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For the first time in its 800-year history, Kingston’s Ancient Market Place is set to host an exciting pop-up market dedicated entirely to dogs (and their owners).

Kingston’s first Dog Day, which takes place on Saturday, 8 July in Kingston’s Ancient Market Place from 10am, will bring together a range of independent pet businesses in the town centre and will see a number of local businesses offer dog-themed promotions and attractions.

The event is part of a packed programme of weekend special markets and events taking place there throughout the summer. 

Visitors to Dog Day will have a chance to peruse and purchase an array of novel treats, toys, accessories, and experiences for their four-legged friends.

Plus, as part of the event, local businesses have crafted…

Following the announcement by the federal government of an alleged attacks by hackers on the country’s cyberspace during the Presidential and National Assembly polls on February 25, a number of Information Technology (IT) experts have charged the government to enforce hosting of Nigerian websites locally and intensify its effort to safeguard the country’s cyberspace by domesticating cyber security and data protection.

It was gathered that more than 70 per cent of Nigerian websites are hosted in foreign countries. The experts urged the government to make sure the cyberspace is strongly protected to record credible results of 2023 general elections, calling for training of more experts to safeguard the cyberspace.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa…

For all you newsy folks who went to visit “Solomon’s” this morning and found an error page, he site has released a statement on Facebook. According to the post, the site has been considered “spam” by the web hosting company Blogger. It isn’t clear if the action taken by Blogger was based on a breech of the hosting agreement or if it was a random automated response. Blogger is a free website platform for many bloggers and owned by Google.

For those who worry that the Wellsville Sun could suffer the same fate: Worry not, this site used a paid website software program, hires local web design professionals, and is independent of Google or the like.

Here is the statement from Solomon’s this morning:

“Blogger has taken down our Solomon’s words…