Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Continued

Finance & Markets

Blackstone’s $77bn private credit fund keeps 5% redemption limit

TOP STORY: Blackstone’s flagship private credit vehicle is maintaining its 5% quarterly redemption limit after investors sought to withdraw around 10% of the fund during Q3, highlighting continued…

  • Blackstone's $77bn private credit fund BCRED maintains 5% quarterly redemption limit.
  • Investors attempted to withdraw ~10% of fund's holdings in Q3.
  • BCRED received $4.5bn in repurchase requests, fulfilling ~50% in Q2.

Business

IEBC ordered to rectify, republish KIEMS kit tender

The Public Procurement Administrative Review Board found deficiencies in the identification of applicable standards, requirements for international tenderers and the allocation of technical evaluation…

  • IEBC ordered to revise and republish KIEMS kit tender
  • Public Procurement Administrative Review Board identified technical deficiencies
  • Seven-day window for bidders to assess changes and submit bids

AI

AI models are becoming unknowable

AI models may be getting safer while also getting harder to monitor. Which side of that seesaw prevails could determine whether AI is scaled safely or ruins civilization as we know it. Why it matters: Right now both options are running full steam and no one knows who's in charge of making sure the right one wins.

World

FG Announces Two Weeks Closure of First Niger Bridge for Repairs

David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka The Federal Ministry of Works, Anambra State Field Headquarters has officially announced the closure of the First Niger Bridge in Onitsha for the commencement of repair

  • First Niger Bridge in Onitsha to close for two weeks starting September 7, 2026
  • Closure due to urgent repair works following bridge's vandalized condition
  • Repairs include asphalt surfacing removal, solar-powered streetlights, CCTV cameras

Culture

How to Get Over the Hump of Writing Sex

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Only trouble is interesting, and what causes more trouble for us humans than our love lives? With love, we’re leaping into the unknown, and it’s thrilling, surprising, scary, overwhelming (and

Continue reading →