Year: 2012
How To Take Control Of Your Life In 2013 (3)
This is the third in the series of my 7-part articles (How to Take Control Of Your Life in 2013).…
Russian grandma returns from the dead, twice
A Russian grandmother has been brought back from the dead twice – and has even survived spending three days in…
Obasanjo: Don’t write off Nigeria yet
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed optimism about the ability of the country to rank among the greatest…
Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clot
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was at a New York hospital Monday, receiving treatment for a blood clot discovered…
China’s manufacturing expands
China’s manufacturing activity surged to a 19-month high in December, British bank HSBC said Monday, adding to signs of recovery…
Emenike, Musa, Onazi Arrive Eagles ‘Camp
Nigeria’s Russia-based stars, Emmanuel Emenike and Ahmed Musa, as well as Lazio of Italy upcoming midfield player, Ogenyi Onazi have…
Fire scare at Lagos deputy governor’s residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was fire scare on Sunday in Nigeria’s Lagos State at the official residence of the Deputy Governor,…
Communal clashes leave 2 dead in Abuja
Ayorinde Oluokun Two persons have died in the Nigerian capital of Abuja as the Gwari people and nomadic Fulani in…
Bus driver kills FRSC officer, soldier shoots another
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An officer of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC from the Ijebu-Ode Unit, in Ogun state, Mr Olusoji…
Immigration agency denies backdoor employment
Nigeria’s Immigration Service (NIS) has said the it would inform Nigerians before commencing any recruitment of personnel. Mrs Rose Uzoma,…
Entertainment, Headlines, Metro, News
Mercy Johnson’s Baby Girl stirs web buzz
Bayo Adetu/ Entertainment Correspondent Nigeria’s Mercy Johnson’s new baby girl delivered at about 1pm Nigerian time today in a private…
4 militants, one cop killed in troop raid
Nigerian soldiers killed four suspected extremists and lost one policeman in the latest crackdown on the Boko Haram sect in…
Jonathan governs by deceit, ACN charges
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Jonathan Administration of engaging in governance by deceit, saying the administration…
Entertainment, Headlines, News
Nollywood’s Mercy Johnson gives birth to baby girl
Mercy Johnson, Nigeria’s popular celebrity and actress and the most searched name on Google, has given birth to a baby…
What Chinese explorers found under Nigerian waters
Chinese scientific research ship Dayang Yihao, or Ocean One, has returned to east China harbour, almost four months after it…
NNPC: Fuel price remains N97 in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Government will not increase the pump price of petrol in January, the Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs…
Nigerian state outlaws cruelty to chickens, ducks
A Nigerian state has guaranteed chickens and other poultry birds such as guinea fowl, duck and pigeons a new lease…
Injured Gov Wada improves, ADC buried
Governor of Nigeria’s central state of Kogi, Idris Wada, who survived an auto crash on Ajaokuta-Lokoja Road on 28 December…
Central Africa: Rebels close in on Bozize
Authorities in the Central African Republic capital Bangui have imposed a nighttime curfew as fighters from a rebel coalition move…
Africa’s musical show, Kora Awards now billed for Sunday
The Kora Awards, dubbed “Africa’s Grammys”, will now take place Sunday in Abidjan, organisers said, after confusion about when the…
7 die as 34,000 scramble to fill 90 jobs
As in Nigeria, where hundreds of thousands apply to fill few vacancies, so it is in South Africa, where unemployment…
Liberia’s coach gets the boot
Liberia sacked national coach Kaetu Smith and his entire backroom staff on Saturday after a dismal run of results which…
Pete Edochie alive and well
Simon Ateba/Lagos Pete Edochie, one of Nigeria’s most talented and famous actors, is not dead as being speculated online, Actors…
Jonathan: Attitude not corruption Nigeria’s challenge
President Goodluck Jonathan claimed today that Nigeria’s biggest challenge to good governance is not corruption, but the attitude of Nigerians.…
Azazi: Jonathan, Amaechi pay glowing tributes at burial
General Andrew Owoye Azazi, Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser who died in a military helicopter crash 15 December was buried…
Robbers kill 4 on Abuja Highway
Four persons have been killed in a robbery attack launched by a gang of armed robbers on a luxury bus…
Congo launches first Africa-designed smartphone
A Congolese inventor has unveiled what he says is the first African-designed smartphone. It went on sale on 27 December…
Chris Brown delays KORA Awards
The Kora Awards, dubbed “Africa’s Grammys”, have been postponed until Monday because Chris Brown, the US rapper headlining the event,…
Bag snatchers on holidays in Onitsha market
Bag snatchers notorious for plying their acts in Nigeria’s busy market of Onitsha, in the eastern state of Anambra, appeared…
Nigeria reports eight new cases of polio
Eight new cases of wild polio virus have been reported in Nigeria’s north western state of Kebbi, according to Hajiya…