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    John Robertson, Forest legend and Picasso of the pitch, dies at 72

    The football world lost a true artist of the beautiful game. John Robertson, the legendary Scottish winger for Nottingham Forest and Derby County, passed away at seventy-two. His former manager Brian Clough once called him a scruffy waste of time before transforming him into a Picasso on the...
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    Boat drivers get crash course to cut deadly water mishaps

    Boat drivers just got a crash course so they stop crashing. The National Inland Waterways Authority, together with the Lufredha Maritime Academy, finished a three-day safety workshop for operators. The Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy funded the training held at the NIWA premises in...
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    Yusuf demands fair play for local refineries, not imports

    Some policy guy says Nigeria needs to pump way more oil, and fast. Dr. Muda Yusuf, the head of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, laid out a plan following new appointments to the country's petroleum agencies. He stated the goal of two million barrels per day requires a focus on...
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    Execs bet big on tech, Africa eyes self-reliance

    Executives are weirdly optimistic heading into next year. A new McKinsey survey shows global business leaders feeling better about the economy and their own company performance. Their main worry shifted from trade policy to geopolitical instability. Despite that, leaders are focusing more on...
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    Customs ditches hand searches, rolls out high-tech scanner

    Customs might finally stop ripping open shipping containers at the port. The Nigeria Customs Service is getting ready to fully deploy a big cargo scanner called the FS6000 at APM Terminals in Lagos's Apapa Port. Deputy Comptroller-General Oluyomi Adebakin recently visited the site to check on...
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    Legend Internet flexes fibre, AI, and investor clout

    An ISP is trying really hard to make you forget last year's outages. Legend Internet Plc wrapped up the year pushing a story of resilience and big upgrades. Their Chief Marketing Officer, Shakirah Alaga, talked up several milestones aimed at restoring customer trust. She specifically mentioned...
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    CITN flags tax law chaos, demands FG set the record straight

    Someone messed up the official tax law paperwork. The President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Innocent Ohagwa, voiced serious worry about different versions of the country's Tax Act floating around. He said reports suggest the final gazetted laws might not match what the...
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    NEITI calls out FG, says states deserve their fair share

    States are getting stiffed on taxes meant for them. The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, or NEITI, dropped a policy brief saying state and local government internally generated revenue is pitiful. They blame weak local economies, but also point a big finger at federal tax...
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    WealthBridge opens flashy HQ, flexes fintech muscles

    Finance bros just unveiled another shiny corporate temple. WealthBridge Financial Services Holdings Limited cut the ribbon on a new headquarters located on Awolowo Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. The Group Managing Director, Ahmed Lawal, called the move a strategic step for the holding company...
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    Tinubu honors Imoudu, but workers want more than words

    Tinubu talked a big game about workers while everyone remembered a dead labor legend. The President sent his Labor Minister, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, to speak for him at an event in Lagos marking twenty years since the labor leader Pa Michael Imoudu passed away. Tinubu claimed he was too busy...
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    PC makers scramble as DRAM drought hits hard

    The PC industry is hitting a major memory wall. Major manufacturers like ASUS, HP, and Dell are desperately trying to lock in long-term supply agreements for DRAM, but suppliers like Samsung and SK hynix simply cannot meet the massive demand. This severe shortage is expected to drive DDR5 prices...
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    LG drops AI-powered 5K gaming displays at CES 2026

    CES is about to get some new monster gaming monitors with built-in AI. LG just announced its UltraGear evo brand, headlined by three high-end displays featuring proprietary upscaling tech to boost visuals without taxing your GPU. The lineup includes a thirty-nine-inch 5K2K OLED, a...
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    Huawei offers Ascend 950 to Korea, NVIDIA’s grip loosens

    Huawei wants to sell its top AI chips outside China as an Nvidia alternative. The company plans to offer its highest-end Ascend 950 processors to customers in South Korea next year, packaging them as complete data center clusters with networking and storage. Huawei Korea's CEO stated this...
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    AMD’s RDNA 5 GPUs delayed till mid-2027, no shortcuts

    The next big AMD graphics architecture is still years away. A trusted source states the RDNA 5 GPU family for Radeon cards is now targeting a mid 2027 launch, meaning 2026 will likely see no new high-end models from the company. The rumor indicates AMD has already completed the initial tape out...
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    Sapphire debuts PhantomLink gear, ditches 16-pin mess

    Sapphire just revealed a motherboard and GPU combo that hides the power cables. The company launched their X870EA Nitro+ PhantomLink motherboards and a matching Radeon RX 9070 XT Nitro+ graphics card, both using a special connector called PhantomLink. This setup ditches the standard bulky power...
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    AMD’s secret RX 7700 XT reference card leaks

    A never-released version of an older AMD card just surfaced online. Someone posted images of an engineering sample for a reference model Radeon RX 7700 XT, a GPU AMD only sold through partner companies back in 2023. This early sample features a distinctive red PCB and exposed connectors, clearly...
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    ACEMAGIC drops $2,499 AI beast in mini PC form

    A new mini PC is trying to be a tiny tank for AI work. ACEMAGIC launched their Tank Center M1A PRO+ model, featuring an AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 processor and a starting price of two thousand five hundred dollars, targeting engineers and researchers. This cube-shaped system expands their previous...
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    HP sticks with old CPUs in new OMEN 16L desktop

    HP is sticking with last-gen chips for a new compact gaming desktop. The upcoming OMEN 16L model for next year will reportedly use an Intel Core i7 14650HX, a mobile processor from the older 14th-gen line, paired with newer RTX 5060 or 5060 Ti graphics. This contrasts with HP's larger 35L...
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    San Andreas gets RAGE remake, GTA 6 waits

    Modders are trying to rebuild a classic GTA inside the latest game. The Revolution Team, known for a previous Vice City mod, announced Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Nextgen Edition, a project to recreate the entire PlayStation 2 title within Grand Theft Auto V's RAGE engine. This would...
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    Samsung’s Exynos 2600 packs AMD’s RDNA 4, but trails Snapdragon

    Samsung's next phone chip is getting a big graphics upgrade from AMD. The new Exynos 2600, destined for future Galaxy phones, will use a customized version of AMD's upcoming RDNA 4 architecture called MGFX4 for its Xclipse 960 GPU. This partnership brings a proprietary upscaling tech named...
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