I was looking for love before I recorded ‘Bed of Stone
January 7, 2015 Asa shares the inspiration behind her latest album, ‘Bed of Stone’ as well as some of her favourite Nigerian acts and possible collaborations The next time you listen to Asa’s ‘Bed of Stone’, you may want to take a moment to appreciate the absolute nothingness from which it was spun as the
PDP accuses APC of planning fake poll rating For Buhari
January 6, 2015 ABUJA- AHEAD of next month’s Presidential election, National Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC of Planning Fake Poll rating for its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, Rtd. According to PDP in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the APC
13 die in Bauchi-Jos road auto crash
January 6, 2015 The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of 13 people in a road crash at Sabon Garin Nabordo along the Bauchi-Jos highway. The command in a statement on Tuesday by the Spokesman of the command, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said the accident happened when a motorcyclist collided with vehicles coming from
Fears over latest Boko Haram town, military base seizure
January 6, 2015 Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the region, undermining efforts to tackle the insurgency, experts said on Tuesday. The capture of Baga and the headquarters of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) now means the Islamists control all three
US start Ebola vaccine clinical tests
January 6, 2015 US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that it has started human trials on a possible vaccine against Ebola. The Phase I testing is being carried out by the Oxford Vaccine Group at Britain’s Oxford University. The tests, involving 72 healthy volunteers, will examine how their bodies tolerate the potential vaccine.
Jonathan squandered $55bn oil money—OBJ
January 6, 2014 ABEOKUTA—Irked by what he perceived as the frivolous expenditure of the Jonathan administration, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, once again took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him among other things of squandering $25billion crude oil savings left behind by his administration. Obasanjo made the allegation while hosting the South-West women
Austerity measure: How we’ll cushion effects
January 6, 2015 LAGOS — MINDFUL of the impact that falling crude oil prices will have on the fortunes of Nigeria this year due to declining foreign revenue, a host of the state governors have mapped out measures to cushion the effects of the dwindling economic fortunes on the citizenry. With meagre statutory allocation from
Cameroon recalls West Ham keyman, Alex Song to Nations Cup squad
January 6, 2015 Song was shot out of the club due to acts of indiscipline and negative influence on the Indomitables national Song was initially ruled out of the Indomitables squad for Equatorial Guinea. West Ham had their hopes on the Barcelona loanee man staying with the hammers in January when the country’s German coach
Stop moaning and just do it, Dutch legend tells United manager
January 5, 2015 Johan Cruyff reacted to Van Gaal’s constant cry over the number of games each team in the EPL has to play during the festive period when they should be resting Van Gaal managed in Spain and Holland where the Christmas and New years periods are given as breaks for every team. United
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
January 6, 2015 The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to be the 30th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the international football championship of Africa. It is organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and held