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“Watch the thrilling finish to Race 2 of the British Superbikes Donnington Park GP as Glenn Irwin hung on for victory.” Read the full article here

Within hours of Israel launching strikes to assassinate Hassan Nasrallah, large posters appeared across Tehran declaring “Hizbollah is Alive”.Iranian state media initially said Nasrallah, the Lebanese militant group’s leader, was “in a safe place”, but there was a conspicuous silence from regime officials. It was as if the Islamic republic’s leaders were not ready to acknowledge the loss of Tehran’s most important regional ally. Israel’s assassination of Nasrallah on Friday… Read the full article here

China-focused stablecoin data, retail investor participation and skeptical BTC derivatives markets are all signs that Bitcoin price is not primed for a new all-time high. Read the full article here

Scott Speedman and fiancée Lindsay Rae Hofmann have welcomed their second baby. Hofmann announced the birth of their son, Indy Roy Speedman, via Instagram on Wednesday, September 25, several weeks after his birth earlier this month. “Our beautiful boy is here,” Hofmann captioned her post, where she shared a carousel of black and white photos featuring their newborn. “Indy Roy Speedman,” her caption continued. “Our hearts have burst right open… Read the full article here

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed to the National Peace Committee to wade into the lingering issues between it and the Nigerian government to avert the impending strike planned to commence in October. The Lagos Zone of the union made the appeal on Sunday in a statement signed by the Coordinator, Adelaja Odukoya, a professor of Political Science. ASUU and the Nigerian government are at loggerheads over the union’s unmet demands by the government. On… Read the full article here

The Federal Government has procured and handed over 64, 100-seater capacity compressed natural gas, CNG buses. The buses were handed over to organised labour and student union leadership in Abuja on Sunday during a brief ceremony at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. The Federal Government, through the presidency, also made available over 400 compressed natural gas conversion kits handed to private sector transporters in four states as part of efforts to lower the cost of fuelling… Read the full article here

Of course, Nigeria will be celebrating her flag independence tomorrow in low key as usual. It has been so for many years. Even when the country was to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee four years ago, it was modest as there was not much to celebrate economically. We could not even celebrate 25 years of democracy because the politicians knew the positive dividend of democracy, if it exists, has not reached the citizens. The last five years have… Read the full article here

No fewer than 300 sanitation offenders were arrested and prosecuted by a special court for flouting the sanitation laws in Kwara State during the monthly sanitation held in the state on Saturday. The monthly sanitation is held in the state for three hours between 7 am and 10 am on every last Saturday of the month. The offenders were arrested in Ilorin, the state capital, during the monthly sanitation although the state government commended… Read the full article here

Kaduna State, a pivotal state in the North West geopolitical zone, is a land rich in human and natural resource potential. Yet, it is currently bogged by a complex maze of paradoxical governance challenges. As we delve into the realities, we encounter threads of rising insecurity, political comedy and drama, and the implications of the continuity of certain political appointees. Also, the fiscal management and increasing debt dilemma in the… Read the full article here

The Bank of Industry has emphasised that Nigeria must enhance its production capacity to achieve a one trillion-dollar economy by 2026. The Divisional Head of Services, BoI, Isa Omagu, stated this on Saturday at the 2024 annual conference of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria in Lagos with the theme, “Nigeria’s Journey Towards a $1 trillion Economy: Impact of Banks’ Re-capitalisation, Opportunities for Fintechs and Real… Read the full article here