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  Damilola Aina, Abuja The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 18. per cent, The PUNCH reports. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this while reading the communiqué of the second MPC meeting of the year on Tuesday. Addressing journalists at the end of the two-day meeting in Abuja, Mr Emefiele, said the committee… Read the full article here

All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday. The researchers who carried out the study stressed that the increased risk of breast cancer needs to be weighed against the benefits of hormonal contraceptives, including the protection they provide against other forms of female cancer. Previous studies have established an increased risk… Read the full article here

Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates will make a triumphant return in their homeland on Thursday when they play their first match since winning the World Cup in Qatar. More than 1.5 million fans applied for 63,000 available tickets for the match against Central American minnows Panama at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. Football-mad Argentines were out in even larger numbers following the Albiceleste’s dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over France in… Read the full article here

An entertainer, Celestino Mahib, aka Iamshakez, is one man who believes in pursuing all his dreams. The United Kingdom-based Sierra Leonean DJ, who recently released a single titled, ‘Pain’, noted that ‘as a music lover, he started learning how to DJ while he was pursuing a university degree. Speaking on the new song, he said, “The song is actually about my life. It talks about my struggles before having a breakthrough, and finding stardom in the… Read the full article here

Scholars in the field of innovation and industrialisation have advised Nigeria to move away from resource dependence, as it will constrain industrial progress in low-income countries. A Senior Special Adviser to the President on Industrialisation African Development Bank, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, said industrialisation will lead to massive employment creation for Nigerian youths. He said to Read More Read the full article here

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has launched a $255,000 innovation prize for startups, innovators and technopreneurs. The authority said the prize is to incentivise startups to develop solutions that address real-world challenges with global applications. It stated that the application portal for the prize is now open and will be closed at 12 noon on April 8th, 2023. According to it, the NSIA Prize for Innovation programme prize of $255,000 will be awarded… Read the full article here

81-year-old woman, Patricia Nkansimuo, who voted during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections at the Okpo Polling Unit, Ward 11, Agulu Local Government Area of Anambra State, speaks with IKENNA OBIANERI on the electoral exercise, the gains, lessons and losses, among others How many polls have you participated in? I have come to cast my vote and also perform my civic responsibility as a responsible citizen of this country in the hope of effecting… Read the full article here

Switzerland remain unbeaten at the 2023 World Women’s Curling Championship as they claimed their sixth win in four days.Silvana Tirinzoni’s team were made to work for their latest win, tied at 6-6 heading into the final end, before holding their nerve to deliver a 7-6 win over joint-second placed Canada to continue as the only unbeaten team in the competition.The victory ended a three-match win streak for Canada, who came closest to defeating the Swiss side at this World Championships.

Imaging swapping out a hot pink Apple Watch band for an earth-tone green one, and having your watchface automatically change to a matching color, cutting out the (more annoying than it should be) manual customization process. According to a patent filing spotted by Patently Apple, we may actually get something like that. The patent describes a wearable and bands that have NFC chips, letting the watch automatically take action when you connect or remove certain accessories.Apple patenting… Read the full article here

Sri Lanka’s president has called on China and its other creditors to quickly reach a compromise on its debt restructuring or risk creating more economic peril.In his first interview since the IMF approved a $3bn, four-year lending programme on Monday, Ranil Wickremesinghe said the deal and his long-term reform plans were the country’s “last chance” to open up an economy beset by shortages of food, fuel, medicine and foreign currency during 2022.“I would like to see the… Read the full article here