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A 48-year-old Nigerian woman, Jeff Joy, who was one of the few women on Italy’s 100 most wanted criminal list, has been extradited to Italy.Joy had been on the list of the 100 most dangerous fugitives since 2010 and had a leading role in the illegal transporting of Nigerian girls to Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain so they could be initiated into prostitution.According to reports, she employed the use of violence and threats to keep her victims in line.Joy had been sought after since 2010 for charges of criminal conspiracy, enslavement, trafficking in people, exploitation of prostitution and other offenses.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week.The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023.A state Resident Electoral Commissioner who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity confirmed the decision. Switch Nigeria had reported that the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and his commissioners were in a closed-door meeting over the governorship election. The meeting commenced at 7pm on Wednesday.Details later…

Trump took the stage at CPAC, blasted his own party, and declared, “I am your retribution.” conservative elements in Trump’s remarks, though they were transmuted into the modern Republican coalition from the debates of yesteryear. While abortion was rarely mentioned on stage at CPAC and gay marriage seemed almost as archaic a topic of political debate as sending aid to the Contras, transgender issues provoked perhaps Trump’s most fervent applause. Trump said, if elected, he would sign a bill banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors, which he characterized as “chemical castration and genital mutilation,” and he received a standing ovation from…

Welcome to the $400 billion green subsidy gravy train.The nation’s biggest solar-panel maker, First Solar, sells $3.5 billion a year of its “thin-film” solar panels made with exotic “cadmium telluride” semiconductors that work well in hot and humid regions and in low light.Farhad “Fred” Ebrahimi, 84, is not an executive at the company. Instead, the Denver-based software entrepreneur made his initial fortune in the 1990s with publishing software QuarkXpress.But he has for years been First Solar’s largest individual shareholder, with a stake of 5% worth nearly $1 billion. Shares shot up 20% last week, after trembling in value in just…

Bolt founder Markus Villig visited Kenya and South Africa to meet with local teams, try out the products on the ground, and meet with government officials and industry stakeholders. Villig discussed Bolt’s plans to expand to smaller towns in Kenya, invest nearly Sh70 billion in Africa, and focus on vehicle financing for drivers to match increasing customer demand. Villig also talked about the launch of the women-only category to empower and motivate more women drivers to join the ride-hailing industry and the company’s vision for better cities designed for people and not just cars. Markus Villig, the founder and CEO…

No one likes weeding, but new technology is helping farmers around the world tackle weeds in a more efficient and environmentally friendly way. Deanna Kovar from US farming equipment giant John Deere says that the company’s new tractor-pulled weed sprayer can reduce herbicide use by two-thirds. The system, called See & Spray Ultimate, looks like a typical field sprayer, in that two long arms or “booms” stick out either side of the tractor, with spraying nozzles dotted along the underside of each. What makes this sprayer far more high-tech, is that it is fitted with 36 cameras. These constantly scan…

Starbucks illegally fired six workers in New York state in a pushback against unions, a US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge has ruled. The judge says the firm committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal labour law at its stores in cities of Buffalo and Rochester. The coffee chain has been ordered to rehire the ex-workers and compensate others who were affected. In response, Starbucks said its actions were lawful and in line with policies. “We believe the decision and the remedies ordered are inappropriate given the record in this matter and are considering all options to obtain further…

Russian President Vladimir Putin says a Ukrainian sabotage group entered a Russian border region on Thursday and opened fire on civilians in a “terrorist act”. Earlier the governor of Bryansk region said “saboteurs from Ukraine” had fired at a civilian car in Lyubechane, a border village, killing one person and injuring a child. Kyiv strongly denied the Russian claim. The alleged incident has not been independently verified. Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, tweeted that it was “a classic deliberate provocation”. “RF [Russia] wants to scare its people to justify the attack on another country,” he said. Russia has…

The Amalgamated All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the nation’s President-elect will begin the overhauling the nation’s socioeconomic and political architecture. The group’s Director-General, Dr. Kailani Muhammad, made these remarks on Wednesday at a news conference in Abuja, while appreciating all the groups and stakeholders over Tinubu’s victory. Muhammad assured Nigerians that all would be well as the nation began a new era of good governance, security stability, economic rejuvenation, and enabling environment for nationhood rebirth. According to him, the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is assuring the general public of building a new Nigeria…

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) on Wednesday congratulated the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu over his victory at the Saturday’s presidential election. The NYCN National President, Mr Sukubo Sukubo, said the former Lagos State governor’s victory was an endorsement of decades of relentless leadership and his selfless investment in democratic practices. Sukubo, in a message signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Council, Mr Dotun Omoleye, said the youth received Tinubu’s victory with much enthusiasm. “The youth of this country received your victory with much enthusiasm in view of your track record, experience, creativity and peerless commitment…