Month: August 2014
Danagogo tasks new NFF Board to reconcile aggrieved stakeholders
Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Tammy Danagogo on Thursday expressed confidence in the ability and capacity of the new…
Anti-graft officers raid Hong Kong media tycoon’s home
Hong Kong anti-corruption officials early Thursday raided the home of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken mogul whose media empire is often…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gets married in France
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — one of Hollywood’s most famous and powerful supercouples — were married Saturday in France,…
Ezuruezu Mbaise’s Naked Dance Over Iri Ji Mbaise Incident
By Peter Claver Oparah Whatever I felt about the shameful and obviously stage-managed development in Ahiazu Mbaise during this year’s…
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh: That We May Truly Remember Her
By Adewale Stephen There exists a statue of a white-mustached man who stands proudly in front of the 15-storey Church…
APC: How Prezy Candidate’ll Be Picked —Buhari
Eromosele Ebhomele National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has disclosed that the party’s primaries…
Emir’s Palace Now Boko Haram’s Headquarters
Boko Haram insurgents have begun to relocate from their camp in Sambisa forest in Borno State to captured territories in…
Shell Sells Nigeria Oil Fields
Royal Dutch Shell has sold some of four oil fields up for grabs in Nigeria, it said on Wednesday, as…
Akunyili Buried
Nkrumah Bankong-Obi The final burial rites for Professor Dora Akunyili, former director-General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration…
Malaysia Airlines loss nearly doubles on MH370 impact
Crisis-stricken Malaysia Airlines said Thursday its second-quarter loss nearly doubled as the loss of flight MH370 spurred a decline in…
Enugu Assembly approves new deputy governor
The Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed, Ralph Nwoye, as the new deputy governor of the state. The Assembly…
When Will N33.4b Cabotage Fund Be Disbursed?
For decades, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, the institution vested with the statutory role of administering Cabotage…
Gaza children left orphaned by bloody war
“She will call me Daddy and Mummy,” insisted 11-year-old Amir Hamad, cradling his infant sister in his arms after the…
Erdogan sworn in as new Turkey president
Turkey’s outgoing premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Thursday sworn in as president as opponents who accuse him of authoritarianism after…
Samuel Eto’o Finally Retires
Cameroon’s four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto’o confirmed yesterday that he was calling time on his international career…