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Sunday, 8 November 2026 Daily Edition

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Sunday, 8 November 2026

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The Takeaway

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a senator from Kogi Central, is defending the distribution of millions of naira to her constituents, stating that the funds were allocated in the Federal Government's budget. Meanwhile, in the tech world, a new game called Probably Stolen, developed by indie studio Questing Goose, has gained significant attention, with 174,382 concurrent players, due to its unique blend of aesthetics and gameplay systems from popular games.

In other news, Aisha Babangida is being recognized for her commitment to women's empowerment and girl-child education in Africa, while Tayo Amusan, a billionaire chairman, is leading a $100 million project to build Africa's first purpose-built indoor arena of international standard. Abdulsamad Rabiu, a prominent figure in Nigeria, has also been in the spotlight after visiting the Holy Kaaba in Makkah alongside President Bola Tinubu.

Additionally, Pastor Jimmy Odukoya, senior pastor of The Fountain of Life Church in Lagos, Nigeria, has announced his marriage to Mo Jasyme.

Written by urgent.news from the day's reporting.

AI

AI

The AI Understood My Payment Request. My Rust Code Refused It.

An AI that can read "send 0.05 SOL to Ada for lunch" is useful. An AI that can decide to send money is a liability. For the MLH Solana Hackathon, I built SpendGuard , a payment agent for Solana Devnet. You talk to it in plain English. An LLM turns your words into a payment proposal. Deterministic Rust code then decides whether that payment is allowed. You approve the exact transaction, and only…

·dev.to

In the MLH Solana Hackathon, the author developed a payment agent named SpendGuard for the Solana Devnet. SpendGuard allows users to communicate with it in plain English, and an LLM converts those words into a payment proposal. The decision on whether the payment is allowed is made through deterministic Rust code. The user then approves the exact transaction before it is signed and submitted to the Solana Devnet.

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Tech

Tech

Parseable API keys inherit role permissions across telemetry streams

Parseable API keys inherit role permissions across telemetry streams Parseable stores and queries logs, metrics, traces, and events. It supports native authentication, OIDC, and API keys. The official API-key documentation says a key is resolved to its roles and then authorized like any other user. The RBAC documentation describes roles such as Admin, Editor, Writer, Reader, and Ingestor, with…

·dev.to

Parseable API keys inherit the role permissions of their associated user accounts and apply to telemetry streams. These keys can be used for authentication with native authentication, OIDC, or API keys. The API keys are resolved to their roles and authorized like any other user. The role-based access control (RBAC) model includes roles such as Admin, Editor, Writer, Reader, and Ingestor, each with varying access permissions across different endpoints.

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Oxlint JS Plugins: Your Custom ESLint Rules No Longer Keep You on ESLint

Every team that has looked at Oxlint has hit the same wall. The benchmarks are great, the built-in rules cover most of what you use, and then someone remembers the twelve custom rules in…

  • Oxlint improves custom ESLint rules with hybrid Rust/JS approach
  • 80% of ESLint users can switch to Oxlint with minimal issues
  • Migration simple via npx @oxlint/migrate eslint.config.js command

·dev.to

Writing an MCP Server: The Tool Description Is the Whole API

Most first MCP servers look the same: someone wraps their existing REST API, exposes one tool per endpoint, ships it, and then watches the model call the wrong tool with the wrong arguments.

  • The tool description defines the entire API in MCP protocol.
  • SDK handles transport, discovery, and validation of tools.
  • Minimal server includes @modelcontextprotocol/server and @modelcontextprotocol/client packages.

·dev.to

Hitting an exact file size when compressing images in the browser

India's chartered accountancy board caps the photo you upload with your exam form at 50 KB. South Africa's tax service wants supporting documents under 2 MB.

  • Different countries have varying maximum file size limits for uploaded photos.
  • JPEG quality setting doesn't directly correlate with file size.
  • Binary search efficiently finds the right JPEG quality for target file size.

·dev.to

Business

Business

BoG introduces economic and financial journalism award with international training opportunities at 30th GJA Media Awards

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced a new award scheme to recognise excellence in economic and financial journalism, offering winners opportunities for international exposure, professional training and further studies. The Governor’s Economic and Financial Story of the Year Award was announced by Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, in a speech he personally delivered at the 30th…

·myjoyonline.com

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has unveiled the Governor’s Economic and Financial Story of the Year Award, a new initiative aimed at recognizing outstanding work in economic and financial journalism. The award, unveiled during the 30th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards, offers winners a range of international opportunities, including sponsorship to attend the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings or Annual Meetings, a laptop computer, a one-year internet data subscription, and access to professional fellowships with prestigious institutions such as the Thomson Foundation and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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Finance & Markets

Finance & Markets

Wars May Spur Faster Electrification

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have prompted an increase in EV sales to avoid retail fuel inflation and gas demand destruction in favor of other power generation sources. With COP31 starting next week, some participants have signaled that faster electrification could become the focus of the event. “I would like to see a strong outcome on electrification in our presidency-led decision,”…

·oilprice.com

The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have led to an increase in electric vehicle (EV) sales as consumers seek alternatives to fuel-powered vehicles due to rising fuel costs and reduced demand for gasoline. COP31, the upcoming climate conference, may focus on accelerating the electrification of various industries and aspects of life to meet emission reduction targets.

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World

World

Victoria Barracks in Sydney and Melbourne to remain in public hands after partial backtrack on defence property selloff

Four heritage-listed defence properties to be preserved for community use after backlash from veterans and former PMs Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast Four heritage-listed defence sites, including Sydney’s Victoria Barracks, will remain in public hands after the Albanese government yielded to public backlash against their sale. The sites, along with 63 others around…

·theguardian.com·4 outlets

Four heritage-listed defence properties in Sydney and Melbourne will retain public ownership, according to a recent decision by the Albanese government. The sites, which include Sydney's Victoria Barracks, Melbourne's Fort Queenscliff, and RAAF Base Point Cook, were previously earmarked for sale to the government to recover $3 billion in budget costs.

However, the plan faced significant opposition from veterans, former prime ministers, and public campaign groups. The government's reversal of its stance on the sale drew praise from veterans and politicians alike, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, stating that Victoria Barracks holds a "special place in our nation's history."

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Mogaji Wole Arisekola’s Philanthropic Gesture

In a society where generosity often speaks louder than grand declarations, Mogaji Bowale Oluwole Arisekola, the Mogaji Ajenigieye of Oje, Ibadan, is quietly making a difference, one community project…

  • Mogaji Arisekola commissions infrastructure projects in Oje, Ibadan
  • Distributes educational materials and scholarships to community students
  • Emphasizes community involvement for long-term sustainability

·thisdaylive.com

SEVEN DAYS IN OBOREVWORI’S DELTA STATE

The Delta State governor is doing exceedingly well, reckons IKE OKONTA I was in Warri, Delta State’s main oil city last July for consultancy work for the United Nations Development

  • Ijaw leaders blockade Chevron installations in Warri, causing chaos
  • Governor Oborevwori mediates peace, restoring normalcy to Warri
  • Delta State ranked second best-governed in Nigeria by Commonwealth Institute

·thisdaylive.com

Culture

Culture

Penn State football report card after survival win at Washington

See how highly we graded the Penn State football offense and defense after they held on to beat the Washington Huskies in Seattle.

·sports.yahoo.com·2 outlets

SEATTLE — The Penn State football team pulled off a critical victory against Washington at Husky Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 7, with a 28-25 win. Quarterback Rocco Becht led the offense to a solid start, completing passes to five different targets for 193 yards in the first half. Tailbacks Carson Hansen and Cam Wallace also contributed with key runs.

Becht's performance in the second half was crucial, as the Lions struggled to generate momentum despite Washington's adjustments and pressure. The defense initially dominated, allowing only 36 passing yards and two field goal drives before halftime, but struggled to stop Washington's late scoring drives and two-point conversions.

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Tayo Amusan: A New Landmark in Sports and Entertainment Emerges

Full-sized trucks will drive straight onto the floor of the Lagos Arena through a marshalling yard, so that concert equipment can go up and come down quickly. The feature separates

  • Tayo Amusan leads $100M project for Africa's first indoor arena.
  • Yazgan Design Architecture creates yacht-inspired structure with LED screens.
  • Opening delayed to late 2027-2028, creating economic benefits for Lagos.

·thisdaylive.com

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