Year: 2012
Serena: I Deserve Top Ranking
Even though she won four big titles during the year, Serena Williams will still end 2012 ranked Number 3 behind…
Governor’s Cup Titles Excite Perez, Dinu
Winners of the second leg of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, Enrique Lopez-Perez of Spain and Romanian, Cristina…
Retain Trophy For Nkwocha, Falcons Charged
Chief Coach of Inne Queens, Kenneth Aigbe has charged the Super Falcons to win the ongoing 8th edition of the…
NBB of C Backs Hall Of Fame Boxing Show
President of the Nigeria Boxing Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, Godwin Kanu, has thrown his weight behind the…
Ihezuo Wishes Falcons Luck
Chinwendu Ihezuo, who scored six goals for the Falconets at the recently concluded U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan, says…
Sports Festival: Organisers Charged To Provide Adequate Security
Worried over the state of security in the country, the Director of Sports in Benue State, Orngu David, has called…
Army raid yields arms in Damaturu
The Joint Task Force (JTF) security outfit in Nigeria’s Yobe state, said on Monday it had recovered assorted arms in…
Corrupt oil sector: Jonathan asks for Ribadu report
Ayorinde Oluokun /Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has directed that a comprehensive report of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force chaired…
Forgotten Cases Of Looting
High profile corruption cases filed over five years ago are still at plea stages, even as the accused persons have…
Driver on phone in fatal crash
An accident has happened in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, after the driver of a lToyota Tundra, deep in a…
Stable Governor Suntai flown abroad
Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state, who crashed landed a Cessna jet was flown to Germany in an air ambulance…
10 drown as boat capsizes in Lagos Lagoon
Kazeem Ugbodaga and Yisa Jamiu/Metro Reporters Tragedy struck today in Otto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest…
Winter arrives early to Europe
Snow and gales hit France and Switzerland over the weekend, possibly leading to the death of a homeless man in…
Leverkusen end Bayern’s record run
Bayer Leverkusen claimed a shock 2-1 win at Bayern Munich on Sunday to claim their first win at the Bavarians…
Drama as Man U beat handicapped Chelsea
LONDON, (AFP) – Javier Hernandez’s controversial winning goal gave Manchester United a dramatic 3-2 victory against nine-man Chelsea at Stamford…
Pope rallies bishops to revive Christian faith
VATICAN CITY, (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on bishops from across the world to revive the Christian…
Doctors can now detect diseases with naked eye
Scientists in Britain say they have developed a super-sensitive test using nano-particles to spot markers for cancer or the AIDS…
Boxing Hall Of Fame Bouts Hold Amid Fanfare
BIMBO AJAYI The 35th Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame Show was held amid pomp and ceremony as 18 amateur boxers…
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Serena overpowers Sharapova to win WTA championship
Serena Williams cruised to a third WTA Championships title on Sunday when she eased past Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 in…
Jonathan condemns Kaduna suicide bombing
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has condemned Sunday’s suicide bomb attack on St Rita Catholic Church in Kaduna. The President who…
Del Potro dethrones Federer in Basel
Basel, Switzerland(AFP) Juan Martin del Potro earned his revenge after six losses this season to hometown hero Roger Federer when…
Liverpool blow lead in derby with Everton
LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom (AFP) – Leon Osman and Steven Naismith scored the goals as Everton fought back from two goals…
Monarch wants Nigeria to learn from Saudi Arabia
A Nigerian monarch, The Aragbiji of Iragbiji, from the State of Osun, Oba Abdul Rashid Olatunde Olabunmi has urged Nigerian…
Storm Sandy shuts New York, East Coast
Hundreds of flights to New York airports have been canceled as the city awaits the arrival of the storm called…
Fashola inspects burnt Euro-Asia Plaza
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has visited Euro-Asia Plaza, the scene of Saturday’s fire disaster, in Central Lagos…
4 prisoners escape in Nigerian jail break
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two prisoners of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada in Nigeria’s Rivers state were killed yesterday in a…
10 dead, many wounded in Kaduna’s day of violence
The suicide bombing of Kaduna’s St Rita Catholic Church and the counter attack that it has spawned has Nigerian church…
Mild Tsunami disrupts life in Hawaii
HONOLULU, (AFP) – A mild tsunami hit Hawaii late Saturday after a powerful earthquake off the west coast of Canada,…
Muslim pilgrims rush to complete final hajj rituals
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Muslim pilgrims rushed to complete the final rituals of the annual hajj on Sunday as…
Nigeria’s Super Falcons change hotel in Bata
ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE Apparently not comfortable with the hotel given to them at the African Women Championship, AWC holding in Equatorial…