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Abeokuta — The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has warned members of the public against entering into discussion with any person on social media on issues pertaining to auctioning of items seized by the service in the course of its operations. The NCS said there were laid down processes and procedures guiding auctioning of seized and forfeited items. The Comptroller of Ogun Area 1 Command of the NCS, Mr Godwin Otunla, raised the alarm on the activities of some individuals, who went about posting false information concerning auctioning of items, with the sole aim of defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.…

Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and CumbriaSupplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rashNowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show.Middlesbrough has the lowest rate in the region at 82.5%, but up from 77.9% the previous year.The mother of one child – too young to have the MMR but who could have been protected by herd immunity – said the experience of her having measles at the age of seven months…

Aug 31, 2025, 12:22 PM ETJeremy Lin, who took the NBA by storm in 2012 during a stretch of games for the New York Knicks that was dubbed “Linsanity,” has announced his retirement from professional basketball.Lin, who most recently has been playing professionally in Taiwan, made the announcement via Instagram on Saturday night.”As athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of retirement is never far away,” he wrote. “I’ve spent my 15 year career knowing that one day I would have to walk away, and yet actually saying goodbye to basketball today has been the hardest decision I’ve ever…

This fan was a great companion during a late summer parade, providing some airflow without much noise. I appreciate that the fan blades are soft, and they stop automatically if they hit something—it’s the type of fan you could hand off to a kid without much worry. It can also stand up on a table, and when folded, easily fits in a small purse or clutch. It comes in pretty pastel colors and has tiny, pointed ears, with a button that looks like some kind of cute creature, though I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be an owl or…

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s tobacco sector was once on the brink of collapse. Now, it’s booming again. Last year alone, it earned the country close to US$1 billion in revenue. But though the crop is one of the country’s top exports and production has soared, small-scale contract farmers say they see little profit due to restrictive financing agreements. The tobacco boom, farmers say, is keeping them in debt. Gift Ngoma is among them. When he lost his clerk job eight years ago, tobacco farming was the only way he could feed his family. But fertilizer, seeds and labor proved expensive.…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature“Wonder goal from Liverpool worthy of winning any game,” writes Nic Oatridge. “However Arsenal should have been less tentative because they had Liverpool on the ropes at times. Martinelli was kept on too long but, there was a lot to like about Manueki’s performance.”ShareKonate gives his shirt away to a young fan. That’s nice.ShareJoe Pearson says: “Kerkez must have been reading his reviews. He had an excellent match.”ShareSlot is wandering around the pitch applauding the fans. He knows that days like this are significant.SharePhwoar! Liverpool showed why they are…

Andrew Ferguson, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Trade Commission, recently expressed concern that “Alphabet’s administration of Gmail is designed to have partisan effects.” In a letter addressed to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Ferguson pointed to a recent story in the New York Post describing complaints by Targeted Victory (a consulting and PR firm that’s worked with the Republican National Committee and Elon Musk’s X) claiming that Gmail flags emails linking to the Republican fundraising platform WinRed as spam, without doing the same to emails linking to the Democratic platform ActBlue. “My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail’s spam…

The announcement came hours after overnight Russian strikes on energy sites left 60,000 Ukrainians without electricity.Published On 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025Ukraine intends to strike deep into Russia following a large Russian drone attack that left 60,000 Ukrainians without electricity, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.Speaking on Sunday after a meeting with his top general, Oleksandr Syrskii, the Ukrainian president confirmed the new planned strikes on X.Both sides have intensified their air strikes in recent weeks, with Moscow attacking Ukraine’s energy and transport systems as well as launching deadly strikes in recent days on civilian areas in Kyiv and Zaporizhia, and…

Whatever happened to the mantra “survive until ’25,” the go-to refrain for theater owners and Hollywood executives trying to remain optimistic when the box office kept slumping last year, with revenue lagging well behind pre-pandemic levels?  Perhaps the mantra disappeared this summer when it became clear that not even the likes of Superman or even bigger and scarier dinosaurs could save the day. As the summer season wraps on Sept. 1, Hollywood is facing the worst-case scenario: May to Labor Day ticket sales in North America barely matched the $3.67 billion collected in 2024, even if the deficit was only…

The digital revolution has fundamentally transformed how businesses operate, and business consulting is no exception. With the advent of video conferencing, cloud-based collaboration tools, and sophisticated digital platforms, remote business consulting has emerged as a viable alternative to traditional in-person meetings. However, the question remains: can virtual consulting sessions deliver the same level of effectiveness as face-to-face interactions? The Rise of Remote Business Consulting The shift toward remote consulting gained unprecedented momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic, but its roots extend much deeper. Technology advances over the past decade have made it possible for business consultants to analyze data, conduct strategic…