Gunmen kidnap 92-year-old ex-minister …demand release of terror suspects
A gang of gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect on Friday kidnapped an elder statesman, Alhaji Shettima Monguno, at the Mafoni Jumaat Mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, shortly after he...
View ArticleWe’re so good in bed, women fight over us – Male dwarfs
Mrs. Akudo George is pregnant. The 21-year-old woman got married about 10 months earlier and is naturally excited. She has always been in high spirit though, but an experience she had in Oyingbo...
View ArticleJAMB withholds 80,419 results, cancels 40,692
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has withheld the results of 80,419 candidates among those that sat for the last Saturday’s 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Of this figure,...
View ArticleEverton out to end Anfield hoodoo
Everton will look to end their 13-year spell without winning at Anfield when they visit city rivals Liverpool for a Premier League clash on Sunday. The last time the Toffees defeated their neighbours...
View ArticleNo central role or Walcott –Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Theo Walcott his ambitions to play in a central striking role may need to be put on hold in the final three games of the Premier League season. The suspension of...
View Article‘I’m going nowhere’
Arsene Wenger has again ruled out leaving Arsenal before the end of his contract – and hinted for the first time he could stay past 2014. The Gunners boss, 63, still has another season left to run on...
View ArticleBaggies boss attacks TV presenter over Osaze
West Brom manager Steve Clarke has hit out at TV presenter Adrian Chiles, the club’s best-known fan, over a joke at an awards dinner. Clarke said the joke, targeted at troubled striker Osaze...
View ArticleCampbell, Felix light up Kingston
Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown and USA’s Allyson Felix clash over 100m should be the highlight of the Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge meeting, in Kingston on Saturday....
View ArticleDolphin Club’s ladies meet tees off
The 2013 Dolphin Golf Club Ladies Championship is to tee off on Saturday with 60 players on the course. The event will hole out on Sunday at the nine-hole Dophin Golf Club, Navy Town Ojo, Lagos....
View Article100 golfers for Olu of Warri tourney
Over 100 golfers have been scheduled to participate at the Olu of Warri Championship to take place between May 7 to 12 at the Shell Golf Club in Ogunnu, Warri. The tournament, which has a purse of...
View ArticleWe want secession, not amnesty –MASSOB
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, has denied carrying out criminal activities to pave the way for amnesty. It said it would welcome a dialogue with the Federal...
View ArticleWhy we joined APC –DPP
The Democratic Peoples Party has said it decided to join the All Progressives Congress to ‘correct the failures of the Peoples Democratic Party and strengthen the opposition.’ The acting Chairman of...
View ArticleKwankaso denies ambition
Kano State Goovernor, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has denied a report that he would declare his presidential ambition at the right time, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A statement by the governor’s Director...
View ArticleFire guts office
Fire on Friday gutted the Bassa local government office of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Kogi State. The incident came few hours after three opposition parties had announced a boycott of...
View ArticleOur private jet cost N7bn, not N9bn –Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday said contrary to reports, the state government’s private jet costs $45m (N7.1bn) and not $57 (N9bn). The governor said this through his...
View ArticleGovt has no business buying phones for farmers –Kareem
Tajudeen Kareem is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Microfone Telecoms, a network for people in rural communities. He tells OLALEKAN ADETAYO why the network is pro-poor and why government...
View ArticleObasanjo part of Nigeria’s problems –Prof. Ango Abdullahi
A former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, who is also a leading member of the Northern Elders Forum, speaks about the controversies of his tenure, and the...
View Article‘Plan to erect walls on borders unreasonable’
Security experts on Friday faulted the plan by the Federal Government to erect walls along Nigeria’s borders, as a way of controlling the influx of illegal immigrants. A former Director of the State...
View ArticleGovt has no business buying phones for farmers –Kareem
Tajudeen Kareem is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Microfone Telecoms, a network for people in rural communities. He tells OLALEKAN ADETAYO why the network is pro-poor and why government...
View ArticleLet’s join hands to salvage Nigeria
As the saying goes, tough times do not last but only tough people do. Having advanced our democracy, it is vital for us to continue nursing it. Although we are blessed with abundant resources, our...
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