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Ousmane Dembélé given ‘final warning’ at Barcelona

Conservationists: Nigeria down to 300 elephants

Governor Udom Emmanuel has commiserated with Senator Chris Ekpeyong over the demise of his wife Dr. Grace Ekpeyong.

Akwa Ibom governor consoles senator on wife’s death

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Vincent Kompany faces weeks on the sidelines after suffering another hamstring injury as his Anderlecht team lost again to continue their winless start to his managerial debut, according to reports.

Vincent Kompany injured as Anderlecht lose again

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the Liberian President, George Weah.

President Buhari hails Jubril Aminu at 80

President Buhari receives in audience Leadership of People's Democratic Movement in State on 18th Jan 2019-3

Sani Adamu: President Buhari ministers a bunch of “fantastically corrupt” Nigerians

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

Barcelona consider Neymar-Ousmane Dembele swap

Tammy Abraham opened his Chelsea account with a first-half goal in Saturday’s Premier League encounter against Norwich City, finally ending his 15-year wait for a Blues goal.

Tammy Abraham fires Chelsea to victory over Norwich

Bayern Munich have reportedly ear-marked Manchester United youngster Tahith Chong as their long-term successor to Arjen Robben.

Bayern Munich want Manchester United youngster as Arjen Robben replacement

Tribunal dismisses PDP candidate’s petition againt Senator Uba Sani’s victory

business

Air Tanzania Airbus A320-214

South Africa seizes Air Tanzania’s Airbus

Central bank injects $297.92 into secondary market

NERC: No electricity tariff increase yet

NDIC partners Korean counterpart on deposit insurance systems

The Grace 1 supertanker in the British territory of Gibraltar

Iranian oil tanker leaves Gibraltar – envoy

Workers jubilate as Rotimi Amaechi, Lai Mohammed resume duty

TUC: Nigerians will not pay more for darkness

Q2 2019: Jumia reports €17.3 million profit

nigeria

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi A. Sule

Nasarawa governor signs 400 certificates of occupancy in three...

President Buhari hails Jubril Aminu at 80

Flood: Borno SEMA halts disease outbreak in IDPs camps

Ogun monarch wants federal government to adopt peace corps

Slavery Remembrance Day: Practice persists despite abolition – President Buhari

africa

A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the frontier with Nigeria, a local official said Saturday.

Boko Haram: Twelve dead in Niger village attack

Ousted former Sudanese leader’s defence asks court for bail

Flights suspended at Libya airport after rocket fire

Malawi court bans planned airport, border protests

HRW: Lead pollution in Zambia town a public health ’emergency’

world

French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch Saturday ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in southwest France.

Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump break the ice with surprise...

Inmates willingly return to prison after fire outbreak

Government bulldozes restaurant after owner attacks tourists — video

Witnesses: Dozens wounded, detained in West Papua crackdown

Trump’s trade wars overshadow G7 meeting in Biarritz

sports

Vincent Kompany faces weeks on the sidelines after suffering another hamstring injury as his Anderlecht team lost again to continue their winless start to his managerial debut, according to reports.

Vincent Kompany injured as Anderlecht lose again

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

Barcelona consider Neymar-Ousmane Dembele swap

Tammy Abraham opened his Chelsea account with a first-half goal in Saturday’s Premier League encounter against Norwich City, finally ending his 15-year wait for a Blues goal.

Tammy Abraham fires Chelsea to victory over Norwich

A board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Brown Ebewele, says the country is risking its chances of winning the forthcoming African Games following the choice of athletes by the federation to represent the country.

NJF: Why Nigeria lost out as Egypt sweeps Judo medals

Alex Iwobi's Everton debut ends in defeat in the 2-0 loss to Aston Villa in the matchday three Premier League encounter despite shining on Friday night.

Alex Iwobi’s Everton debut ends in defeat

Flying Eagles star Valentine Ozornwafor will be sent on a season-long loan by Galatasaray after he completes his signing this summer.

Valentine Ozornwafor set to join Almeria on loan from Galatasaray

Alex Iwobi's Everton debut ends in defeat in the 2-0 loss to Aston Villa in the matchday three Premier League encounter despite shining on Friday night.

How Aston Villa ruin Alexis Iwobi’s Everton debut

Phillipe Coutinho 'has balls' and celebrated his goal in Barcelona's win over Manchester United with 'anger and desire', according to his team-mates Clement Lenglet and Sergio Busquets.

Bayern Munich confirm Philippe Coutinho loan deal with option to buy

art

Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Calculating Stars (the first in her Lady Astronaut series) won Best Novel

Women sweep the Hugo Awards

Professor: Tourism investment key to economic development

Seyi Law tackles racism at ‘Seyilaw fast and funny’

Video: Masquerade set ablaze comes out unhurt

List of Teen Choice Award winners

film

Yomi Fabiyi

Yomi Fabiyi: I sold my film for N7 million...

Berlin, Helskini to host Nollywood travel film festival

Young Nigerian filmmakers with sci-fi movie go viral

Juliet Ibrahim’s ex-boyfriend Iceberg Slim apologises after failed relationship

Ex-BBNaija housemate Alex Unusual now in New York Film Academy

people

The 24-year-old Mr Nigeria, Nelson Enwerem, late on Friday in Manila in the Philippines won five talent awards in the just concluded Mr World pageant.

Mr Nigeria bags five awards at the grand finale...

Liam Hemsworth files for divorce from Miley Cyrus

Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years

Mr Nigeria: I can’t fail my country, I’ll fight on

Wizkid becomes first African to hit eight million monthly listeners on Spotify

technology

Facebook bans Epoch Times from buying ads on its...

Barely 24 hours the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrested 80 Nigerians for fraudulent activities, a global firm, Dynamics Intelligence, Friday shut-down its operations in the country.

Global tech firm shuts operations in Nigeria over fraudulent...

Federal government to license online radio, TV stations

Google is ending a service that saw it share Android data with wireless carriers globally to help them better understand the network coverage they provided, the company has confirmed.

Google stops sharing Android user data with wireless carriers

US tech industry leaders: French digital service tax harms global tax...

Facebook and Twitter have both cracked down significantly on fake accounts since 2016 [Jon Nazca-Reuters]

Twitter, Facebook accuse China of Hong Kong’s discord campaign

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm that Elon Musk founded then later departed, just released a stronger version of its “conversational” text-writing AI system, according to Futurism.

US firm releases fake-news writing software, scientists unveil detector

Female pupils develop app to solve traffic gridlock

opinion

At the 2-day presidential retreat that preceded the inauguration of new ministers, President Muhammadu Buhari apprised the appointees on the enormity of the tasks ahead.

New cabinet and imperative of delivering on mandates

President Buhari signs New National Minimum Wage Bill into Law in State House on 18th April 2019 2

Slavery still exists – We must take action

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the Liberian President, George Weah.

President Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article...

President Buhari at the event

President Buhari’s speech at swearing-in of SGF, ministers — full text

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