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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.

Ex-Zambia president commend election process in Abuja

Election: Passengers stranded at Lagos Airport

Peter Obi

Peter Obi raises alarm over harassment

Zinedine Zidane not affected by Chelsea ban

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Malfunctioning smart card readers mars voting in llorin

INEC Card Reader

Election: Senator Mark urges INEC to enhance efficiency of card readers

Police arrest hoodlums for allegedly killing two persons in Ebonyi

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna said he felt relieved after queuing for over four hours before casting his vote.

Elections: Governor el-Rufai wins polling unit for President Buhari, APC

Governor Ayade excited over conduct of elections, voter turnout

Violence: INEC to reschedule elections in Rivers, Lagos, Anambra

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PDP agent disappears as President Buhari wins polling unit with 523...

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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...

euro

Germany emerges country with world’s largest current account surplus in 2018

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

Presidency outlines 10 salient points from NBS report, says economy on...

OPEC: Federal government mulls cut in crude oil production

Heritage Bank unveils initiative to support start-ups

National Bureau of Statistics NBS

NBS: FAAC disbursed N270.17 billion to federal government in January

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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

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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’

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Barcelona star Lionel Messi is at a separate table compared to the rest of the world and FIFA's Best award is a lie, according to team-mate Jordi Alba.

Barcelona skipper Lionel Messi insists LaLiga is not over...

Arsene Wenger

PSG denies holding talks with Arsene Wenger

N'Golo Kante

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

Middlesbrough’s midfielder, John Obi Mikel has said that his twin daughters – Ava and Mia are his biggest supporters.

Mikel Obi: My daughters are my biggest supporters

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 /

Mauricio Pochettino hails Harry Kane as striker eyes Tottenham return

Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale reacts after missing a goal oportunity during the Spanish league football match between Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Madrid CF at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on September 15, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

Thibaut Courtois: Gareth Bale snubbed Real Madrid team-mates

Election postponement: INEC has crippled PDP – Senator Adokwe

Jarrell Miller

Jarrell Miller: I’ll knock Anthony Joshua in eighth round

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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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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

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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...

Samung Galaxy Fold

Samsung unsettles Apple with folding smartphone

New Zealand to target online giants with digital tax

Russia Developing Unmanned Tourist 'Space Yacht' for Near-Earth Orbit

Russia to send tourists to near-earth orbit on “space yacht”

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

British intelligence says Huawei risk manageable

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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.

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