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Tennis: Raonic blows away James Blake
American James Blake, a wild card at the 2012 US Open, has been beaten by 15th seeded Canadian Milo Raonic…
VC appointed for North-West University
Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of Kano State, has appointed Malaysian Professor Dato Mohd. Razali Bin Agus as the substantive Vice Chancellor…
2 persons die as ancient wall collapses in Bauchi
A two century old high mud wall has collapsed after a heavy downpour in Bauchi, North western Nigeria, killing two…
5 Boko Haram suspects killed in attack on troops
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Saturday that it killed five suspected terrorists after…
Go to court, Governor Amaechi tells ASUU
Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State in Berlin on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
2 Children Drown In Minna
Musa Aliyu/Minna Two children, Basiru and Mustafa Muhammed Kudu of same parents drowned Saturday in Minna, Niger state capital, northcentral…
Cocaine hidden in roasted chicken
Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend arrested a man in connection with…
Angolans wait for poll results
Electoral officials Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence in 1975, with the first results expected…
Jonathan to attend Ethiopia’s Zenawi burial
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja Saturday for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to attend the burial of the country’s late…
Paralympics: Nigeria 10th on medals table
Nigeria moved to 10th place on the medals table at the end of proceedings on Friday in London at the…
Bayelsa injects taxis to replace motor cycles
Nigeria’s Bayelsa state government has injected 300 ‘ restoration city cabs’ to replace motor cycles as a means of transportation…
Falcao leads 5-star Atletico to humiliate Chelsea
European champions Chelsea crashed to a 4-1 Super Cup defeat to Atletico Madrid in Monaco on Friday, with the Spanish…
Sharapova splits with fiance Vujacic
Russian beauty, Maria Sharapova said on Friday that she has broken up with fiance Sasha Vujacic, the former NBA star…
29 die as 2 speeding buses collide
Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…
Fire: LUTH relocates patients
The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Friday said alternative arrangements have been made for patients seeking care…
Despite churches and mosques, beer sales rising
Beer sales in Africa are surging because of economic and population growth, a trend rubbing against the grain of another…
Police rescue abducted baby
The Imo State Police Command on Friday said that it had rescued a nine-month-old baby boy from suspected traffickers in…
Laura Robson makes another giant kill
Chinese ninth seed Li Na was knocked out of the US Open in the third round on Friday, losing 6-4,…
NBA slams CBN over N5,000 currency
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Friday slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the…
Paralympics : Nwokorie Wins 2nd Gold For Nigeria
Ivory Nwokorie has won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 44kg powerlifting event of the London 2012 Paralympic…
Oyerinde’s murder: Benin court remands Ugolor in prison
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Environmental rights activist, Rev. David Ugolor and nine others were on Friday arraigned at an Oredo Magistrate court…
USA book semi-final tie against Nigeria
An extra-time winner from Nigerian-American player, Chioma Ubogagu lifted USA to a 2-1 victory over North Korea in Friday’s quarter…
Taliban releases video of severed heads of Pakistani soldiers
Pakistani Taliban released a video showing what appeared to be the severed heads of a dozen soldiers on Friday as…
Ivory Coast jails ex-leader Gbagbo’s deputy
A top leader of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s party was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday…
Chelsea’s Abramovich scores a goal in court
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, won his bitter legal battle with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky…
Euro players in 11th hour cross deals
English Premier League clubs have until 2200GMT on Friday to buy and sell players before the transfer window shuts until…
50 Cents, Mariah Carey’s manager kills self
Chris Lighty, the New York hip-hop mogul behind megastars like 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Sean “Diddy” Combs, has committed…
Traffic Law: We’re Ready, Say Police
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, say they are battle-ready to enforce the new road traffic law, which has…
Student Arrested With Pistol, 82 Bullets
Men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a self-acclaimed undergraduate of a university in the…
125 Harvard Students Face Probe For Cheating
Some 125 Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or…