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Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of another senior official, Nabil Kaouk, It comes after the Israeli army announced on Sunday it had eliminated Kaouk in a strike in southern Beirut, making him the latest of several senior Hezbollah commanders to be killed in just over a week. Kaouk was deputy head of Hezbollah’s Central Council, and previously served as Hezbollah’s military commander in south… Read the full article here

The development of Ilorin Smart City recently embarked upon by the Kwara State Government will gulp about N1.72 trillion, the state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Dr Olusegun Ogunsola has disclosed. Speaking at a two-day workshop organised by the state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors in Ilorin on Friday, Ogunsola said that the concept of Ilorin Smart City by the government would transform the state… Read the full article here

The Katsina State Police Command says its operatives rescued six victims in two separate kidnap incidents along the Jibia-Kauran Namoda and the Funua-Gusau roads in the state. This was announced in a statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, Abubakar Aliyu. Aliyu noted that the victims were rescued in a collaboration between the police operatives and the military. The statement read, “Upon receipt of the report, police… Read the full article here

A Guy Pepper second half try was enough for Bath Rugby to secure successive Gallagher Premiership victories with a 15-20 success at Leicester Tigers.The old rivalry did not disappoint, and Ollie Hassell-Collins crossed the whitewash early for the Tigers before dropping the ball.Bath capitalised and winger Will Muir gave last year’s finalists a 21st-minute lead as they looked to control the match.However, the usually reliable Finn Russell made a kicking mistake allowing Jack van Poortvliet… Read the full article here

Spotify appears to be down at the moment, with users across social media having started reporting that the app and website aren’t working over the last hour or so. It’s not working for those of us at The Verge who have tried, either.Downdetector shows a spike in the number of reports about problems with the music streaming service that started at about 10:40AM ET. However, Spotify doesn’t appear to have acknowledged any issues publicly despite posting generic responses from the… Read the full article here

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch has suggested that maternity pay in the UK is “excessive” and that people had more children before it was widely introduced, before rowing back on her position.Her rivals Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat signalled their disagreement with her sentiments, as the first day of the Conservatives’ annual… Read the full article here

Bitcoin may clinch the best September in history if bulls can protect BTC price support into the monthly close. Read the full article here

Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love, has given birth to her first baby with her husband, Riley Hawk. Frances, 32, tied the knot with Riley, 31, son of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, on October 7, 2023. The couple announced the birth of their first child, a baby boy, by sharing a series of sweet photos on social media. “9.17.2024. Ronin Walker Cobain Hawk,” Frances wrote on Instagram on… Read the full article here

The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday confirmed that a 35-year-old zookeeper at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, Babaji Daule, was on Saturday killed by a lion. The Police Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a terse statement made available to journalists on Sunday morning. According to the statement, the incident was on Saturday evening at about 7:40 p.m…. Read the full article here

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu was one of the best known political godfathers of his generation and certainly one of the most disruptive in Nigeria. In Ibadan, Oyo State in south-west Nigeria, where he held sway, Adedibu was reputed to have “made a governor of a mere chairmanship aspirant; a deputy governor of an alleged vulcaniser; a senator of a carpenter; a Reps member of a motor boy – all through the… Read the full article here