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Ivana Bay, the alleged pregnant French side chick of Davido, has cautioned her American counterpart, Anita Brown, to restrain from defaming the singer. DAILY POST reports that Anita has been hauling allegations at Davido via her social media pages since calling him out for impregnating her. The American Onlyfan star labelled Davido a “deadbeat, woman beater, manipulator and control freak.” Anita also alleged that Davido once beat his wife, Chioma, who was his girlfriend at the time,… Read the full article here

Victor Osimhen is now the third most valuable striker in the world, according to popular statistics medium, Transfermarkt. Osimhen is ranked only behind Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe and Manchester City’s Erling Haaland. The 24-year-old was the top scorer in Serie A last season with 26 goals from 32 games. The Nigerian added another five in the UEFA Champions League. Osimhen is the highest-ranked striker in Serie A and Africa. Tottenham Hotspur forward, Harry Kane is in… Read the full article here

At least 48 people lost their lives after a truck lost control at a busy road junction in western Kenya and ploughed into other vehicles. The accident took place on Friday evening on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru. According to local police the truck “lost control and rammed into eight vehicles, several motorcycles, people who were by the roadside, vendors, and other people who were on other businesses”. … Read the full article here

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has issued a directive for the immediate payment of pension entitlements as planned in the template released earlier this year This was stated in a press release issued by the governor’s spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. Adeleke said this when he received thought leaders who had come to pay him a Sallah homage. He stressed that he had heard from the pensioners on a number of occasions and reiterated his commitment to… Read the full article here

At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus caught fire overnight on an expressway in western India on Saturday, police said. The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after midnight, causing its diesel tank to catch fire, senior police officer Baburao Mahamuni told AFP. “There were about 30-35 people on the bus. Twenty-five people have died and eight others are injured,” he said. The injured, including… Read the full article here

Alexandra Asogwa, aka Alex Unusual, talks about her interest in sports, her Super Eagles crush, and more in this exciting interview with PETER AKINBO. When you were in school, what sporting activities did you participate in? I did a lot in secondary school, like the high jump, long jump, relay races and discus. And I was really good at long jump, discus and relays. I didn’t use to run the first lap during relays because I was terrible at take-off, so I always took… Read the full article here

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, organisers of the prestigious Academy Awards, aka Oscars, has invited some Nollywood actors and filmmakers to join the organisation. A statement published on their website during the week stated that Richard Mofe-Damijo, Kunle Afolayan, Jade Osiberu, Shola Dada and CJ Obasi, were among the 398 ‘distinguished artists and executives’ invited by the respected recognition platform. It was further stated that the… Read the full article here

Madison Keys defeated Coco Gauff in straight sets in their Eastbourne International semi-final to set up a final against Daria Kasatkina.The 19-year-old is on the south coast as she regains familiarity on grass ahead of Wimbledon, which starts next week.With the Grand Slam at SW19 imminent, players across Europe are competing on grass, and Gauff faced Keys at Eastbourne having had a successful tournament so far.WimbledonSwiatek faces Lin in Wimbledon first round, Sabalenka meets Udvardy,… Read the full article here

Receive free Harry Markowitz updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Harry Markowitz news every morning. The study of finance can easily be split into two eras: before and after Harry Markowitz. The economist, who died on June 22, was one of the first academics to introduce abstract mathematical concepts — and rigour — to investment decision-making. In doing so, he sparked a revolution in the way financial markets are understood.“Everyone knew… Read the full article here

Traditional financial firms finally believe that digital assets are here to stay. Or so one might conclude from the slew of announcements last week from some of the world’s premiere financial players.Among them is BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager with $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM) — filed for permission to build a “spot market” Bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) — something the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has resolutely… Read the full article here