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Legendary reggae artiste, Majekodunmi Fasheke, aka Majek Fashek is dead. The artiste died in a New York hospital after a protracted illness on Monday about 5-45pm. He was aged 71.

How music legend Majek Fashek passed on

The Kano State Government says it has conducted 4,735 Coronavirus (COVID-19) samples test since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Nigeria records 416 new cases of coronavirus

Former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has opened up on how he was sacked by the club.

Brendan Rodgers opens up on Liverpool sacking

Lagos State Government Coronavirus (Covid-19) Isolation Centre

Lagos records four new coronavirus deaths

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President Muhammadu Buhari has again, addressed Nigerians on the efforts of its government to contain the coronavirus pandemic (covid-19) that is ravaging the country 4

ASCAB: President Buhari’s speech underestimate Sani Abacha’s $5 billion loot

FRSC spokesman, others decorated with new ranks

Roadside bomb kills seven in Afghanistan

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has revealed why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria in Sunday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals game at Cairo International Stadium.

Amaju Pinnick: Gernot Rohr deserves to continue as Super Eagles coach

Nigeria Flying Eagles striker Ahmad Abubakar Ghali said he’s delighted to make his debut for Slovakian side As Trencin.

Flying Eagles striker delighted with his AS Trencin debut

NFF to interview coaches for vacant Super Falcons job

Xingnan Primary School pupils entering the school campus on June 2, 2020.. GIN TAY

Pupils return to school in Singapore

business

The requests contained in three separate letters read at the beginning of plenary on Tuesday by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. 3

Senate, NNPC clash over crude oil production cost

Nigerian government receives coaches, locomotives for Lagos-Ibadan, Abuja-Kaduna railways

South African Rand coins are seen in this photo illustration. REUTERS-Mike Hutchings

South African rand falls as risk appetite wanes on...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company

Seplat targets more acquisitions as shareholders get $59m dividends

NAHCO workers to embark on two-day warning strike June 1

Zenith Bank emerges best bank in Global Finance Awards

Workers are seen at Tullow Oil's Ngamia 8 drilling site in Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya, February 8, 2018. REUTERS-Baz Ratner-File Photo

Tullow: 58 oil workers test positive for coronavirus offshore Ghana

South African Airways administrators request further delay for rescue plan

nigeria

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari3

Nigeria declares telecoms facilities critical national Infrastructure

ASCAB: President Buhari’s speech underestimate Sani Abacha’s $5 billion loot

FRSC spokesman, others decorated with new ranks

FCT confirms 14 new cases of coronavirus, one death

NHRC: Most govt officials are ignorant of human rights

africa

Rwanda says it will announce new restrictions on containing the coronavirus Tuesday, a stark reversal of the country's plan days ago to ease restrictions, including motor vehicle travel throughout the country.

Rwanda set to announce new coronavirus restrictions

Ugandan to lose $1.6 billion in tourism earnings as a result of coronavirus

Senegal postpones school restart after teachers test positive for coronavirus

Tunisia to open sea, air and land borders on June 27

South African rand falls as risk appetite wanes on US protests, Sino-US tensions

world

Roadside bomb kills seven in Afghanistan

Pupils return to school in Singapore

Singapore ends two-month virus lockdown

George Floyd: Donald Trump threatens military crackdown on protests

Wuhan doctor at whistleblower’s hospital dies of coronavirus

sports

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr has revealed why Super Eagles lost 2-1 to Algeria in Sunday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals game at Cairo International Stadium.

Amaju Pinnick: Gernot Rohr deserves to continue as Super...

Nigeria Flying Eagles striker Ahmad Abubakar Ghali said he’s delighted to make his debut for Slovakian side As Trencin.

Flying Eagles striker delighted with his AS Trencin debut

NFF to interview coaches for vacant Super Falcons job

During a session with the club's media, Manchester United forward Odion Ighalo was surprised to receive a call from legend Andy Cole.

Manchester United close to extending Odion Ighalo loan deal

Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacts at the end of the English Premier League football match between Leicester City and Arsenal at King Power Stadium in Leicester, central England on November 9, 2019. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Arsenal table new contract offer to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Nigeria National League NNL

NFF supremo pledges solidarity to national league

Coach of NPFL side Heartland FC Fidelis Ilechukwu has expressed his deep concern about his team despite the Owerri side’s 1-0 win over Jigawa Golden stars incidentally been their first win of the league season coming on match day 5.

Fidelis Ilechukwu: Most foreign-based players don’t respect local coaches

Chelsea legend Frank Leboeuf has urged Blues boss Frank Lampard to save his cash rather than fork out for Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho.

Chelsea lead Arsenal in race to sign Philippe Coutinho on loan...

technology

A bug in Android means that setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could be enough to crash it.

Users discover wallpaper that can crash some Android phones

Reddit and Twitter have filed supporting evidence in a lawsuit against the US government, which challenges the requirement that nearly all visa applicants submit their social media handles for scrutiny.

Reddit and Twitter join the fight against US demands...

NASA astronauts entered the International Space Station on Sunday after a landmark 19-hour journey on the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade, a triumph for SpaceX and private enterprise.

US astronauts enter space station

US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP-Jim Watson)

Twitter issues fact check of Donald Trump tweets for first time

Instacart’s tipping system is getting some new scrutiny from Congress.

Instacart’s tip-baiting system is short-changing shoppers – US senators

A bug in Android means that setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could be enough to crash it.

Users discover wallpaper that can crash some Android phones

Sony is officially confirming its next PlayStation 5 event will be held on Thursday, June 4th. The event will begin at 4PM ET - 1PM PT, and Sony is promising “a look at the future of gaming on PlayStation 5.”

Sony announces PS5 event for June 4th

Microsoft is offering hackers up to $100,000 if they can break the security of the company’s custom Linux OS. The software giant built a compact and custom version of Linux last year for its Azure Sphere OS.

Microsoft is replacing newsroom journalists with machines

opinion

Former United Nations, UN, Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has described the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Gambari as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari as a great asset to Nigeria and Africa ”in a broader sense.”

Agboola Gambari: The challenge of being a Nigerian and public servant

President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has described the late Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, as an experienced lawyer and banker.

Aisha Abba Kyari: My daddy, my best friend

My coronavirus anecdotes and the dangers ahead

Abdallah el-Kurebe

How I tested positive for coronavirus

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has again accused President Muhammadu Buhari of clamping down on the judiciary.

How to pull Nigeria from the brink