Year: 2012
Rain halts Wimbledon men’s final
Rain has halted the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday with Roger Federer and Andy Murray having split the first two…
Egypt’s Morsi annuls dissolution of parliament
(AFP) – Egypt’s new President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree on Sunday annulling the Supreme Court’s dissolution of the Islamist-dominated…
Ondo ACN candidates rally for Akeredolu
ONDO ACN UNITES FOR AKEREDOLU Members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ondo state have closed ranks to…
Oshiomhole: Why I seek re-election as Governor
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said in Benin that he was seeking re-election as governor of the state…
Barclays rate scandal shakes banking world
July 8, 2012 (AFP) – The Barclays rate-rigging scandal is sending shockwaves through world finance, putting ethics and regulation under…
Liberals lead Libya polls
The leader of one of Libya’s main Islamist parties said on Sunday that a rival liberal coalition had a solid…
Yota Sato defends WBC title
Japan’s Yota Sato defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title beating Sylvester Lopez of the Philippines by a…
US Dismal job figures haunt Obama
A fading recovery and weak jobs growth mean President Barack Obama must defy history to win reelection, while Republican Mitt…
Olympics B/Ball: Dominican hurdle for Nigeria
Russia and Lithuania qualified for the London Games basketball competition on Saturday with semi-final victories in the FIBA Olympic qualifying…
Klitschko defeats Thompson
BERN, Switzerland, (AFP) – Vladimir Klitschko defended his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles against American Tony Thompson in a…
Williams sisters win Women’s Doubles trophy
Serena Williams and her elder sister, Venus have won the second trophy in the ladies category at Wimbledon, clinching the…
More Americans go for electric cars
The US market for all-electric cars is charging up, with plug-in vehicles rolling off US dealer lots despite much higher…
Polio: 15 councils at risk in Bauchi
Dr Nisser Umar, the Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA) on Saturday said 15 out of the…
Kofi Annan: Syria talks have failed
International envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged the failure so far of his mission to bring peace to Syria, as more than…
More than 23 killed by Nigerian Herdsmen
Herdsmen armed with guns and machetes killed many people in an attack on two Christian villages in central Nigeria’s Plateau…
Serena praises big sister Venus
Serena Williams claimed a fifth Wimbledon title on Saturday and paid an emotional tribute to big sister Venus whose career,…
Lagos PDP receives ACN defectors
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state claimed its membership has increased by some 2, 000, being defectors from the…
Senate Dispute not over yet in Anambra North
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Controversial former Senator Representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Uba Igbeke, on Saturday in Abuja stated that…
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Serena Williams wins 5th Wimbledon Crown
Serena Williams was crowned Wimbledon champion for the fifth time on Saturday as the American subdued a brave fightback from…
Crashed truck severs power supply to Ikeja
A truck crashed into the equipment of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Lagos region, on Saturday at the junction…
Rain halts play as Serena one set up
America’s Serena Williams has won the first set of the Wimbledon championship with an emphatic 6-1 against Agnieszka Radwanska .…
Apex court ousts RUSAL from ALSCON
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Eight years after BFIG Corporation entered into an agreement with the Bureau for Public Enterprises to…
Armed Nigerian herdsmen attack Village
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked a village, populated by Christians in the central Nigeria’s Plateau State early Saturday, killing yet-to-be…
Solar powered plane lands in Madrid
A solar-powered plane landed in Spain Saturday on its way back home after breaking a record with the first intercontinental…
Big bomb evacuated in Nigerian city
Nigerian police said Saturday they have detonated a mega bomb in Jos, a central flashpoint city wracked by ethnic unrest…
Ngozi wins Miss NIJ beauty contest
Simon Ateba Nineteen-year old Nwajiobi Peace Ngozi from Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, has emerged Miss Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ,…
Iran threatens to close oil export channel
Iran will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the oil-rich Gulf only if its crude revenues…
Libyans vote for congress amidst protests
Polls opened on Saturday for Libya’s first national elections in over four decades amid acts of sabotage in the east…
Malian rebels using child soldiers, UN reveals
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said armed rebel groups controlling large parts of Northern Mali are recruiting child soldiers into…
Nigeria’s ruling party recruits youths
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Plateau has commenced a programme of encouraging youths who have attained 18 years to…