Day: April 30, 2013
Report: Muslims worldwide want Sharia
A majority of Muslims around the world want sharia law to be implemented in their countries but are split on…
Court summons Rep over ex-governor Turaki’s Absence
Following the failure of former governor of Nigeria’s north western state of Jigawa, Saminu Turaki to attend his trial in…
EFCC Questions Ubah over N43b subsidy scam
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested and quizzed Ifeanyi Ubah, Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries…
Jonathan backs fresh Baga massacre probe
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed an independent investigation into the alleged massacre of 287 civilians in the fishing town…
Lagos CJ Frees 96 Prisoners
Ninety six inmates of the Kirikiri Medium and Female Prisons in Lagos were today released by the Chief Judge of…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Dortmund knock out Madrid for Champions league final
German side Borussia Dortmund reached their first Champions League final since 1997, winning 4-3 on aggregate despite losing 2-0 to…
Forgery: Journalists Plead Not Guilty, Get Bail
The trial of two journalists with Leadership Newspapers kicked off before a federal high court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday.…
Suspended Rivers Lawmakers Seek Court’s Shield
The 26 members of the Rivers House of Assembly, including the Speaker Otelemaba Amachree, who were yesterday suspended by the…
Yes, Lagos Is Safe!
By Joe Igbokwe Ordinarily, Lagos like every other smart and intelligent cities in the world, are fertile grounds for criminals.…
Crime And Punishment: Thinking Beyond The Law (2)
By Bamidele Aturu Second, in real terms the state is above the laws as it has the power to alter…
Varsity Admission Time Bomb
It was with trepidation that the Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai struggled last Saturday to explain the dilemma the Federal…
20 Years After, World’s First Web Page To Be Reborn
The world’s first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today’s Internet browsers as part of…
Food Poisoning Again Hits Egypt’s Top University
At least 161 students have been hit by food poisoning at Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar University, in the second such incident…
Police Arrest Cow Over Murder
The police at Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a cow following the killing of a 24-year old…
2 Jailed Over N33m Fraud
Justice M. L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna has sentenced two persons, Ifeanyi Echebiri and Sylvester Okoli to…
ASUU Begins Strike
The University of Abuja chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started a two-week warning strike on Monday over…
Jonathan’s Govt Still In Dreamland —Esele
Nigeria’s plan to be among the first 20 economies in the world by the year 2020 may just be a…
Fake Army Lieutenant Faces Trial
A fake Army Lieutenant is facing trial for allegedly snatching seven cars. The suspect, Lawrence Oguezi, who was allegedly caught…
Banker Withdraws Employer’s N4m
The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, have re-arraigned the former account officer of a…
Fashola Advocates True Federalism For Nigeria
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the weekend in the United States of America advocated a truer federal…
Champions League: It’s Do Or Die Tonight —Dortmund Coach
Despite the fact that his team are in clear advantage to qualify for the final of the UEFA Champions League,…
‘Tennis Can Win Olympic Medals For Nigeria’
Vice-President, Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Mr. Yemi Owoseni has said that tennis is a sport that can win Olympic medal…
CBN Open: A Trials For Davis Cup
This year’s Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Senior Tennis Open will be used as a tournament which Nigeria Tennis Federation,…
‘My Plans For All Stars FC’
The newly elected President of All Stars International Football Club, Mr Larry Ugo Ugoriji has promised to take the club…
Sharks’ Progress Delights Ogunbote
Head Coach of Sharks Football Club of Port Harcourt, Gbenga Ogunbote has said he is thrilled with the performance of…
Dutch Queen abdicates for son
The Netherlands’ Willem-Alexander became Europe’s youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country hailed the…
Spain’s GDP tumbles again
Spain’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2013, official data showed Tuesday, as a job-destroying recession held its grip…
Birthday Notes To A Lost Nirvana
By Femi Osofisan I know Kole Omotoso. Wrong. I used to know Kole Omotoso, the Nigerian writer. Some thirty years…
Nebo: The New Spirit In The Power Sector
By Sunny Igboanugo When the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Ositadimma Nebo, stood before the Senate earlier this year to…
Addressing The Menace Of Child Molestation And Rape
By Akunna Ejim A seven-year-old child, living with her aunt in Delta state, was repeatedly molested and raped by a…