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…