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UK interest rates have been held at 3.75% by the Bank of England for the sixth time in a row despite price rises accelerating.The decision was widely expected by economists but comes against a backdrop of rising energy prices stoked by the conflict in the Middle East.Other major central banks have been increasing rates to counteract higher prices.On Wednesday, the US central bank – the Federal Reserve – announced its first rate hike in three years, while the European Central Bank has raised rates twice since June.

The police have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Niger State and recovered from them N1.045 million suspected to be part of ransom payments. The police state command disclosed this in a crime bulletin issued on Wednesday by spokesperson Wasiu Abiodun. According to the bulletin, Aliyu Bodo, 23, of Dutsen-Gogo via Babana in New Bussa, and Tukur Ali, 22, of Bode-Saadu, Kwara State, were arrested during a joint rescue operation around a forest in Tanangi village via Kasanga in Mashegu Local Government Area. The operation was conducted on 14 August by joint security teams and local vigilantes following a kidnapping incident…

All the fixtures and UK timings for the NFL’s 2026 season as the chase to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy starts all over again.All UK dates and match start times Week 2 fixturesFriday September 18 Detroit Lions @ Buffalo Bills – 1.15am – LIVE on Sky Sports NFL & Sky Sports Main EventSunday September 20Carolina Panthers @ Atlanta Falcons – 6pmNew Orleans Saints @ Baltimore Ravens – 6pmMinnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears – 6pm – LIVE on Sky Sports NFLCincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans – 6pmPittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots – 6pm – LIVE on Sky Sports FootballGreen Bay…

By Omeiza Ajayi A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and federal lawmaker, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has warned aggrieved governors within the party against publicly embarrassing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, insisting that no member of the ruling party can claim not to have benefited from his efforts in delivering President Bola Tinubu. Jibrin, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, spoke on Wednesday night while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, where he mounted a spirited defence of the FCT minister amid mounting attacks from some APC governors. Describing Wike…

‘Europe and Canada are stronger together,’ Carney saysCarney says “Canada and the European Union can anchor our ground to hold our values while forming a protective canopy under which our citizens can thrive.” “This is about sovereignty, our ability to live as we wish. It’s about the freedoms we must fight for every day, because sovereignty requires resilience, the ability to withstand shocks.” Canadian prime minister Mark Carney addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersHe continues: “Sovereignty today goes beyond being able to feed, fuel and defend ourselves. It now requires secure access to AI, semiconductors, critical…

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has admitted that he would have made some decisions differently during his tenure, particularly his decision to delay the entry of telecommunications companies into Nigeria’s financial services sector. Mr Sanusi, who is the Emir of Kano, said he was responsible for delaying the entry of telcos into the financial services space, a decision he now believes limited the pace of financial inclusion. The monarch made the disclosure during a fireside chat on financial inclusion in Abuja on Wednesday, when asked what he would do differently if given another opportunity to…

For Natalie Fratto, putting on her dark green jumper from US microchip giant Nvidia is like wearing the kit from a favourite sports team.On the front of the $178 (£132) woollen garment is a cartoonish image of the tech company’s boss Jensen Huang.Fratto doesn’t work for Nvidia. Instead, she’s a fan of the company.”I have a New Zealand All Blacks rugby jersey, and I think of my Jensen sweater in kind of the same way,” says New York-based Fratto, who runs a tech start-up.She explains that it’s a representation of a team and ethos “that I am impressed by and…

Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous distances in space.Black holes are objects so densely compact that beyond a certain point their gravity is too strong for light and matter to escape. This boundary of no return is known as the event horizon – the point at which escaping would require something to travel faster than the speed of light.Despite their reputation as cosmic sinkholes, black holes are “actually very messy eaters”, said Dr Adelle Goodwin, an astrophysicist at Curtin University in Western…

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments and adjourned to rule on the validity of some key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 relating to political party primaries and membership registers. The sections were struck down by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, a decision the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) challenged at the Supreme Court. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Judge Adamu Jauro, reserved judgement after hearing arguments from INEC and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), which initiated the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Punch reported that Judge Jauro said the…