President Barack Obama cracked jokes about the government’s disastrous health care policy rollout and mocked political opponents at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The annual event, known informally as the “nerd prom,” brings Washington’s top…
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The Oklahoma City Thunder punched their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs with a dominant 120-109 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies. Russell Westbrook notched his second triple-double of the series with 27 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds…
South Korean dive teams struggled Sunday to gain access to blocked cabins of a submerged ferry that sank nearly three weeks ago, as the confirmed death toll from the disaster rose to 242. Six more bodies were recovered early Sunday, 18 days after the…
The European Central Bank is not expected to cut interest rates this week, but could start paving the way for a possible move in June if deflationary dangers persist, analysts said. The ECB has held eurozone borrowing costs at their current all-time…
Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer described his side’s relegation from the Premier League as the bleakest day of his illustrious career. Solskjaer saw Cardiff drop back into the Championship on Saturday as their fate was sealed by a 3-0 defeat at…
Felix Magath wants to be given the responsibility of leading Fulham back to the Premier League despite suffering one of the worst days of his managerial career. Magath suffered his first relegation as a manager as second bottom Fulham’s drop into the…
One of Vietnam’s last surviving veterans of the battle of Dien Bien Phu recounts with pride the day in May 1954 when, aged just 19, he captured the commander of the French colonial forces. Hoang Dang Vinh’s display of military prowess earned him the…
Manuel Pellegrini has insisted Manchester City still have plenty of work to do to wrap up a second English title in three years, despite their hopes being in their own hands. City moved top of the Premier League table for the first time since early…
Even as Europe powered up its most ambitious ever cybersecurity exercise this month, doubts were being raised over whether the continent’s patchwork of online police was right for the job. The exercise, called Cyber Europe 2014, is the largest and most…
The death toll in Nigeria’s Nyanya bomb blast has increased to 20 after one of the victims died in hospital, the West African country’s ministry of health said Saturday. The number of injured according to the ministry is 85. Also, 14 of the 85 victims…
Ryan Giggs, Manchester United’s caretaker manager, conceded David Moyes’s permanent replacement faces a difficult task in resurrecting the fallen Premier League champions next season. Louis van Gaal, who is about to lead the Netherlands in the upcoming…
The United Nations is considering the use of unarmed drones to monitor sectarian violence in the Central African Republic, a UN official said, ahead of the deployment in September of 12,000 peacekeepers in the restive nation. UN under-secretary-general…
THE DAWN OF A NEW BEGINNING….An Inaugural address presented by his Excellency, Chief T A Orji (Ochendo) May 29th 2011.May…
Unfortunately, Nigerian are still going to wait couple of weeks more to see Chiwetel Ejiofor, Genevieve Nnaji, Onyeka Onwenu and…
Guingamp lifted the French Cup for the second time on Saturday when they beat French football’s great under-achievers Rennes 2-0 in an all-Brittany final at the Stade de France. Nicknamed ‘The Farmers’, Guingamp dominated from the outset to the delight…
Hundreds of supporters of detained republican leader Gerry Adams rallied in Belfast on Saturday after Northern Ireland police obtained an extension to quiz him over a notorious IRA murder. With tensions rising, his Sinn Fein party warned it could review…
Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian rebels fought fierce battles Saturday around a flashpoint town, with only a small reprieve to allow passage of a freed team of OSCE inspectors. More than 50 people have died in two days of clashes nationwide — most…
The United States is ready to help fund the demobilisation of Democratic Republic of Congo’s rebels, a senior US official said on Saturday as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the country on the latest leg of an Africa tour. “I can say categorically…
The Italian Cup final between Fiorentina and Napoli was momentarily delayed on Saturday following pre-match shootings, with reports suggesting four men had been injured, one seriously. Over 30,000 fans from both clubs were estimated to have travelled…
Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release. Frustrated by the lack of progress so far in trying to free their daughters, the parents…