Year: 2012
Yakubu, NNPC GMD formally unveiled
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has formally unveiled its new group managing director, Engineer who was appointed last week to…
Athletics: Results at Porto Novo finals
Results from Sunday’s finals at the African Athletics Championships in Porto Novo, Benin: Men 200 m 1. Ben Youssef Meite…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Champion Spain spank Italy to retain title
It was a final touted to be a tight game. But defending champions Spain made it look so easy as…
Seedorf joins Brazil’s Botafogo
Veteran former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf has signed a two-year deal with Botafogo, the Brazilian top-flight side have confirmed.…
PDP claims victory in Kwara House rerun poll
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Abdulfatah Babakini, was on Sunday declared winner of June 30, re-run Kwara State House…
Jonathan promises to sanction subsidy thieves
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday denied insinuations that he has been soft in the fight against corruption. In a press…
ACN warns PDP against rigging Edo polls
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that any attempt torig the July 14th gubernatorial election inEdo State will…
Granny fails to complete record Cuba-Florida swim
An attempt by British-Australian woman Penny Palfrey to swim unassisted from Cuba to Florida ended in failure early Sunday after…
Al-Qaeda threatens ECOWAS nations
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has threatened to act “with firmness and determination” against anyone collaborating with a West African…
Jimoh Ibrahim not arrested, police say
The Nigerian olice have clarified issues surrounding the presence of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, a business mogul, at the Force Criminal…
Whistle-blower fan stops goal-bound move
A whistle-blowing spectator in Bauchi on Saturday prevented Niger Tornadoes FC of Minna from scoring a goal in their 2012 Federation…
ACN: Kwara bye-election marred by violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the conduct of the Saturday re-run election in Ilorin North-West State Constituency. …
Jonathan in Edo pledges fair polls
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday in Benin, assured the people of the state of 100 per cent security of their…
Balotelli Dangerous, Fabregas Warns Spain
Cesc Fabregas has warned his Spanish team-mates about the threat of Italy’s star striker Mario Balotelli ahead of the Euro…
New coach for Bafana Bafana
Igesund Named Bafana Bafana Coach Gordon Igesund has been appointed as the new Bafana Bafana coach for the next two…
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets For MRI Test
By BIMBO AJAYI Players of Nigeria’s U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets are to undergo Magnetic Resonant Imaging, MRI, test…
Egypt to miss Nations Cup after another CAR upset
On the day that Egypt’s new leader, Mohammed Morsi took the oath of office offering a renewal of hope for…
Tennis: Ferrer knocks out Roddick
Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer beat three-time runner-up Andy Roddick to reach the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday, sparking fresh…
Bombs, gunfire rock Damaturu again
Gunfire and explosions rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Saturday as security forces launched a pre-emptive offensive against…
Terrorists damage bridge in Plateau state
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Saturday exploded under a bridge on Makera-Rim road, near Golhoss village in Rim District,…
MTN workers: Why we are on strike
Striking workers of the MTN call centre in Jos on Saturday appealed to customers hit by their action to be…
Egypt’s Morsi set to take oath of office
Egypt’s president-elect Mohamed Morsi arrived at the Constitutional Court on Saturday to take his oath of office. State television broadcast…
Mali’s lawless Islamic group destroys 15th c. shrine
Armed Islamists from a hardline group occupying lawless northern Mali on Saturday destroyed the shrine of a revered Muslim saint…
Army Imam slams Boko Haram for killing people
Lt. Col Ishaq Rano, Assistant Director, Islamic Affairs of the Nigerian Army, has said that killing and bombing of Churches…
Blake serves Bolt notice in the 100 metres
Yohan Blake served notice he will be ready to challenge for the Olympic 100m title, upstaging world record holder Usain…
Apple blocks sale of Samsung Nexus in US
South Korea’s Samsung vowed Saturday to “take all available measures” to fight a US court’s decision to block American sales…
Hollywood star,Tom Cruise splits with wife
Fairytale Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announced Friday they were calling it quits after five years of marriage,…
Wimbledon Round-up: Federer, Djokovic avoid upsets
Roger Federer kept his dreams of equalling Pete Sampras’s record of seven Wimbledon titles narrowly alive on Friday as top…
Bricklayer Jailed for pension fraud
Justice Musa Sale Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Yola, Adamawa state,in Nigeria’s North east, has sentenced Papa Haziel, 22,…
World Bank: 6 charged in Nigeria for embezzlement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Felix Maduegbuna, Stephen Fakrogha and Mbakwha Cooperative Society on one hand;…