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CAF president confirms candidacy for re-election

Khloe Kardashian has revealed she tested positive for coronavirus.

Khloe Kardashian reveals contracted coronavirus

The founder of IrokoTV, Jason Njoku, and his wife, Mary, have tested positive for COVID-19.

IrokoTV founder, wife contract coronavirus

Carlos Tusquets is the new interim president of Barcelona following the exit of former club supremo Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Carlos Tusquets emerges new Barcelona supremo

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Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who conveyed the Ministry’s position to the Honourable Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, in Abuja, reiterated the commitment of the Honorable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Honourable Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi towards ensuring the growth of maritime in Nigeria.

NIMASA: Maritime sector can generate $1.6 trillion annually if properly harnessed

Nasarawa Assembly wades into crisis rocking judiciary staff

The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has assured Nigerians that effective metering will tackle the challenges of liquidity and energy theft in the power sector.

Nigeria now generates 13,000mw of power – minister

Governor Samuel Ortom has denied reports that he requested a return of confiscated weapons.

Benue government commends NAN over news content

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Tuesday flagged off the COVID-19 Drive-Walk Through Testing programme in the state aimed at controlling the spread of the virus.

Oyo governor cancels mid-term holidays for public, private schools

NSE market capitalisation gains N239 billion on enhanced confidence

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested and paraded 201 suspected looters and made recoveries of some looted items.

Police arrest, arraign 201 suspected looters in Abuja

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Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, who conveyed the Ministry’s position to the Honourable Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, in Abuja, reiterated the commitment of the Honorable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Honourable Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi towards ensuring the growth of maritime in Nigeria.

NIMASA: Maritime sector can generate $1.6 trillion annually if...

The Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, has assured Nigerians that effective metering will tackle the challenges of liquidity and energy theft in the power sector.

Nigeria now generates 13,000mw of power – minister

NSE market capitalisation gains N239 billion on enhanced confidence

Air Tanzania resumed scheduled flights to Harare on Wednesday after a seven-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Tanzania resumes scheduled flights to Harare

As candidates jostle for the Director-General position of the World Trade Organisaion, WTO, Female Parliamentary in Nigeria, Friday, threw weight behind former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to occupy the number one position of the organization.

WTO: European Parliament endorses Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

World Bank: Lower oil demand may persist beyond 2021

A key group of WTO ambassadors has proposed Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to be the next head of the World Trade Organization, a WTO spokesman said on Wednesday, but the United States said it could not endorse her.

US tells WTO it cannot endorse Nigerian leadership candidate

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that a total of 31.41 per cent of goods imported into Nigeria are from China.

NBS: Nigeria’s most imported goods are from China

nigeria

Mr John Abang, Commissioner of Police in Anambra said this in Awka on Wednesday during the parade of 17 suspected hoodlums.

#EndSARS: Four policemen die, 11 stations razed in Anambra

Nasarawa Assembly wades into crisis rocking judiciary staff

Benue government commends NAN over news content

Oyo governor cancels mid-term holidays for public, private schools

Police arrest, arraign 201 suspected looters in Abuja

africa

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi speaks while meeting U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS-Jonathan Ernst-File Photo

Egypt says freedom of expression ‘stops’ when Muslims offended

Liberian president clears air on seeking third term

Ex-President Jonathan visits polling stations in Tanzania as voting begins

Tanzanians begin casting votes in tense election

CPJ: Angolan police detain, harass journalists covering protests

world

CPJ: 277 journalists ‘murdered’ within ten years

Pro-Armenian protesters block French motorway over Karabakh conflict

Singapore, Malaysia sign MoU to strengthen energy cooperation

EU provides $471,000 to assist flood victims in Cambodia

Russia records 346 single day deaths from coronavirus

sports

CAF president confirms candidacy for re-election

AFCONQ: Kaizer Chiefs confirm Daniel Akpeyi’s Super Eagles call-up

Zlatan Ibrahimović has signed a new one-year deal to stay with Milan for the 2020-21 season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘always wants to play’ – Milan coach

Chelsea are willing to release Kepa Arrizabalaga on-loan in January.

Chelsea willing to release Kepa Arrizabalaga on-loan

Nigeria professional football league side Abia Warriors of Umuahia has completed the signing of Nzube Anaezemba ahead of the 2020-2021 domestic campaign.

NPFL: Abia Warriors midfielder wants matches back on TV

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was hammered by Reds legends Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness during their 4-3 opening day win over Leeds United.

Liverpool advised to target ‘ready-made’ Virgil van Dijk replacement

Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from the UFC after beating Justin Gaethje in a lightweight title fight at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

UFC254: Khabib Nurmagomedov retires after beating Justin Gaethje

Marcus Rashford launches petition calling on UK government to take more...

art

The 2020 edition of the Thessaloniki international Film Festival (November 5-15) is moving fully online after previously being set to run as a hybrid event.

Thessaloniki Film Festival to move fully online amid virus...

Johnny Depp to be honored at Camerimage, ‘Minamata’ to Open Film Festival

Screen unveils the 2020 Stars of Tomorrow

Eddie Murphy wins first Emmy award for guest actor in a comedy series

Booker Prize: Why 2020 shortlist is unique

film

Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite” predictably dominated the Asian Film Awards. The dark comedy, which won Cannes 2019 and four Oscars, added four further prizes on Wednesday, including best film and best screenplay.

‘Parasite’ dominates online edition of the Asian Film Awards

AMC to reopen eight theatres in California

Cannes Film Festival sets three virus contingency plans for 2021

President Buhari approves digitisation of NFVCB library

Netflix making live-action Assassin’s Creed series

people

Khloe Kardashian has revealed she tested positive for coronavirus.

Khloe Kardashian reveals contracted coronavirus

Prince Harry says he didn’t understand “unconscious bias” until he married Meghan

Mike Edwards: How Nigeria’s poor healthcare killed my brother

#EndSARS: Nollywood actress urges Feminist Coalition not to stop accepting donations

Indian actor quits Sri Lanka cricket legend’s biopic after uproar

technology

Justice Patricia Ajoku of a Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday ordered that two men, who allegedly hacked into the account of a housewife, with intent to commit fraud, be remanded in a correctional centre.

Court remands two men for hacking into housewife’s account

Google

Italy probes Google over abuse of market position

An employee of Daimler demonstrates steering by the Drive Pilot Level 3 autonomous driving system in a new Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine on the company's test center near Immendingen, Germany October 14, 2020. REUTERS-Arnd Wiegmann

Mercedes targets evolution rather than revolution in self-driving car...

An employee of Daimler demonstrates steering by the Drive Pilot Level 3 autonomous driving system in a new Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine on the company's test center near Immendingen, Germany October 14, 2020. REUTERS-Arnd Wiegmann

Mercedes targets evolution rather than revolution in self-driving car push

A live-action adaptation of Ubisoft’s long-running series Assassin’s Creed is coming to Netflix.

Netflix making live-action Assassin’s Creed series

Reports earlier this year said Ankhi Das had refused to take down anti-Muslim posts on the social media platform, tirggering a political storm.

Facebook’s India policy chief quits after hate speech allegations

Images beamed back to ground control revealed it caught more material than scientists anticipated and was spewing excess of flaky asteroid rocks into space.

NASA probe leaking asteroid samples due to jammed door

Billboard has announced that YouTube streams will be factored into the Billboard 200 albums chart starting early next year.

Banned channels are suing YouTube over its anti-QAnon moderation push

opinion

President Muhammadu Buhari

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3. The truce-seeking trip of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Malian capital of Bamako on Thursday ended without a deal to soothe the country’s escalating political crisis.

President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria

Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

The cesspool of corruption called NDDC