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Edo new speaker assumes duty

CAN President, Samson Olasupo Ayokunle

CAN President Supo Ayokunle re-elected

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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Adidas

Adidas loses EU court battle over ‘three stripes’ design

Federal government begins repairs of Lagos-Badagry expressway

Fire razes 25 shops at Gombe main market

As more people continue to use popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper, to commit suicide in the country, the National Food, Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw the product from open markets and supermarkets.

NAFDAC bans sniper in open markets, supermarkets

The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday arrested oil thieves along Bakana creeks, Port Harcourt in Rivers state.

Nigerian Navy arrests 19 suspects, recovers five boats, 168 drums of...

Neymar testified to Brazilian prosecutors for five hours on Thursday in the wake of rape allegations made by a 26-year-old woman.

Neymar serves Paris Saint-Germain quit notice

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has appointed Festus Adedayo as his special adviser on media and publicity.

Senate President Lawan appoints Festus Adedayo as spokesman

business

Adidas

Adidas loses EU court battle over ‘three stripes’ design

NSCDC

DPR, NSCDC arrest five illegal cooking gas dealers

DMO denies reports foreclosing raising euro bond in 2019

Aliko Dangote

Dangote Cement to earn $700 million forex from terminals

National Salt Company Nigeria Plc (NASCON)

Shareholders laud NASCON over improved performance

National Bureau of Statistics NBS

NBS: Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 11.40 percent in May

Investigators to unveil new MH17 findings next week

Tribunal reverses FIRS’s N29.2 VAT on bank

nigeria

Federal government begins repairs of Lagos-Badagry expressway

NAFDAC bans sniper in open markets, supermarkets

Nigerian Navy arrests 19 suspects, recovers five boats, 168 drums of diesel

Senate President Lawan appoints Festus Adedayo as spokesman

EFCC re-arraigns ex-minister Wakil, four others for alleged N450 million fraud

africa

Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the new head of the Sudanese interim military council, met with gulf envoys on Tuesday (AFP)

Sudan army ruler calls on protest leaders to hold...

Two killed in attack on police station near Niger capital

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

world

President Trump began his re-election rally by hammering his rivals and heralding his perceived successes. Erin Schaff-The New York Times

Donald Trump rakes in record $25 million campaign fund...

Saudi minister slams UN findings on Jamal Khashoggi as ‘unfounded’

Russians, Ukrainian accused of downing flight MH17

Official: South Korea gives largest food, aid donation to North Korea since 2008

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

sports

Brazilian football player Neymar (C) arrives on crutches at the Women’s Defence Precinct in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 13, 2019 to testify after Brazilian Najila Trindade filed a complaint against him on May 31, saying he assaulted her after inviting her to visit him in Paris. – Brazilian police said on Thursday they had filed a defamation suit against the woman who has accused football star Neymar of rape, after she insinuated the force was corrupt. (Photo by ARI FERREIRA / AFP)

Neymar three-match Champions League ban confirmed

Manchester United have confirmed that attacking midfielder Juan Mata has signed a new deal with the club that sees him tied to Old Trafford until 2021 with the option to extend for an additional year.

Juan Mata signs new Manchester United deal until 2021

Philippe Coutinho: I’m not sure I will remain in...

When Brazil forward Marta scored a landmark 16th World Cup goal, she took the opportunity to promote gender equality with a special celebration.

Marta dedicates landmark goal to gender equality

Osinachi Ohale, Ngozi Okobi, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Chidinma Okeke of Nigeria react

WWC: Sunday Oliseh, fans fault VAR decision

Madagascar targets to win all its three fixtures in the group stage of the forthcoming Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt despite losing to Kenya in their last warm-up match in Paris on Friday night.

Madagascar upbeat against Super Eagles after slim loss to Kenya

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced the appointment of six new Permanent Secretaries in the States Civil Service.

AFCON: Lagos to open viewing centres

Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr is under pressure to drop Leon Balogun for Kenneth Omeruo who has been impressive for La Liga side Leganes lately.

Leon Balogun: My dream is to play in Champions League

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

technology

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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...

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

Calibra Digital Wallet

Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet

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’

Indonesia to bar online advert of cigarette

(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 it to

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