Year: 2012
Djokovic, Federer bid for French title
World number one Novak Djokovic kicks off his bid for an historic Grand Slam on Monday when he tackles Italian…
Edo Gov Race: Candidate Threatens To Sue INEC
The Action Alliance (AA) governorship candidate in the 14 July, 2012 governorship election in Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, Ishaka Paul…
Enyimba Defeat Rangers In NPL Match
Enyimba International of Aba confirmed their supremacy over arch rivals, Rangers International of Enugu, as they defeated them 2-0 in…
Ethiopian Gebrselassie to miss London Olympics
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie failed to qualify for the London Olympics in the race in Hengelo, Netherlands on Sunday…
Roland Garros: Andy Roddick exits early
America’s Andy Roddick, plagued by injury in recent times, has crashed out of the French open championship, losing in four…
Falcons Beat Zimbabwe 2-0
Tunde Oyedele New Super Falcons Chief Coach, Kadiri Ikhana commenced his reign in charge of the team on a winning…
Women now lead Mexico’s drug cartels
The high mortality rate in Mexico’s drug war has seen women progress quickly in the shadowy underworld of the cartels…
Salafists, Muslim hardliners on the rampage in Tunisia
Hardline Islamists, who have been running rampage in Tunisian towns, torching police stations and attacking bars, have sparked an outcry…
Mali in Chaos as North forms Islamic state
Mali’s embattled transitional government on Sunday rejected a rebel alliance’s declaration of an Islamic state in the vast desert north,…
4 poker players shot dead in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Unidentified gun men at the week end invaded a fun spot at Gada, Kwanra Cashew in Panshekara, Kano,…
Tinubu: Jonathan’s refusal to reinstate Salami judicial coup
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Nigeria’s leading opposition party, reviews the recent…
On Children’s Day, Nigerian group urges right to education
As Nigerians and the world celebrate the Children Day, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a letter to…
Zanzibar urges calm after protests for independence
Police on Tanzania’s archipelago of Zanzibar appealed for calm Sunday after violent clashes with protestors calling for the independence of…
Muslim hardliners halt Lady Gaga’s concert
Pop diva Lady Gaga on Sunday cancelled her Indonesian concert with promoters saying the security threat was too serious after…
AL–Makura Identifies The Major Causes of Tiv/Fulani Crises
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has revealed that the major problems causing the persistent conflict between…
Lagos Govt Condemns NUPENG’s Subterfuge Solidarity Strike
Lagos State Government on Saturday condemned the recourse to blackmail and arm twisting by the Nigeria Medical Association and National…
Flying Eagles Hopeful Despite Loss To Ghana
Tunde Oyedele Nigeria’s Flying Eagles remain upbeat of their chances at the Cape Town 8-Nation International Challenge despite losing their…
Cocaine ingestion kills Nigerian trafficker
Simon Ateba A 34-year old suspected drug trafficker has died after a wrap of cocaine he ingested burst in his…
Boko Haram kills Muslim cleric, prison guard
Gunmen killed a Muslim cleric and a retired prison guard on Saturday in northeastern Nigeria, residents and a medic said,…
Sweden win Eurovision Songs Contest
Loreen – Euphoria HQ (Sweden Eurovision Song Contest 2012) – YouTubeFavourite Loreen of Sweden on Saturday won a crushing victory…
NUJ president pledges to boost newsmen’s welfare
Malam Mohammed Garba, the newly re-elected President of the NUJ, said that the new executive committee of the union will…
Scots begin move to break away from UK
With rousing speeches, patriotic music and support from actor Sean Connery, supporters of independence for Scotland launched a campaign on…
Gunmen strike in Borno, kill party leader
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead in Maiduguri Amodu Gombe, the Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Nafada Local…
AWC Qualifier: Glo Backs Falcons To Beat Zimbabwe
Telecommunications giant, Globacom, has declared support for the Super Falcons ahead of the crucial 2012 African Women Championship, AWC, first…
Obasanjo, Mbeki call for South Africa, Nigeria cordiality
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerian and South African governments to ensure that relationship between the two countries…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
Barca end season with trophy for Guardiola
Departing Barcelona coach, Pep Guardiola has hailed this season as his best despite missing out on both the La Liga…
UN team arrives Syria’s brutalized town of Houla
A team of UN observers deployed in Syria to monitor a shaky truce arrived on Saturday in the town of…
Garba re-elected NUJ president
The journalists union in Nigeria has re-elected Mallam Mohammed Garba as its President for another term. Garba of the Triumph…
5 suspected bandits killed in shootout with soldiers
Five suspected armed robbers were on Friday shot dead by the 243 battalion troops of the Nigerian Army, Manguno, in…