Year: 2010
Man Nabbed For Robbery
A 24-year old man, Sunday Odebunmi, has been arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of robbery.…
Students Protest Kidnap Of Lecturer
Students of the College of Education, Afaha Nsit in Akwa Ibom, on Tuesday staged a violent protest against the kidnapping…
Confusion Over NFF Elections
Tomorrow’s elections into the board of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF is currently shrouded in confusion with protests and Court injunctions,…
Victor Eyes Bolt’s Record
If there is one thing Victor Ojobor would like, it is his wish that someday he would smash the athletics…
Battle Of Wits In Akwa Ibom
Nigerians are poised to witness what may turn out to be the main attraction of the governorship contest in Akwa…
Uncertainty Over NFF Elections
The confusion and uncertainty that have plagued the nation’s football due to maladministration, crass incompetence and corruption are playing themselves…
Boxing: Lagos Petitions Bio Over Selection Of Boxers
Lagos State Sports Council has petitioned the Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Bio, over what it called an injustice done to…
Cowrie Set To Retain Title
The defending champions of the ongoing “Friends of Rugby†organised by Lagos Rugby Union League, Cowrie Rugby Football Club, will…
Warriors Suffer Heavy Loss
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF/ DSTV Premier League resumed last weekend after about three weeks break because of the country’s…
Diamond Bank Donates Vehicles, Motorcycles
The management of Diamond Bank of Nigeria Plc on Tuesday donated two Toyota Hilux vehicles and 100 motorcycles to the…
Presidential Task Force Recommends Sack of NITEL/MTEL Workers
The reactivated Presidential Task Force on NITEL/MTEL had recommended immediate disengagement of all 3,389 current employees of the two telecommunications…
Police Arraign 25 in Connection with Ibadan Crisis
The Oyo State Police Command today arraigned 25 accused persons at the magistrate’s court Ibadan in connection with the religious…
Rectal Cancer On The Increase
While colon cancer rates have remained steady over the past several decades among people under the age of 40, a…
Woman Dies In Orji Kalu’s U.S. Home
A woman who visited the home of former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has died in his mansion…
Mexican Wins Miss Universe
A 22-year-old Mexico woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night after donning a flowing red gown and telling an…
‘We’ve Been Snatching Cars For 8 Years’
The Isheri-Oshun Police Division in Lagos State Nigeria have arrested two robbery suspects who confessed that they have been into…
Checkpoint Tragedy: Policeman Kills Truck Driver
A Mobile Policeman attached to the Kwara State Police Command on Monday, allegedly shot dead a truck driver at the…
Fashola Repeals 119-Year Old Colonial Property Law
With the signing into law of the Lagos State Mortgage Board Bill yesterday, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria…
249 Killed By Okada In Lagos —Akpoyibo
At least 249 Lagosians have been killed in various motorcycle accidents in five months in Lagos, Nigeria, mostly due to…
NMA Crisis Worsens
The leadership crisis rocking the Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has taken a new dimension. Two…
Eleweomo Still Controls Parks
Weeks after the Oyo State Government proscribed the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, the sacked…
Olukoya Tourney Enters Second Round
The annual Dr. Olukoya Tournament has entered the second round with teams from MFM Kaduna, Cameroon, Headquarters 1 and 2,…
Youth Olympics: Muideen Faces Hungarian Boxer
Nigeria’s Muideen Akanji will this evening take on Hungary’s Harcas Zoltan in the third place fight of the 75kg in…
Hubby Drags Friend To Court For Touching Wife’s BreastTouching
A man, Mohammed Jubriel, has dragged his friend, Isa Odoh, 28, before the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly touching his…
FRSC Seeks Age Limit For Tanker, Trailer DriversTanker
The unit commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Surulere, Lagos, Mr. Gregory Drambi, on Monday called for a law banning…
N/A Clerk Wants Improved Security
The Clerk of the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, on Monday tasked the National Assembly security officers over growing…
Gunmen Abduct 10-Year Old Boy
Unidentified gunmen in Bauchi metropolis have abducted a 10-year-boy, Mahmud Dahiru, the police authorities said. The News Agency of Nigeria…
Gastro-Enteritis Kills 16
An outbreak of gastro-enteritis in seven local government areas in Gombe State has claimed 16 lives, according to Dr. Mohammad…
Winners Emerge In Mike Okonkwo’s Essay Competition
A15-year old student of Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Oregun, Lagos State, has emerged the overall winner of the…
Kaduna Records Zero Polio
Kaduna State Government said on Monday that the state recorded zero wild polio incident in the last 14 months, according…