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The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) branch, says doctors embarked on a warning strike to demand for improved working condition.

Anambra resident doctors suspend strike

Former ECOWAS president passes on at 65

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Nigerian student ‘murdered’ in Malaysia

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Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has again accused President Muhammadu Buhari of clamping down on the judiciary.

Tribunal: I’m not a partisan politician but PDP is my party...

Reps: National Assembly to take over Edo Assembly if…

The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Uyo, on Monday, ordered INEC to allow the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Nsima Ekere, to inspect all election materials used during the March 9 Governorship Election.

INEC produced results from polling units in Nasarawa deserted town –...

A member of Manchester United's backroom team has been taken to hospital after falling ill, the club have confirmed.

Manchester United run out easy winners against Leeds

Ibraheem El-Zalzaky seeks court permission to go for medical in India

Sebastian Haller has become the club's record signing in a £45m deal

West Ham have new club-record signing

business

Allen Onyema: Nigeria doesn’t need foreign airline’s assistance to...

This picture taken on Tuesday, July 17, shows trucks completely blocking a section of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at Second Rainbow inward Mile 2, and commercial buses driving against traffic.

OPS: Nigeria loses N6 trillion to Apapa gridlock

Christine Lagarde resigns as IMF chief

Central bank to limit daily deposits to boost lending

National Bureau of Statistics NBS

NBS: Kogi residents paid highest petrol price in June

President Goodluck Jonathan

Malabu: How ex-President Jonathan, ex-Ministers Diezani, Adoke hid documents showing fraudulent...

MTN Nigeria slashes data prices, introduces freebies for new customers

Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, poses for a photograph beside the concept design for the new Bank of England fifty pound banknote, featuring mathematician and scientist Alan Turing, during the presentation at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, north-west England on July 15, 2019. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP)

New UK bank note to feature mathematician Turing

nigeria

Nasir El-Rufai

Governor El-Rufai seeks assembly’s approval of N81.68 billion supplementary...

Operation Lafiya Dole gets new commander as Naf redeploys senior officers in fresh shakeup

Ibraheem El-Zalzaky seeks court permission to go for medical in India

Anambra resident doctors suspend strike

Scavenger turned tailor says making fortune from recycling polythene materials

africa

Former ECOWAS president passes on at 65

South Sudan bars newspaper editor from leaving the country

Sudan: ‘Political declaration’ after 7 months of crisis

Rwanda to open embassy in Morocco

Sudan protesters, army rulers sign power-sharing deal

world

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman sentenced to life in prison

WHO raises concern over global negligence on measles vaccination

China to reduce oversized classes to improve education

All suspects linked to Easter terror attacks arrested – Sri Lankan president

Child rapists to be castrated in new law

sports

Barcelona have agreed to sell left-back Marc Cucurella to Getafe just a day after they brought him back from Eibar.

Barcelona sell Marc Cucurella to Getafe just hours after...

A member of Manchester United's backroom team has been taken to hospital after falling ill, the club have confirmed.

Manchester United run out easy winners against Leeds

Sebastian Haller has become the club's record signing in a £45m deal

West Ham have new club-record signing

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists he can bring success to Stamford Bridge this season despite the club's transfer embargo.

Frank Lampard: I can be successful at Chelsea without new signings

Twenty three Grand Slam Champions Serena Williams will have to wait a bit longer to realise her 24 Grand Slam dream after she was denied the luxury of clinching the record in Saturday’s Wimbledon final.

Ruthless Simona Halep downs Serena Williams to claim Wimbledon title

Algeria manager Djamel Belmadi was impressed by his team’s satisfying outing against an organized Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) quarter-final on Thursday.

Afcon: To qualify ahead of Ivory Coast is an enormous satisfaction...

Ivan Saponjic

Atletico Madrid continue recruitment drive with Serbia striker capture

Arsenal head coach Unai Emery insists Laurent Koscielny is still an important player despite the uncertainty over the club captain's future.

Unai Emery: Laurent Koscielny still an ‘important player’ for Arsenal despite...

art

emmy statuette

Emmys: ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ lead nominations

NAFEST: Nigeria needs officials like Segun Runsewe – Oba Ewuare II

Nigerian Nneka Arimah wins £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing

Oscars: Tunde Kelani, two other Nigerians make Academy’s members list

BET Awards: Burna Boy’s mother shines with moving acceptance speech

film

Few Netflix shows have generated more controversy than 13 Reasons Why, a series that initially began in season 1 with the premise of a teen girl leaving behind 13 tapes blaming people and explaining her decision to kill herself.

Netflix deletes suicide scene from popular youth show, ’13...

James Bond: Black-British actress Lashana Lynch is next ‘007 agent

Vivendi’s Canal+ acquires African film studio ROK

Lion King album: Beyonce includes African artistes, producers

Kannywood is on the brink of collapse – actor

people

House of Reps to address grey areas in Electoral...

Ubi Franklin clears the air on affair with TBoss

Yvonne Nelson: I regret not being serious with my education

Nigeria’s Anthony Alabi stars on Netflix show ‘Family Reunion’

My husband must have a girlfriend – Nollywood actress

technology

NIGCOMSAT targets 84.5% internet access by 2023

The .ng domain

NIRA set for sensitisation on .ng domain name

Ondo partners Facebook for business prospect

CARS45.

Cars45 launches two more franchise lots

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word for Android installed more than 1 billion times

Donald Trump

Donald Trump orders probe into France’s tax plans for technology companies

The artificial muscle consists of polymer material, into which the researchers have integrated enzymes that burn the glucose for energy the same as a biological muscle does(Thor Balkhed)

Engineers develop ‘artificial muscles’ 40 times stronger than human muscles

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

Facebook slammed with $5 billion fine over privacy breaches

opinion

Full text: Former President Obasanjo’s letter to President Buhari

Adams Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole as an enigma

Osun, Supreme Court and the Violent Senator

Mary Uduk - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged investors with multiple shareholding accounts to regularise such before December 31, 2019.

Clarion call for SEC, other agencies to respect rule of law

Wobbly start for Governor Ihedioha