Year: 2012
Legal trouble for Oyedepo over kindergarten’s death
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The General Overseer of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has been asked to pay N2 billion within 14…
Nigerian pastors dismiss Doomsday prediction
Simon Ateba Two Nigerian pastors have dismissed the fears that the World will come to an end on 21 December…
Palestinians celebrate new UN status
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status…
Beckham ends US adventure with a victory, trophy
LOS ANGELES, Dec 1, 2012 (AFP) – David Beckham’s Major League Soccer career ended in triumph Saturday as the Los…
And Miss ECOWAS 2012 is…
Mariam Diallo (C) of Guinea poses after being crowned Miss ECOWAS (Cedeao) 2012 with first runner-up Jirzah Ellen Evora (L)…
Nigeria: Boko Haram militants burn churches, border posts
It was not going to be another violence free Sunday in Nigeria as suspected members of the Islamist extremist group…
Emeka Ojukwu’s Will Fake, says first son
The first son of late Biafran leader Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has alleged that the will presented by Barrister Onyekwelu on Friday…
Chocolate City signs Kenya’s Victoria Kimani
Nigeria’s Chocolate City Records has signed Victoria Kimani, a US-based Kenyan artiste. The singer got signed after she got Audu…
Will the World end on 21 December?
By Our Reporter Nineteen days away, hysteria over the fate of our planet Earth on 21 December this year has…
Bombs: 2 Senior army officers kicked out of Jaji
Almost a week after an embarrassing twin suicide bombing of a military church in Jaji, Kaduna state, Nigeria’s military high…
Red Devils 3 points clear after Reading scare
Robin van Persie had the final say to send Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League following…
Nigerian Sports Festival: Round Up
Ondo female basketball team through to q/finals The Team Ondo female basketball team on Saturday secured a place in the…
7 injured as fire guts 3-storey building in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga No fewer than seven persons ustained serious injuries today when fire razed a three-storey residential building on Lagos…
$500m spent by Nigerian students in EU, US
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), said on Saturday that Nigerians spend an average of $500 million…
Eko 2012: Delta walkover Adamawa
Team Delta on Saturday continued its dominance of the male football event of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in…
Jeers, boos for Wenger at Emirates…beginning of the end?
The Full match report Swansea piled on the misery for Arsenal as Michu scored twice in the closing minutes to…
Congo rebels withdraw from Goma
Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo pulled out Saturday from the mining hub of Goma,…
Villa spoil Redknapp’s party at QPR
Harry Redknapp’s home debut as Queens Park Rangers manager ended in frustration after heroics from visiting goalkeeper Brad Guzan saw…
Arsenal slip to 10th, Chelsea fall at West Ham
Arsenal’s Champions League aspirations received yet another setback on Saturday as a late double from Spanish forward Michu gave Swansea…
Nigerian pregnant woman denied care because of $150
A pregnant Nigerian lady has died because doctors in Port Harcourt insisted the husband must pay N20,000, less than $150,…
Arik Air begins flights to Kinshasa
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest commercial carrier announced on Saturday that it is expanding its regional African network…
January date set for election of PDP BOT chair
The Chairman of the PDP’s Board of Trustees (BOT) would be elected on 8 January next year. This is official.…
Okolo wins Miss University Nigeria pageant
Miss Winfrey Okolo, a student of the University of Benin, has won the 2012 Miss University Nigeria (MUN) beauty pageant,…
15 million Nigerians suffer from asthma, TB
Professor Greg Erhosa, the National President of Nigerian Thoracic Society, revealed today that no fewer than 15 million Nigerians are…
Low turn out mars Kaduna council poll
Delay in the distribution of materials and low turn-out of voters marked the commencement of Saturday’s local government elections in…
In South Africa, Blacks killing Blacks for political posts
OSHABENI, South Africa — It was, by all accounts, an ordinary small-town political meeting. The leaders of the local branch…
EFCC: No court order to stop Babalakin’s trial
Contrary to reports by a section of the media, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has not…
Aero MD sacked?
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent There were conflicting reports on Friday night with sources claiming that the Managing Director of Aero Contractors,…
Gunmen Abduct businessman In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Barely 48 hours after a renowned Benin-based Estate Manager, Dan Odiete was kidnapped in Benin City, another gang…
Ojukwu and Bianca: The secret not shared
Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the former Biafran leader who died early this year, showed great love to his wife, Bianca, now…