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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed five new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The new cases brought the nation’s confirmed COVID-19 infections to 266,665. According to the agency, four cases were recorded in Rivers State and one case was recorded in Lagos State, from March 25 to March 31, 2023. It noted that Abia, Kaduna, Kano and Nasarawa states reported no case. It added that the multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre activated at… Read the full article here

Petra Kvitova drew on all her experience to claim her 30th WTA singles title with a straight sets Miami Open victory over Elena Rybakina on Saturday. Czech Kvitova, appearing in her first Miami final at the age of 33, triumphed 7-6 (16/14) 6-2 at Hard Rock Stadium, a victory which will return the veteran to the top 10 in the world rankings. Rybakina came into the final on a career-best 13-match winning streak after winning the title at Indian Wells and was looking… Read the full article here

The cobblestones of Flanders are set to play host to an exciting race on Sunday as the Tour of Flanders takes place. The 20th edition of the women’s event features a number of standout contenders, none more so than reigning champion Lotte Kopecky. The native Belgian has seen her SD Worx team reshaped in the intervening 12 months to accommodate the arrival of Lorena Wiebes from Team Sunweb, but remains among the favourites. Cycling’My driving force has never been winning’ – Van… Read the full article here

As hundreds of thousands of people protested over French pensions reforms in recent weeks, some Parisians found a novel use for the electric e-scooters that dot the streets: piling them high to build barricades.But the ubiquitous stand-up “trottinettes” could soon vanish from the urban landscape. On April 2, in a first for Paris, the city hall is offering residents a referendum on whether to banish the controversial devices operated by rental companies, five years after they launched.The… Read the full article here

Developers are now allowed to fork Uniswap v3 protocol as its Business Source License (BSL) expired on April 1, shows the protocol documentation. The expiration was a much-anticipated event within the DeFi ecosystem, as it enables developers to deploy their own decentralized exchange (DEX). The BSL is a type of license meant to last for a determinate period before becoming completely open source. In general, the purpose is to protect the author’s right to profit from their creations…. Read the full article here

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. We’re reaching that point of the year where it’s not quite warm enough to wear shorts or mini skirts outside, but it’s definitely a little too warm to stick with sweatpants. We need something that provides just enough warmth without overdoing it — and we’d much prefer if they were comfier than jeans. Versatility is a huge plus too. If we can wear the pants to… Read the full article here

The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Friday, sealed the hall of Bon Platinum hotel in Enugu State, where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued certificates of return to the Governor-elect of the state, Peter Mbah and State House of Assembly members-elect. The ECTDA, an urban development and infrastructure management agency of the state government, said the decision was in response to a reported structural defect of the double decker hall… Read the full article here

Twenty-four years into our current democratic journey, it is time for us to build, raise and equip more democrats to keep democracy going. True democrats are those who recognise that while everybody must be heard, the majority will often determine the way to go and that elections are not do-or-die or must-win-at-all-cost affairs. The last few weeks have witnessed a lot of events coordinated by us in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to further deepen democracy… Read the full article here

Abia State Police Command has said that members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) attacked its men in Aba, on Friday with dangerous weapons. The Command said the attack took place while Policemen were on a show of force patrol in the commercial city. In a statement by the Commissioner of Police, signed by Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, Public Public Relations Officer, PPRO, warned that security agencies would not allow the truncating of peace of Abia… Read the full article here

Comedian Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth, has refused to respond to the claim by his colleague, Ayodeji Makun, popularly known as AY, that the cause of their feud was a debt of N30,000. Recall that AY had in an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, claimed, “In 2006, Basketmouth usually had multiple wedding gigs on Saturdays’. So what he used to do at that point in time was to attend one, and at a point, leave the venue to catch up in the other venue. “Now, one of… Read the full article here