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Labour MP Ian Austin

Labour legislator quits party in protest over ‘anti-Semitism’

Real Madrid Lorenzo Sanz

Former Real Madrid chief says club nearly signed Lionel Messi and...

Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) took to their Twitter handle to congratulate Nigeria's Flying Eagles for picking one of the four 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup tickets after defeating Niger by a lone goal at the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Flying Eagles to know World Cup opponents on Sunday

JAMB closes sale of UTME registration forms

Former Ekiti commissioner escapes assassination

Gt Stitches: NFF hasn’t paid me for Super Eagles’ Russia 2018...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial could return vs...

business

Tesla Model 3

Telsa begins delivery of Model 3 in China

Telcos want federal government to repeal Tax Order 2015

Oil prices fall as U.S. crude output hits record...

euro

Germany emerges country with world’s largest current account surplus in 2018

Oil prices fall as U.S. crude output hits record 12 million...

Tesla Model 3

Telsa begins delivery of Model 3 in China

Oil slips away from 2019 highs as US supply undermines OPEC...

FAAN: Touting in Abuja airport under watch

nigeria

JAMB closes sale of UTME registration forms

Election: NLC urges Nigerians to put national interest first

Two suspected traffickers nabbed as 164 Nigerians return from Libya

Bank of Industry disburses second loan to TraderMoni beneficiaries as they repay

CDHR calls for probe into killing of citizen by Customs personnel

africa

An LGBT activists holds a rainbow flag as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi on February 20, 2019. – Kenya’s High Court on February 22, 2019, postponed a much-anticipated ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise homosexuality, citing a heavy case load. The delay was met with dismay by Kenya’s LGBT community and their allies, who have been anxiously awaiting a ruling on the petition, which was filed three years ago. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

Kenya court postpones decision on homosexuality laws

Fear of attacks keeps 150,000 children away from schools in Burkina Faso

WHO: Measles epidemic in Madagascar kills more than 900

MTN Uganda responds to government queries, says ‘we are tax compliant’

Five killed, several kidnapped in Boko Haram attacks in Chad

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Labour MP Ian Austin

Labour legislator quits party in protest over ‘anti-Semitism’

North Korea warns of food crisis before Kim-Trump summit

Minister: Shamima Begum is British, has no claim to Bangladesh

11 injured in China knife attack

Saudi crown prince arrives in China

sports

Plateau United Football Club of Jos have appealed the punishment imposed on the club by the League Management Company (LMC) following crowd trouble after the match day one of the Nigeria Professional Football League encounter with FC Ifeanyi Uba

Plateau United places players on half-salary due to poor...

Real Madrid Lorenzo Sanz

Former Real Madrid chief says club nearly signed Lionel...

Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) took to their Twitter handle to congratulate Nigeria's Flying Eagles for picking one of the four 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup tickets after defeating Niger by a lone goal at the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Flying Eagles to know World Cup opponents on Sunday

John Nnia Nwodo and Atiku Abubakar

Election: Ohanaeze insists on Atiku Abubakar, restructuring

Oghenekaro Etebo - Stoke City

Scotland ace Charlie Adam hails Oghenekaro Etebo’s impact at Stoke City

Sani Kaita

Woman petitions NAPTIP over alleged child abandonment by ex-international footballer

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr

Gernot Rohr urged to give more players Super Eagles chance

Ike Shorunmu backs Paul Aigbogun to turn things around with Flying...

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1959 FIRST EDITION THINGS FALL APART Chinua Achebe

First edition of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Thing Fall Apart’ sold...

Michelle Obama, Diana Ross, others lead female solidarity at Grammy awards

The Favourite is the biggest winner at BAFTA 2019

Winners in key categories at 2019 Grammy Awards

Childish Gambino wins four Grammys for ‘This Is America’

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up north

Three Nollywood films selected for Hollywood exhibition

Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content

‘Up North’ to screen at Facebook’s headquarters

African filmmakers to market films at 2019 Cannes Film Festival

Ben Affleck officially bows out of The Batman film

people

Jussie Smollett is pictured in a police mugshot after being charged with making a false police report. Chicago Police Department

Police: Jussie Smollett staged hoax attack as ‘publicity stunt…to...

Actor Jussie Smollett arrested, accused of lying to Chicago police

Late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld leaves $200 million fortune to cat

Jackie Chan to shoot new film in Dubai

Lady Gaga ends engagement with fiance Christian Carino

technology

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will finally meet with a representative of the UK government after a UK parliamentary report this week excoriated the social media site for behaving like “digital gangsters.”

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to meet UK minister after damning...

Samung Galaxy Fold

Samsung unsettles Apple with folding smartphone

Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content

Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei

US cannot ‘crush’ Huawei – founder

Study: Artificially sweetened beverages increase stroke risk

Nokia to lay off around 350 employees

Facebook ‘digital gangsters’ who spread fake news – British lawmakers

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will finally meet with a representative of the UK government after a UK parliamentary report this week excoriated the social media site for behaving like “digital gangsters.”

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to meet UK minister after damning ‘digital gangsters’...

opinion

Nigeria’s Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has debunked rumours stating he has resigned his position as the nation’s vice president.

A time such as this!

President Buhari visits the Train the Trainer Course organised by the Election Planning and Monitoring directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on 28th Jan 2019-4

Elections: President Buhari’s broadcast to the nation

INEC: The election postponement challenge

Simon Kolawole

INEC’s bolt from the blue

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded Nigerians for curbing excessive taste for foreign products, which has positioned the country for food self-sufficiency, and resulted into savings of over $21 billion.

Full text of President Buhari’s election broadcast