Exabeam, a provider of Behavior Intelligence for the agentic enterprise, has been named a Google Unified Security Recommended partner, recognising the integration between Exabeam New-Scale Analytics and Google Security Operations under the Analytics & Ops domain. Google Security Operations provides organisations with a cloud-scale platform for centralising and correlating security telemetry, while Exabeam New-Scale Analytics adds advanced behavioral analytics to help security teams identify risk patterns that may not be apparent from individual security events. The integration gives analysts deeper context into potential insider threats by helping them detect behavioural patterns that may indicate risk, even when individual actions appear…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang has dismissed concerns that the move by OpenAI to develop its own chips could weaken Nvidia’s dominance in artificial intelligence hardware, saying the company remains confident in its technology, scale and long-term position in the market. Reports on Huang’s remarks indicate he treated OpenAI’s effort as part of the normal cycle of tech projects, many of which never reach full commercial maturity. Huang’s comments come as OpenAI works on a chip strategy aimed at reducing its dependence on external suppliers, a development that has drawn close attention across the AI industry. But the Nvidia chief…
The inauguration of the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant in Tanzania has been described as a major demonstration of Egyptian-Tanzanian cooperation and evidence of Egypt’s contribution to Africa’s development through technical expertise and strategic infrastructure projects. Anthropologist and founder of the Pan African Initiative on media and journalism, Afromedia, Hassan Ghazaly, said the project represents a model of African cooperation built on partnership, exchange of expertise and shared development interests. According to him, the true nature of relations between African countries is best assessed through tangible projects that improve citizens’ lives rather than media narratives that seek to distort existing realities.…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is set to establish a central transparency portal that will enable Nigerians to track allocations, budgets, development plans and audited accounts of the country’s 774 local government areas. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this while presenting the Federal Government’s assessment of “Nigeria’s Reforms Scorecard: Benefits, Costs and Harms Prevented” in Abuja. Oyedele said the proposed portal was designed to strengthen transparency and accountability in the management of resources allocated to states and local governments. According to him, citizens would be able to select any local government on…
The National Coordinator of the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, George Buchi Nwabueze, has released an appointment letter bearing the letterhead of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) in an attempt to counter allegations that he operated a fake government agency. Nwabueze published the document after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) accused him of promoting a fictitious agency operating within the OSGF premises. The appointment letter, dated October 3, 2025, carries reference number OSGF/MIN/59310/11/205 and was purportedly signed by Nadungu Gagare, then Permanent Secretary, Political and…
A purported federal agency uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) allegedly deployed a carefully structured nationwide network of appointments to create the impression that it was a legitimate government institution, while claiming to have secured Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval dating back to 2017. The National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, which operated from premises within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), reportedly presented itself as a duly constituted federal agency with zonal directors and coordinators across the 36 states. The development has raised fresh concerns…
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on state and local governments to account for the N10.4 trillion distributed to them from resources generated following the removal of petrol subsidy. NECA Director-General, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, made the call during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, following the Federal Government’s disclosure of how subsidy savings were distributed. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, had disclosed that the removal of petrol subsidy generated N15.8 trillion in resources for the Federation between June 2023 and December 2025. Of the amount, the Federal Government received N5.4…
Nigeria’s food inflation rate accelerated to 20.31 per cent year-on-year in July 2026, its highest level in 10 months, despite a further moderation in the country’s headline inflation. The latest figure was contained in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed that food inflation rose sharply from 17.52 per cent recorded in June. The July figure represents a 2.79 percentage-point increase from the previous month and marks the highest food inflation rate since September 2025, when it stood at 20.16 per cent. Food inflation subsequently declined to 16.30 per cent in…
Professor Abdulkadir Usman Junaidu of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, has been elected Provost of the College of Veterinary Surgeons of Nigeria (CVSN). Junaidu, a professor of Veterinary Public Health, emerged from an election conducted among Fellows of the College across Nigeria. The result was announced in Abuja by the Electoral Committee, chaired by Professor Caleb Kudi. The College is Nigeria’s premier postgraduate professional institution for specialist veterinary training and the advancement of veterinary practice. His campaign focused on repositioning the College through professional excellence, stronger specialist training, institutional development and improved national and international relevance. Junaidu said his election was…
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed 2,325 lives, making it the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country’s history. The latest figures released by the Congolese public health authorities on Sunday showed that confirmed infections had risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases recorded within 24 hours. The current outbreak has surpassed the previous record set during the 2018–2020 Ebola epidemic, which claimed 2,299 lives in the country. The outbreak was officially declared on May 15, 2026, after cases were initially detected in Ituri Province in northeastern DRC. It has since spread…