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Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote’s longstanding relationship with his family. The artiste made the revelation while speaking about his relationship with Dangote during a recent interview in Lagos. According to him, Dangote had maintained a close relationship with his family for decades and had continued to offer him financial advice from childhood. “Aliko Dangote drove my mom home from the hospital when she gave birth to me,” he said. He said Dangote had remained consistent in advising him to save and manage his money whenever they met. “Anytime I see him,…

By Nwabueze Okonkwo  Nigeria’s first lady and wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has identified Ndigbo as very nice set of people worthy of partnering with in all it’s ramifications. Mrs. Tinubu who made the observation at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State capital during her one-day official visit to the state and civic reception, shortly after she was conferred with a Chieftaincy title of “Ugoeze Anambra” (Royal Eagle), by the state council of traditional rules led by its Chairman, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III of Obosi Kingdom, said she was highly impressed with the warm reception…

A tourist coach has crashed in the south-eastern Swiss Alps, leaving several people dead and several injured, local police say.The bus overturned between Susch and Zernez in the Graubünden – also known as Grisons – region late on Thursday afternoon.A large team of rescuers equipped with several helicopters was deployed to the scene.Some 48 Dutch passengers were on board the bus, according to a spokeswoman for the General Dutch Association of Travel Companies on behalf of tour operator OAD.The spokesperson told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf they could not yet say how many people had been killed or injured.Images on Swiss…

Looking for help with today’s NYT Pips puzzles? You’ve come to the right place. Not only will you find strategies below, but full answers for each daily trio of Pips puzzles and a full walkthrough for the Hard Pips.It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11 which makes this a somewhat solemn Friday, but it is really not in the nature of good puzzle guides to dwell, either on the past or on much of anything. A puzzle is all about forward momentum, and so we will move ahead. Grab some dominoes and let’s do this thing.Looking for Thursday’s Pips? Read our…

A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from relevant conversations and connected apps, like Google Drive or Salesforce, to create it.Once Slackbot creates a Surface, you can share it with colleagues and pin it to channels, allowing other people to view it, interact with it, and leave comments. In one example shared by Slack, a user asks Slackbot for help creating an arcade-themed visualization…

Labour’s regional mayors in England have pledged to cap a new fee on visitors’ overnight stays at 5%, after hospitality bosses warned it could put jobs at risk. Local leaders are set to gain new powers to charge an uncapped levy, dubbed a “tourist tax”, as a percentage of the cost of hotels, bed and breakfasts and other types of accommodation.But the Labour mayors in 10 city regions said they would voluntarily limit the charge if they do apply it, adding that they had listened to concerns over costs.Reform UK’s two regional mayors and the two Conservative ones are likely…

Yobe State has documented 511 cases of diphtheria and 13 deaths from January to 8 September, according to health authorities. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Muhammad Gana, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Thursday. Mr Gana explained that the 13 deaths corresponded to a case fatality rate of 2.5 per cent, which is lower than in most other affected states across the country. He affirmed that the outbreak impacted 12 local government areas in the state, and that vaccination plans in these areas were well underway. Mr Gana further…

A new hurricane season record is likely to be set this week as a historic and still strengthening El Niño stifles tropical development in the Atlantic.To date, no hurricanes have formed in the basin, despite this week marking the peak of the season on average – and there’s no sign of development in the near future.It means a new record is likely to be set for the latest date in the satellite era (1960s onward) without an Atlantic hurricane forming.Currently, the record is 11 September, set in 2002 and 2013.In an average season, there would have been eight named tropical…

Key eventsSabalenka wins first set 7-5First set: *Sabalenka 7-5 Pegula (*denotes next server)For the first time this match, Sabalenka gets something going against Pegula’s serve – and she gets the first break and the first set as a result. Pegula goes down 0-40 to open the game and saves the first set point, but Sabalenka fires a strong return on the 15-40 point and wins the six-point rally when Pegula’s forehand goes into the net.Sabalenka looked frustrated at times late in the first set against Pegula’s serve – a piece of the American’s game that was a question coming in,…

The producers of the documentary series “Quiet on Set” have prevailed in a lawsuit brought by former Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider, who claimed that the show implied that he was a child sex abuser. Schneider sued for defamation in 2024, alleging that the series had falsely portrayed him as being responsible for or having facilitated sex abuse committed by others. He won the first round in court, as a judge found enough merit in the claims to deny the defendants’ motion to throw out the case. But the defendants — Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony and producers Mary Robertson and Emma…