Year: 2013
Reports: Deposed Akure monarch pleads for reinstatement
The deposed monarch of the western Nigeria town of Akure, Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina, has urged the government of state of…
Kenyatta, Desalegn in Juba for peace talks
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn flew into Juba on Thursday for talks with South Sudanese…
Chad peacekeepers killed in Central Africa
Five peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in clashes in the Central African Republic capital, the force’s spokesman said today…
Justice Kawu to be buried today
The burial rites for retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Saidu Kawu, will take place today in Ilorin, capital…
Trending: You do not own Nigeria, Jonathan tells Obasanjo
President Goodluck Jonathan continued to seize every opportunity he gets to aim shots at “some Nigerians’ who behave as if…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gets terrorist tag
CAIRO, (AFP) – Egypt’s military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a “terrorist” organisation Wednesday, signalling…
Oliseh, Tshabalala To Anchor Glo/CAF Awards In Lagos
Two prominent African sports personalities, Nigeria’s Sunday Oliseh and South Africa’s Carol Tshabalala have been engaged by the organisers of…
FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…
Primate Akinola: My abductors took my shoes, my shirt
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past primate of Anglican Church, Peter Akinola who was abducted by gunmen in Abeokuta yesterday and…
Pope prays for South Sudan, Syria on first Christmas
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for humanitarian aid access in Syria and “social harmony” in South…
Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget
Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…
Jonathan drags OBJ to rights body, ICPC, EFCC
The public spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is far from over. Yesterday, Jonathan asked the…
Liverpool face City test, Arsenal tackle West Ham
Liverpool may be top of the table on Christmas Day but they face a test of their title credentials when…
Energy Minister to resign in Philippine over power supply
In some countries, ministers quit over failure to do public duty; in Nigeria they stay put in office, even if…
Lawal, ex-commissioner in Lagos dies
JAMIU YISA Former governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Professor Kunle Lawal, is dead. He was aged 54. It was learnt…