| Mexico 0-0 Nigeria: Goal keepers shine as match ends in scoreless draw Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:24 PM PST Despite each team having scoring chances throughout, Mexico and Nigeria played to a 0-0 draw in front of a record crowd of 68,220 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The goalkeepers kept their... Click the topic above to view more |
| US freezes $458 million stolen by Nigeria dictator Abacha Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:30 PM PST The United States said Wednesday it had ordered a freeze on $458 million in assets stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha and his accomplices and hidden in European accounts. The Justice... Click the topic above to view more |
| I ‘ve two kids If killed, life isn’t worth living for me – First Lady Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:30 PM PST The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday appealed to Nigerian youths to always put the nation first and embrace peace to foster development in the country. Jonathan said this while... Click the topic above to view more |
| I raped my daughter to get a job – Father Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:27 PM PST A 42-year-old father, Pedro Anegbe, has told an Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court that a spirit asked him to rape his 15-year-old daughter to get a job. He said the voice ordred him to rape the girl... Click the topic above to view more |
| I don't know my real age - Obasanjo Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:25 PM PST Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has admitted publicly that he does not know his real age. Obasanjo, who spoke at an African Regional Summit organised as part of activities commemorating his 77th... Click the topic above to view more |
| Popular Fuji musician, Obesere arrested by the police for alleged rape Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PST Popular Fuji musician, Alhaji Abass Akande, popularly known as Obesere, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 29-year-old business woman, Miss Olanike Olaiya in his... Click the topic above to view more |
| Abacha's children blast Wole Soyinka Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:25 PM PST The daughter of late dictator, Sani Abacha, Gumsu, has attacked Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, pointing out that she was a lover of books written by Soyinka at her younger age but now, she finds... Click the topic above to view more |
| Gunmen kill 16, burn 200 houses In Plateau Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PST The orgy of violence in Plateau State continued on Tuesday with the killing of 16 people by gunmen in the Riyom Local Government Area. At least 200 houses were burnt in the mayhem which... Click the topic above to view more |
| Letter to Wole Soyinka: Ayo Sogunro replies Sadiq Abacha Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:27 PM PST Following the Open Letter written by Sadiq Abacha which lashed Professor Wole Soyinka over his remarks on why he boycotted the Centenary celebrations which he called an insult to "share an award with... Click the topic above to view more |
| Re-inventing Igbo politics in Nigeria, By Femi Aribisala Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:26 PM PST Among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Igbo are without a doubt, one of the most remarkable. So remarkable, indeed, that some have even traced their ancestry to biblical Israel, as the... Click the topic above to view more |
| Fashola accuses military personnel of land grabbing Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:23 PM PST Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday accused some military personnel in the state of acquiring land illegally, saying; "They acquire land without seeking the government's... Click the topic above to view more |
| Why Boko Haram has defied military might Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:06 PM PST Boko Haram's enigmatic nature seems to be its staying power. As New York Times reports, the group has defied the military and it seems the people are on their own Africa's deadliest terror group,... Click the topic above to view more |
| Heart-Broken OAU student commits suicide beacuse of lover Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:56 PM PST A 400-level Law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Ige Dipo, has committed suicide at his residence outside the campus of the university few days after his lover broke up with... Click the topic above to view more |
| International Friendly: Portugal tears Cameroon apart Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:39 PM PST Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to become Portugal's all-time leading goalscorer and inspire his nation to a 5-1 thrashing of Cameroon. The Real Madrid star was making his 110th international... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jonathan sacks Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:14 PM PST President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi. He has therefore directed one of the the 11 newly sworn in ministers, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, to take over from... Click the topic above to view more |
| Reps summon Anyim over N767m hotel bills Posted: 05 Mar 2014 08:09 PM PST The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Pius Anyim, to explain his office's role in the N1.2bn fund spent by the Presidential... Click the topic above to view more |
| ALLEGED VIRGINITY TEST: Finger-in-private part Pastor arrested Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:20 PM PST A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in the western Nigerian state of Ogun after the police were told he serially fingered a female member of his church to test her virginity. Identified as... Click the topic above to view more |
| 10 days later, President Jonathan's cousin is still in kidnappers den Posted: 05 Mar 2014 03:07 PM PST President Goodluck Jonathan's septuagenarian cousin, Inengite Nitabai, is still languishing in kidnappers' den 10 days after he was whisked away by his assailants. Nitabai, a compound chief in... Click the topic above to view more |
| FG shuts five Federal Unity Schools in Yobe, Borno, Adamawa Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:53 PM PST Owing to the spate of Boko Haram attacks on schools in the North East, the Federal Government has shut down five Federal Unity Colleges in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa states. Supervising Minister of... Click the topic above to view more |
| Benzema shines as France defeat Netherlands in friendly Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:50 PM PST A razor-sharp Karim Benzema led France to a stylish 2-0 home victory over fellow World Cup finalists the Netherlands in a friendly on Wednesday. The French were greatly helped by the miserable... Click the topic above to view more |
| South Africa thrashed 5-0 by Brazil Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PST Neymar scored a hat-trick as Brazil ended a run of narrow victories over South Africa by cruising to a 5-0 triumph at Soccer City stadium in Soweto on Wednesday. Oscar opened the scoring on 10... Click the topic above to view more |
| Yahoo stops Facebook, Google sign-in credentials Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:39 PM PST Yahoo on Wednesday confirmed that it will stop letting people sign into its online services using credentials from rival Internet titans Facebook or Google. The shift began with the Yahoo Sports... Click the topic above to view more |
| Prostitutes jailed 3 months for loitering in Lagos Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:22 PM PST A Tinubu Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced two prostitutes to three months imprisonment each for loitering and disorderly conduct. The convicts are Blessing Esu, 28, and Rita Ume,... Click the topic above to view more |
| 2 killed over N1000 in Abia Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:19 PM PST Tragedy struck, last weekend, at Obegu Autonomous Community in Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of Abia State when two youths, Nkwachukwu Onyeukwu and Eze Kafor, lost their lives over... Click the topic above to view more |
| The Canonisation Of Terror By Wole Soyinka Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:07 PM PST The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent Boko Harma atrocity in Yobe is most likely to have overwhelmed a tiny footnote to that outrage, small indeed,... Click the topic above to view more |
| APC urges FG to come clean on reasons for fuel scarcity Posted: 05 Mar 2014 02:04 PM PST The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the ongoing debilitating fuel scarcity that has further compounded the pains... Click the topic above to view more |
| Women, men sit on train roof as fuel scarcity bites harder Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:55 PM PST The Nigerian Railway Corporation's (NRC) Taskforce for arresting passengers who sit on the roof of train coaches were on Wednesday stunned to see women among such passengers. The defiant women... Click the topic above to view more |
| Jonathan swears-in new ministers Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:53 PM PST President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday swore in 11 ministers and assigned them portfolios. During the ceremony which took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, the president... Click the topic above to view more |
| FG to reduce tariff on imported rice Posted: 05 Mar 2014 01:50 PM PST The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday said the Federal Government was contemplating a downward review of tariff on importation of rice. Okonjo-Iweala, who disclosed this... Click the topic above to view more |
| Couple docked for allegedly fighting nude in public Posted: 05 Mar 2014 11:22 AM PST A man and his wife were on Wednesday arraigned in an Abeokuta Magistrates' Court sitting at Isabo for allegedly fighting nude in public over alleged infidelity. The accused, Kehinde Soetan, 37, ... Click the topic above to view more |
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