Year: 2013
Countdown 2013: 60 Music Stars Rock Lagos Tonight
More than 60 top and upcoming Nigerian artistes are getting ready to thrill Lagosians tonight, 31 December at an exclusive…
The harrowing story of African footballers in Indonesia
TANGERANG, December 31, 2013 (AFP) – It was the dream of sporting glory that drew talented Cameroonian striker Salomon Bengondo…
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Oduah To Spend N800m On Vehicles
Nigeria’s embattled Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, will spend at least N800 million on vehicles in 2014, after splashing N643…
Doctors Force Girls To Deliver Babies For Sale
In their desperation to satisfy their customers, some medical doctors force girls to deliver prematurely. The Commissioner of Police, Imo…
South Sudan rebels take key town
South Sudanese rebels battled their way to the center of the strategically important town of Bor on Tuesday and were…
French priest kidnapped in Cameroon released
Georges Vandenbeusch, the French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon last month by Boko Haram gunmen, has been released, the office…
Lagos Assembly delays passage of budget
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria could not hide their confusion and disappointment on…
Worm eating Chinese loses wife
Pan Yizhong reacting as he eats worms during an eating race in Liuyang in China’s central province of Hunan. Pan…
Nigerian troops kill 56 Boko Haram militants
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday said that 56 terrorists were killed in a major offensive at Alafa Forest in…
Reps member hints at more defections to APC
Member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara (APC- Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency) in Bauchi State, said the…
70 killed in multiple attacks on Kinshasa, flights cancelled
KINSHASA(AFP) – Congolese security forces repelled a wave of coordinated attacks in the capital Kinshasa and other cities on Monday,…
Political turmoil costs Turkey $100b
ANKARA (AFP) – The political crisis engulfing Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cost the economy $100 billion, a…
Abia government to build seaport, airport
Gov. Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia, on Monday, said the proposed Umuahia Airport and a seaport…
Obodo, Nigerian killed in Gao, buried in hometown
Simeon Obodo, the 35-year old Nigerian who was killed in Gao, India, on 30 October, has been buried in his…
Al-Mustapha dismisses Obasanjo’s comments over acquittal
MADUABUCHI NMEIBEH/Kano Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to Nigeria’s erstwhile maximum ruler, General Sani Abacha, on Monday faulted…