Year: 2012
Press mixes sports, politics as Greece, Germany clash
German newspapers Friday light-heartedly mixed politics and football with an eye on Germany’s Euro 2012 encounter with Greece, suggesting the…
South African music star goes back to school
Griffin Shea, AFP in Soweto On Saturday nights, 60-year-old Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse is on stage, thrilling South African audiences with…
Discord overshadows Rio Summit
Discord overshadowed debate about the world’s environment at the Rio+20 UN summit Thursday, while celebrities clamored for a sanctuary to…
Moody downgrades 15 top banks over losses
The health of 15 of the world’s largest financial institutions has been called into serious question after Moody’s downgraded their…
Japanese Kagawa set for Man U medical
Japanese international Shinji Kagawa was due to undergo a medical on Friday as he looks to seal his transfer to…
UNILAG College of Medicine graduates 6,700
The College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has produced 6,687 graduates in its 50 years of existence, according to the…
Strife torn Nigerian state relaxes curfew
By Femi Adi/Kaduna To allow Muslims and Christians worship, Kaduna State government has relaxed the curfew only on Friday and…
Nigerian cop killed in Boko Haram attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/KANO A top source from the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Thursday confirmed the killing…
Qaeda-linked militants with Boko Haram ties
Nigeria’s Khalid al-Barnawi, labeled a “global terrorist” by the US government Thursday, is alleged to be an Al Qaeda-linked militant…
Ronaldo shoots Portugal to Euro 2012 semi-final
Portugal has eliminated Czech Republic to make the semi-final of Euro 2012, courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal on the 79th…
Mark: Nigeria’s $1.7 billion pension fraud disgraceful
Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday said that the level of fraud uncovered in the administration of pensions in…
Electoral officers to vote in Nigerian polls, says Jega
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that it was working toward ensuring that disenfranchised electoral…
6 airlines to lift Nigeria’s Hajj pilgrims
Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved six airlines to transport intending pilgrims to this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. This is…
Wada begs PDP boss to settle Kogi crisis
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has called on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the PDP National Chairman, to intervene in the…
Wanted Boko Haram mastermind arrested, ‘fatally wounded’
Habib Bama, a suspected Boko Haram member, who was declared wanted by the State Security Service (SSS) on 15 February…
Vendors of pre-registered SIM cards arrested
No fewer than 12 vendors have been arrested by the enforcement team of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) for selling…
Metu wins again
Adebobola Alawode/Calabar Nigeria’s fastest man, Obinna Metu of the Prison Service, Thursday evening at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar,…
Air Nigeria suspended over financial distress
Simon Ateba Air Nigeria, the airline belonging to business mogul, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has been suspended by the Nigerian Civil…
Results of the just concluded events at the Olympic trials in Calabar
400m Final Men 1. Abiola Onakoya, NSCDC 46:29secs 2. Ogunkole Segun, Police 46:31secs 3. Isah Saliu, Customs 46:49secs 4. Saul…
Poverty Reduction Key To Development – Gbeneol
As world leaders and stakeholders gather in Rio de Janeiro to deliberate on ways of ensuring sustainable development across the…
Brazil President To Lead Trade Mission To Nigeria
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of…
4 Dead, Thousands Sacked By Windstorm
More than 26,000 people have been confirmed displaced while four lost their lives following a devastating windstorm that affected eight…
Father, Daughter, Three Others Die In Aboru Flood
Following the heavy rain that fell in some parts of Lagos State on Wednesday, at least five residents of Iyana…
Defend Yourselves, Christian Leaders Tell Northern Members
Christian leaders in southern Nigeria have charged northern Christians to wake up and defend themselves by any means against the…
Lady Bathes Rival With Hot Water, Pepper
A 25-year old woman, Eni Ubi, is now in court following an allegation that she poured hot water mixed with…
Jonathan On Jamboree In Brazil
Beleaguered Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan embarked on his unpopular trip to the Earth Summit in Rio de janeiro, Brazil with…
US To Label Boko Haram Kingpins As Terrorists
The government of the United States of America has concluded plans to label three kingpins of the Boko Haram sect…
Kaduna Residents Groan As Hunger Bites Hard
Due to the imposition of 24 hours curfew on Tuesday following the reprisal attacks in some parts of Kaduna, Northeast…
Falana To Sue VIP Over Airspace Closure
Following the closure of the Abuja airspace on Tuesday while he was airborne, human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi…
Lagos ACN Warns Against Rigging In Edo Polls
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned against plans by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 14…