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A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, killing 10 people. Geo News said the blaze started early in the morning at the multi-story RJ shopping mall in Pakistan’s most populous city. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui said in a post on social media platform X that 10 people had been killed and 22 injured in the fire. “The fire has been extinguished, and the cooling process is going on,” Siddiqui said in the afternoon. The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.

Lawyers representing former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao are urging a US judge to reject the Justice Department’s request to prevent him from returning to his home in the United Arab Emirates until he receives his sentence for violating anti-money laundering requirements. Zhao’s lawyers, in a Thursday filing, asked US District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle not to reverse bail conditions set by a magistrate judge on Tuesday that would allow him to leave the US while awaiting sentencing. Zhao, a citizen of the UAE and Canada, stepped down as CEO of Binance on Tuesday after pleading guilty to willfully causing…

Honest opinions and authentic emotional reactions from coaches are good for the sport, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday after being charged by the English FA for his comments on refereeing. Arteta was charged last week for calling the video assistant referee’s decision not to overturn Anthony Gordon’s goal in Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United on Nov. 4 an embarrassment and a disgrace. “I have been here for 20 years, and I have supported the league, the players, the referees, and I have always promoted the game in the best possible manner,” Arteta told reporters in London…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has lamented the shortage of manpower in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), saying an officer does the job of two. Egbetokun said this in Ilọrin Friday during a one-day official visit to the Kwara State Command. “A policeman would close from night duty and resume for the morning. And as he is closing the morning shift, he is resuming night duty. yet when he dozes off in public, his photograph is taken and posted on social media to ridicule him,” he said. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the annual increment in…

Paris St-Germain warmed up for a vital Champions League tie against Newcastle by beating Monaco 5-2 to go four points clear at the top of Ligue 1. Goncalo Ramos put the hosts ahead, but Gianluigi Donnarumma’s clearance fell to Takumi Minamino, and he levelled. Kylian Mbappe’s converted penalty restored the lead for PSG, who scored twice more in the second half through Ousmane Dembele and Vitinha. Folarin Balogun scored for Monaco, but Randal Kolo Muani added PSG’s fifth. Mbappe’s goal against his former side was his 14th of the season in the league and came after Soungoutou Magassa fouled Dembele…

England captain Harry Kane scored again as Bayern Munich won at Cologne to move to the top of the German Bundesliga table. Kane’s goal was his 18th in 12 league matches, and he also became the first Englishman to score 18 times in a Bundesliga season. He finished from close range in the 20th minute after Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s shot was cleared off the line. The victory takes Bayern one point ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who play their game in hand on Saturday. Leverkusen, the only other unbeaten side in the German top flight, will regain the top spot if…

Football’s world-governing body, FIFA, has opened disciplinary proceedings after crowd trouble delayed Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Argentina. The match was halted for 30 minutes after fighting broke out in a stand at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Argentina captain Lionel Messi later said there “could have been a tragedy” and criticized the police, who had charged at fans with batons. However, the national federations of both teams now face possible sanctions. The trouble began during the national anthems before Tuesday’s game. FIFA ban Rubiales for three years over Hermoso kiss As police charged fans, some supporters ripped…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday appointed former Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, and nine others to serve on the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI). Chronicle NG reports that Usman appointment was one of the ten made by President Tinubu. This follows the President’s drive for “accurate and purposeful performance assessment of both commercial and non-commercial government-owned enterprises and the consistent attainment of the highest returns possible on all investments made in trust of Nigerians,” Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said in a statement. The appointees include the CEO/Managing Director, Dr.…

The National Cybercrime Centre of the Nigeria Police Force, acting on credible intelligence, has arrested three suspects in connection with charges of conspiracy, identity theft, and romance scam. Chronicle NG reports that the suspects, in voluntary written statements, admitted their roles in the criminal conspiracy. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, said this in a statement on Friday. The statement disclosed that the suspects, Njoku Kingsley (35), Chigozie Okorie (34), and Jideofor Sejus (35) were arrested after investigations showed their involvement in a range of deceptive practices, with a key strategy being the joint impersonation of an individual named Anthony…

The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform, Taiwo Oyedele, said on Friday that he is worried about Nigeria losing the sum of N6 trillion a year in tax waivers. Oyedele raised this concern in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily as he spoke about the implications of Nigeria losing the same N6 trillion it generates in revenue on an annual basis. While also addressing the issue of tax waivers, he stated that the government at all levels has failed to measure their impact on the economy of the country. “Yes, as a matter of…