Year: 2013
U.S. Open: Serena Settles Scores With Stephens
Serena Williams, who lost to the 20-year-old Stephens at the Australian Open in January, avenged that defeat with an emphatic…
Malawi Tie: Keshi Gives Tuesday Deadline To Eagles
Ahead of 2014 World Cup Qualifier between Nigeria and Malawi, the Super Eagles’ gaffer, Super Eagles has said that all…
Salute To The Insight Newspaper @ 20
By Chido Onumah I am happy writing about twenty years of what has become an institution, one that is very…
D’Tigers Fail To Roar
The 27th edition of AfroBasket came to an end on Saturday at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan, Cote…
Tennis: Aussie Open Jacks Prize Money To $31m
Australian Open organisers on Wednesday boosted prize money for the 2014 Grand Slam to Aus$33 million (US$31 million) and said…
ICC Wants Kenyan Arrested For Trying To Bribe Witnesses
The International Criminal Court based in The Hague said Wednesday it had issued a warrant against a Kenyan accused of…
Immortality
By Ademola Adegbamigbe Kenya does not have oil. Tourism is, apart from coffee, its own hydrocarbon. It is quite unfortunate…
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I Wish PDP Will Not Survive This Crisis
Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, who became a lawyer in 1961, marked his 80th birthday on Tuesday 17 September 2013. The founder…
Serena Williams beats compatriot to reach Q/final
Top-ranked defending champion Serena Williams defeated US 15th seed Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-1 on Sunday to reach the US Open…
PDP: Obasanjo sues for peace, meets Jonathan
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees,BoT of Peoples Democratic…
Dortmund atop Bundesliga league
Borussia Dortmund knocked Bayern Munich off top spot in the Bundesliga on Sunday as new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored both…
Arsenal v Spurs: Giroud’s goal silences Wenger critics
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud gave Tottenham a worrying glimpse of life without Gareth Bale as his first half strike clinched…
Gunmen shoot dead medical doctor, district head
Dr. Musa Muhammed, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, was on…
Football: Sturridge buries Man United
LIVERPOOL (AFP) – Daniel Sturridge marked his 24th birthday with the winning goal as Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0 on…
APC cries foul as KWASIEC awards Offa to PDP
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the immediate announcement of the authentic results of Saturday’s rerun in the Offa…
Mandela, still critically ill, discharged from hospital
South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria Hospital, where he was admitted for over 80…
Family pleads for the release of stowaway teenager
The family members of 13-year old Nigerian stowaway boy, who flew from Benin to Lagos inside the wheel compartment of…
The many dramatic scenes at PDP convention
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP convention held on Saturday to elect candidates into 17 vacant positions in the…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 38 in Nigeria
At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, and another 34…
Secondus emerges Vice-Chairman of PDP faction
Mr Uche Secondus has emerged as Deputy National Chairman of the second faction of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP),…
Ex-convict Ezeemo to battle Ngige for APC ticket
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the disqualification of Mr. Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket to…
PDM praises members of new PDP faction for courage
Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, linked with former vice-president Atiku Abubakar today saluted “the bravery and statesmanship” of the dissenting…
Why we floated a new PDP, says Baraje
Chairman of the new faction of Nigeria’s ruling PDP, Abubakar Kawu Baraje in a speech at the mini-convention of the…
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PDP splits into two, Baraje heads faction
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party that touts itself as Africa’s biggest party split down the middle today after eight governors…
Motorcyclist on the rampage in Ikorodu again
Damilare Okunola Motorcyclists, popularly called ‘okada riders’ ensured that motorists and residents of Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos, South western…
Teenager murdered in father’s home
A Nigerian teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, has been murdered by unidentified assailants at his father’s house in Akure. The deceased…
Syria: UN experts scurry out as US strikes imminent
DAMASCUS (AFP) – UN experts probing a suspected chemical weapons attack quit Syria on Saturday, opening a window into a…
Woman kills husband and cooks body
A woman in eastern China murdered her husband and boiled the corpse to cover her tracks after he abused her…
Super Cup: Guardiola extends winning run against Mourinho
PRAGUE(AFP) – Pep Guardiola enjoyed his eighth win in his 16th dual against Jose Mourinho on Friday as Bayern Munich…
Keshi lists Enyeama, 22 others for Malawi
The Technical and Development Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has accepted a list of 23 players submitted by…