Year: 2013
MEND Threat: NBA, Others Want Security Beefed Up
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and Voters Awareness Initiative (VAI), on Thursday urged the…
OPS Commends Lagos Government Over Fulfilled Promises
The Organised Private Sector on Thursday unanimously commended the Lagos State Government for addressing all the issues raised by the…
H. A Goodman Releases ‘Breaking The Devil’s Heart’
H. A Goodman, has never been known to write boring novels. When he released his debut novel, Logic of Demons,…
Yobo: Babangida, Others Back Keshi
Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi has been commended for dropping skipper of the team, Joseph Yobo from…
Keshi Gets Glo’s SUV, Camry
On Monday, Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi will be a proud owner of two exotic automobiles as telecoms giant…
Ogun FA Signs MoU With Rufai’s Staruf
The Ogun State Football Association has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Lagos based sports marketing company, Staruf…
US agents arrest G/Bissau drugs kingpin
US agents have captured the former head of Guinea-Bissau’s navy, an alleged kingpin in the west African nation’s drugs trade…
Seattle Sounders Take Martins To Specialist
Obafemi Martins has landed on the treatment table after just one game for Seattle Sounders, as the MLS club sent…
Pro Wrestling: Federation To Honour Ahmed, Aregbesola
Arrangements have been concluded by the Nigeria (Pro) Wrestling Federation to honour Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed and…
NIgerian Entertainment Tit-Bits
Stella Monye Celebrates 30 Years On Stage On 28 April, singer Stella Monye willl celebrate her 30th anniversary as a…
I Will Not Rest Until… —Grasscutter Farmer
For the Chief Executive Officer, Jovana Farms, Prince Arinze Onebunne, raising grasscutter has become second nature. He said the production…
Fear grips INEC staff over reorganisation
The fear of retirement and transfer has gripped staff of Nigeria’s Indpendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as they await the…
Obadare to be buried in August
Late Apostle Timothy Obadare would be buried in August, his family said in Akure. Pastor Abraham Obadare, one of the…
Scientists: Near death experiences hallucinations
Memories of “near-death experiences”—such as as the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel sensed during a brush with…
Study: Japan scientists can now read your dreams
Scientists in Japan said Friday they had found a way to “read” people’s dreams, using MRI scanners to unlock some…
Rain delay at Charleston for Williams sisters
World No. 1 Serena Williams and Venus Williams were among the players left waiting on Thursday as rain wreaked havoc…
Jonathan sets up amnesty panel for Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday approved the setting up of a committee to consider the issue of granting amnesty to…
Togo: Thousands protest opposition arrests
Thousands of Togolese opposition supporters held a protest on Thursday to demand the release of members of their coalition arrested…
Facebook unveils phone with Facebook features
Facebook on Thursday in Menlo Park, California, unveiled a software suite which stakes out a “home” on Android smartphones as…
Aliyu: ACN, Edo Taught PDP Lessons On Democracy
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the people of Edo State…
FIFA appoints goal-line tech provider
FIFA has confirmed the appointment of GoalControl Gmbh as the official provider of goal-line technology (GLT) at the FIFA Confederations…
The controversy over ban on tinted glass vehicle
BY CSP FRANK MBA The Police High Command has observed with concern the unnecessary controversies that have trailed the recent…
Yaya Toure signs new contract with Man City
Yaya Toure, Manchester City midfielder and Ivory Coast international signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League champions on…
US state passes tough gun law
Governor of the state of Connecticut in the US signed tough new rules on gun ownership into law Thursday, four…
Pope Francis doubles followers on Twitter
Pope Francis’ online flock has doubled from 2.5 million to 5 million Twitter followers in less than a month —…
NUC set to improve ranking of Nigeria’s universities
Nigeria’s universities long missing in the elite league of global universities, perpetually in the last two decades, not even emerging…
CAF Confed Cup: Heartland FC face flight hiccup to Gabon
Heartland FC of Owerri were on Thursday forced to shelve their trip to Gabon for a Confederation Cup fixture against…
5 oil thieves remanded in Ikoyi Prison
A Federal High Court in Lagos Nigeria on Thursday remanded five suspected oil pipeline vandals at the Ikoyi Prisons in…
ACN: Arrest of Ekiti Chairman abuse of federal might
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a gross abuse of federal might and a blatant misuse of…
MEND faction denies planned attacks over Okah
A faction of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, purportedly headed by Henry Okah now in jail in…