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A few months before the 2023 general elections, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, warned voters to reject any politician who promised an easy road. “Anybody who tells you that it is going to be easy,” he said in Kaduna in October 2022, “please, don’t vote for him. It’s either that he’s lying to you, or he does not know what job he’s going to get.” The problem is that the most remarkable things politicians do at election time are not to say what needs to be done and how, but to say what voters want to hear, anyhow. Former…

The Yobe State government spends about N360 million annually to provide free dialysis services at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH), Damaturu, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Baba Goni, has said. Mr Goni said the hospital conducts between 600 and 700 free haemodialysis sessions every month under the programme, which has been running since 2017. He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Thursday. According to him, the hospital spends N30 million monthly on the programme. “In dialysis, you don’t count the number of patients because one patient can have two…

The Cross River State Government has relaunched the formal sector of the state health insurance scheme and made enrolment compulsory for all public and civil servants in the state. Speaking at the relaunch ceremony in Calabar on Thursday, the Director-General of the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency, Dr Godwin Iyala, said the scheme was designed to make healthcare accessible, affordable and qualitative for workers and their families. He said, “Let me start by commending the Head of Service who has shown and demonstrated a very special interest to ensure that we succeed in our onerous task of bringing not…

Researching, buying, then finally assembling a sound system for your TV is daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want one of the best kits you can get at a rare discount, Best Buy and Amazon are selling the Samsung Q990F Soundbar for $999.99. It normally retails between $1,300 and $1,600. This bundle includes a 48.5-inch, 11.1.4-channel soundbar, a wireless subwoofer and two wireless rear speakers with their own power cords. That’s a solid deal on an Atmos-ready soundbar with a rich set of features.You can also use the Q990F as a speaker system for listening to music,…

The cast of MobLand will all be returning for season 2 — but who will be part of season 3 after rumors of a cast member being fired? The hit crime drama, which premiered in 2025, follows Harry (Tom Hardy) as a fixer working for the Harrigan crime family led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve (Helen Mirren). Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Lara Pulver, Anson Boon and Mandeep Dhillon also star. Concern about the show’s future arose after multiple reports released in 2026 claiming there was drama behind the scenes on set. (Mobland had already completed production for season 2…

Michigan’s attorney general announced that a state court had ordered a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, blocking the prediction markets platform for residents amid what officials called “sports betting […] masquerading as an investment opportunity.”In a Wednesday notice, Attorney General Dana Nessel said that the Circuit Court for the 30th Judicial Circuit in Ingham County approved an order blocking Kalshi from offering event contracts to state residents. The company could be fined up to $500,000 per day for violations.“Kalshi long attempted to pass itself off as a legitimate gaming operation in our state, and I am relieved that this order further…

The presidency says the ongoing US court case involving President Bola Tinubu is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Thursday, said “the matter is a civil records-disclosure dispute under the United States Freedom of Information Act. It is not a criminal case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, nor has the court found him guilty of any criminal wrongdoing.” Mr Onanuga accused the opposition of mischaracterising the matter that involves the civil forfeiture of funds by Mr Tinubu to the US government while he was being investigated for drug-related offences in…

Chelsea have completed another remarkable summer of transfer activity, but this time their spending was matched by an unprecedented clear-out of players. The Blues spent around £349 million on 11 new signings, including Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix and Emiliano Martinez. However, they also moved 39 players out of the club through permanent transfers and loans. In a BBC Sport report on Thursday, the scale of the departures marks a significant change in Chelsea’s approach to squad management since the club’s forced sale by Roman Abramovich in May 2022. Who left Chelsea? Chelsea sold 17 players permanently during the summer, while…

TikTok backed out of a congressional committee’s “public roundtable” set for this month over concerns it would be asked about child safety practices, the chair of the committee said.After negotiating “in good faith” to bring TikTok’s chief security officer before the House Select Committee on China to answer questions about Chinese government access to Americans’ data and the TikTok algorithm, Chair John Moolenaar (R-MI) said in a statement Thursday that the company reversed course. “Now, TikTok is refusing to appear citing its own desire to avoid broader scrutiny of its child safety practices,” Moolenaar wrote. TikTok did not immediately respond…

Bitcoin (BTC) rallied 5% during US trading hours, reaching $81,000. Key points: Bitcoin rallies above $81,000 in US trading, having risen more than 5% over the past 24 hours.USD/JPY drops to 155.4 amid suspected Bank of Japan (BOJ) intervention, dragging the US Dollar Index (DXY) down to 99.Polymarket odds for a BOJ rate hold collapse further from 12% to 1%, with a 98% probability now priced in for a 25-basis-point hike on Sept. 18.Weaker dollar drags crypto higherAt the time of writing, BTC stands at $81,000, near the highs seen during last month’s surprise upside. The move comes as the Japanese yen (JPY)…