Year: 2012
Headlines, News, Opinion, Politics
News Analysis: Nigeria’s Industry of Condolences
By Bayo Onanuga All it takes to switch on Nigeria’s burgeoning industry of paying condolences is for yet another big…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports, World News
Ahly win record 7th CAF Champions league title
Al Ahly of Egypt won their seventh CAF Champions League title after they defeated Esperance 3-2 on aggregate on Saturday…
Bayern 8 points clear in Bundesliga
BERLIN (AFP) – Bayern Munich extended their lead to eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga as their…
Norwich hand Man U third defeat of season
NORWICH (AFP) – Manchester United spurned an opportunity to regain first place in the Premier League table when they were…
Jonathan votes N3b for research in Nigerian varsities
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In a bid to improve the quality of staffing in the higher institutions and encourage staff development for…
Homosexual lobby mounts pressure on Jonathan
A gay lobby in the United States, All Out, has started a global campaign to collect 100,000 signatures of sympathisers…
Arsenal beat Spurs in London derby
Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored but was then sent off as his former club Arsenal stormed back from behind…
Bombardier eyes African aviation market
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft will reinforce its commitment to the African airline industry with its attendance at the 44th Annual General…
Abducted Nigerian businessman freed
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, the Nigerian businessman, popularly known as Aranse-Oluwa, who was kidnapped Sunday by some unidentified…
Jonathan congratulates China’s new leader
President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Xi Jinping on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China,…
Pathetic story of migrants rushing to South Africa
Fewer than 5% of African migrants now want to reach Europe or America. They’re looking instead to neighbouring countries, or…
Shame: Malaysia arrests 13 Nigerians for fraud
.UK jails one for money laundering Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as…
Sierra-Leoneans troop to the polls
Sierra Leoneans cast their votes Saturday in the country’s third poll since the end of a brutal civil war, a…
Minister resigns as 47 kids die in bus-train collision
Forty-seven nursery school children were killed on Saturday when a train ploughed into their bus in the central Egyptian province…
Israel hits Hamas headquarters in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israeli air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early…
Cars… Cars Too Many In EFCC custody
About 400 cars of assorted models are at present in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…
Justice Eso: Aregbesola declares 3-day mourning
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun has in Osogbo declared three days of mourning following the death of…
Patience Jonathan steps out to douse illness rumour
Wife of Nigeria’s President, Patience Faka Jonathan has held court in Abuja, apparently to douse renewed speculations about her health.…
Australia still wants David Beckham deal
Australia’s football federation said Saturday it had not given up hope that David Beckham will still play in Australia’s A-League…
Rihanna, Chris Brown sing about love in a duet
RIHANNA and Chris Brown sing about never-ending love on their new collaboration track Nobody’s Business. The song – taken from…
Governor Fashola visits Fela Museum
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday visited the Kalakuta Republic Museum dedicated in memory of late Afrobeat…
Nuclear weapon: Iran ready, says IAEA
VIENNA, (AFP) Iran is ready to boost significantly output at its most controversial nuclear plant, a new UN nuclear agency…
Australian envoy joins Obudu Mountain race
Australian High Commissioner Takes Part In Obudu Mountain Race EMMA UNA/CALABAR Ian Mconville, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, is…
Popular Nigerian lawyer remanded in prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, eastern Nigeria, has ordered that prominent Enugu Lawyer, Christian Chukwudozie Ebuzoeme be remanded…
ALUU 4: I still feel Lloyd’s presence at home, says dad
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt LLyod Toku Mike,one of the four University of Port Harcourt students lynched by the Umuokiri-Aluu community on…
Senate Constitution Review Is Guided By Law -GOS
The Chairman of the Senate Session on the Review of the 1999 Constitution for the Southwest zone, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju…
Australian High Commissioner Takes Part In Obudu Mountain Race
Ian Mconville, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, is among the top 100 mountain runners that would battle for prizes…
Opposition Merger Talks: PDP Is Paranoid -ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the PDP of suffering from deep paranoia over the ongoing merger talks…
Kayode Eso Was An Uncompromising Professional -Ojudu
Senator Babafemi Ojudu has urged the family of late jurist, Justice Bobakayode Eso, and members of the bar and the…
Sierra Leone decides between Bio and Koroma
FREETOWN (AFP) – Sierra Leone readied Friday for a high-stakes election in which incumbent Ernest Koroma is seeking a second…