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Mimiko formally declared winner
JETHRO IBILEKE/Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party (LP), was Sunday declared winner of the Ondo state governorship election…
Pastor Oyedepo accused of fleecing British worshippers
A church run by a controversial multi-millionaire African preacher has been accused of ‘cynical exploitation’ after its British branch received…
Esperance reach CAF Champions league final
Esperance reached a third consecutive CAF Champions League final after a 1-0 home win over TP Mazembe from the Democratic…
Federer in the spotlight in tennis-mad Basel
BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) – Roger Federer will claim the bulk of the spotlight when the ATP Swiss Indoors begins on…
Mimiko leads by wide margin in Ondo election
Folarin Ademosu/ Akure Governor Olusegun Mimiko has overwhelmingly won 12 out of the 15 local councils in the results declared…
Soccer fans riot in Dortmund
DORTMUND, Germany (AFP) – Around 200 people were arrested and eight police officers injured as fans of bitter German rivals…
12 bodies recovered at scene of Sagamu-Benin accident
A combined team of FRSC, NEMA officials and the Police on Saturday recovered 12 corpses of passengers whose bus plunged…
Ex-Customs chief, son and family of ASP killed
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven people in Potiskum, Yobe state Saturday, taking the death toll to at least 30…
Holt guns down Arsenal
NORWICH, United Kingdom (AFP) – Norwich stunned Arsenal as Grant Holt punished a mistake from Vito Mannone to seal a…
Akeredolu loses polling booth, Mimiko clears Akure
Results trickling in from Ondo state show that the governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Rotimi Akeredolu narrowly…
Spanish, Romanian Stars Win Gov’s Cup First Leg
Taiwo Adelu The first leg of the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship came to a thrilling end Saturday with…
Grandpa Maradona expecting fourth child
Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona learned with surprise that he would become a father again aged almost 52 years, his…
English Premier League results and table
English Premier League results after Saturday’s 1400 GMT matches: Fulham 1 (Baird 84) Aston Villa 0 Liverpool 1 (Sterling 29)…
In Pictures: Voting in Ondo elections
Some memorable photographs from the polling booths all through Ondo state during the governorship election on 20 October.
ACN alleges foul tactics in Ondo election
In two separate statements, the Action Congress of Nigeria drew attention over some foul play in the governorship election in…
Ondo election: PDP agent arrested over money
Fola Ademosu Soldiers on election duty in Ondo town, in Ondo Central Senatorial district have arrested a middle aged man,…
Huge turn out of voters in Ondo election
There was an impressive turnout of voters as the accreditation process for the Ondo governorship election got underway on Saturday.…
Family sues Monster Energy maker over teen’s death
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The family of a 14-year-old Maryland girl is suing the California makers of Monster Energy, alleging Friday…
Court stops PDP from dissolving Adamawa exco
An Adamawa High Court on Friday in Yola granted a motion ex parte restraining the PDP National Working Committee (NWC)…
33 women going for burial party drown
A commercial bus conveying mostly women on a burial trip from Lagos to Benin plunged into River J4, near Ogbere…
Top Boko Haram member arrested in Senator’s house
A high-profile member of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested in the home of a senator in Maiduguri, Borno…
Oshiomhole’s Aide: Why 2 convicted robbers must die
Dr Osagie Obayuwana, the Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Osagie Obayuwana on Friday said that Governor Adams…
Archbishop: Christians not ‘massively’ persecuted by muslims
Christian and Muslim extremists are responsible for many of the tensions between the two communities in Nigeria, a Nigerian archbishop…
Nigeria’s crude oil export to the US slumps
The United States of America bought just about 361,000 barrels of Nigeria’s crude oil in July, as the US leans…
Another Chinese killed in Maiduguri
Gunmen shot dead a Chinese construction worker in Maiduguri on Friday, an official said, the second killing of a Chinese…
Egyptian Boy, Sabry Lands In Final, As Nina Crashes Out
Taiwo Adelu Egypt’s Sherif Sabry beat his compatriot, Karim-Mohammed Maamoun to qualify for Saturday’s final of the first leg (Futures…
All Set For Ondo Election
Resident Electoral Commissioner: No Voting In Two Polling Units All is set for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled to…
6 DAYS AFTER: No Word From Rivers Kidnapped Commissioner
Six days after the Rivers State Commissioner for Power, Mr Augustine Nwokocha, was abducted by unidentified gunmen, no contact has…
15 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi Arabia
At least 15 Nigerians on pilgrimate in Saudi Arabia have died in the holy land. While the National Hajj Commission…
Nigeria Can’t Meet Vision 20-20 Target, Says UNIDO
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has described as an illusion and self deceit the current efforts being made…