Year: 2013
Taraba Gets New Speaker
The Taraba State House of Assembly Monday elected a new speaker, Josiah Sabo Kente, a member representing Wukari 2 Constituency…
Lady Gaga takes ‘Artpop’ launch to new level
NEW YORK CITY(AFP) – Multi-platinum selling diva Lady Gaga took off in a custom-made flying dress to proclaim a new…
Messi injured again as Barca widen lead
Barcelona shrugged off the loss of Lionel Messi to another hamstring injury to beat Real Betis 4-1 on Sunday and…
Tennis: It’s Djokovic, Nadal final in London
What a fitting season ending final for the world of tennis: number one squaring up against number two to determine…
Jonathan gives cash rewards to World Champions, Golden Eaglets
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday announced different cash gifts for players, coaches and other support staff of the…
Elders Warn Kogi state against N20bn bond
The Elders Forum in the central Nigerian state of Kogi has warned the state Government against ongoing efforts to secure…
Date fixed for Akhigbe’s burial
Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, Nigeria’s former chief of general staff to the regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, will be buried…
Whereabouts of kidnapped Sokoto bizman unknown
The Nigerian police in the northwestern state of Sokoto on Sunday declared that it had yet to ascertain the whereabouts…
Typhoon ravaged Philippines gets world aid
Countries and organisations around the world, including the US, the UN and the EU, on Sunday scrambled aid to the…
Al Ahly win African Champions League
Egypt’s Al Ahly won an eighth African Champions League trophy when they beat Orlando Pirates of South Africa 2-0 in…
Fashola closes Lagos Trade Fair with appeal for investment
Kazeem Ugbodaga After 10 days of trading, this year’s Lagos International Trade Fair came to an end, with Governor Babatunde…
Over 10,000 dead in The Philippines’ worst typhoon in history
. whole towns destroyed and thousands perish TACLOBAN, (AFP) – The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire…
Golf: Dubuisson upstages stars to win Turkish Airlines Open
France’s Victor Dubuisson upstaged some of golf’s biggest stars including World No.1 Tiger Woods to win the inaugural Turkish Airlines…
New PDP replaces Oyinlola, awaits 5 more governors
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has appointed Nasir Isa Abubakar as a replacement…