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Oritsejafor: I am not ashamed to own a plane
In an interview published today, President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who has been under criticism for…
Analysis: Nigeria to lose oil market, revenue by 2014
By Emeka Chiakwelu Since the 1973 oil embargo imposed on the United States by Arab oil producing nations, United States…
Tribute To Late Justice Kayode Eso
By Funsho Adegbola The Honourable Justice Kayode is a father and grandfather to me and my children. I came to…
Dutch arranging fake weddings for Nigerians jailed
A 45-year-old Dutch woman has been jailed for four years for organising nine sham marriages, involving Nigerians living in the…
In Pictures: Body builders flaunt muscles
Body builders are taking part in the World Classic Bodybuilding championship organised by the International Federation of Body Building and…
Shot Mauritanian leader back home
Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month…
Dubai plans new ‘city’, world’s largest mall
Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, on Saturday announced a new development…
Korean pop artiste sets YouTube record
South Korean pop sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” on Saturday became YouTube’s most-watched video of all time, registering more than 803…
Nigeria’s Onaiyekan now a prince of Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday officially named Nigeria’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan and five other non-European cardinals to the body that…
Egyptian judges join protest against Morsi
Egyptian judges accused President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday of an “unprecedented attack” on the judiciary by assuming sweeping powers putting…
West Brom spank Sunderland to go third
West Bromwich Albion continued their superb start to the Premier League season with a 4-2 win at Sunderland on Saturday…
Bolt, Allyson win athletes of the year
(AFP) – Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s athletes of the year on Saturday.…
Late Turkish president’s autopsy finds poisons
An autopsy of the exhumed remains of Turkish president Turgut Ozal, who died in office in 1993, revealed the presence…
Was Yasser Arafat poisoned to death by Israel?
What really happened to 75 year-old Yasser Arafat in 2004 when he died? Theories about his death abound, with many…
No movement ban as Lagos cancels clean-up
Nigeria’s Lagos State government has cancelled Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise, which normally restricts movement from 7a.m to 10 a.m A…
ACN loses another Lagos council to PDP
. Tribunal orders Fresh poll in Yaba Reported by Cyriacus Izuekwe & KAZEEM UGBODAGA After losing Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development…
Nigeria worst country to have a child
—EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria is now the worst country for a woman to have a child, according to the 2013 ranking…
Reports: Redknapp to take charge of QPR
Harry Redknapp hopes to be confirmed as the new Queens Park Rangers manager very shortly, he told Sky Sports television…
Bolt eyes more gold at Commonwealth Games
Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt now wants to add Commonwealth Games gold to his medal haul after…
Nadal to make Abu Dhabi, Doha return
Rafael Nadal will end his six-month, injury-enforced absence from tennis by playing back-to-back tournaments in the Gulf before launching his…
Referee Clattenburg in Mikel Obi’s case returns
Referee Mark Clattenburg will return to action this weekend after being cleared of racially abusing Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel, the…
Koroma takes oath, begins second term journey
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma was sworn-in as president Friday night after a convincing win and vowed to transform the…
Reports: 20 ladies in mini-skirts killed in Maiduguri
Twenty Nigerian ladies in trousers and mini-skirts were killed overnight by yet to be identified gunmen in the troubled Nigerian…
Powerful Nigerian delegation goes to Rome
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sent a powerful delegation headed by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark…
School vandal jailed 18 months
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An Oredo Magistrate Court sitting in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state, has sentenced 18 year-old Ogunbajo Olumide…
Ibori’s $15m: Court dismisses interloper
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday declined to grant…
Governor Uduaghan budgets $2.7 billion for 2013
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Delta state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has presented a budget of N398.31 billion, about…
Supreme Court clears way for Governor Audu’s Trial
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on November 23, 2012, recorded a major victory in the trial of former…
Sierra Leone: Koroma re-elected for second term
Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma swept to a second term Friday, winning 58 percent of votes in a poll that…
Brazil sack Mano Menezes
Mano Menezes was sensationally sacked as coach of five-time world champions Brazil on Friday, dealing a hammer blow to the…