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Former President of Zambia and Head of mission, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Development in Africa, EISA, Mr Rupiah Banda has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of voters and election officers in the ongoing Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria so far.

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Ex-Zambia president commend election process in Abuja

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Election: Passengers stranded at Lagos Airport

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Peter Obi raises alarm over harassment

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Zinedine Zidane not affected by Chelsea ban

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Jimi Agbaje

Election: Jimi Agbaje predicts victory for Atiku Abubakar, faults INEC on card reader

President Buhari attends APC Caucus Meeting at the APC Headquarters in Abuja on 18th Feb 2019-4

Elections: Atiku Abubakar loses own polling unit to President Buhari

Governor Ajimobi hails election as credible, peaceful

Elections: Governor Shettima expresses satisfaction with voters turnout

Senator Enang denies snatching ballot boxes in A’Ibom

Muhammadu Buhari

President Buhari wins polling unit but APC loses Senate

Rafael Benitez's fraught relationship with owner Mike Ashley should not deter him from remaining at the club. NEWCASTLE UNITED

Rafael Benitez: Mike Ashley and I need to be on the...

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Election: Passengers stranded at Lagos Airport

SEC approves Access Bank’s book build for proposed green...

CACOL tasks new ICPC chair to revisit corruption case...

FILE PHOTO- Ingots of 99.98 and 99.97 percent pure palladium are seen at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia November 22, 2018. REUTERS-Ilya Naymushin-File Photo

Business

Palladium tops $1,500 for first time

Economy

Federal government urged to raise VAT to 7 percent

Energy

Court fixes date for judgement in federal government’s $110 million suit...

Finance

NDIC explains factors that led to liquidation of Fortis MfB

Transport

Minister: Federal government intervention to rescue Arik Air, Aero saved jobs

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Christian Association of Nigeria | CAN

Elections: CAN expresses worry over vote-buying in Ondo

Real Madrid’s Santiago Solari still committed to LaLiga title race

Voting peaceful amidst large turnout in Sokoto

Election: Impressive turn out as card readers malfunction in Kwara

Air Force hits Boko Haram logistics base in Borno

africa

US bans DR Congo election chief, top judge over...

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

world

Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase J. Cupich (R) talks with chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, as they wait for the arrival of the Pope for the third day of a global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, on February 23, 2019 at the Vatican. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino / POOL / AFP)

Cardinal admits church files on paedophile priests ‘destroyed’

Russia accuse US of planning to arm opposition in Venezuela

Earthquake with 7.5 magnitude hits Ecuador

Venezuela braces for dueling government, opposition concerts

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

metro

Election: Gunmen abduct Governor Emmanuel’s security adviser

Ogun SSG involved in car crash, one dead

Gunmen kill policemen in Rivers, cart away rifles

Five dead as Nigerian Army denies killings in Bayelsa

Abia community seeks Governor Ikpeazu’s protection over attacks

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

Election: No security breach in FCT – IGP Adamu

President Buhari crushes Atiku Abubakar in Governor Fayemi, Senator Ojudu’s polling units

APC governorship candidate lauds peaceful polls in Nasarawa

Election: Jimi Agbaje predicts victory for Atiku Abubakar, faults INEC on card reader

Elections: Atiku Abubakar loses own polling unit to President Buhari

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N'Golo Kante

N’Golo Kante backs under-fire Jorginho amid Chelsea poor form

Rafael Benitez's fraught relationship with owner Mike Ashley should not deter him from remaining at the club. NEWCASTLE UNITED

Rafael Benitez: Mike Ashley and I need to be...

Mauro Icardi remains sidelined for Inter’s Fiorentina trip

Football

Zinedine Zidane not affected by Chelsea ban

John Obi Mikel

Football

Mikel Obi named in English Championship team of the eeek

South African 800 meters Olympic champion Caster Semenya arrives for a landmark hearing at the Court of Arbitration (CAS) in Lausanne on February 18, 2019. – Semenya will challenge a proposed rule by the International Athletics Federation (IAAF) aiming to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. (Photo by Harold CUNNINGHAM / AFP)

Athletics

Caster Semenya unleashes team of professors to battle IAAF, CAS

Mohamed Salah has been named Liverpool Player of the Month for October.

Football

Mohamed Salah: Liverpool’s league position means title pressure always there

England's striker Harry Kane takes part in an open training session at St George's Park in Burton-on-Trent, central England on September 4, 2018, ahead of their international friendly football match against Spain on September 8. / AFP PHOTO / Paul ELLIS /

Football

Mauricio Pochettino hails Harry Kane as striker eyes Tottenham return

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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

people

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

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This handout photo released by SpaceX on February 21, 2019 shows a Falcon 9 launching the Nusantara Satu satellite to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), carrying Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. – A SpaceX rocket took off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on the night of February 21 carrying Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft, which aims to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish state. The start of the flight went smoothly, with the first stage entry burn completed uneventfully less than three minutes after lift-off. The Moon landing is scheduled for seven weeks’ time, on April 11. (Photo by HO / SPACEX / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / SPACEX”

NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS

Cardiff University develops tool to detect, stop cyber attacks

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...

Science

Study: Artificially sweetened beverages increase stroke risk

Technology

Qualcomm urges US regulators to ban some iPhones

Technology

British intelligence says Huawei risk manageable

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Mobile

Samsung unsettles Apple with folding smartphone

Social

Facebook ‘digital gangsters’ who spread fake news – British lawmakers

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

Opinion

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

Opinion

Elections: President Buhari’s broadcast to the nation

Opinion

INEC: The election postponement challenge

Simon Kolawole

Opinion

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.

Opinion

Full text of President Buhari’s election broadcast