Year: 2012
Hugo Chavez: My cancer is back
Venezuelan President, 58 year-old Hugo Chavez has admitted a relapse of his cancer and designated vice president Nicolas Maduro as…
4th time lucky Marquez knocks out Pacquiao
A bloodied Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out with a right hand with one second left in the sixth round to…
TY Danjuma clocks 75
General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, the civil war veteran, the coup maker, former chief of army staff, former defence minister, big…
Obasanjo’s team endorses Ghana’s election
West African observers Saturday declared that Ghana’s just concluded presidential election was “peaceful and transparent,” but noted widespread technical glitches…
Pension Fund soars to N2.45 trillion
Nigeria’s total pension fund contribution hit N2.45 trillion last year December, the Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Mr Muhammad…
Police avert attack on PDP office
The Nigerian police on Saturday in Yola,capital of Adamawa state foiled an attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat. The irate…
8 year-old Amarachi wins Nigeria’s Got Talent show
Seun Bisuga Amarachi Nyanne was nothing short of stunning. She wowed the crowd everytime she was on stage and when…
Jonathan: I will miss my brother Meni
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the death of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan as “particularly too painful to bear”.…
Mandela admitted to hospital
Africa’s icon and former South African leader, Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria Saturday to undergo tests…
Mahama and Akufo-Addo running neck and neck
Counting of votes has started in Ghana, and early results showed a tight race between incumbent John Dramani Mahama, a…
Ex-Nigerian governor, Balarabe wins anti-corruption award
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, former governor of the old Kaduna state has been named the winner of this year’s civil society…
Owei Lakemfa, Nigerian heads OATUU
Former journalist, Owei Lakemfa, has been elected as the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, (OATUU),…
I won’t resign, SURE-P chair Kolade says
Dr Christopher Kolade, former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Chairman, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P),…
Boko Haram loses four more commanders
Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order has disclosed that it shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of…
Melaye the dad of my child, insists Bisi Ibidapo Obe
In African tradition, before the invention of DNA, the belief was that a woman always knows the rightful father of…