Month: January 2012
SSS Parades 11 Kidnappers
The State Security Service (SSS) in Edo state today paraded 11 suspected kidnappers including two ladies. One of them identified…
15 Suspects In EFCC Net Over Illegal Bunkering
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are…
Nigeria’s newspapers seek audit of readership tastes
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria(NPAN), as part of measures to add value to its offerings, is to commission a…
Shekarau Not Arrested -Aide
The former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was rumoured to have been arrested by the State Security Service,…
Lagos ACN Welcomes Verdict On Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has hailed the verdict of a Lagos High Court…
Al-Mustapha’s Family Decries Death Sentence
Members of the family of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha in Kano, northwest Nigeria, have described the death sentence passed on their…
Nigeria: 15 Arrested for illegal oil bunkering
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are…
N38B LOAN SCAM: Court Frees Bankole, Nafada
An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Suleiman Belgore on Tuesday absolved the embattled former Speaker of the House…
Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan Deserve To Die —Lawyers, Activists
Nigerians, especially human rights activists and lawyers have reacted to the death sentence passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Mr.…
Rape: Driver Kills Teenager Inside School Bus
The police in Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested a private school bus driver for allegedly killing a 16-year old…
Lagos Island Boils Again As NURTW Factions Clash
Lagos Island area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria boiled this morning as factions of the National Union of Road Transport…
Man Arrested Over Dead Lover’s Property
The police have arrested a 47-year old father of two, Emmanuel Temuru, at the Igando area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
Al-Mustapha: Shehu Sani Seeks Parole
Prominent Northern Nigeria-based rights activist and also a victim of the late General Sani Abacha’s despotic regime, Comrade Shehu Sani…
Parents Urged To Help Fight Exam Malpractice
The proprietor of Omotayo College, Ogijo, Shagamu, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, Engineer Tayo Opanubi recently honoured 14 of his students…
4 Docked Over Theft Of MTN Property
The Police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned three men and a lady before the…
American Narrates Kidnap Ordeal In Nigeria
As the car an American was riding in idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town, two men appeared, one…
Customer Accuses Bank Of Unethical Practices
George Nwodo, a customer with Intercontinental Bank (now, Access Bank) has alleged unethical practices against the bank and its erstwhile…
N1.2m Facebook Scandal Rocks NSC
A new twist was added to the drama at the public hearing by the National Assembly House Committee on Sports…
Boko Haram: Parents Withdraw Children from Kano Schools
Hundreds of parents have chosen not to bring in their children to school. The leader of the Islamist militant group…
Lagos Begins Replacement Of Old Number Plates Thursday
The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA, will begin the replacement of the old vehicle number plates with the…
PDP Shuns Meeting With INEC
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday shunned the stakeholders’ meeting initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review…
Fashola Sets Up Council On Prerogative Of Mercy
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday inaugurated the state’s Advisory Council for the Prerogative of Mercy. The governor…
Jonathan Shocked Over Death Of IGP’s Wife
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Monday expressed shock at the passing away of Hajia Mariam M.D. Abubakar, the wife of the…
Sports Festival Hockey: Ogun Warn Lagos To Forget Gold
Defending champions, Team Ogun, have issued a warning note to hosts, Team Lagos not to dream of winning the gold…
America’s Most Lethal Sniper Brags About Killing People —Chris Kyle
Excerpts from American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle with Scott…
Which Way Nigeria? —Akunna Ejim
The still unfolding events in the country all point to the inevitable fact that Nigeria is heading towards a decisive…
Stop NURTW Violence In Lagos Now
Once again, the peace on the Lagos Island was distrupted yesterday when members of the National Union of Road Transport…
Sports Festival: Fashola Inaugurates LOC For Lagos 2012
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has inaugurated a 29-member Local Organising Committee, LOC for the 2012 National Sports Festival,…
Fuel Subsidy Killing: Lawmaker Mourns Slain Ademola
Following the removal of the subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government which led to the nationwide protests and the…
Oyo Rerun Election: PDP Shuns Stakeholders’ Meeting With INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday shunned the stakeholders’ meeting initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review…