Barca comeback seals title celebrations
Barcelona marked their crowning as La Liga champions with a come from behind 2-1 win at third-placed Atletico Madrid on Sunday despite finishing the game with 10 men. Read full [...]
May 12, 2013
‘APC committed to addressing plight of Nigerian youths’
Mr Dominic Alancha, National Coordinator, Patriotic and Progressive Youths, on Sunday commended the All Progressive Congress (APC) for its efforts to address the plight of Nigerian youths by including their [...]
Rooney has asked to leave Man Utd – Ferguson
Wayne Rooney’s future at Manchester United was cast into fresh doubt on Sunday when the England striker was dropped for Alex Ferguson’s farewell appearance at Old Trafford against Swansea. Read [...]
Group slams north, ACN for opposing state of emergency in Borno, others
Human rights organisation, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, Sunday, berated the north and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, for kicking against the call for imposition of emergency rule [...]
Lagos residents assured on adequate flood management
Lagos State Ministry of Environment said on Sunday that it had put in place measures to reduce to the barest minimum, incidences of flooding in the state. Read full story [...]
Boko Haram: ACN opposes imposition of state of emergency
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve the plan, if he has any, to impose a state of emergency on some of the northern states worst [...]
More than 80,000 killed in Syria conflict
BEIRUT (AFP) – More than 80,000 people have been killed in Syria’s conflict since it erupted more than two years ago, a monitoring group said on Sunday. Nearly half of [...]
Lack of fund for dad’s burial: 60-yr-old commits suicide
There was confusion in Abeokuta, yesterday, when a – 60 year-old man, Akanni Timothy, allegedly committed suicide only hours to the commencement of his father’s funeral. Relations blamed his financial [...]
World Cup qualifiers: We are condemned to win, says Keshi
Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has said that his aim is to win all the remaining World Cup qualifiers as this will guarantee qualification for the Brazil 2014 event. Read [...]
IG to Nasarawa elders: Help fish out killers
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, wants elders and eminent citizens of Nasarawa State to collaborate with the police in order to fish out the perpetrators of Tuesday’s killing [...]
May 11, 2013
Family of Supreme Court Justice kidnapped
ARMED men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife and daughter of a Supreme Court Judge, (names withheld). The driver of the vehicle was also abducted.The victims were travelling [...]
CPC dissolves into APC
The National Leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja announced that the party had dissolved into the All Progressives Congress (APC). Read [...]
Who are the Yoruba people? (1)
The Yoruba people of south-western Nigeria are a nationality of approximately 50 million people, the vast majority of whom are concentrated primarily within Nigeria, but who are also spread throughout [...]
Wigan stun City in Cup final shocker
LONDON – Wigan Athletic won the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history as Ben Watson’s stoppage-time header clinched a shock 1-0 win over 10-man Manchester City [...]
Prologue: 2015: Delusional Omnipotence!
First, just imagine:Abubakar Shekau, Kabiru Sokoto and Abu Qaqa stepping out of Aso Rock Presidential Villa after conferring with the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria. Mind you, these are leaders [...]
Ancelotti hopeful Beckham will stay at PSG
Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday revealed that he believes veteran Englishman David Beckham will stay with the Ligue 1 club beyond the end of his current contract, which [...]
Monaco move for Falcao – report
Monaco, on the verge of promotion from the French second division, are ready to pull off a huge transfer coup and land Colombian international striker Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid, [...]
Mubarak appears in fresh trial over protester deaths
CAIRO – Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Saturday to face a new trial for complicity in the murder of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, [...]
Nigeria to host 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa
Cape Town (South Africa) – Nigeria is to host the 24th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Abuja next year. The Coordinating Minister of the Economy [...]
Don’t drag Nigeria into a state of anarchy – Atiku begs
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other Nigerians yesterday reacted to massacre of no fewer than 60 police officers by some cultists in Nasarawa State Tuesday. Read full story on [...]
Teenage mother, two nurses arrested over missing baby
A twelve year old girl, Mary Nmakamba Eyo and two nurses Amaladi Isaac and Lillian Aloysius are being detained by the police in Akpabuyo, in the outskirts of Calabar, the [...]
Provide evidence that Oshiomhole begged to join PDP or shut – EDO ACN
THE leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo state, yesterday, challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to disclose the evidence that Governor Adams Oshiomhole begged to join [...]
Over 100 women, children and farmers killed in renewed Tiv/Fulani bloodbath
No fewer than 100 women, children and Tiv farmers have reportedly been slaughtered in the last two weeks by invading Fulani herdsmen, following the renewed bloodbath and invasion of Tiv [...]
Okagbare threatens Ajunwa’s African long jump record
Nigeria’s sprint sensation, Blessing Okagbare yesterday at the first in the series of the IAAF Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar jumped a wind assisted 7.14m to threaten Chioma Ajunwa’s [...]
Presidency probes allegation of graft against AGF
THE Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar yesterday invited the former member of House of Representatives, Hon. Dino Melaye for questioning over allegations of corruption and abuse of office [...]
May 10, 2013
Sports will form part of Nigeria’s centenary celebration, says Olanipekun
Sports will form part of the Nigeria Centenary Peace Celebration (NCPC) programme of activities for the public’s entertainment, the Centenary Sports Committee Chairman, Mr Fabio Olanipekun, said on Friday. Read [...]
MASSOB suspends chieftains
The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, Friday reaffirmed the suspension of Anambra State Coordinator of the movement, Chief Vernatius [...]
N894m Contract Scam: Court adjourns Bankole’s trial to May 28
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Friday, fixed May 28 to resume trial of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole. Read full story on [...]
Fake pope held in Rome for looking like John Paul II
ROME - A Slovak street performer dressed in white papal vestments has been detained and fined by the police in Rome for bearing too close a resemblance to the late John [...]
Bama, Nasarawa Killings: Jonathan convenes top-level security meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan Friday, met with heads of all the security agencies in the country to review the murder of over eighty members of the Nigeria Police Force in Nasarawa [...]
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