Year: 2012
Olympic Games: Team Nigeria’ll Perform —Ogba
As the London 2012 Olympics draw closer, president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has assured sports-loving…
Wheelchair Tennis Players On Tour Of Korea
National Wheelchair Tennis Coach, Frank Termena has revealed that the country’s team are due to embark on tour of Korea,…
‘Chess Olympiad’ll Be Tough For Nigeria’
Nigeria chess player, Nonso Oragwu, has confessed that the country will find it difficult to excel at the forthcoming Chess…
Onyekachukwu, Good Recruit For Bellamy
The video was enough for Reggie Bellamy to be persuaded that Odi Onyekachukwu would be a good fit for his…
Kidd Closes In On Knicks Deal
The New York Knicks found their point guard to team with Jeremy Lin – or perhaps even replace him. Jason…
Warriors Ready For Any Opposition —Coach
Coach of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club of Lagos, Adeeka Daudu, says his team are battle ready to face the challenges…
Seedorf, Forlan Eye Trophies In Brazil
Brazilian football club’s star signings Diego Forlan and Clarence Seedorf had a message for fans of their respective new clubs:…
My Romance With Odunlade Adekola
Eniola Taiwo Ajao has been a Nollywwod actress for almost a decade now, having featured in a 2004 Yoruba movie…
Kagawa Can Lift Man United
When it comes to signing Asian players, Manchester United’s record is hit-and-miss. Park Ji-sung has spent seven years at the…
The King Must Dance Naked In UK
As the world prepares for this year’s London Olympic Games, some of Nigeria’s popular actors have arrived at the United…
Kingsley Ogoro Returns
Years after he wowed movie buffs with the blockbuster, Osuofia in London, ace producer and director, Kingsley Ogoro, is set…
Tunde Kelani For YOVIFPMAN Workshop
Ace cinematographer, Tunde Kelani of Mainframe Productions, has been pencilled down as one of the motion picture practitioners who will…
Counsel’s absence stalls Ex-Gov Daniel’s Trial
The trial of former governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel was on Monday stalled by the absence of Mr Rotimi…
Quit Clowning, Face Reality, Lagos ACN Tells PDP
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has described Southwest Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a bunch…
Reprisal attacks claim more lives in Plateau state
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Reprisals attacks have been reported in the troubled council areas of Plateau State, where a senator and…
Odunmbaku Denies Dumping ACN For PDP
The Vice Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Lagos West Senatorial District, Cardinal James Omolaja Odunmbaku, has denied any plan…
Post-UMTEC Written Under Tight Security
In an attempt to ensure strict supervision, invigilation and adequate security measures, the authorities of University of Ibadan on Monday…
Death Toll over 100 in Nigerian crisis state
Weekend raids by gunmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau state left more than 100 people dead, including Senator Gyang Dantong and…
Senator Gyang died in Stampede, says STF boss
Major-General Henry Ayoola, the Special Task Force (STF) Commander in Jos, has confirmed that Sen. Gyang Dantong died in stampede…
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Nigeria Grab last spot in Olympics Basketball
Nigeria seized the last men’s basketball berth at the London Olympics on Sunday with an 88-73 victory over the Dominican…
Police Fund: Kenny Martins Appeals
Coordinator of Police Equipment Fund, Chief Kenny Martins, has approached the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment of Court…
Firm threatens to derail Edo Elections
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Less than a week to the Edo state governorship election, it has become threatened as a…
Ex-army general killed in Lagos
By Okafor Ofiebor Sylvester K. Iruh,a retired Brigadier-General of the Army was on Saturday July 7, killed at the popular…
Senate should save Nigeria from collapse—Ojudu
A member of the Senate Committee on Defence and Army, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, has reminded the Upper Chamber of the…
34 Nigerian peace cops get UN awards
The Nigeria Police Force said 34 of its officers and men, including three females, on a peace keeping mission in…
Nigerian government slams curfew after killings
The Plateau Government has imposed a curfew on four local government areas of the state “with immediate effect’’. The local…
Nigerian senator killed at mass burial
Gunmen killed a federal senator and a state lawmaker in Nigeria’s troubled Plateau state on Sunday at a mass burial…
Champ League: Esperance down Sunshine
Tunde Oyedele/ Ijebu Ode Defending champions of CAF Champions League, Esperance of Tunisia, on Sunday maintained their status as Africa’s…
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Roger Federer beats Murray, back as Number 1
It was not Andy Murray that made history today at the men’s Wimbledon final. It was rather the Swiss meastro,…
Oil spill pollutes waterways, farms in Nigeria
(AFP) – Italian oil giant ENI said Sunday that “an act of sabotage” has caused a spill at one of…