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Boeing Faces New Hurdle in 737 MAX Electrical Grounding Issue | U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing Co (BA.N) to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems | business |
Nigeria: NNPC Set to Deduct N149.2bn from October’s Federation Account | Nigeria’s state-owned oil company, the NNPC will again make a huge deduction of N149.2 billion from the federation's joint account | business |
NLC: Nigerian Workers Constitute Labour Party’s Major Structure | The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated that workers in the country have decided to support the Labour Party in | politics |
Ozil Signs for Fernerbahce as Arsenal Agrees Permanent Transfer | Mesut Ozil has thanked Arsenal for an "amazing journey" after his departure to Fenerbahce was confirmed. Ozil said goodbye to | sports |
Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Release | Black Widow has a new enemy: the Walt Disney Co. Scarlett Johansson, star of the latest Marvel movie “Black Widow,” | entertainment |
An Oscars Unlike Any Other to Get Underway Sunday | An Oscars unlike any before will get underway Sunday night, with history on the line in major categories and a | entertainment |
WHO Urges African Nations to Keep Expired Covid Vaccines | The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African countries not to destroy Covid-19 vaccines that may have passed their expiry | health |
Civil Rights Groups Demand Google Remove Trump’s YouTube Channel | US civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s | tech |
French Footballer Karim Benzema Guilty in Sex Tape Blackmail Case | France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a fellow French footballer with | sports |
Zenith Emerges Best Bank in Nigeria Back-to-Back | Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Magazine’s Best Banks Awards 2021, | business |
OPEC Forecasts 5.9mb Rise in 2021 Daily Crude Oil Demand | The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has projected a daily crude oil demand increase by 5.9 million barrels per | business |
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe Elected President | Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, won despite public anger with the ruling elite after months of severe shortages of fuel, | politics |
Nigeria Needs to Restructure Now Before It’s Too Late, Governor’ Chair Fayemi Says | Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said Nigeria needs a restructured federation | politics |
Watchmen, Schitt’s Creek and Succession Win Big at 2020 Emmy Awards | The Primetime Emmy Awards, which honour the best in television, were held virtually on Sunday night. HBO series Watchmen was | entertainment |
Nigeria: Protesters Storm PDP, APC, Insist Power Must Go to the South | A group of protesters, largely from a group by name, the Concerned Nigeria Citizens, on Wednesday, barricaded entrances to the | politics |
Femi Kuti Issues Cease-and-Desist Order to APC Group Over Shirts Bearing Fela’s Name | The son of the late Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has warned a group affiliated with the ruling party in | politics |
Medal Guaranteed!: Nigeria’s Oborududu Qualifies for Olympics Women’s Wrestling Final | Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu has advanced into the Final of the women’s freestyle wrestling event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics | sports |
Nigeria: Senior Lawyers Ask Parliament to Override Buhari If He Refuses to Sign Electoral Bill | As the constitutional time limit for Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 expires on Sunday, some | politics |
Leicester Go Top of Premier League With Comfortable Win Over Chelsea | Leicester moved to the top of the Premier League after sweeping aside Chelsea with a comfortable 2-0 victory at the | sports |
Davido Donates N250m to Orphanages, Sets up Five-man Committee for Disbursement | Award-winning singer, David Adeleke, better known as ‘Davido,’ on Saturday set up a five-man committee to supervise the disbursement of | entertainment |
Heineken to Slash 8,000 Jobs as Pandemic Hits Brewer | Heineken is to cut 8,000 jobs and seek €2bn of savings over two years as new chief executive Dolf van | business |
Late Aritste Sound Sultan Was Deeply Passionate About Nigeria, President Buhari Says | Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan as one who was deeply | entertainment |
UK Begins Rollout of Moderna Covid Vaccine | Britain begins rolling out Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday in Wales and expects to be using it in the rest | health |
NNPC Says Modular Refineries Not Producing Petrol Due to Price Regulation | The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has attributed the inability of existing private modular refineries in the country to | business |
Macron Hosts African Business Champions at ‘Choose France’ Summit | The France-Nigeria Business Council will be meeting on the sidelines of the 4th Choose France International Business Summit, which commenced | business |
Candidates Jostle to Replace UK PM Johnson in Packed Race | The contest to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered pace on Sunday as five more candidates declared their intention | politics |
Buhari Must Support Consensus in APC to Save Naira from ‘Dollarised’ Presidential Primary, Says Osita Okechukwu | A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has | politics |
Ethiopia Delays Polls Again Amid Security, Logistical Challenges | Ethiopia has delayed its national election again after some opposition parties said they would not take part and as a | politics |
Man City Given Huge FA Cup Scare By League Two Side Cheltenham | HfManchester City were nine minutes away from being dumped out of the FA Cup by League Two Cheltenham, but late | sports |
Fela Nominated for Induction into 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | Nigerian Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, could be set for a posthumous honour after he was nominated for the 2021 | entertainment |
Qatar 2022: Eguavoen Lists Musa, Lookman, Dennis in Super Eagles’ Squad to Battle Ghana | Technical Adviser Augustine Eguavoen has called up Captain Ahmed Musa, deputy captain William Ekong, midfielder Wifred Ndidi and forwards Moses | sports |
In Surprising Volte-face, Emirates Extends Suspension of All Nigerian Flights Indefinitely | Emirates Airlines on Monday announced the suspension of all flights to and from Nigeria, barely 48 hours after announcing that | business |
Nigeria: Seplat Energy To Acquire ExxonMobil’s Local Shallow-Water Oilfields | Seplat Energy Plc is currently in talks to acquire ExxonMobil’s Nigerian shallow-water oilfields. This was discovered by ARISE News in | business |
CAR PM Announces Resignation on Twitter | Firmin Ngrebada, the prime minister of the Central African Republic (CAR), has announced on Twitter that he and his government | politics |
Nigeria: House Says £4.2m Repatriated from UK Belongs to Delta State | The Delta State Government on Wednesday got support from Nigeria’s House of Representatives as well as two Senior Advocates of | politics |
Nigeria: APC Secretary Explains Heavy Security Presence at Party Secretariat | Senator John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary of Nigeria's governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the | politics |
Man City Thrash Norwich With Record Signing Jack Grealish Scoring on Home Debut | Manchester City eased passed Norwich 5-0 with their British record signing Jack Grealish scoring on his home debut on Saturday. | sports |
Chinese Stocks Rise as China Moves to Curb Yuan Strength | Global stocks hit five-week highs on Monday led by China's post-holiday surge as investors bet on a steady recovery for | business |
Toshiba Targets $3bn Revenue in Quantum Cryptography by 2030 | Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it aims to generate $3 billion in revenue from its advanced cryptographic technology for data | business |
Nigerian League Gets New Commencement Date | The Nigerian government through the country's Ministry of Youth and Sports has announced a new date for the restart of the 2020/21 | sports |
Defection: Cross River Governor Ayade Escapes Sack as Judge Bows to Appeal Court Judgment | In submission to the principle of ‘Stare disisis’ Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, | politics |
Google Play Store Compromised by ‘HiddenAds’ Malware, NCC Warns Nigerians | The NCC security team recommended installing anti-virus/anti-malware software with a proven track record for detecting and removing malware.Read more | business |
Unvaccinated Djokovic Could Skip French Open, Wimbledon | Novak Djokovic has said he would rather miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to get a Covid | sports |
Aguero to Leave Man City at the End of Season, Club Plans Statue to Celebrate Legend | Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires. A | sports |
‘Game-changer’: China to Stop Funding Overseas Coal Projects | Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that China would no longer fund the construction of new coal-fired power projects overseas, | business |
Oxford University to Test AstraZeneca Vaccine Response Among Children for First Time | The University of Oxford has launched a study to assess the safety and immune response of the Covid-19 vaccine it | health |
Scientists Discover Gene that Can Reduce Covid-19 Severity By 20% | A gene that reduces the severity of Covid-19 infections by 20 per cent has been discovered by researchers. According to | health |
Johnny Depp Wins Defamation Lawsuit Against Amber Heard, Awarded $15 Million | The heated, televised court battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is finally over. On Wednesday, a seven-member jury found | entertainment |
Honda Joins Electric Car Race with $40bn Investment Over Next Decade | Honda is joining the flurry of global automakers spending tens of billions of dollars to go electric. The Japanese company | tech |
Shell, ExxonMobil Face Huge Remediation Charges in Nigeria Over Abandoned Offshore Assets | Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and ExxonMobil are presently faced with huge remediation costs over their failure to properly | business |
Nigeria Moves to Stop Consultant Doctors from Joining Strike | Nigeria’s federal government has taken measures to prevent senior doctors under the auspices of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association | health |
N100m Presidential Form Meant to Shut Out Unserious Aspirants, APC Women Leader Says | Following public outrage over the high cost of nomination forms for aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling | politics |
Nigeria Urges Turkey to Invest in Its Onshore Oil Assets | The Nigerian government on Wednesday called on the Turkish authorities to look at the prospect of funding major oil and | business |
Oil Prices Rise to Seven-week High on Strong Demand Recovery | Oil prices took a jump to the highest level in seven weeks on Tuesday, as the market continued to be | business |
Covid-19: English Football Under Threat as Multiple Matches May Be Postponed | Tottenham’s Premier League match against Fulham on Wednesday is under threat after an outbreak of coronavirus at Fulham. Fulham are | sports |
Germany Manufacturing PMI Revised Slightly Higher | The IHS Markit/BME Germany Manufacturing PMI was revised slightly higher to 60.7 in February of 2021 from a preliminary reading | business |
UEFA President Ceferin Says Players Who Play in Super League Will be Banned From International Tournaments | UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has confirmed that players who played in the European Super League (ESL) would be banned from | sports |
Afreximbank Invested Over $42bn in African Enterprises in Five Years | The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday disclosed that the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) had invested more | business |
Iheanacho Penalty Gives Leicester Victory Over Man City in Community Shield | A late penalty from Kelechi Iheanacho was enough to ensure Leicester City beat Premier League champions Manchester City to win | sports |
Seychelles Elections Climax Saturday | Voters in The Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days with Saturday the main | politics |
Nigeria’s Minister Mohammed Calls for Cancellation of APC Registration in Kwara State | Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has accused officials of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) of violating the procedures | politics |
US Fed Expects Key Rate at Near Zero through 2023 | The Federal Reserve foresees the economy accelerating quickly this year yet still expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pinned | business |
G7 Rivals China with Grand Infrastructure Plan | The Group of Seven richest democracies sought on Saturday to counter China’s growing influence by offering developing nations an infrastructure | business |
President Lungu Claims Zambia Election Was Not Free and Fair | Zambia's incumbent president has described Thursday's elections as "not free and fair". Early results show President Edgar Lungu trailing his | politics |
Nigeria: Governing Party APC to Hold National Convention February 26 | The Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has declared February 26 as | politics |
Enyimba, Rivers United Through to Next Round of CAF Competitions | Nigeria’s last two teams standing in this year’s continental competitions, Enyimba FC and Rivers United managed to scale through to | sports |
Ronaldo Returns to Italy after Covid-19 Positive Test | Cristiano Ronaldo, who has tested positive for Covid-19, left the Portuguese team camp near Lisbon on Wednesday to fly back | sports |
$160m Remittances: Nigerians Treated Harshly for Ineffective Anti-Money Laundering Policy, Says Ping Express | This follows the recent 27-month jail term slammed on the founders of the Texas-based fintech firm.Read more | business |
Merck Covid Pill’s Success Slams Moderna Shares, Shakes up Healthcare Sector | Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co's experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the | health |
Chinese Exports Grow More Than Expected in December, Imports Quicken | Chinese exports grew more than expected in December, customs data showed on Thursday, as coronavirus disruptions around the world fuelled | business |
Djokovic to Face Olympic Champion Zverev in US Open Semi-finals | Never fazed, rarely flummoxed, Novak Djokovic is so collected in best-of-five-set matches — even when falling behind, as he has | sports |
China Says Importers Choosing to Voluntarily Cut Back on Australian Goods | China said on Tuesday reduced imports of Australian products like wine, coal and sugar were the result of buyers’ own | business |
Bank of England Leaves Rates Unchanged, UK GDP Projected to Recover Sharply | The Bank of England voted unanimously to keep its benchmark interest rate on hold at a record low of 0.1 | business |
Ambitious Leone Stars Land in Nigeria for Eagles | Nigeria’s Super Eagles’ opponents in the resumed 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series, Leone Stars of Sierra Leone have | sports |
Trey Songz Arrested After Fight with Police Officer | US singer Trey Songz has been arrested after a physical fight with a police office at a sports game. The | entertainment |
Social Democrats Narrowly Beat Merkel’s Bloc in German Vote | Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in a national election Sunday, narrowly beating outgoing Chancellor | politics |
Russian Gymnast Investigated for Wearing Pro-War Symbol on Podium Next to Ukrainian | Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak is being investigated after wearing a national war symbol on his leotard as he stood next | sports |
Nigeria: SEC Reverses Self, Suspends Approval of Cryptocurrency-related Products | Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission has reversed its earlier decision to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as securities, suspending the | business |
Investors Gain $21bn in 2020 as Nigerian Stock Market Closes Bullish | Equities investors in the Nigerian capital market have every reason to cheer as the value of their investments, measured by | business |
Nigeria May Drop Legal Charges Against Striking Doctors, Insists on No-work No-pay Policy | The Nigerian government has said it will drop all legal charges against the striking resident doctors if they suspend their | health |
Nigeria: Embattled PDP National Chairman Secondus Asks Appeal Court to Affirm His Four-year Tenure | The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has asked the Abuja Division of the | politics |
US Curbs Chinese Drone Maker DJI, Other Firms It Accuses of Aiding Rights | The U.S. government put investment and export restrictions on dozens of Chinese companies on Thursday, including top drone maker DJI, | tech |
Omicron: Nigeria to Push for Mass Vaccination, Not Travel Ban | As countries around the world try to figure out ways to deal with the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 pandemic, | health |
Musk Tweets, Doge Leaps and Bitcoin Retreats | Bitcoin was pinned near its lowest in more than two months on Friday and headed for its worst week since | business |
Tesla’s Musk Exercises More Options, Sells Shares Worth $1.05bn | Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $1.05 billion after exercising | business |
Ahead of 2023 Elections, Buhari Warns Foreign Diplomats About Meddling in Nigeria’s Internal Politics | For the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned foreign diplomats against meddling in the internal politics of Nigeria as | politics |
Last-gasp Lazio Deny Ronaldo’s Juventus | Ecuadorian striker Felipe Caicedo scored a 95th-minute equaliser as Lazio denied Juventus victory in Serie A at the Stadio Olimpico. | sports |
Peloton Reverses Course, Decides to Recall Treadmills after Injuries, Death | Peloton announced a recall of its treadmills on Wednesday, reversing course just weeks after saying there was “no reason” to | health |
UAE Appeals to Nigeria for Restoration of Emirates’ Operations | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has written the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, begging | business |
US Congress Passes Long-Awaited Bill to Boost Chipmakers, Compete with China | The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation on Thursday to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry as it competes with | business |
Chelsea Maintain Top Four Charge as Havertz Double Leaves Fulham on Brink of Relegation | Kai Havertz's double saw Chelsea cruise to victory in Saturday evening’s west London derby, leaving Fulham on the brink of | sports |
US: FDA Expected to OK Pfizer Vaccine for Teens Within Week | The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by | health |
Iran’s Hard-line President-elect Raisi Says He Won’t Meet with Biden | Iran's president-elect said Monday he wouldn't meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile program and its | politics |
World 100m Champion Banned for Two Years | World 100m champion Christian Coleman has been banned for two years after missing three drugs tests. The 24-year-old American, who | sports |
Nigeria Says $1.5m for Clinical Trial Delaying First Local Covid Vaccine | Nigeria’s federal government Thursday explained that the production of the first local vaccine for Covid-19 is threatened by its inability | health |
With All 18 LGAs’ Results Announced, Obaseki Wins 13, Ize-Iyamu 5 | Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Edo State governorship election, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has won in 13 local government areas, polling | politics |
Nigeria: Analysts Upbeat about Central Bank’s Proposed Digital Currency | Analysts have welcomed the planned introduction of digital currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying it will improve | business |
South Africa Enters Second Wave of Covid-19 Pandemic | South Africa has officially entered a second wave of the new coronavirus as the number of infections per day exceeds | health |
International Friendly: Super Eagles Ready to Tame Indomitable Lions Again on Friday | Nigeria's Super Eagles are determined to extend an unbeaten streak of five matches when they confront the Indomitable Lions of | sports |
Slavia Prague 0-4 Arsenal: Gunners First-half Blitz Sets up Europa League Semi-final with Villarreal | Arsenal produced a superb first-half display to romp into the semi-finals of the Europa League with victory over Slavia Prague, | sports |