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Lakers’ James is TIME’s Athlete of the Year

Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke and 177 Battalion on Wednesday killed two bandits in a raid on their hideout at Angwan Mada in Nasarawa State, defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

Troops destroy bandits’ camp in Nasarawa

Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has formally launched his new novel, titled- Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth.

Wole Soyinka: ‘No one’ in charge in Nigeria

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Three police officers and a naval rating are part of the offenders whose vehicles were impounded on Friday in an enforcement carried out by the Anti-One way and Other Traffic Offences Squad of the Lagos State Government.

Lagos anti-one way squad impounds 42 vehicles

Court stops COSON from general distribution practice

A Sinopharm vaccine production plant in Beijing. The Chinese vaccine maker has been running trials in 10 countries. Zhang Yuwei-Xinhua, via Associated Press

Egypt gets first doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he initially 'felt empty inside' after the club secured the Premier League title.

Jurgen Klopp wary of threat posed to Liverpool by ‘growing’ Fulham

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side did everything he had asked of them in a 2-0 defeat by north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur but described their lack of goals as “unsustainable”.

Mikel Arteta warns Arsenal over the threat of Burnley

Erling Braut Haaland hit a 17-minute hat-trick and finished with four goals as Borussia Dortmund ran out 5-2 winners at Hertha Berlin to move within a point of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid have open path to sign Erling Haaland

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the quarterly meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) at the State House, Abuja.

Presidency: President Buhari won’t succumb to threats from unpatriotic citizens

business

Expert: Reducing petrol pump price is short term solution

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as said that its staff in Jos Branch, on Tuesday averted what would have been another major fire disaster in the country.

Central bank sells N4.1 trillion worth of special bills

United Airlines aircraft on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport in October. - Photo by Frederic J. Brown - AFP - Getty Images

United makes plans to capture planet-heating pollution

Nigerian major carrier, Air Peace, has announced that it would commence flight operations to Makurdi, Benue State capital, from Lagos and Abuja on December 7, 2020.

Yuletide: Air Peace to roll out multiple flight schedules

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, has sealed 15 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) skid stations for operating without valid licences.

Yuletide: DPR cautions against hoarding of petroleum products

Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, yesterday faulted the claims that the disputed Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 jets were stolen at the Lagos airport.

Nigerian airlines attribute high fares to exchange rate

Expert: Reducing petrol pump price is short term solution

National Bureau of Statistics NBS

NBS: Nigeria’s foreign trade bill stands at N23.2 trillion

nigeria

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the resumption of all Public Servants on GL 1 -12 with effect from Monday, November 2, 2020.

Lagos governor goes into isolation after close aide tests...

Court stops COSON from general distribution practice

Presidency: President Buhari won’t succumb to threats from unpatriotic citizens

Protest as INTELS sacks over 700 workers without benefits

Kogi SIEC takes delivery of materials ahead of council polls

africa

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo attends the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja on December 21, 2019. Kola Sulaimon-AFP

President Akufo-Addo: Sustenance of Ghana’s peace is a shared...

Egypt gets first doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine

Ghana’s ruling NPP holds Islamic thanksgiving prayers today

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo forms transition team chaired

U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources

world

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi attends a news conference on the 2020 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UN: Reports of killings, abductions of Eritrean refugees ‘overwhelming’

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’

Joe Biden in leaked audio says Republicans beat ‘living hell out of us’

FDA: Independent committee recommends authorization of coronavirus vaccine

Four finalists compete for Time’s Person of the Year for 2020

sports

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he initially 'felt empty inside' after the club secured the Premier League title.

Jurgen Klopp wary of threat posed to Liverpool by...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side did everything he had asked of them in a 2-0 defeat by north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur but described their lack of goals as “unsustainable”.

Mikel Arteta warns Arsenal over the threat of Burnley

Erling Braut Haaland hit a 17-minute hat-trick and finished with four goals as Borussia Dortmund ran out 5-2 winners at Hertha Berlin to move within a point of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid have open path to sign Erling Haaland

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his side did everything he had asked of them in a 2-0 defeat by north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur but described their lack of goals as “unsustainable”.

Mikel Arteta warns Arsenal over the threat of Burnley

Real Madrid's record signing Eden Hazard has had a hard time in Spain ever since he moved from Chelsea for £89 million in 2019.

Thomas Vermaelen: Real Madrid will see the best of Eden Hazard...

Paris Saint-Germain have terminated the contract of former Real Madrid forward Jese Rodriguez, despite the Spaniard having six months to spare on his deal.

PSG terminate ex-Real Madrid star’s contract

Antonio Conte was unceremoniously ushered through the exits at Chelsea in 2018, but the Italian remains keen on returning to the Premier League at some point.

Antonio Conte dismisses suggestions that Real Madrid, Borussia Monchengladbach could agree...

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Edo can’t host NSF January 3-17 – deputy governor

technology

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Mastercard, Visa cut-off payments to Pornhub

28. Nigeria’s minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has called on investors in the information and communication technology sector to invest in the country’s digital economy.

Minister: We have reduced cost of data by 50...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in an FCT High Court in Maitama, re-arraigned a deputy director with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Emenike Umesi, for alleged misappropriation of N54.3 million.

‘Hacker’ arraigned for cyber-stalking, extortion

GBB Managing Director, Prof. Muhammad Abubakar, gave the assurance at a 3-day virtual ATU conference organised to mark the day on Tuesday in Abuja.

Galaxy Backbone restates commitment to boost digital economy

33. Nigeria’s minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has called on investors in the information and communication technology sector to invest in the country’s digital economy.

GITEX: Minister woos investors for Nigeria’s digital economy sector

Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said that it is only knowledge-based economy that would add value and create a new lease of life for all Nigerians.

Minister: AI to be deployed for mining safety, efficiency

WhatsApp has hit back at Apple over its new privacy labels for apps in the App Store, Axios reports, arguing that it’s unfair that they don’t appear to cover pre-installed first-party services like iMessage.

WhatsApp criticizes Apple’s new app privacy labels over iMessage inconsistency

The headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), is seen in London, Britain, April 25, 2017. REUTERS-Hannah McKay-File Photo

Hackers steal Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine data in Europe – companies

opinion

United Nations (UN) has revealed that not less than 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram in the attack on a rice field in Borno State.

Message from the dead Borno farmers

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech – full text

#EndSARS: The generation that said ‘Enough’

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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