Year: 2012
Powerlifting: Benedict Vows To Win Medals For Lagos
A power lifter, Austin Benedict, has vowed to win medals for Lagos State, if given the privilege to represent the…
Ahead London Olympics: London Will Be Home To Team Nigeria — Ogba
President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has said that the city of London will be another home…
Dodan Warriors’ Prodigy Dreams Olympic Games
Dodan Warriors centre, Abdul Yahaha has said that his immediate target is to make the D’Tigers squad for the Olympic…
LeBron Leads Heat Past Pacers
Newly crowned NBA Most Valuable Player, MVP, LeBron James got his trophy, and made sure the Miami Heat got a…
Why I Want To Coach U-18 Team —Ayinla
Ayinla Johnson is a former Captain of the senior national team, D’Tigers, and Head Coach of Union Bank Basketball Club…
Seedorf Reaches Milan Landmark
Clarence Seedorf has been bringing his powerful physique to bear in midfield contests for more than 20 years now, and…
Ibro Becomes PCI Ambassador
Pint-sized Nollywood actor, Ibrahim Mousa, popularly known as Ibro, has been named the ambassador of Peace on Campus Initiative (PCI),…
Sola Kosoko In The Valley Between
Sultry actress, Sola Kosoko has joined the array of movie stars currently on location for season two of The Valley…
Emeka Ike, Fathia Balogun For Jejere
Popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and Fathia Balogun are among the thespians that have featured in a yet-to-be released Yoruba…
MVAA, Police Collaborate For Better ECMR
The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA and the police are collaborating for better performance of the Enhance Central…
N120 Toll Fare Lands Man In Prison
For allegedly damaging Lekki toll gate barriers to evade payment of N120 toll fare, a motorist, Idowu Obiniyi has been…
EU slams more sanctions on Syria
European Union foreign ministers have agreed fresh sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday and warned of more action…
Japan Airlines Lands In Profitland
Japan Airlines (JAL), which went bankrupt two years ago in one of the country’s biggest-ever corporate failures, on Monday logged…
City’s Toure dreams more trophies
Manchester City’s Yaya Toure is already looking ahead to winning more trophies next season after the club’s nail-biting capture of…
49 headless bodies found in Mexico
Mexican police on Monday searched for perpetrators of a drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and…
Oyo govt, Aussie firm sign MOU on mining
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Oyo State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with an Australian Consortium for the exploration…
FIRS arrests company officials over tax default
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has arrested some senior officials of three companies in Lagos for alleged failure to…
Abia to return 31 schools to missions
The Abia Government in South east Nigeria is to return 31 primary and secondary schools established by missionaries to their…
Don’t talk with Boko Haram, leader urges govt
A Leader of Hausa Community in Abia, Alhaji Mohammed Umaru has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to jettison plans to dialogue…
Seedorf at 36 still passionate about soccer
Dutchman, Clarence Seedorf, 36, is out of contract with AC Milan this summer. FIFA.com beams the searchlight on the Dutch…
Tennis: Mardy Fish slips out of top 10
America’s Mardy Fish, missing in action in the Mutua Madrid Open, has fallen out of the top ten tennis players…
Yahoo! dumps CEO over resume flaws
Yahoo! announced Sunday that Ross Levinsohn will temporarily replace chief executive Scott Thompson, who has stepped down in the face…
Soccer fan shot dead in Turkey
One man was shot dead and 36 people were hurt in violent scenes which followed Galatasaray’s Turkish title triumph, press…
Think Tank suggests ways to solve global problems
Leading economists have ranked how to best and most cost-effectively invest to solve many of the world’s seemingly insurmountable problems,…
Sound bites on EPL’s crazy day
Arguably the Premier League’s greatest season came to a sensational conclusion on Sunday as Manchester City won the title thanks…
Real Madrid break hundred mark
Champions Real Madrid beat Mallorca 4-1 on Sunday to break the 100-point barrier on the final day of La Liga…
Heartland, Warri Wolves crash Out Of CAF Confederation Cup
Heartland took their shaky 3-2 CAF Confederation Cup first leg win in Owerri two weeks ago to AC Leopards of…
Doctors’ Sack: ACN Backs Lagos State Government
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the Lagos state government acted responsibly and in accordance with the state’s…
Senator Ojudu Loses Father
The Ojudu family in Ado-Ekiti has announced the death of their patriarch, Pa Jimoh Ojudu, who died in the town…
Federer battles past Berdych for Number 2
Roger Federer put his best fighting tennis on display to produce a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych on…