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Edo new speaker assumes duty

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Mohammed Adamu, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), on Wednesday tasked 68 Mobile Squadron Commanders across the country in Force Headquarters in Abuja, on the need to maintain the peace during the forthcoming general elections.

IGP Adamu: Crime rate declining

NECO: We released SSCE results in 43 days

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Twenty three Super Eagles players embarked on different training regime at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in the port city, Alexandria, Tuesday, ahead of Nigeria’s opening game against Burundi on June 22.

23 Eagles train at Arab Academy ahead Burundi Opener

Assets declaration: Enugu ex-officials may face prosecution – CCB

Nasarawa governor swears-in new SSG, four aides

Abdulmumini Kabir Usman

Emir advocates media salary structure for journalist

Hon Mai Mala Buni

Stakeholders meet to revitalise education in Yobe

OPC, Miyetti Allah meet over insecurity, herders crisis

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Delta State has restated his commitment to serve Edo people, insisting that the time for sharing public funds to a few greedy politicians in Edo was over.

Edo Assembly: We won’t tolerate acts of violence – official

business

Tribunal reverses FIRS’s N29.2 VAT on bank

Dollar

Stocks, currencies firm up ahead of US Fed outcome

NDDC’s Acting Managing Director, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, stated this when a delegation of Income Electrix and consulting consortia from Germany and Singapore visited him in Port Harcourt yesterday.

NDDC: Why EFCC interrogated our top officials

KEDCO loses N150 million to vandalism

Dollar

Stocks, currencies firm up ahead of US Fed outcome

Bijan Zanganeh

Iran: Europe not cooperating in oil buy

Katsina gets joint security task force to protect power installations

TSA: Group calls for legislation, review

nigeria

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says his administration is doing a lot from its end to tackle illegal migration to Europe but needs more support from partners.

Governor Obaseki reads ‘Riot Act’ to troublemakers

Ex-micro finance bank chief arraigned for alleged fraud

Assets declaration: Enugu ex-officials may face prosecution – CCB

Nasarawa governor swears-in new SSG, four aides

Emir advocates media salary structure for journalist

africa

38 killed in attacks on Mali villages

Ghanaians attack Nigerian spare parts dealers, police wade in

Egypt accuses UN of seeking to ‘politicise’ Mohammed Morsi’s death

UN calls for ‘independent’ probe into death of Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi

Nigerian envoy in Ghana cautions against xenophobic tendencies

world

Official: South Korea gives largest food, aid donation to...

Donald Trump launches 2020 bid with vow to ‘keep America great’

Rocket hits site of foreign oil firms in Iraq

Iran: There will be no war with US

China’s Xi Jinping pens friendship letter to North Korea before rare visit

sports

Twenty three Super Eagles players embarked on different training regime at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in the port city, Alexandria, Tuesday, ahead of Nigeria’s opening game against Burundi on June 22.

23 Eagles train at Arab Academy ahead Burundi Opener

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Newcastle United - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - October 6, 2018 Paul Scholes looks down from the studio in the stadium before the match REUTERS-Phil Noble.

Paul Scholes fined £8,000 by FA over betting breaches

Neymar has hinted that his future lies in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, despite speculation regarding a move to Real Madrid continuing to bubble away in the background.

Neymar urged to stay at Paris Saint-Germain by team-mate...

Chelsea reject £35 million bid for Willian

Emmanuel Amuneke: Egypt friendly will be an assessment for Tanzania ahead...

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri

Maurizio Sarri asks Juventus to sign two Chelsea players

Portu

Real Sociedad sign Portu from Girona

Real Madrid's €54 million (£48m-$60m) summer signing Rodrygo says that fear is motivating him to succeed at Santiago Bernabeu.

Rodrygo: Fear motivating me to succeed at Real Madrid

art

Nollywood star, Mercy Johnson Okojie is set to lunch her new ‘kitchen talk show’ called Mercy’s Menu in July.

Mercy Johnson set to lunch Mercy’s Menu cook-talk show

Mo Abudu chairs 47th International Emmy Awards in New York

Segun Runsewe: Nigeria is home to rich handicrafts

Oscar dates shifted in 2021, 2022 for Olympics, Super Bowl

ZUFF: NFC announces date, calls for film submission

film

Nigerian-American filmmaker Julius Onah examines racism, prejudice and stereotypes in new thought provoking film, ‘Luce’.

Nigerian-American filmmaker explores racism in Hollywood film ‘Luce’

Adesua Etomi-Wellington shines in new action film ‘Muna’

ZUFF: NFC announces date, calls for film submission

Game Of Thrones actor Kit Harington checks into rehab

‘Avengers: Endgame’ beats ‘Avatar’ domestically, struggles globally

people

Nollywood star, Mercy Johnson Okojie is set to lunch her new ‘kitchen talk show’ called Mercy’s Menu in July.

Mercy Johnson set to lunch Mercy’s Menu cook-talk show

Mo Abudu chairs 47th International Emmy Awards in New York

Bill Cosby lectures fellow inmates on parenting, drug use

‘Avengers’ dominates MTV awards as Larsen honours stunt doubles

Naira Marley vows to help people in prison

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Report: Apple plans to move some manufacturing out of...

(FILES) A file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of US multinational technology company Google displayed on computers' screens. Google is dropping out of the bidding for a huge Pentagon cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion, saying the deal would be inconsistent with its principles. The decision by Google, confirmed to AFP in an email October 9, 2018, leaves a handful of other tech giants including Amazon in the running for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract aimed at modernizing the military's computing systems. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

Activists urge Google to break up before regulators force...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has enjoyed soaring approval ratings in his first few months in power, got a rare taste of public animosity on Saturday when he was booed at the inauguration of a baseball stadium in Mexico City.

Mexican president seeks Mark Zuckerberg’s help to promote universal...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia internet blackout enters third day, authorities remain mum

Huawei CEO says US ban hit harder than expected, warns of...

Telecommunications operators have blasted the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over its threat to demolish about 7000 mast, largely owned by Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) service providers in the country.

NCAA begins 8,805 telecom masts demolition

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has enjoyed soaring approval ratings in his first few months in power, got a rare taste of public animosity on Saturday when he was booed at the inauguration of a baseball stadium in Mexico City.

Mexican president seeks Mark Zuckerberg’s help to promote universal internet access

A pedestrian walks past a Huawei product stand at an EE telecommunications shop in central London on April 29, 2019. – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged caution over the role of China’s Huawei in the UK, saying the government should think carefully before opening its doors to the technology giant to develop next-generation 5G mobile networks. His comments come after Prime Minister Theresa May conditionally allowed China’s Huawei to build the UK 5G network, information that was leaked to a newspaper from top secret discussions between senior ministers and security officials, a leak that has caused a scandal that has rocked Britain’s splintered government. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / various sources / AFP)

Huawei replaces Android OS with ‘Hongmeng’

opinion

Fola Ojo

Mr President, we are under siege

MUHAMMADU BUHARI

Full speech of President Buhari 2019 Democracy Day celebration

Beyond the lifting of licences of AIT/Raypower

A lawyer walks through the compound at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi district in Lagos, Nigeria, May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

Unending ‘war’ between Nigerian politicians and judges

Aisha Buhari, the activist within