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Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei have launched their eagerly awaited new smartphones, the P20 and P20 Pro, at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Russia's foreign minister says Moscow will expel the same number of diplomats from the nations that have expelled Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain.

Apple just released an iOS update for your iPhone and iPad. 11.3 introduces a ton of bug fixes but also a bunch of new features. If you forgot about Animjois, today is your lucky day as Apple is adding four new Animojis — a dragon, a bear, a skull and a lion .

A Delhi man lost his wallet and other important documents in the metro on March 15 but got them back ten days later.

Devonte Hart first grabbed attention in the "hug felt 'round the world." The black youth, with tears streaming down his face, was captured in a viral photo in November 2014 clinging to the shoulders of a white police officer at a protest in Portland, Oregon, a few months after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2018 Easter message to the nation Fellow Compatriots, I am indeed delighted to join our Christian brothers and sisters to commemorate this year’s Easter celebration. We thank the Almighty God for granting us the opportunity to celebrate another Easter at a time of great promise and hope for our dear nation, despite the challenges we also have. Easter, the season in which Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, represents the triumph of good over evil; and life over death. It is also a time to show love, forgiveness, compassion and renewed hope in the Grace of God. The Holy Scripture affirms that happiness and fulfilment in life do not flow from acquiring the best things in life but in being richer in a relationship with God and fellow human beings. Let us use the opportunity of this special season to deeply reflect on how everyone of us can imbibe the profound teachings of Jesus Christ with renewed vigour. In s...

Adesua Etomi Wellington is the latest celebrity to visit the Big Brother Naija house. The actress visited the housemates on Thursday, March 29, 2018, a day after Joseph Yobo and Victor Ikpeba's visit to the house.

Bukola Saraki As the 8th Senate passed its 201st bill on Thursday, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has commended his colleagues in the 8th Senate for their support and hard work.

Big Brother Naija 2018 Housemate, Lolu has apologized to Anto for hurting her. Anto who returned to the reality show on Sunday accused Lolu of denying that he has a girlfriend outside the house.

The new Deputy Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs Aisha Ahmad, and Mr Edward Adamu have formally assumed office.

Former Super Eagles players, Joseph Yobo and Victor Ikpeba on Wednesday visited Big Brother Naija 2018 housemates.

A commercial s#x worker, Miss Precious Nety has been killed by a client who hired her for all night sex at a popular hotel in Galadima area of Maiduguri in Borno State. The incident happened on Wednesday.

Former Nigeria U-17 team coach, John Obuh has told Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, to stop experimenting with his team ahead of the 2018 World Cup.

Roma’s transfer chief, Ramon “Monchi Rodriguez, has revealed that the club was helpless about selling Mohammed Salah to Liverpool last summer.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it would release list of membership of a technical committee set up to advise the party on tenure elongation of its National Working Committee, NWC on Thursday.

A Former Vice Chairman of the FCT Chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, Victor Ekim, has said the police have no right to declare any citizen wanted.

The Diocese on the Niger, Anglican Communion, has challenged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to deal with killer herdsmen the same way it treated the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, ordered the temporary forfeiture of two properties located in the Lekki area of the state, belonging to two Naval officers, Captain Olotu Olumuyiwa Morakinyo and Captain Ebony Emmanuel Aneke to the Nigerian government.

Prof. Mike Ogirima, the current President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday called on the members of the association to join active politics ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central has supported the reintroduction of history to the curriculum of basic and junior secondary schools in the country.

Nigerians have taken to social media to mock President Muhammadu Buhari over the controversial Martin Luther King award he received some days back.

A 44-year-old man named Paul Edobor, has allegedly abandoned his wife after she was delivered of triplets in the Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

The Taraba State Government on Tuesday said the Federal Government and the military were aware of security threats, as well as soldiers’ misconduct in the state, but chose to do nothing about them.

Police officers should be prevented from accessing people's personal mobile phone data without a search warrant, a privacy campaign group has said.

A cyber-crime mastermind suspected of stealing about £870m (€1bn) has been arrested in Spain.

Uber has been forbidden from resuming self-driving tests in the US state of Arizona. The car-hailing company had already halted its trial after one of the vehicles involved struck and killed a pedestrian a week ago.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to appear before MPs is "astonishing", said the committee chairman who invited him to attend.

Shares in Tesla and California chipmaker Nvidia dove on Tuesday amid fresh worries about the promise of self-driving car technology.

Theresa May has replaced her Blackberry mobile device with an iPhone. The prime minister had been the "last member of the No 10 team" still using a Blackberry handset, news site Politico reported.

Huawei's latest smartphone can take photos in near-dark conditions without using its flash or a tripod.

After days of speculation, China's Xinhua news agency has confirmed North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has visited the country.

Russian businessman Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media at age 62.

Big Brother Naija 2018 evicted housemate, Anto bbnaija has been voted back into the reality show and this means she has an opportunity to take the crown if she behaves better.

Sister to Big Brother Naija 2018 housemate, Cee-c, has reacted to allegations that Cee-c is a thief.

Some residents of Lagos, particularly in Itire and its environs may be thrown into darkness as Management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced routine maintenance.

A 60-year-old man, Stephen Uwa, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command after his 45-year-old lover, Joy Vincent died in his house.

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi is set to miss his country’s second successive international friendly match after it was reported he would not feature in the Albiceleste’s clash with Spain at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday.

Gareth Bale has admitted he could leave Real Madrid to join the Chinese football revolution.

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has stated that the call by former Chief of Army Staff, General Theophilus Danjuma rtd. for Nigerians to defend themselves against killers and attackers was a clear evidence that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, (APC) have failed.

Former Chief Whip of the Senate and Chairman, National Contact Committee of the Action Democratic Party, ADP, Senator Rowland Owie, has explained why the party ceded the presidency to the North while the South East will take the Vice Presidential slot.

The senator representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, has denied fleeing the country over threat by the Nigeria Police to declare him wanted.

There was wild jubilation in Dapchi town on Sunday as freed Dapchi schoolgirls reunited with their parents in Dapchi town, Yobe State.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria   has described Libya as a failed country full of criminals and militias.

The committee set up by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate the allegations of underage voting that was recorded at the Local Government Area elections conducted by the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission has submitted its report.

The deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu at the weekend said that no amount of intimidation and blackmail by the All Progressive Congress (APC), will not stop the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from taking over power.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a suggestion by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, that the opposition party has committed enough infraction to get its registration certificate withdrawn by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Nigerian Army has spoken for the first on the claim by one Sergeant David Bako, who alleged that there was a top level conspiracy that stage-managed the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls on the 19th February.

The Taraba State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ben Ubeh, is dead.

Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande said these in a statement on Saturday.

Prison Break star actress, DuShon Monique Brown, has died at age 49. The 49-year-old died on Friday at St James Olympia Field Hospital, Chicago, US. The cause of death is yet to be determined.