughly what the entire French economy was worth in 2024.In the UK alone, it’s estimated that another 100 data centres will be built over the next…

Comedian Patrick Idringi aka Salvador, yesterday announced the return of his Africa Laughs comedy experience, with Season 7 slated for October 25, at the Kingdom Kampala parking lot. Africa Laughs promises a night of unforgettable comedy, big laughs, top-tier entertainment, and moments you’ll be talking about long after the show. The rib-tickling event, organized by Salphine Productions, was officially announced yesterday- Thursday, September 18, at the I&M Bank Atrium, at Kingdom Kampala- the same venue that will host the show on October 25. According to Salvador, the large-scale comedy festival will once again bring together local and international comedy acts,…

Rob DemovskySep 22, 2025, 06:07 PM ETCloseRob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA.GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur didn’t like what he saw on the field Sunday in his team’s 13-10 upset loss at the Cleveland Browns, and he didn’t like what he heard from his locker room last week.That’s when Rasheed Walker used the “U” word after the Packers started 2-0 with…

Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Just Futures LawOver the past decade, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) has amassed millions of data points that it uses to identify and track its targets – from social media posts to location history and, most recently, tax information.And there’s been one, multibillion-dollar tech company particularly instrumental in enabling Ice to put all that data to work: Palantir, the data analytics firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, the rightwing mega-donor and tech investor.For years, little was known about how Ice uses Palantir’s technology. The company has consistently described itself as a “data processor” and…

An Australian medic working at Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital says she has lost count of the number of amputations she has had to perform, as two more hospitals were shut down amid Israel’s relentless bombardment of the enclave.“On the first day, I started off thinking I’ve never seen anything like this, and then in the following days I’ve seen … more. I’ve lost count of the number of amputations I’ve done,” Dr Saya Aziz, an anaesthesiologist, told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The worst thing is these patients are alive … when we take them into the…

Jimmy Kimmel is headed back to air.Disney announced on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would return to broadcast this Tuesday, after a brief but highly criticized suspension that sparked a national debate on free speech and the muzzling tactics of the Trump administration.Disney indefinitely suspended Kimmel’s late-night talk show last Wednesday, under pressure from Donald Trump’s chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over comments Kimmel made about Maga and the killing of far-right activist Charlie Kirk. “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment…

Published On 22 Sep 202522 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareBrazil’s prosecutor general has charged federal lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro with coercion in a case linked to the one in which his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was convicted for plotting a coup.The younger Bolsonaro has “repeatedly sought to subordinate the interests of Brazil and the entire society to his own personal and family agenda”, the prosecutor general’s office said in a statement on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listEduardo Bolsonaro moved to the United States this year to seek support from President Donald Trump to stop…

With the population of the Kavango East region now reaching 218 000 inhabitants, the Ministry of Health and Social Services has announced its plan to construct a new intermediate hospital at Kayengona village to ease the pressure on Rundu Intermediate Hospital. Kavango East regional health director Idah Mendai announced this on Friday during a site visit to the earmarked land by prime minister Elijah Ngurare. The proposed location is about 10km from Rundu. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn Mendai said the Shambyu Traditional Authority has allocated a portion of land for the project. “Although the…