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Mandela Washington Application Experience Bonus Session

Next Monday we will be hosting a Bonus Lightbox Session with our founder, Ife Durosinmi-Etti, who will be breaking down the nitty-gritty of the application process and how she went about getting her application approved.

You can check out the Mandela Wahington Fellowship on the opportunity board of the AGS Tribe App and apply.

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Local Stories

Plateau killings: NARD recalls striking doctors as corpses, patients fill hospitals

The Nigerian Medical Association in Plateau State on  Thursday expressed deep concern over what it described as the increasing population of the hospitals’ emergency wards and mortuaries by victims of attacks and killings in various communities in Plateau State. Read more…

Helicopter shoots passenger boat in Rivers, casualties feared

A yet-to-be identified helicopter has reportedly shot at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State. Read more…

Organisers suspend Saudi Arabia recruitment as DSS disperses doctors, arrests journalist

Operatives of the Department of State Services, on Thursday, dispersed medical doctors, who stormed the Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, to take part in the recruitment interview organised by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health. Read more…

Panic as NNPC pipeline leaks in Ikotun, Lagos

There was panic in the Ikotun area of Lagos State on Friday following the leakage of a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Read more…

Gunmen in police uniform destroy ATMs, steal N20m in Rivers

Gunmen dressed in police uniform on Wednesday stormed the Rivers State University and broke several Automated Teller Machines belonging to a new generation bank, carting away over N20m. Read more…

Police arraign 25-year-old man over social media post

A 25-year-old man, Emmanuel Kayode, has appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over a post he made on social media. Read more…

Nigeria: Gunmen free kidnapped schoolchildren

Gunmen in Nigeria have freed a number of pupils who were kidnapped from an Islamic school in May, according to their head teacher. Read more…

International Stories

Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has received more than five million shares in the technology giant, as he marks ten years in the job. Read more…

Afghanistan updates: At least 13 US service members among those killed outside Kabul airport

A 13th U.S. service member has died as a result of injuries from the attack. Read more…

Kabul airport bomb attacks leave many casualties

Two bombs have exploded at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, targeting people desperate to flee the country after the Taliban takeover. Read more…

Tech Stories

Twelve-year-old boy makes £290,000 from whale NFTs

A 12-year-old boy from London has made about £290,000 during the school holidays, after creating a series of pixelated artworks called Weird Whales and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Read more…

pawaPay closes $9m seed round from MSA and Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital

pawaPay, an African payments company based in the UK, has secured a $9 million seed fund to scale its operations, hire more talents, and expand into new African countries. Read more…

Tizeti is testing a next-gen technology that could bring 5G-level speeds to Nigeria

If you are in Nigeria and have a smartphone close by, let’s do a little test. Spoiler Alert, we’re borrowing a leaf from Tizeti’s playbook, so try to keep up. Read more…

Apple will now let App Store developers talk to their customers about buying direct

Apple announced today it has reached a proposed settlement (embedded below) in a lawsuit filed against it by developers in the United States. Read more…

Sugar raises $2.5M in seed funding to connect apartment residents

Sugar, a startup that aims to turn apartment buildings into “interactive communities,” has closed on $2.5 million in seed funding. Read more…

Business

FG moves against overloaded trucks, threatens up to N10 million fines for defiance

The Federal Government has said that articulated vehicles carrying cargoes exceeding 12 tonnes on federal roads across Nigeria, will henceforth pay between N1 million and N10 million in fines. Read more…

Troubles ahead, experts warn as debt servicing gulps 91% of revenue

The Federal Government spent N2.02tn on debt servicing in the first six months of this year. Read more…

NNPC N287billion profit: Huge progress but no means sufficient – GMD

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Malam Mele Kyari says that N287 billion profit after tax made by NNPC in 2020 was a huge success after years of losses but not sufficient for Nigeria. Read more…

Increase tuition to N14m, Reps tell aviation college

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has demanded an increment in the N7.5m being charged by the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria as school fees, to N14m. Read more…

Airtel, Huawei react as staff alleges compulsion to onsite work resumption despite covid-19 infections

Huawei Nigeria has allegedly compelled its staff managing Airtel Nigeria’s network to resume at the office amid speculations of COVID-19 infections in the organization. Read more…

Aviation sector’s GDP grows by 4.98% in Q2 2021 

The real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of Air transport, under the Transportation and Storage sector, increased by 4.98% in second-quarter 2021, from a contrast of -11.78% recorded in Q1 2021. Read more…

Multichoice ordered to pay N900 billion tax backlog

The order is pending the final determination of an appeal filed by Multichoice before the tax tribunal. Read more…

Metro

Veteran actor Victor Olaotan is dead

Veteran actor and former Tinsel’ star, Victor Olaotan, popularly known as Big Daddy, has died. Read more…

Wizkid releases ‘Made in Lagos’ deluxe edition

Grammy-award winning artist, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has released the deluxe edition of his sensational Made in Lagos album. Read more…

Bayelsa man allegedly kills wife with sledgehammer, commits suicide

A 46-year-old man, Patrick Markson, on Thursday, allegedly killed his wife, Hannah,  and committed suicide at their residence in the Etegwe area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Read more…

Kim Kardashian reportedly plans to keep 'West' last name after divorce

This is coming days after Kanye West filed to change his name. Read more…

AGS Quote of the Day

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

John Barrymore