Month: March 2014
Fixing Nigeria’s Moral Deficit
By Lanre Etti If only a country could develop through words, judging from countless articles, both in prints and online,…
Creating Awareness For Endometriosis
By Bilikis Bakare It is often common for girls and young women to experience pain during early hours of their…
Only Fit Players’ll Make World Cup, Keshi Tells Eagles
Adebobola Alawode With 94 days to kick off of the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup, Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super…
Athletics: Lagos Builds Data Bank For Athletes Over Age Cheat
Taiwo Adelu The Lagos State government has read the riot act to age cheats and the use of mercenaries in…
Kanu, Okocha To Clash With SA Legends
The Bafana Bafana and Nigerian Legends will face off in a friendly on 30 March in Kano. Fans will be…
Sanusi tells New York Times oil money shared by cabal
Even in a country where untold oil wealth disappears into the pockets of the elite, the oil corruption scheme he…
India arrests 2 Nigerians running fake job racket
Indian police in New Delhi said it has arrested two Nigerians and 16 Indian accomplices running a fake job racket,…
Nigeria’s army chief moves to troubled North east
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has moved to the North-East to supervise the war against Boko…
Libyan navy vows to bomb Korean ship loaded with stolen oil
The Libyan navy moved Monday to stop a North Korean ship from leaving a rebel-held port loaded with oil, as…
No trace of missing Malaysian plane yet
An international search and rescue effort still had not found any confirmed debris from a Malaysia Airlines jet more than…
Fashion passion bonds Serena, Sharapova
The sometimes tense relationship between tennis superstars Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams may be taking a turn for the better…
Reports: Missing Malaysian plane may have disintegrated mid-air
Reuters has reported that the missing Malaysian airliner with 239 people on board suspect may have disintegrated mid-flight, quoting close…
Pellegrini blasts City players after Wigan stunner
Manuel Pellegrini, the Manchester City manager, accused his players of complacency after their surprising 2-1 home FA Cup quarter-final defeat…
Kidnappers of Baraje’s son jailed 22 years
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin An Ilorin High Court Judge, Justice Mahmud AbdulGafar, has sentenced two kidnappers, Ajadi Oba AbdulRasheed and Ayeni…
100mn women challenged by illiteracy, says UNESCO
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, is showing serious concern that an estimated 100 million…
Movie awards: All the winners of the AMVCA
Pete Edochie, Nollywood veteran, won the lifetime achievement award at the second edition of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards…
Nigerian police cracks attack on Enugu Government House
The Nigerian police in Enugu state said the identity of those who attacked Enugu State Government House on Saturday would…
PDP hits APC again, restates religious stereotyping
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has re-affirmed its criticism of the rival APC’s published roadmap as an anarchist document, likening…
Abductors of Rivers PDP chieftain want N30m
Kidnappers of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers state, Mr. Dicken Worlu, are demanding N30 million as…
Petrol tanker explodes in Abuja
The MRS filing station on Airport Road, Abuja was on Sunday gutted by fire as a petrol tanker laden with…
Possible wreckage from Malaysian plane spotted
Vietnamese searchers on Sunday spotted possible aircraft debris after combing the sea for nearly 48 hours in the hunt for…
CAF Confed Cup: Warri Wolves edge Union Douala
The Warri Wolves Football Club on Sunday played 1-1 draw with the visiting Union Douala Football Club of Cameroun at…
Cricket: Nigeria beat Cayman Islands
Nigeria’s male cricket team on Sunday defeated Cayman Islands by seven wickets at the ongoing World Cricket League (WCL) Div.…
Real Madrid bounce back to La Liga summit
Cristiano Ronaldo opened scoring for Real Madrid Sunday at the Santiago Bernabeu as they recorded a comfortable win over Levante…
Diezani blames fuel scarcity on diversion of supplies
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Sunday blamed the current scarcity of petrol nationwide to the diversion…
Orji chairs South East Governors Forum
Governor Theodore Orji of the easern Nigerian state of Abia has emerged as the new Chairman of the South East…
Surgery ruled out for Balogun
German doctors on Sunday ruled-out surgery for the Super Eagles right back, Leon Balogun who injured his right foot while…
FA Cup: Wigan knock out City for Arsenal semi-final
Wigan Athletic will host Arsenal in the semi-final pairing for English FA Cup in the draw held today at the…
Foreign airlines cancel flights to Freetown
International airlines have cancelled flights to and from Sierra Leone after a U.N. aviation regulator discovered that the only functioning…