Year: 2010
Banker Found Dead In Apartment
Residents of Kpansia, a suburb of Yenagoa, have been thrown into grief following the discovery of the corpse of a…
Shell Laments Increase In Oil Sabotage
Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, has said acts of sabotage are increasing in southern Nigeria. The Anglo-Dutch company said it…
Senate Leader, Others Bag Leadership Award
Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin and eight others in Abuja on Sunday bagged the Exemplary Leadership Award of Obafemi Awolowo University…
Fashola Confirms Drastic Drop In Crime Rate
Governor Babatunde Fashola has said that crime rate has reduced by 75 per cent in Lagos State. Speaking at the…
Oil Communities Ask For More
The Host Community of Nigeria Oil and Gas (HOSTCON) has urged the Federal Government to remit the 10 percent equity…
Bayelsans To Get 800,000 Mosquito Nets
Bayelsa State government says in the next few days, it will commence the distribution of free treated mosquito nets to…
Nigeria’s Economy Is Growing —ICRC
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says in spite of problems and poor infrastructure in the country, the nation’s economy…
Siasia Set To Take Over Eagles
There are strong indications that Samson Siasia may take over the coaching job of Nigeria’s Super Eagles before the end…
Cooreman: How Kaduna Tamed Enyimba
Maurice Cooreman, coach of Kaduna United said hardwork and determination got his team victory over the fiery Enyimba International in…
D’Tigers Qualify For Nations Cup, All Africa Games
Nigeria’s basketball national team, D’Tigers, have secured tickets to feature in next year’s FIBA-Africa Nations Cup in Cote d’Ivoire and…
BRF Wrestlemania 2010: Primate Odugbesi Heads New LOC
A new Local Organising Committee, LOC, has been reconstituted for the BRF Wrestlemania 2010. The tournament, an Intercontinental Wrestling Championship,…
Don’t Scrap Post-UME Test
Many candidates that sat for the last Post-Universities Matriculation Examination in the University of Lagos did not prepare for it.…
Ominous Signs Ahead 2011 Polls
Signs that next year’s general elections may be turbulent have begun to manifest in some parts of the country where…
69 Teams For Olukoya Tourney
This year’s Dr. Olukoya International Youth football tournament begins today at the MFM Prayer City with 69 teams vying for…
Freight Forwarding Council Registers 2,046
The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) says it has approved 2,046 out of 5,000 applications…
Kaduna Utd Stuns Enyimba, Lifts Federation Cup
The all powerful Enyimba Football Club of Aba were on Sunday defeated by Kaduna United Football club of Kaduna at…
30 Feared Killed In Multiple Auto Crash
An accident involving several veicles occurred this morning in Lagos, killing at least 30 people. The accident, which according to…
ACN to INEC Chair: Don’t Deal With Compromised Contractors For Voter’s Registration
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has advised INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega not to use allegedly compromised or incompetent contractors…
Crisis Brews In Festac Town Over Telecommunication Mast
Trouble is brewing in Lagos State over the installation of a telecommunication mast at Festac Town, as Residents of Community…
Gov. Mimiko Plans Big For Ondo Capital
The Ondo State Government has earmarked one billion naira for the building of lay bys and Bus Shelters as part…
Reposition To Give Quality Education To All Strata Of Society, Fashola Urges Nigerian Varsities
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday called on Nigerian Universities to re-examine and reposition themselves towards reproducing…
Nigerian Cop Shoots Boss, Then Commits Suicide
A Nigerian police Sergeant Ibrahim Abdullahi attached to Bebeji Police Division in Kano , North-West Nigeria , Saturday committed suicide…
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CAF Champions League ‘Heartland Must Perform Against Ismaily In Cairo’
A board member of Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Harry Awurunibe says the team have no excuse to fail when…
Focus On Protecting Democracy, Jonathan Urges Military
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has directed the Minister of Defence and Service Chiefs to ensure that necessary structures are put…
Sosan Receives Ministers Of Education, Pledges Better Collaboration Between Lagos State, Federal Government
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan, today received the Ministers of Education with a pledge of…
Akure Kingmaker Makes U-Turn, Says Adesida Got Highest Votes
Head of Akure Kingmakers, and the Odopetu of Akure, High Chief Micael Falade who had earlier opposed the selection of…
ACN to President Jonathan: We Are A Govt In Waiting!
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as the height of wishful thinking the statement credited to President Goodluck…
Jonathan, Obasanjo Advised Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke To Resign Before She Was Sacked
More facts have emerged on why the sacked Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Dr. Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke was ignobly…
Why Credible Elections Matter in a Democracy —Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD
I have been asked to speak today in this Plenary IV panel titled “Do Elections Mean Good Democracy?â€Â  I thank…
100 Days In Office: Bakare, Others Slam Jonathan
Serving Overseer, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare and several other Nigerians have decried the non-performance in office of President…