Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

OpenAI has announced the prototype of its new search engine, SearchGPT, which aims to provide users with fast and timely answers along with clear and relevant sources. The company plans to eventually integrate SearchGPT into its ChatGPT chatbot. This development is seen as a potential challenge to Google’s dominant position in the search engine market. Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, there have been concerns among Alphabet investors about OpenAI’s potential to capture market share from Google by offering new ways for consumers to seek information online. SearchGPT is designed to allow users to search in a more…

Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold has expressed his gratitude to rapper Olamide for giving him a chance at the YBNL music label. Olamide established YBNL in 2012 after releasing his second studio album, ‘YBNL’. Adekunle Gold achieved his first music hit with ‘Sade’ in 2015, a high-life cover of One Direction’s ‘Story of My Life’. He was signed to YBNL the same year, releasing his debut album ‘Gold’ before eventually leaving the label after his contract expired. In a message on X (formerly Twitter), Adekunle thanked Olamide for his significant role in his career, revealing that he designed the YBNL logo…

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 suspected illegal miners in the Asokoro area of Abuja in an operation on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The suspects were intercepted and arrested following credible intelligence linking them with the transportation of tons of coal and kaolin in five trucks from Nassarawa State to a site in Kaduna State. The suspects are currently undergoing interrogation and will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigation.

France’s high-speed rail network was hit by “malicious acts” including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation told AFP the attacks were coordinated acts of “sabotage”. “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,” SNCF told AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled. “SNCF was the victim of several simultaneous malicious acts overnight,” the national train operator said, adding that the attacks affected its Atlantic, northern and eastern lines. “Arson…

Brazil has recorded the world’s first Oropouche virus deaths, the country’s health ministry said Thursday, after two women died of the illness spread by infected flies and mosquitos. The women from the state of Bahia in northeast Brazil were “under 30 years old, with no comorbidities, but who had signs and symptoms similar to a severe case of dengue,” the ministry said in a statement. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website states there are currently known outbreaks of Oropouche in parts of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Peru. The Brazil health ministry said there have been 7,236…

President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms, saying his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution. The President, who received a delegation of Islamic leaders led by Sheikh Bala Lau, at the State House on Thursday, said his victory at the polls was purely by divine intervention, careful planning, and diligence in getting support from Nigerians. “I have no cabal. I have no sponsors. The money I spent on the elections was my personal fortune. At some point, the odds were against me; banks were…

Following the ban on motorcycles and electric bikes in Borno State, the state police command has directed filling stations to stop selling petrol to motorcyclists. Disclosing this in a press statement obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, said the decision was made at a security meeting in the state. According to him, defaulters would be sanctioned. The statement partly read, “The command has observed the flagrant use of motorcycles, especially electrical bikes, in the state, and wishes to remind the general public that the ban on motorcycles in the state still subsists.…

The Federal Government has threatened to jail any Local Government chairmen found embezzling Federation Accounts Allocation Committee funds. This was made known by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on Thursday. Fagbemi, at the 17th-anniversary annual lecture event of the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria in Abuja, said none of the chairmen have immunity and would be jailed if they tamper with the funds meant for the development of their areas. He said, “Well, we have a situation on our hands; I know that it is still there; the conduct of elections…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration will uphold democratic principles, including the right to protest, but will not condone demonstrations that lead to the destruction of lives and property. “In as much as we believe that demonstrations are part of democracy, we will never encourage any protests that lead to the destruction of lives and property,” Tinubu stated when he received a Letter of Credence from the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr., at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed the exchange at…

The Anambra State Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has called off its indefinite industrial action following a meeting with Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The decision was made on Thursday, July 25, at the Judiciary headquarters in Awka during the Union’s Congress. The suspension was announced via a circular signed by JUSUN’s state chairman, Comrade Henry Ezeoke, and the Secretary, Comrade Nwezi Ugochukwu, and was distributed to reporters. The circular was also circulated to all Directors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Chief Registrars, Registrars, and staff of the Anambra State Judiciary. The statement read: “Sequel to the meeting held between the Governor of…