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Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to mainland China in a rare public visit that comes as Beijing tries to restore confidence in the entrepreneurial class after a years-long crackdown on the tech sector. Ma travelled to his hometown of Hangzhou, where Alibaba is headquartered, to visit the Alibaba-funded Yungu School, according to the school, which mostly educates Alibaba employees’ children. In an article posted on its WeChat account on Monday, the school quoted Ma talking about… Read the full article here

Bitcoin (BTC) enters the last week of March in uncertain territory as a strong weekly close still keeps $30,000 out of reach.The largest cryptocurrency has sealed seven days of practically flat performance despite some volatility in between as the market seeks fresh direction. Where could it go next?In what was a week of more surprises from the macro economy, BTC/USD spent much time reacting to decisions from the United States Federal Reserve and associated commentary.Next up, however, is a… Read the full article here

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Lately, my hair has been struggling. Have I been consistently bleaching every last strand for the past year and a half? Sure. Do I use hot tools to dry and style it? Yep. It doesn’t help that the water where I live is super hard too. But what can I say? I want the look I want. I just wish I could do without the dryness and the constant split ends. I love my shampoo,… Read the full article here

Five months after launching a digital platform for the confirmation of results, the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has suspended manual confirmation of West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) from 1999 till date. All individuals, institutions or organisations requesting confirmation of any WAEC result from 1999 can now only do so through the digital portal, the examination body said. A statement issued by the Acting Head, Public Affairs Department,… Read the full article here

Ghana’s Vincent Torgah at the weekend emerged victorious in the Custodian Classic golf tournament, winning the grand prize of N1.5 million after a thrilling three-hole playoff and a sudden-death round. The 54-hole event took place at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938 in Lagos. Torgah was tied for the lead in the first two rounds before concluding the final round in a three-way tie with Gift Willy from Python Golf Club and Sunday Olapade of Ikoyi Club. A four-hole decider… Read the full article here

All forms of protests have been banned by the Nasarawa State police command. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the PPRO, in a statement on Sunday, explained that security report necessitated the move. He also announced that all proposed protests under any guise in any part of the state were prohibited. DAILY POST gathered that the persistent protest embarked upon by women believed to be supporters of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, necessitated the… Read the full article here

A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro has told the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, to restore the party’s lost glory. APGA has been faced with years of crisis, defying all interventions. Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State is the only governor on the party’s platform. Just last week, the Supreme Court restored Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of the party. In a statement on Monday, Isiguzoro, who is the… Read the full article here

Shooting Stars head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote blamed wastefulness and carelessness on the part of his players for the defeat to Akwa United in their Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 10 encounter on Sunday. 3SC held their own in the first half but conceded two quick goals after the break. Ogunbote said his team was in control of the game and paid for the failure to convert their chances and loss of concentration. “I think it was one of those things you expect in football. I didn’t… Read the full article here

Almost 300 Ivorians were repatriated on Thursday from Tunisia, where migrants say they no longer feel safe after President Kais Saied had said they represented a demographic threat. The ambassador of Ivory Coast in Tunis, Ibrahim Sy Savane, said 287 people including 21 toddlers were flown back to Abidjan on a jumbo jet chartered from Ethiopian Airlines. With the latest departures, a total of 1,053 Ivorians have been repatriated from… Read the full article here

  United States bank, First Citizens, on Monday, said it has agreed to purchase all loans and deposits from Silicon Valley Bank, whose collapse this month sparked global fears about the sector. SVB, a key lender to the tech industry since the 1980s, became the biggest US bank to fail since 2008 when regulators seized it after a sudden run on deposits. Regulators created Silicon Valley Bridge Bank from SVB after the collapse, and that entity will be taken over by… Read the full article here