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Google employees are holding a sit-in at offices around the world to protest alleged retaliation against workers.

Google enters battle for cloud gaming market

Plateau Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyode, has said that INEC supplementary election in the state was so far going on peacefully.

INEC declares adhoc staff missing in Kogi

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Police: Kogi was more challenging than Bayelsa

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Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Enugu

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Japan’s SoftBank plans to merge internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line to create a $30 billion tech giant, as it bags struggling internet companies to bulk up against rivals like Rakuten.

SoftBank proposes $30 billion merger between Yahoo Japan and Line

Prosecutors have called for Quim Torra to be declared ineligible for public office for 20 months, which would make it impossible for him to remain president of the wealthy region.

Catalan president goes on trial for ‘disobedience’

Federal government should focus more on wellness, less on disease –...

The minority leader, Ndudi Elumelu, who stated this yesterday, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Legal) Oyorima Idahosa, dismissed allegations of disloyalty leveled against them by the party leadership.

House of Reps minority leader blasts PDP national chairman over ‘unguarded...

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa says he’s excited staging a return to the national team after missing out recent games due to injury.

Super Eagles captain rates Lesotho’s Crocodiles high despite 4-2 win

Sri Lanka’s former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in, on Monday, as the country’s new president after a record election victory, officials said.

Sri Lanka swears in new president

Super Eagles have landed in Abuja after the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho at the Setsoto Stadium Sunday. 4

Super Eagles land in Abuja after AFCON clash — in pictures...

business

Japan’s SoftBank plans to merge internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line to create a $30 billion tech giant, as it bags struggling internet companies to bulk up against rivals like Rakuten.

SoftBank proposes $30 billion merger between Yahoo Japan and...

Nigeria inflation rises to 11.61 percent

Governor Ikpeazu secures $430 million deal for Enyimba Economic...

South African Airways on Saturday started mediated talks with unions, one day after its workers launched an open-ended strike that forced the embattled airline to ground hundreds of flights.

South African Airways begins talks with unions over strike

The Jigawa Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to depoy 285 of its staff to ensure free flow of traffic and carry out rescue operations in the state during the Eid-El-Kabir break.

Road accident: Ogun records 301 deaths in 10 months

Governor Ikpeazu secures $430 million deal for Enyimba Economic City

Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON)

ALSCON: BFI Group to reinstate $2.8 billion US suit against federal...

Woman makes N120,000 monthly from ‘Kunu, Zobo’ drink business

nigeria

Federal government should focus more on wellness, less on...

Delta Assembly charges DESOPADEC board on prudent management of funds

SSASCGOC tasks federal government on stringent sanctions to curb crime

Federal government to ban importation of steel products – minister

FUTA suspends six students for bullying colleague

africa

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 27, 2018 former South African president Jacob Zuma stands in the dock of the High Court of Pietermaritzburg during his hearing over 16 corruption charges. A public inquiry opened in South Africa on August 20, 2018, probing alleged corruption under scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma, who is accused of overseeing widespread graft during his nine-year reign. The inquiry, which could take two years to deliver its findings, is set to hear evidence of allegations that Zuma let ministries and government agencies be plundered for private gain in a scandal known as "state capture". / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Phill MAGAKOE

Reports: Jacob Zuma owes bank, school fees for daughter

Man exhumes parents’ bodies to exchange bones for motorbike

Rebels kill 14 civilians in DR Congo

Sudan verdict in Omar Bashir graft trial on December 14

IMF agree lending programme with DR Congo

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Prosecutors have called for Quim Torra to be declared ineligible for public office for 20 months, which would make it impossible for him to remain president of the wealthy region.

Catalan president goes on trial for ‘disobedience’

Sri Lanka swears in new president

Hong Kong’s night of mayhem — in pictures

Donald Trump lashes out at second witness, as lawyer says ‘no crime’

Chile’s Sebastian Pinera vows action over security force abuses

sports

Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa says he’s excited staging a return to the national team after missing out recent games due to injury.

Super Eagles captain rates Lesotho’s Crocodiles high despite 4-2...

Super Eagles have landed in Abuja after the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho at the Setsoto Stadium Sunday. 4

Super Eagles land in Abuja after AFCON clash —...

Former Juventus and Real Madrid manager Fabio Capello has blasted Cristiano Ronaldo, after the attacker's poor performance against AC Milan.

Cristiano Ronaldo: I don’t like to be substituted, but...

Former Juventus and Real Madrid manager Fabio Capello has blasted Cristiano Ronaldo, after the attacker's poor performance against AC Milan.

Cristiano Ronaldo: I don’t like to be substituted, but I wasn’t...

FC Ifeanyi Ubah head coach, Uche Okagbue says the game with a strong Rivers United side is another opportunity for his side to prove how good they are.

FC Ifeanyi Ubah coach urges side to pass another Rivers United...

Video Assistant Referee (VAR)

VAR cannot work in Nigerian football competitions for now – stakeholders

Super Eagles’ head coach Gernot Rohr has said winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for Nigeria would make him the most excited person.

Gernot Rohr reveals what he wants to achieve with Super Eagles

Inter manager Antonio Conte is now getting security surveillance around him after Police confirmed that the former Chelsea gaffer received a threat to his life by an unknown person with an anonymous envelope containing a bullet.

Antonio Conte gets police protection after ‘bullet envelope threat’

art

Lai Mohammed impressed by ‘Man Enough’

Nigerian artist makes 2019 Time’s ‘100 Next’ list

Style by Zenith invites models for audition November 15

‘Big Dreams Nigeria’ talent hunt show set for debut

Yemisi Shyllon: Insure your artworks against special peril

film

Veteran Nigerian actress, Lizzy Evoeme of ‘New Masquerade’ fame, has refuted her death rumour currently being peddled on social media.

New Masquerade star debunks death rumours

Trevor Noah to produce film on 8-year-old Nigerian chess prodigy

Oscars disqualify Nigerian film ‘Lion Heart’ over English dialogue

Oscar: ‘Lionheart’ disqualified for having too much English dialogue

Genevieve Nnaji reacts as Oscar disqualifies ‘Lionheart’

people

Bill Gates emerges world richest man again

Ariana Grande hit by mystery illness, cancels concert

Oscar-winner Mo’Nique sues Netflix for pay discrimination

John Legend crowned ‘sexiest man alive’

Lamar Odom engaged to girlfriend

technology

Japan’s SoftBank plans to merge internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line to create a $30 billion tech giant, as it bags struggling internet companies to bulk up against rivals like Rakuten.

SoftBank proposes $30 billion merger between Yahoo Japan and...

Google employees are holding a sit-in at offices around the world to protest alleged retaliation against workers.

Google enters battle for cloud gaming market

“The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has granted the prayers of the Minister of Communications Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, to properly position and empower the ministry to fulfil his digital economy objectives”

Communications minister orders deactivation of voicemails on existing phone...

Microsoft will honor California’s CCPA privacy law across the US

A combination of two gene therapies may treat four diseases of old age – kidney failure, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, and even obesity – a new study suggests.

Single gene therapy could extend lifespans by fighting diseases in old...

Japan’s SoftBank plans to merge internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line to create a $30 billion tech giant, as it bags struggling internet companies to bulk up against rivals like Rakuten.

SoftBank proposes $30 billion merger between Yahoo Japan and Line

China launches five satellites with one rocket

“The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has granted the prayers of the Minister of Communications Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, to properly position and empower the ministry to fulfil his digital economy objectives”

Communications minister orders deactivation of voicemails on existing phone lines

opinion

Why Yahaya Bello is coming back and Bayelsa may fall

Tam David-West in final escape

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

Atiku Abubakar: They gave him a false sense of hope

2023: Pastor Bakare will be put to shame

Recently, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, signed the $629 million financing facility aimed at completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport project.

Lagos and the prospect of Lekki Deep Seaport