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The Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, has felicitated Muslims on the celebration of Eid-El-Kabir, urging Nigerians to pray for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he comes up with policies and programmes to turn around the fortunes of the country positively. Senator Barau on Wednesday called on all Muslims to seek Allah’s grace for the peace, unity, security, and economic development of the country. The Kano lawmaker also assured Nigerians of the commitment of the… Read the full article here

Manchester City has made the decision to withdraw from the pursuit of West Ham captain Declan Rice, allowing Arsenal to gain confidence in securing the English midfielder with an improved bid of up to £105 million. After Arsenal enhanced their offer, the Hammers were awaiting Manchester City’s response, but the Etihad club’s decision to exit the race puts Arsenal in a favourable position to finalize a deal for Rice. Throughout the summer, the 24-year-old has… Read the full article here

In a bid to promote Nigeria’s culture, no fewer than 45,000 persons are expected to participate in an Igbo festival in the United States of America. The Igbo Fest, which has been going on for 28 years, is scheduled for Minnesota, U.S., on August 10 and 11, 2023. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, Igbo Fest Cultural Ambassador, Peter Egbudom, said with the dwindling economy, Nigeria was in dire need of legitimate foreign investment through tourism, noting… Read the full article here

Iga Swiatek reached her first grass court quarter-final following a convincing 6-3 6-1 victory over Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann in the Bad Homburg Open.It is Swiatek’s 37th win of the season but just her eighth career victory on grass. The match took just one hour and 19 minutes as Swiatek dominated with 14 winners, converting four of her five break points.WimbledonIs Murray seeded at Wimbledon and who are the No. 1 seeds at SW19 this year?7 HOURS AGOThe world No. 1 admitted she was… Read the full article here

Today, Vizio is announcing a completely overhauled homescreen experience for its TVs that will eventually make its way to models dating back as far as 2016. The new interface looks sleeker and more modern than the company’s existing SmartCast OS. And Vizio went the direct route with branding: the new software is just called Home Screen. Take one look at the revamped user experience and it’s immediately clear where Vizio drew inspiration from: this basically looks like its own streaming… Read the full article here

Receive free Central banks updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Central banks news every morning. The world’s top central bank chiefs signalled their readiness to increase interest rates further and keep them high, as they warned tight labour markets are still pushing up wages and prices.The heads of the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England warned at a conference in Sintra, Portugal, that more action may be needed… Read the full article here

On June 28th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had issued a default judgment that granted a permanent injunction against Michael Ackerman, a resident of Alliance, Ohio. Today a federal court ordered an Ohio man to pay more than $50M for a fraudulent digital asset trading scheme. Learn more: https://t.co/z0WOqXIqih— CFTC (@CFTC) June 28, 2023 Ackerman is now subjected… Read the full article here

Monica Bellucci confirmed her romance with Tim Burton after months speculation about their relationship — and it sounds like things are getting serious. “What I can say … I’m glad I met the man, first of all,” the actress, 58, told Elle France in an interview published on Monday, June 26. “It’s one of those encounters that rarely happens in life.” Bellucci went on to say that she’s excited to work with Burton, 64, on Beetlejuice 2, which will mark her first… Read the full article here

Media establishments, the entertainment industry, health care providers and regulatory bodies are indispensable to mental health information. Appropriate resources and regular training on proper dissemination of information on mental health should be offered to journalists, media enthusiasts, script writers and content creators, taking into consideration the sensitivities of people with lived experiences and their caregivers. I had put off writing in the media for a while. At some… Read the full article here

Ohanaeze Ndigbo explained on Wednesday why President Bola Tinubu would hearken to the cries of the Southeast. The apex Igbo social-cultural association said Tinubu would listen to the Southeast when governors from the region and Igbo leaders support him. This is according to Okechukwu Isiguzoro, a factional Secretary-General of Ohanaeze, who asserted that Igbo leaders pushing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, to unseat Tinubu will fail. Isiguzoro charged them to… Read the full article here