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FILE PHOTO: A conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile is launched by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) during a test to inform development of future intermediate-range capabilities at San Nicolas Island, California, U.S., August 18, 2019. Scott Howe/U.S. Dept of Defense/Handout via REUTERS

Official: US cruise missile tested to deter China

Minister of Power..B L-R- Chairman of APC Taraba State Chapter, Hon. Tukur El-sudi, Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman and Senator Yusuf A. Yusuf, during the reception in honour of Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman in Abuja, yesterday

Minister: Power sector problems are surmountable

Minister promises to resolve minimum wage logjam

Tunisia boss Alain Giresse has wished Aliou Cisse well after the Senegal head coach guided his nation to their second Africa Cup of Nations final.

AFCON: Tunisia part company with Alain Giresse

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Nasir Ajanah

Kogi chief judge releases 16 awaiting trial inmates

Sultan, CAN leader emerge officials of International religious body

Expert advises pregnant women on caesarean session

World Bank, Kogi CSDA commit N300 million to community projects

Kano Pillars midfielder Anazemba Nzube has stated the mission of his team in Sunday’s Caf Champions League second leg preliminary round tie away to Asante Kotoko in Kumasi is simply not to lose.

Anazemba Nzube: Kumasi is not the end of the road for...

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana

Femi Falana asks court to speed up hearing of Omoyele Sowore...

Police: Sokoto lawmaker kidnapped

business

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, has appealed to its customers to go through the proper channel and avoid fraudulent activities in meter collection.

Consumers vow to resist electricity hike

Jumia reports 94 percent increase in 2019 second quarter

Beans price crashes in Katsina markets

Power

Federal government injects N600 billion into electricity market

Uche Sampson Ogah

Minister-designate bows out as Masters Energy repositions

NDIC partners Korean counterpart on deposit insurance systems

The Grace 1 supertanker in the British territory of Gibraltar

Iranian oil tanker leaves Gibraltar – envoy

NIMASA

NIMASA: Why NSDP sea-time training is delayed

nigeria

Kayode Fayemi

Ekiti government reiterates commitment to adult literacy

President Buhari: We’ve invested about N1.3 trillion on education since 2015

Kogi chief judge releases 16 awaiting trial inmates

Sultan, CAN leader emerge officials of International religious body

Expert advises pregnant women on caesarean session

africa

Somali state braces for election with risks to regional...

Ugandan, Rwandan leaders sign pact to end months-long standoff

Former Zimbabwe vice president appears in court for ‘abuse of office’

Somalia’s Kismayu in lockdown ahead of elections

Sudan sovereign council chairman sworn in

world

French President Emmanuel Macron told Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday that there was not enough time to wholly rewrite Britain’s Brexit divorce deal before an Oct. 31 deadline.

New Brexit deal: Emmanuel Macron dashes Boris Johnson’s hope

America extends visa ban to British premier’s girlfriend Carrie Symonds

Official: US cruise missile tested to deter China

Protests: Indonesia blocks internet in Papua

British premier to visit French leader for Brexit talks

sports

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama is on the verge of signing for Club Brugge.

Reports: Victor Wanyama undergoes medical ahead of Club Brugge...

Kano Pillars midfielder Anazemba Nzube has stated the mission of his team in Sunday’s Caf Champions League second leg preliminary round tie away to Asante Kotoko in Kumasi is simply not to lose.

Anazemba Nzube: Kumasi is not the end of the...

Andy Murray thanks the crowd after his Australian Open defeat. Ella Ling-BPI-Rex-Shutterstock

Andy Murray goes for downgrade in Nadal ATP Challenger...

Mason Mount tackles Onyinye Wilfred Ndidi and goes on to score his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Leicester City at Stamford Bridge on August 18, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Michael Regan-Getty Images)

Brendan Rodgers: Wilfred Ndidi’s mistake against Chelsea was my fault

Monaco head coach Thierry Henry blasted his players for a lack of desire after their 3-0 defeat against Lyon.

Thierry Henry: I believe I can be a successful coach

Emeka Eze

Nigeria striker Emeka Eze joins Adanaspor on loan from Sturm Graz

Lionel Messi cannot be considered the greatest of all time as an Argentine without a World Cup win to his name, says former Real Madrid and Spain coach Jose Antonio Camacho.

Barcelona receive big Lionel Messi fitness boost

Luis Suarez is out for an indefinite period after injuring his right calf in Barcelona's La Liga loss to Athletic Bilbao on Friday, the club have confirmed.

Barcelona confirm Luis Suarez calf injury

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

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

Actor: I’ll spend money on women rather than properties

people

Liam Hemsworth has pulled the trigger on his divorce from Miley Cyrus, meaning that their love is officially, at long last, dead.

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

Comedian Klint Da Drunk survives car crash

technology

Jumia reports 94 percent increase in 2019 second quarter

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

A suspect of cyber fraud, Oseghale Collins, was on Tuesday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office at his hideout in Benin City, Edo State.

EFCC arrests cyber criminal, two others in Benin

A group of young Nigerian filmmakers have gone viral for making `sci-fi film’ using a simple smartphone and green screen.

Young Nigerian filmmakers with sci-fi movie go viral

Expert: How indiscriminate Internet usage exposes children to pornography

Female pupils develop app to solve traffic gridlock

NCC harps on robust infrastructure to boost innovation

Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are are displayed on an iPhone. Jenny Kane-AP

Facebook launches ‘Developer Circles’ in Benin

opinion

President Buhari at the event

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

Goodliness cannot be marketed

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana

Protest marches are not treasonable offences in Nigeria

Femi Adesina, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari

Atiku Abubakar’s unrelenting appeal to emotion: A gambit doom to fail

Shi’ites: Another Boko Haram in the making?