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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

Mental health experts have advised Nigerians not to take suicide attempts for granted. They made this declaration while speaking at the weekend during a webinar on the topic, ‘Suicide prevention: warning sings, risk factors and intervention strategies’. The experts who spoke at the webinar organised by FriendnPal, MyMedicare and Olive Community Development Initiative (OCDI), maintained that suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds, with 73 percent of global… Read the full article here

Four teenage girl have reportedly drowned in a river at Malkaderi village, in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State tate. A resident told DAILY POST that the incident occurred on Saturday evening when the girls, who are from the same family, went to swim in the pond. He said all the victims drowned in the pond and their remains were evacuated by good Samaritans. Spokesman of the Jigawa State Police command DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the incident in a statement issued to… Read the full article here

Crystal Palace winger, Eberechi Eze says he is happy at the London club. The England international has been consistently linked with a move away from Selhurst Park. Eze however remained at the club despite another top talent, Michael Olise, leaving for Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich. The 26-year-old said he won’t force a move away from the Eagles. “I really want to enjoy my football where I am right now. The things I can control,” he told the Mirror. “I really want to become as… Read the full article here

A series of Ethiopian athletes clinched medals in this year’s Berlin marathon on Sunday, including Milkesa Mengesha, who won the men’s race with a time of just over 2 hours 3 minutes – a new personal best; He was among a series of Ethiopian athletes who dominated the podium place in the German capital, along with Haymanot Alew. Alew narrowly missed out on second place to Kenya’s Cybrian Kotut. … Read the full article here

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Sunday restated the state government’s commitment to end polio and other childhood communicable diseases, as it collaborates with partners to target 3.6 million children in the state. He made the pledge in Kano at the weekend while unveiling the 2024 polio eradication campaign in Dawakin Kudu local government of the state. Following the state government’s determination to intensify vaccination… Read the full article here