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Four people have sustained varying degrees of injuries after some gas cylinders exploded in the Ijaiye, Agege area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the explosion occurred in the early hours of Monday in a shop stored with gas cylinders. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, while confirming the incident, said one of the gas cylinders exploded as a result of gas leakage and caught fire in the process. He said… Read the full article here

Nigerian women have raised concerns over the devastating effects of flooding which ravaged the country last year, with a warning that unless measures were put in place to check the trend, the consequences would be disastrous. The International Women Communication Centre, the women under the aegis of the Feminist Movement Against Flooding, canvassed ways how to mitigate the effect of flooding on communities during a recent meeting in Abuja. The meeting, which had in… Read the full article here

Australia won the Women’s Ashes Test against England by 89 runs after taking the last five wickets in the morning session of the final day.England started the day needing 152 runs to win the match at Trent Bridge, while Australia required five wickets.Ashleigh Gardner claimed all five wickets within 90 minutes to finish with eight in the second innings and 12 for the match.CricketEngland lose late wickets as Australia close in on Women’s Ashes Test victory18 HOURS AGOEngland’s Danni Wyatt… Read the full article here

Receive free Commercial property updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Commercial property news every morning. Early occupants of London’s Canary Wharf in the nineties grumbled they bumped into more tumbleweed than business contacts there. HSBC’s plan to relocate to the City shows the dockland redevelopment is once again out of favour compared with the Square Mile and West End. The shift is one half of a four-way split. The post-pandemic… Read the full article here

Crypto exchange Bybit revealed it has acquired a license to operate as an exchange and custody service in Cyprus. The world’s third most visited crypto exchange will begin offering trading between crypto and fiat currency pairs, and crypto-related financial services.Cyprus is the third most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea, with a population of 1.2 million people. In a press release, Ben Zhou, the co-founder and CEO of Bybit, explained the importance of expanding the group’s… Read the full article here

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has called on the people of the state to pray for the full recovery of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is on medical leave. Mr Akeredolu embarked on the leave last week after handing over to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. His health had been the subject of intense speculations in the state and infighting in the government that seemed to pit the governor’s family against the deputy governor. Mr Akeredolu’s health condition was… Read the full article here

To sustain the momentum of hope, Mr president must do long-range planning and be deliberate not to inflict further short-term pains on Nigerians. He needs to acquire elite acceptability and popular acclaim quickly. First, he needs policies that renew and strengthen the middle class. Second, he must alleviate the consequences of tough economic choices in the areas that touch the masses: food, health, education, and transportation. Every new marriage comes with some level of… Read the full article here

The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, has called on the youths in the state to refrain from drug abuse to realize their potentials and contribute meaningfully to societal development. Aribasoye also charged all stakeholders in the state to join hands to battle the menace of drug abuse to have a saner society. The Speaker made the remarks on Monday while receiving leaders and members of the state chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) who… Read the full article here

Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, has turned down one of the biggest salary proposals in football history to stay at Los Blancos. This was disclosed by football transfer guru Fabrizio Romano in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Monday. He tweeted, “Understand Luka Modrić received one of biggest salary proposals ever in football from Saudi. “He decided to turn down the bid with the utmost respect. “There’s only one reason: he wants to play, fight and win again at the club of… Read the full article here

A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured environmental pollution caused by the oil industry. The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, or NOSDRA, told The Associated Press that the spill came from the Trans-Niger Pipeline operated by Shell that crosses through communities… Read the full article here