Year: 2012
Football, News, Sports, World News
Malaga deepens Mourinho, Real woes
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was under renewed pressure on Saturday after his team lost 3-2 at Malaga, a defeat…
Freed Hyundai Korean-Nigerian workers narrate ordeal
Four South Korean workers and a Nigerian who were kidnapped Monday in the oil-rich Bayelsa state in the Niger Delta…
Suicide bombing: MTN Shuts Kano, Kaduna Offices
Telecom network, MTN Nigeria has announced it is shutting its offices in Kano and Kaduna, hours after suspected Boko Haram…
Nigeria needs $3.2billion to pay PHCN workers
Nigeria’s Federal government needs about N500 billion, more than $3billion to pay the full entitlements of electricity workers, to be…
P-Square thrills them in Kampala
Nigeria’s singing duo, P-Square have thrilled thousands of Kampalans in a concert Friday night. New Vision, Uganda’s leading newspaper reported…
Arsenal go third in EPL, temporarily
Arsenal climbed to third place in the Premier League as Mikel Arteta’s second half penalty sealed a 1-0 win over…
Army confirms death of 2 suicide bombers
Nigeria’s Joint Security Task Force has confirmed the deaths of two suicide bombers who attacked Airtel and MTN Telecommunications offices…
Pilgrimage big business in Israel, Nigerian Pastor fumes
Nigerian Pastor Mathew Obaze, a pilgrim in Israel, has decried the commercialisation of the annual Christian pilgrimage by the Israeli…
Fresh oil spill reported in Akwa Ibom
The Ibeno people, in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state and hosts to Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) have reported a fresh oil…
Mandela spends 14th day in hospital
Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, 94, spends his 14th day in a South African hospital today amid reports of…
In the spirit of Christmas, Pope forgives butler
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for…
Opinion : Christmas in the Holy Land
By Disu Kamor Many people around the world will start the celebration of Christmas by wishing their family members, friends…
Christmas Holiday: Was Governor Rochas Right?
Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is on the firing line of opposition politicians for declaring…
Nigerian Suicide bomber hits Airtel Kano office
A Nigerian suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday when he rammed his car into the office gate of Airtel, one…
40,000 Nigerian teachers to be retrained
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, has said in Lagos that 40,000 teachers would be retrained under the Millennium…
Nigeria’s mobile money operators get CBN ultimatum
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed the 16 Mobile Money Operators (MMOs) in the country to fully connect…
Kidnappers free 4 Korean workers in Nigeria
Four South Korean workers who were kidnapped earlier this week in Bayelsa state, south of Nigeria have been released unharmed,…
Wanted Nigerian ex- governor flees to USA
Abubakar Audu, former governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has…
America Warns Citizens Against Trips To Nigeria
Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying…
The day after: Yes, we’re alive!
Across the world, most people waited to see a fulfilment of the ancient prophecy, wondering how the world would go…
Fire guts NAFDAC warehouse
A fire on Friday evening destroyed counterfeit products in the warehouse of Nigeria’s National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and…
Cash crunch makes Zimbabwe’s 2013 polls uncertain
Zimbabwe cannot afford to hold elections in 2013, Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, said on Friday, and appealed to the international…
INEC axes 3 more political parties
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday announced the de-registration of three more political parties after it…
Nations Cup: Nigeria drops Odemwingie, Martins
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has left star strikers Peter Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins out of his squad for next year’s…
Police: Nkiru’s family paid N8m ransom to abductors
The Commissioner of Police in Nigeria’s Imo state, Mr Adisa Bolanta, has confirmed that the family of Nkiruka Sylvanus, the…
Ogun state sheds inherited debt burden
The Commissioner for Finance in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said on Friday that the debt…
Jonathan, PDP govs, others review 2012
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met with the leadership of the National Assembly and PDP governors to review the…
Nigeria: Babalakin’s bid to stop EFCC fails again
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday dismissed the application filed by Dr. Wale Babalakin, lawyer and Chairman of…
Obama: Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton
US President, Barack Obama has nominated former presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.…
47,289 Nigerian candidates cheat in WASSCE
The West African Examination Council revealed today that 47,289 candidates of the 413,266 that sat for the November-December West African…