Year: 2012
Arsenal deepen Liverpool’s woes
Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla ended Arsenal’s barren start to the Premier League season in an impressive 2-0 victory at…
Mali Islamists execute Algerian diplomat
Islamic extremists said Sunday they have executed an Algerian diplomat who was kidnapped during their takeover of northern Mali, according…
Zamalek supporters go wild
Supporters of Egyptian club Zamalek vented anger at club officials during a 1-1 draw with Berekum Chelsea of Ghana in…
Traffic law: No immunity for Lagos government drivers
There will be no immunity for any LAGBUS driver that flouts the new Lagos traffic law, says the executive director…
Villagers in Katsina count losses as diseases kill animals
Farmers in Majen Gobir village, Rimi Local council area of Nigeria’s Katsina state are counting their losses as an outbreak…
Liberia tie: Keshi drops 9 players
Stephen Keshi, Super Eagles Head Coach, has dropped nine players, ahead of the final list of players that will tackle…
Jonathan to launch YOUWIN! 2 for ladies
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday, launch the second edition of the Youth Enterprise with Innovation (YOUWIN!), a Federal Ministry…
Dos Santos declared winner of Angola polls
Angola’s government mouthpiece Jornal de Angola on Sunday declared incumbent Jose Eduardo dos Santos the president-elect, two days after elections…
Ethiopia’s Zenawi in a blaze of glory at funeral
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians mourned Sunday the late strongman Meles Zenawi, in the first state funeral staged for a…
Ethiopia gets set to bury its leader, Zenawi
Ethiopia will bury its long-serving and powerful prime minister Meles Zenawi later today in the first state funeral staged for…
Angola: Dos Santos poised for another landslide victory
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was poised to extend his 33-year rule Saturday as his party took a hefty lead…
Paralympics: Nigeria goes 7th on medals table
Medals table after the third day of competition at the 2012 Paralympic Games on Saturday: Gold Silver Bronze Total China…
Tennis: Raonic blows away James Blake
American James Blake, a wild card at the 2012 US Open, has been beaten by 15th seeded Canadian Milo Raonic…
VC appointed for North-West University
Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State, has appointed Malaysian Professor Dato Mohd. Razali Bin Agus as the substantive Vice Chancellor…
2 persons die as ancient wall collapses in Bauchi
A two century old high mud wall has collapsed after a heavy downpour in Bauchi, North western Nigeria, killing two…
5 Boko Haram suspects killed in attack on troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Saturday that it killed five suspected terrorists after…
Go to court, Governor Amaechi tells ASUU
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State in Berlin on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
2 Children Drown In Minna
Musa Aliyu/Minna Two children, Basiru and Mustafa Muhammed Kudu of same parents drowned Saturday in Minna, Niger state capital, northcentral…
Cocaine hidden in roasted chicken
Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend arrested a man in connection with…
Angolans wait for poll results
Electoral officials Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence in 1975, with the first results expected…
Jonathan to attend Ethiopia’s Zenawi burial
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja Saturday for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to attend the burial of the country’s late…
Paralympics: Nigeria 10th on medals table
Nigeria moved to 10th place on the medals table at the end of proceedings on Friday in London at the…
Bayelsa injects taxis to replace motor cycles
Nigeria’s Bayelsa state government has injected 300 ‘ restoration city cabs’ to replace motor cycles as a means of transportation…
Falcao leads 5-star Atletico to humiliate Chelsea
European champions Chelsea crashed to a 4-1 Super Cup defeat to Atletico Madrid in Monaco on Friday, with the Spanish…
Sharapova splits with fiance Vujacic
Russian beauty, Maria Sharapova said on Friday that she has broken up with fiance Sasha Vujacic, the former NBA star…
29 die as 2 speeding buses collide
Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…
Fire: LUTH relocates patients
The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Friday said alternative arrangements have been made for patients seeking care…
Despite churches and mosques, beer sales rising
Beer sales in Africa are surging because of economic and population growth, a trend rubbing against the grain of another…
Police rescue abducted baby
The Imo State Police Command on Friday said that it had rescued a nine-month-old baby boy from suspected traffickers in…
Laura Robson makes another giant kill
Chinese ninth seed Li Na was knocked out of the US Open in the third round on Friday, losing 6-4,…