Year: 2012
Tennis: Djokovic wins Abu Dhabi’s season opener
Novak Djokovic got his season off to a perfect start by defeating Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday…
Lagos targets 370 income tax defaulters
Nigeria’s Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola Raji said his government would soon swoop on 370 high net-worth residents of the…
Wither Nigeria if Globalization reverses?
Nigeria remains a mono-cultural economy, 90 per cent dependent on oil money, despite all the talks over five decades to…
Zimbabwe’s rights chief quit
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s human rights commission, appointed to help curb rights violations, has resigned citing inhibiting laws and lack…
Government soldiers routed by rebels In CAR
Rebels in the Central African Republic have repelled government soldiers who were trying to recapture the central city of Bambari,…
Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen free prisoners, kill 7
Nigeria’s police authorities have given a near full picture of the damages done by armed men, believed to be Boko…
Nigeria’s governors annus horribilis
TOKUNBO OLAJIDE For many Nigerian state governors, it’s a year of the locust. From the tragic death of one, to…
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Barcelona’s Pique makes ‘Messi’ of a birth joke
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique irked much the world’s media Friday by announcing his girlfriend Colombian pop star Shakira had given…
PDP urges prayers for injured Governor Wada
Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its members to observe minutes of prayers on Saturday for the speedy…
Azazi: Dickson’s eulogy at service of songs
Governor Seriake Dickson of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa State has described late Gen. Owoeye Azazi, as a visionary leader who…
Lagos House approves cremation bill
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Lagos State House of Assembly late Friday passed the controversial Cremation Bill into law and instructed that the…
Lagos House jacks up budget by N1.9b
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly Friday evening approved N499 billion as the budget for 2013. The approved…
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore
Singapore (AFP) An Indian gang-rape victim died Saturday in Singapore after suffering severe organ failure, the hospital treating her said,…
Britain honours Murray, Farah, others
Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins led a parade of Olympic champions whose achievements in a remarkable summer of sport…
Apple, Samsung reach a deal on patent war
Apple has agreed to drop its patent claims against Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini after the South Korean rival said…