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Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has said he will continue to play football for as long as his body allows him. Musa revealed this in a video shared on Instagram on Friday, while responding to questions about when he would quit the national team. He said, “We know our country. No matter what, whoever they call you, they have to talk. I don’t have to listen to anyone. “I’m the one doing my job, but if my body wants me to stop, I’ll stop. I’m playing with… Read the full article here

Wild Africa Fund partners Laycon to raise awareness on illegal bushmeat in Nigeria    In furtherance to its aim of creating awareness of the ecological risks of eating illegal bushmeat and its trade, Wild Africa Fund has signed on former Big Brother Nigeria Housemate and musician, Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba, known as Laycon.   Laycon, under the imprints of his foundation, Laycon Cares Foundation, will work with… Read the full article here

To ensure a conducive learning environment for students of the institution, Tertiary Education Trust Fund has executed projects worth N722 million at Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, The PUNCH reports. Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr. Justina Kotso, made the disclosure in Lafia, during the inauguration of the projects by TETFund, as part of the institution’s pre-convocation activities for 2013/2014 and 2021/2022 combined convocation ceremony which would take… Read the full article here

Twenty-four per cent of tokens created in 2022 share on chain characteristics of pump and dump schemes were scams according to Chainalysis. In traditional finance, pump-and-dump schemes occur when holders of a tradable asset, such as stock in a company, heavily hype and promote the asset to other investors, causing the price to rise rapidly as new investors buy. This would then allow the holders to sell their overvalued shares at a profit, causing the price to… Read the full article here

LARA ADEJORO writes on the barriers to accessing the Human Papillomavirus vaccine in Nigeria and how it threatens the elimination of cervical cancer in the country The failure of the Federal Government to integrate the Human Papillomavirus vaccine into the country’s national immunisation schedule is knocking off hopes for the prevention and elimination of cervical cancer in Nigeria. Many Nigerian girls and women are left out without protection against the deadly… Read the full article here

Figure SkatingLewis Gibson and Lilah Fear of Great Britain are in fourth in the rhythm dance at the World Figure Skating Championships. The medals will be decided on Saturday. Stream the 2022-23 winter sports season on discovery+00:06:59, 29 minutes ago Read the full article here

On Thursday morning, the chief executive of what is perhaps the world’s most popular social app went before Congress. Like so many social media CEOs before him, Shou Zi Chew’s mission was to persuade skeptical lawmakers that his company, TikTok, operates responsibly and within the bounds of the law. In the face of doubts and outright hostility, Chew would have to remain calm and genial, attempting to make his case while in the straitjacket of Congress’ hearing format: an hours-long… Read the full article here

Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition politician, has been disqualified from parliament, sparking criticism that the snap decision represented “a new low” for the country’s constitutional democracy a year ahead of a national election.Gandhi was barred from serving as an MP on Friday, a day after he was convicted and sentenced to prison for two years by a court in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat over remarks he made in 2019 asking why people with the… Read the full article here

The Montana Senate recently passed a bill designed to protect crypto miners operating within the state. The proposed law, which is currently making its way through the state’s House of Representatives, seeks to protect both individual and commercial miners in Montana against discriminatory laws by scrapping some of the rules that have the potential to undermine their operations.Specifically, the bill seeks to protect miners against taxes on digital assets used as a means of payment…. Read the full article here

All love here. Despite speculated social media drama between Selena Gomez and ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber’s wife, Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin), there is no bad blood left between the women. “Hailey Bieber reached out to me and let me know that she has been receiving death threats and such hateful negativity,” the Only Murders in the Building star, 30, wrote via an Instagram Story statement on Friday, March 24. “This isn’t what I stand for. No one should have to… Read the full article here