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An auto crash has claimed the lives of 24 people on Monday night in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State. The truck conveying the passengers was heading to Lagos from Zaria with 87 persons on board. According to the sector commander of the Niger State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kumar Tsukwan, who made this known in a copy of first accident report and made available to our correspondent, the accident occurred in Etsu woro village. “Twenty-four… Read the full article here

Amidst the internal lobbying for the next leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the 10th National Assembly, Senator Orji Kalu, on Tuesday, informed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of his intention to run for  Senate presidency. Kalu disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after meeting with Buhari in his office at the Aso Rock Villa. He said he was open to vying for the Senate Presidency if the All Progressives Congress… Read the full article here

The National Institute of Credit Administration has urged the governments and other corporate organisations to advance the journey towards a developed credit system. It said this in a statement titled ‘We moved from dictatorial regime to democracy in 1999, but which way for the economy?’ The statement said, “As the National Institute of Credit Administration leads the way to the credit economy under the power given to it by the national Act of Parliament No… Read the full article here

…accuses minister of delaying process The Governing Board of the National Hospital, Abuja has petitioned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to intervene in the appointment of a new Chief Medical Director for the hospital. The letter obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, dated March 10, 2023, was titled, ‘Appointment of Chief Medical Director/CEO for National Hospital, Abuja.’ The letter was signed by the Chairman of the Governing Board… Read the full article here

Liverpool legend, John Barnes, reckons that retired Nigeria international, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha is the most skillful player the world has witnessed.   Barnes was a guest on SuperSport along with Thomas Mlambo and Leeds United legend Lucas Radebe for a ‘Premier League GOATs African XI’ special, where the panelists selected their African PL XI of all time in celebration of 30 years of the Premier League.  The broadcast featured interviews, stories and… Read the full article here

Team Jumbo-Visma sport director Merijn Zeeman has launched a passionate defence of Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte after Sunday’s race at Gent-Wevelgem.The duo stormed clear on the penultimate ascent of the Kemmelberg and held an incredible two-minute advantage over the chasing pack.Van Aert, who was victorious in the E3 Saxo Classic on Friday, allowed his team-mate to cross the line first. The decision has been greeted with plenty of criticism, which Zeeman believes is unjust.Ronde… Read the full article here

Although Elon Musk has previously stated that Twitter should treat “everyone equally,” Platformer has found that the network maintains a list of users whose visibility it has secretly been boosting. The eclectic group includes a mix of high-profile figures like LeBron James and President Joe Biden, internet standbys like YouTuber MrBeast and viral Twitter account Dril, and political commentators like Matthew Yglesias and Ben Shapiro.Some of the other interesting “VIP” users… Read the full article here

A top Democrat has accused US regulators of allowing Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank to “grow too big, too fast”, drawing parallels between the lenders’ collapse and the 2008 financial crisis in a congressional hearing on Tuesday.Sherrod Brown, the Democrat who chairs the powerful Senate banking committee, said: “We’re left with many questions — and a lot of justified anger — towards bank executives and boards, venture capitalists, federal and state bank… Read the full article here

On March 28, Canadian investment firm Galaxy Digital, operated by blockchain personality Mike Novogratz, disclosed that it had achieved a preliminary pre-tax income of $150 million from Jan. 1, 2023, to March 24, 2023. The results followed a $1 billion net loss in 2022, which was largely attributed to a $659 million unrealized loss on digital assets and a $496 million unrealized loss on investments. As told by Novogratz:”2022 was a formative year for Galaxy, and while we and our industry… Read the full article here

Serving up romance! Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian fell head over heels for one another in 2015 — and they’ve been getting stronger ever since. The professional tennis player and the tech entrepreneur met by chance while staying at the same hotel in Rome. “This guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us and I’m like, ‘Huh! All these tables and he’s sitting here?’” Williams told Vanity Fair in 2017 of her first interaction with her… Read the full article here