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Policeman, thugs arrested for branding private vehicles in police colours

Ernesto Valverde confident Barcelona’s dry spell is a blip

Nemanja Vidic: I wouldn’t take Virgil van Dijk over Manchester United’s...

election inec nigeria

Elections: Underage voting is illegal – INEC

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered vehicular restriction from 6am – 6pm tomorrow 16 February during the election.

Elections: IGP Adamu warns policemen to remain apolitical, non-partisan

Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu resumes duty as new Defence spokesman

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign scheduled to hold today in Borno and Yobe states.

President Buhari arrives in Katsina for elections

business

National Bureau of Statistics NBS

NBS: N298 billion generated from VAT in Q4 2018

Tesla Model 3

Telsa begins delivery of Model 3 in China

Telcos want federal government to repeal Tax Order 2015

FIRS: Non-oil sector contributes 54% of N5.32t 2018 revenue

Marylin Amobi

Coalition seeks federal government’s action against NBET chief

SEC shuts firm over illegal management fund operations

Oil prices fall as U.S. crude output hits record 12 million...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating India’s High speed train on Friday

India’s first high speed train breaks down

nigeria

Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu resumes duty as new Defence spokesman

Long ATM queues, overcrowded markets, influx of security prelude elections

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation names new Africa director

Federal government urges Supreme Court to stay away from Justice Onnoghen’s sase

Kajuru killings: Culprits won’t go unpunished – Aisha Buhari

africa

Hundreds of demonstrators, in defiance of a ban of protests, rallied in the Algerian capital against a bid by ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term in office.

Algerians protest against President Bouteflika’s bid for fifth term

French troops kill senior Islamist militant in Mali – minister

Kenya court postpones decision on homosexuality laws

Fear of attacks keeps 150,000 children away from schools in Burkina Faso

WHO: Measles epidemic in Madagascar kills more than 900

world

Russia accuse US of planning to arm opposition in...

Earthquake with 7.5 magnitude hits Ecuador

Venezuela braces for dueling government, opposition concerts

Labour legislator quits party in protest over ‘anti-Semitism’

North Korea warns of food crisis before Kim-Trump summit

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Ernesto Valverde confident Barcelona’s dry spell is a blip

Nemanja Vidic

Nemanja Vidic: I wouldn’t take Virgil van Dijk over...

Manchester United will host Manchester City in the Premier League on Wednesday, April 24 at 20-00 local time.

Manchester United to host Manchester City at Old Trafford...

John Obi Mikel

Mikel Obi named in English Championship team of the eeek

Gt Stitches: NFF hasn’t paid me for Super Eagles’ Russia 2018...

MFM FC forward Kabir Adewole Adeniji has expressed his appreciation to the coach of the team, Fidelis Ilechukwu for giving him the opportunity after scoring his fourth goal of the season in their 2-0 victory over Sunshine Stars in a South-West derby at the Agege Stadium on Wednesday.

MFM’s Kabir Adeniji credits Fidelis Ilechukwu for improved form

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Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang targets BATE Borisov’s fall

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on November 19, 2018, shows Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attending a speech given by his father, King Salman bin Abdulaziz while addressing the Shura council, a top advisory body, in the capital Riyadh. (Photo by Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP) /

Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince not seeking to buy Manchester United

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1959 FIRST EDITION THINGS FALL APART Chinua Achebe

First edition of Chinua Achebe’s ‘Thing Fall Apart’ sold...

Michelle Obama, Diana Ross, others lead female solidarity at Grammy awards

The Favourite is the biggest winner at BAFTA 2019

Winners in key categories at 2019 Grammy Awards

Childish Gambino wins four Grammys for ‘This Is America’

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up north

Three Nollywood films selected for Hollywood exhibition

Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content

‘Up North’ to screen at Facebook’s headquarters

African filmmakers to market films at 2019 Cannes Film Festival

Ben Affleck officially bows out of The Batman film

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Jussie Smollett is pictured in a police mugshot after being charged with making a false police report. Chicago Police Department

Police: Jussie Smollett staged hoax attack as ‘publicity stunt…to...

Actor Jussie Smollett arrested, accused of lying to Chicago police

Late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld leaves $200 million fortune to cat

Jackie Chan to shoot new film in Dubai

Lady Gaga ends engagement with fiance Christian Carino

technology

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will finally meet with a representative of the UK government after a UK parliamentary report this week excoriated the social media site for behaving like “digital gangsters.”

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to meet UK minister after damning...

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Samsung unsettles Apple with folding smartphone

Nollywood calls for bundled broadband, local content

British intelligence says Huawei risk manageable

Qualcomm urges US regulators to ban some iPhones

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday that work on a new site for the embassy is under way [Mick Tsikas-Pool-Getty Images]

Australia political parties hacked by ‘sophisticated state actor’

Election: HLSI debunks allegation of jamming phones, funding campaigns

New Zealand to target online giants with digital tax

opinion

Nigeria’s Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has debunked rumours stating he has resigned his position as the nation’s vice president.

A time such as this!

President Buhari visits the Train the Trainer Course organised by the Election Planning and Monitoring directorate of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on 28th Jan 2019-4

Elections: President Buhari’s broadcast to the nation

INEC: The election postponement challenge

Simon Kolawole

INEC’s bolt from the blue

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded Nigerians for curbing excessive taste for foreign products, which has positioned the country for food self-sufficiency, and resulted into savings of over $21 billion.

Full text of President Buhari’s election broadcast