Year: 2015
Pacquiao hints at retiring after Mayweather fight
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao hinted Monday his long-awaited fight against American Floyd Mayweather could be his last, saying he…
Liberians rejoice as Ebola curfew is lifted
It is the early hours of the morning and bars in the Liberian capital are packed as revellers drink, sing…
Egypt court postpones Jazeera trial to March 8
An Egyptian court postponed Monday the trial of two Al-Jazeera journalists to March 8, with Canadian reporter Mohamed Fahmy saying…
Embrace jogging for healthy living – FRSC boss
Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has called on all stakeholders in the sector to embrace…
OAU Accounting students fight over Association fund
Akintola Lukman/Ile-Ife Management and Accounting Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state, have engaged in a serious combat at…
Rookie boss Cannavaro faces Asian test
Former world player of the year Fabio Cannavaro faces a tough start to his managerial career when he leads 2013…
3 armed robbers killed, 2 arrested in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three suspected armed robbers were killed on Sunday by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Ogun…
US citizens warned after Shebab mall threat
United States homeland security chief Jeh Johnson warned shoppers in one of America’s biggest malls to be on their guard…
Oscar Awards: Julianne Moore, others win big
Julianne Moore, who won the best actress Oscar on Sunday, was a late-bloomer who turned 30 before she hit the…
A patriotic hero falls to Boko Haram
A Nigerian soldier, Charles Victor Uchenna Ilo, who hail from Enugu state was killed by Boko Haram terrorists during a…
I Bought My Burial Vault 4 Years Ago – Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola says he bought a vault where he will be buried four years ago…
Come back home, Emir of Mubi tells displaced persons
The Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa-Ahmadu, has called on persons displaced from his domain by Boko Haram insurgents to…
Nigeria troops recover stocks of arms from Boko Haram
Nigeria’s military said Sunday that the offensive against Boko Haram was progressing, claiming soldiers had recovered stocks of arms abandoned…
All South African miners rescued after fire
All 486 miners who were trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday have been brought to…
Police rescue kidnapped Kogi LG director
The Kogi Police Command has rescued Alhaji Abdulazeez Ohere, Director of Local Government (DLG), Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi,…
Governor Amaechi’s aide abducted at APC rally ground
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Unidentified gunmen have abducted one Freddy Ndiagbara, a staff of the Rivers State Government House. Ndiagbara (popularly…
Election postponement, a blessing in disguise, says David Mark
Senate President David Mark, says the postponement of the general election has provided millions of eligible voters an opportunity to…
Mourinho angry at ‘criminal’ Barnes foul
Jose Mourinho accused Burnley’s Ashley Barnes of making a “criminal” tackle on Chelsea’s Nemanja Matic as the Blues’ boss let…
Fayose releases Buhari’s photos in London Hospital
Unpolished governor of Ekiti state, in western Nigeria, Ayodele Fayose, has released photographs of Major General Muhammadu Buhari, APC presidential…
Coutinho’s stunning rocket helps Liverpool sink Southampton
Philippe Coutinho scored a magnificent goal as Liverpool overcame Southampton 2-0 in a controversial game on Sunday to close to…
18 workers still missing in South Africa mine fire
Eighteen workers were still unaccounted for Sunday following a fire at a South African mine that had trapped nearly 500…
Top Muslim cleric urges education reform to curb extremism
The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seat of learning, called on Sunday for education reform in Muslim countries…
Jonathan commissions plant Obasanjo commissioned in 2007
The Olorunsogo Power Plant commissioned in Ogun state on Thursday by President Goodluck Jonathan, as part of vote-winning gimmicks that…
Onaiyekan urges politicians to stop hate speeches
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has appealed to politicians to desist from hate speeches and comments capable of inciting citizens as they…
Interim govt. is treasonable, unconstitutional, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, said on Sunday in Abuja, that it was treasonable for anybody to insinuate the possibility of an…
Commit fully to Boko Haram fight, French Minister tells FG
Nigeria must commit fully to fighting Boko Haram, French French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday, on a tour…
PDP governorship aspirant defects to APC
Alhaji Aminu Kani, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Jigawa, on Sunday defected to the opposition All Progressive…
News alert: Boko Haram’s bomber kills five in Potiskum
A Boko Haram female suicide bomber killed five people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint outside a GSM phone…
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Jonathan: I underestimated Boko Haram
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said he underestimated Boko Haram Islamists who have overrun swathes of the country’s northeast and defended…
Jonathan and the $500million farmland scandal
President Goodluck Jonathan is battling to explain all he knows about a $500 million farm which a non – governmental…