Year: 2013
A plea for seriously-ill Nollywood girl, Ngozi Nwosu
A Nigerian Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, popularly known as ‘Andy’, has urged the Federal Government to assist actress, Ngozi Nwosu,…
News Analysis: Nigeria’s byzantine drug problems
President Jonathan will need to declare an emergency to deal with the country’s drug epidemic, writes Bayo Onanuga Nigeria’s anti-drug…
Sexual orgy at embassy sacks envoy
The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign Saturday after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes…
Okorocha’s daughter marries his commissioner
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, has given out his first daughter, Uloma away in marriage to…
Nations Cup: Zambia lose third warm-up tie
African champions Zambia suffered a third consecutive friendly defeat when losing 2-0 to fellow qualifiers Angola Saturday in a 2013…
Bandits massacre 7 Nigerian villagers
Bandits raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Saturday, leaving seven people dead and seven in hospital, an…
Keshi: I have sleepless nights over team selection
Tunde Oyedele Nigeria’s team coach, Stephen Keshi says he is having some sleepless nights over the selection of the final…
Oshiomhole sacks another permanent secretary
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has ordered the immediate retirement of Mr Alhassan Ikeloa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…
Aregbesola unveils symbol of Yoruba culture
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Saturday in Ile-Ife unveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun,…
Sunny Ade’s ex-guitarist, Fatoke Caught with Cocaine
Simon Ateba/Lagos Fatoke Abiodun, Nigeria’s veteran guitarist, who played alongside legendary musician, King Sunny Ade for three decades, has been…
TUC backs FG’s plan to buy planes
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has backed the Federal Government’s plan to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic…
Giant tuna sells for $1.8million
A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year’s first auction at Japan’s Tsukiji fish market…
Fire razes Abuja flats
A block of four flats located along Demonstration Road in Gwagwalada, a satellite town in the Niegria’s Federal Capital Territory…
FA Cup: Newcastle go down again
The FA Cup third round began with an upset on Saturday as second-tier Brighton and Hove Albion eliminated Premier League…
Serena overwhelms opponent to lift Brisbane trophy
American superstar Serena Williams demolished Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1 in just 50 minutes to win the Brisbane International on…