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NEW YORK (AP) — Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, needed eight match points to recover from a two-set deficit and eventually edge 19-year-old Alex de Minaur 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 at 2:22 a.m. on Sunday, four minutes shy of the latest finish in the tournament's history.... read...

The Nigerian Army has denied reports of an attack on a military barrack in Borno state, by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group. The report was dismissed as ‘fake’, by an Army contact on Saturday, September 1, The … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news...

One married mom of three rakes in $57,800 a year by hugging total strangers. Jessica O’Neill, 35, started professional cuddling six months ago and makes $1,100-a-week from her unusual job. She spent a decade working as a massage therapist and counselor before adding cuddles to the treatment...

The National Co-ordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, Comrade Joseph Evah, has told the Federal Government to shelve the proposed idea of sharing the sum of $528 million Abacha loot.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2NB3jLE Get More Nigeria Political News

Three vehicles belonging to political allies of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, were destroyed late Saturday by suspected thugs believed to be errand boys of some politicians, in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.... Read more via TODAY.NG –...

Sokoto State Governor and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal saturday noted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) would be defeated in the 2019 presidential election. Tambuwal, one of the actors that ended the PDP rule in … Read more via...

Aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are poised for a showdown with the party leadership over the cost of nomination and expression of interest forms. It was gathered in Abuja on Saturday that aspirants, seeking the party’s nomination to contest the governorship, national...

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with the Nigerian community in China, in his first engagement in the Asian country. The development was made public by presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad... Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 – https://ift.tt/2LQaSfE...

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump slammed what he termed “decades of abuse” by Canada with a new threat to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, a day after talks with the U.S.’s northern neighbor stalled hours before a deadline. “There is no … Read more via Yahoo News –...

Reports emerged yesterday that at least 30 soldiers were killed during a battle with suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. But the report carried by an international news agency, Agence France Presse, AFP, has been … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2osiZGe Get More...

In a recent art exhibition held at National Museum Onikan, Lagos, a new discovery into the use of copper wire to create illusionary colour paintings dazzled spectators who thronged the scene to see things for themselves. The visual artist, Tolulope Okunlola, was trying to create a unique...

Hon. Mohammed Wakil, a former Minister of State for Power, is the Director General of Abubakar Bukola Saraki Campaign Organization. He speaks, in this interview, on the vision of his principal for Nigeria. He also speaks on the chances of the Senate President to clinch the Peoples...

Chad forces bombarded rebel positions around Tibesti, a town in the far north on the Libyan border, security and local sources told AFP Saturday... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2PoVRDY Get more World News

Dutch officials Saturday said a knife-wielding attacker who wounded two US citizens at Amsterdam Central Station a day before “had a terrorist motive”... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2wAtRX0 Get more World News

LG Electronics will join other tech giants to launch its latest innovation, advanced models of its revolutionary Styler clothing care system crafted with artificial intelligent voice recognition, mirrored glass Styler at the ongoing IFA, the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics...

Kylian Mbappe scored a brilliant late goal before being sent off at the end of Paris Saint-Germain’s pulsating 4-2 win at Nimes on Saturday. read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2CbG21M Get More Nigeria Sports News

Nigeria Football Federation vice president, Seyi Akinwunmi has assured Nigerian football enthusiasts, that the Super Eagles will call all three points in their September 8 African Cup of Nations qualifier tie against Seychelles. Akinwumi said the Super Eagles will revive their qualification...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saturday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of being in an unholy alliance with the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) to rig the 2019 elections. In a swift reaction, however, the … Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Presidency has ordered the Acting Director General of the Department of State Security Services, Mr Mathew Seiyefa to reverse recent redeployment of top officials of the spy agency. A source who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity s said that Aso Rock was … Read...

Following conclusion of continuous voters registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the commission said, yesterday, that a total of 269,787 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) are yet to be claimed in Kaduna State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Abdullahi Adamu...