Nelson Mandela battles Lung Infection again

CAPE TOWN  (AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s lengthy absence from the spotlight has forced his adoring country to envisage what their hard-won and often fraught multi-racial democracy means without the man who forged it. The beloved and frail 94-year-old, who is back in hospital with a lung infection, still embodies for most South Africans the “Rainbow Nation” he strived for despite endless persecution…

Obama Skips Nigeria Again In His Africa Visit

United States president Barack Obama will not be visiting Nigeria as recently speculated in the media. Obama and his wife Michelle will only visit Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania between June 26 and July 3.

A statement by the Office of the Press Secretary in the White House stated this yesterday while clarifying Obama’s visit to Africa.

A copy of the statement entitled “Statement by…

He’s Back: Gates World’s Richest Person Once Again

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I will not sell my players to United again – Wenger

Arsene Wenger has stated that he no desire to sell any of his players to rivals Manchester United again. The Frenchman sanctioned a £24million deal for Robin van Persie, to move to Old Trafford last summer.

The Dutch striker scored twice in the fixtures against his former team, including the equaliser from the spot at the Emirates. When asked after the match, if Ferguson…

UEFA CL DRAWS: Madrid meet Dortmund again, Bayern face Barca

Jose Mourinho will have to overcome Borussia Dortmund, at the second time of asking, if he hopes to land Real Madrid’s much talked about La Decima and also set a new record – winning the Champions League with three different clubs, from three different Leagues.

In the second semi-final, which has been dubbed the final before the final,…

Patience Jonathan in Europe for treatment after falling sick again

SaharaReporters has learned that Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, is sick again and is shuttling between Spain and Germany in search of treatment. A source also told SaharaReporters that the First Lady was also contemplating receiving medical treatment from a US hospital.

Mrs. Jonathan’s renewed health woes have accounted for her absence from several official events in Abuja and her home…

Adekoya Boladale: Before Patience Jonathan dies again

So many deaths occurred in the Bible but not so many resurrections. Apart from Lazarus, the widow’s dead sons, Synagogue ruler’s daughter, Jesus Christ himself and two children raised by his disciples no other resurrection was recorded in the Bible. So we understand the feelings when the first lady recounted her…

Chris Brown Takes Down Instagram Page, Again!

Breezy is at it again due to the negativity being received from the media over his brawl with Frank Ocean. Some say Chris Brown has made his Instagram page private so most folks can’t see it. Others say he completed deleted it. But we just can’t find his instagram page anymore.

Rather, if you go to Chris Brown’s Instagram page,…

Arepo On Fire Again As A Result of Pipeline Vandalism

The Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) has confirmed another vandalism of the System 2B pipeline at the Arepo village in Ogun State. The latest explosion, suspected to have been caused by vandals, happened in the early hours of Wednesday.

A management official of the PPMC, who preferred anonymity, confirmed this in Lagos.

“The service manager of the pipeline has…

Did President Jonathan Lie About Electricity Generation In Nigeria?

“Now, we are generating more than 5,000MW,” another false statement by President Jonathan?

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that at no time had the country’s electricity generation capacity reached a peak of 5,000 megawatts, MW. This contradicts President Goodluck Jonathan’s claim during his third Presidential media chat last November that the combined average power generation capacity from…