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The number of unused SIM lines fell by 12.28 per cent to 95.16 per cent year-on-year in January 2023, the Nigerian Communications Commission’s data has shown. This is an indication of a growing reliance on telecommunication services in Nigeria as the number of unused lines fell from 108.47 million as of January 2022 to 95.16 million as of January 2023. This is despite a 5.04 per cent overall increase in the number of SIM lines from 305.62 million to 321.04… Read the full article here

As Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) successor, GIFT HABIB writes on electoral processes from polling units to declaration of results There is a lot of anticipation as over 93 million registered voters prepare to cast their ballots on Saturday to decide who takes over from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on May 29, 2023. According to the Independent National Electoral… Read the full article here

The UCI Mountain Bike World Series gets underway in March, with the biggest MTB World Cup events uniting to form a bumper new competition.The series features the biggest disciplines in the sport – cross-country Olympic, cross-country short track, cross-country marathon, downhill, enduro and E-enduro – with 13 meetings slated on a packed calendar for 2023. For the first time ever, all the disciplines will feature at a single event in Les Portes du Soleil from September 7-17, with France… Read the full article here

Amazon has announced that Amazon One — the e-commerce giant’s palm-reading payment technology — will be deployed at Panera Bread locations around the US. The restaurant chain will be the first to leverage Amazon One’s new loyalty card linking capabilities, allowing customers to connect a MyPanera loyalty membership to their Amazon One account and collect rewards when paying for purchases with their palm.Linking the two accounts is completely optional. Customers can decide to use… Read the full article here

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has easily won a House of Commons vote on his new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland by 515 to 29, but only after suffering a damaging Conservative revolt led by three ex-Tory leaders.Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Iain Duncan Smith were among the 22 Tories who voted against the so-called Windsor framework, alongside six MPs of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party.Sunak’s 486-vote majority, secured with the backing of most Tory MPs and the… Read the full article here

The metaverse continues to be a hot topic in the Web3 space, as a group of industry professionals took to the Venus de Milo stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2023 to discuss the future of digital reality. In the panel “Metaverse Regulation: Dos and Don’ts,” the group discussed how regulators around the world might interpret what goes on in the metaverse, along with how businesses should navigate their entrance into digital reality. PBW venue, Paris, France. Source: CointelegraphLawyer… Read the full article here

Mother knows best. Married at First Sight season 16 has been a struggle for Airris Williams and Jasmine Secrest, so he looks to her mom for advice in Us Weekly‘s exclusive clip from this week’s episode of the Lifetime reality show. Airris sits down with Evette, Jasmine’s mother, and asks, “Is there, like, a way to pull certain things out of her?” Evette understands Airris’ struggle. “Most of the time when you feel like, ‘You holding something back,’ nine… Read the full article here

Depression is a widespread mood disorder. Researchers are working to understand alternative treatment options for depression, and their underlying mechanisms. Levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine may play a role in the development of depression.A new study found that matcha tea may have antidepressant-like effects in mice mediated through the dopaminergic systems in the brain.Depression is a common mood disorder, affecting 5% of adults worldwide. Whilst effective treatments do exist, some… Read the full article here

A regional agency of the six Nigerian Southwest states has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari on the removal of the railway and electricity distribution from the exclusive control of the federal government. The agency, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, said no legislation since 1999 has excited Nigerian development stakeholders as those. DAWN said this through a statement signed by its Director-General, Seye Oyeleye, and made available to PREMIUM TIMES on… Read the full article here

The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ọjájá II), has proclaimed the Brazilian city Quilombola a Yoruba territory It means Quilombola is the first city outside Africa to receive a certificate of Yoruba territory. The monarch delivered the title in recognition of Quilombola territory in Brazil on Sunday, the 19th of March. The epoch-making ceremony took place in the Quingoma community, in Lauro de Freitas, in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador, Brazil The move, he said, is geared… Read the full article here