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In Pictures: Okpekpe Race Photos
The second edition of the 10km Okpekpe race in Edo State graced by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and other dignitaries.
Jonathan holds presidential media chat Sunday
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday 4 May 2014 at 7p.m. speak on current national issues and respond to questions…
Dzeko brace propels Man City towards title
Edin Dzeko scored twice as Manchester City took control of the Premier League title race by coming from behind to…
Gambia barred from Africa for two years
Gambia has been barred from all African competitions for two years because of age cheating, the Confederation of African Football…
Barca title hopes ended by Getafe
Barcelona’s slim hopes of retaining their La Liga title were all but ended after they were held 2-2 at home…
Fulham, Cardiff relegated from Premier League
Fulham and Cardiff City were both relegated from the Premier League on Saturday after losing their penultimate games of the…
ANC is in for a big shock – Opposition
South Africa’s leading opposition party, Democratic Alliance has said the ruling party African National Congress, (ANC) is in for a…
Association of telecoms operators seek govts assistance
The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Saturday appealed to Federal and States Governments to assist them…
Six dead, 19 missing as Bangladesh ferry sinks
Six people were dead and at least 19 others were missing after a ferry capsized Saturday when it was caught…
Insecurity: Jonathan is doing his best – Gowon
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government in its bid to…
West Ham down 10-man Spurs to reach safety
West Ham United secured their Premier League status after stemming a run of four straight defeats with a 2-0 win…
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Censors Board Action Absurd – Chimamanda Adichie
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The author of,’ Half Of A Yellow Sun,’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said the action of Nigerian Video…
Casillas to return to league action – Ancelotti
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has said that captain Iker Casillas will play for the first time this season in…
Patience Jonathan to lead protest to Chibok
Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of the president, has promised to stage a protest match to Chibok, Borno, if the abducted…
South Korea ferry disaster death toll rises to 236
Eight more bodies were recovered Saturday from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month, reports said, amid concern…
US will do ‘everything possible’ to rescue Nigeria girls – Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with…
Egypt court jails 102 Morsi supporters for 10 years
An Egyptian court sentenced 102 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 10 years in prison Saturday over protest…
National Confab receives memorandum for creation of Ogoja, Yemen states
. Ijebu, Ogoja old provinces not full states yet in Nigeria There were twenty four provinces in Nigeria, before independence.…
Okorocha moves against street trading
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has charged the Imo Civil Guards to evacuate street traders on Douglas and other…
Mourinho questions Hazard commitment
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has raised questions about Eden Hazard’s commitment to the team following their ouster in the semi-final…
Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead
Retired Col. John David Dungs, former military governor of Delta, is dead, the deceased’s younger brother, Sunday Dungs, said on…
Gay gets one-year doping ban, returns Olympic medal
US sprint star Tyson Gay has received a one-year doping ban from the US Anti-Doping Association (USADA) and has returned…
Ekiti, Osun polls: Accept defeat, INEC advises politicians
The INEC National Commissioner in-charge of South West, Prof. Lai Olurode, has advised politicians to have a mindset to accept…
Kidnapped School Girls: Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a fact-finding committee to unravel the inconsistent and contradictory information on the abducted…
Adenuga bags Grand Commander of Business award
Mike Adenuga Jr. (GCON), was named winner of the Grand Commander of Business Award in Nigeria and Africa. The entrepreneur…
GDP rebasing was not done for optimism or pessimism – Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance on Friday said the of rebasing Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was neither for…
Erastus Akingbola fails to stop N47.1bn theft charge
An Ikeja High Court on Friday dismissed an application filed by Erastus Akingbola, former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank.…
Team Nigeria Aims High At Airtel/Arsenal International Football Clinic
Nigeria’s representatives at the ongoing Airtel/Arsenal International Soccer Clinic in Kigali, Rwanda, have revealed their ambition to play and win…
Lawyers, APC want search for kidnapped school girls intensified
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue the female…
58 held in Philippines over global ‘sextortion’ ring
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police…