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Muhammad Ali , three-time world heavyweight boxing champion who was one of the most charismatic and controversial sports figure of the 20th century is dead. He was 74.

The Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Friday said about 16,000 teachers are needed to adequately cater for government-owned primary and secondary schools in the state.

Swiss investigators have searched FIFA’s Zurich headquarters and seized documents, the country’s prosecution authority said on Friday, while FIFA said the search targeted sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner.

The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on May 16 declared that Lagos has officially joined the League of Oil Producing States in Nigeria following the discovery of crude oil by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry, Lagos.

An array of Apple services including the App Store and Apple TV were knocked offline for several hours on Thursday due to an unexplained technical glitch.

Around A$16 million ($11.49 million) worth of confiscated bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney next month, the first such auction outside the United States, as demand for the digital currency surged to its highest in nearly two years.

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution.

Brazil’s acting president Michel Temer has only been in the job for half a month. But it doesn’t feel like that.

Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube and Microsoft pledged on Tuesday to review requests for the removal of hateful content posted on their platforms within 24 hours as part of a code of conduct agreed with EU regulators.

Contrary to earlier report published last week that gave mobile phones a clean bill of health, a major trial backed by the United States (U.S.) Government has found a link between mobile phones and cancer.

Microsoft Nigeria in partnership with the Future Project and the Zariah Elizabeth Foundation (TZE Foundation) is set to empower 6000 public school students in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria with basic skills in Kodu, Minecraft, HTML and CSS.

FIFA lawyers say former top officials Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves pay rises and World Cup bonuses totalling $80 million over five years.

Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has talked up a move for out-of-contract striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, believing the Sweden captain would be a wonderful addition at Old Trafford.

The future of Laurent Blanc as Paris Saint-Germain coach was thrown into grave doubt on Friday after the chairman of the big-spending French champions said major changes were afoot.

India’s foreign ministry says it is looking into an alleged attack on a Nigerian student by a local man in the southern city of Hyderabad.

Organizers of the Miss Nollywood Beauty Pageant have announced the dethronement of one of their queen, Grace Okoro Adaeze.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez hailed coach Zinedine Zidane in the wake of their penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final.

British Airways is evaluating its routes to Nigeria, adding to aviation industry pressure on the Federal Government as sister carrier, Iberia, and United States competitor, United Airlines, halt flights to the country as traffic stutters and currency controls delay access to revenue.

James Rodriguez insists he wants to stay at Real Madrid, despite spending the entirety of the UEFA Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid on the bench.

Real Madrid earned Europe’s biggest club trophy for a record 11th time after defeating Atletico Madrid 5-3 on penalties after the Champions League final finished 1-1 after extra-time on Saturday.

Diego Simeone described Atletico Madrid’s defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final as a “failure”.