Yearly Archives: 2013
Jordan jumps the broomstick with Cuban ex-model
Basketball legend Michael Jordan married former model Yvette Prieto over the weekend in front of a few hundred of his family and closest friends...
Pilot defects while retrieving defectors’ plane
A female military pilot sent by Eritrea to Saudi Arabia to reclaim a presidential jet taken by two fellow officers when they flew to...
Supreme Court judge bats away corruption claims
Kenya’s chief justice has denied accusations that he took bribes to rule in favour of new president Uhuru Kenyatta in Raila Odinga’s challenge against...
Baby Elephants’ mean defence earns U-17 crown
By Alan Oakley
The Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire emerged top of the pile at the African U-17 Championship by easing past Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets...
Festive Fusion of Brazil, Lagos in Carnival Swing
By Peter Olorunnisomo in London: The Lagos Black Heritage festival was inaugurated in 2010 in Lagos and has added fillip to festival-rich culture of...
The Vatican proves it can embrace change
The smoke clears to reveal a new continent
By Alan Oakley. The earth stood still for over an hour in Vatican City and, for some,...
