Kano

It is the season for harvesting major vegetable crops such as tomatoes, bell peppers (Tatase) and onions in Nigeria. Vegetable farmers in Kano State and across major dry-season farming-producing states have already commenced harvesting. Vegetable farmers across the axis of Garun Mallam and Kura Local Government Area were seen sorting, bagging and struggling to transport their harvested vegetables for further processing, storage and sales. During a visit to the state, PREMIUM TIMES observed that hundreds of…

Traders Association Singer Market, Kano, on Monday, pledged to reduce and stabilise prices of essential commodities in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the chairman of the association, Ibrahim Danyaro, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Kano. He said this shortly after meeting with the Chairman of Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado. The commission had on Sunday burst and sealed 10 warehouses that allegedly hoarded assorted food items…

Daniel Kaluuya, Kane “Kano” Robinson and I are in a frou-frou hotel in London, all flowery cushions and curly mirrors, discussing differences. Differences between what home means when you’re young and when you’re older, differences between being good at something and being passionate about it, and the difference between a movie and a film. A movie, according to them, is big: ambitious, widescreen, built for success. A film is smaller: personal, niche, hopeful of attention.The Kitchen is a new Netflix drama that Kaluuya…

Star Trek: Infinite - Teaser TrailerHow has it taken us this long to get a Star Trek 4X game? Sure, Stellaris mods have existed for ages, but now Paradox is making it official with Star Trek: Infinite, a game that will ask you to explore the galaxy as the Federation, the Romulans, the Cardassians, or the Klingons. We’ll find out more next week on Captain Picard Day, June 16—the second holiest day on the Star Trek calendar. Star Trek: Infinite - Teaser TrailerHow has it taken us this long to get a Star Trek 4X game?…

It is the season for harvesting Bell pepper in Northern Nigeria and farmers have already commenced the process of bagging, trading and sun-drying the farm produce. In Kano, farmers who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES complained about the spike in the prices of inputs (seeds, fertilisers and pesticides ) and the invasion of pests on their crop. Although the farmers said they have more output this year compared to last year due to training and support they received from a farmer-centred association called Sasakawa based in…

Kano, the venture-backed U.K. startup known for its build-your-own computer kits and software for teaching coding and associated STEM skills, has accused Warner Bros. of copying one of its products and infringing on its intellectual property (IP). The product in question is the Harry Potter: Magic Caster Wand that Warner Bros. announced back in October, and which began shipping to consumers in the U.S. and U.K. for $150 just before Christmas. London-based Kano issued a “cease and desist” to Warner Bros. this week,…

Image: KanoKano, the company behind the $200 Stem Player that was once the only way to buy Ye’s Donda 2 album, is back with a de-Ye-tified version of the device, as well as a new Stem Projector that promises to offer the same remixing tricks for videos, but minus the problematic connection to a celebrity now best known for anti-semitic rants.Long before Kano partnered with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, for the Stem Player (which looked like a smart speaker covered in squishy synthetic flesh), the company had made a…

Last night, the MOBO Awards took over London’s OVO Wembley Arena for their 25th anniversary edition. Naturally, for such a momentous occasion, they pulled out all the stops with live performances, a few viral moments, and a couple of new categories to boot.Livestreamed on YouTube, with a special broadcast on BBC One on December 7, the ceremony was hosted by Chunkz and Yung Filly with live performances and appearances from Nile Rodgers, Craig David, Kojey Radical, Tion Wayne, Fireboy DML, Cat Burns, FLO, Eliza Rose, Beenie…

The meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s digital assets empire FTX is a “Lehman Shock” to the industry, said the co-founder of bitFlyer Inc. The meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried's digital assets empire FTX is a “Lehman Shock” to the industry, potentially causing more crypto firms to fail, said the co-founder of major Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer Inc.“It's a huge impact,” Yuzo Kano said in an interview with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on Bloomberg Television at the New Economy Forum, adding that the turmoil may push…

| Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that  Bad Idea Comics had told its 230+ destination comic book stores that only the orders for the first two titles of the new run, Orc Island  by Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli and Matt Hollingsworth, and Escape From Wyoming #1 by Robert Venditti and Jorge Monlongo, made by end of play today would get first printings. Any copies ordered after that would  be Not First Printings.  Registered retailers can increase, decrease or otherwise amend their order from this link. But at the…