Year: 2010
Deaths reported at Ivory Coast Alpha Blondy concert
A stampede at a peace concert in Ivory Coast has killed at least two people, medical workers say. The workers…
JUNE 12: FASHOLA, TINUBU OTHERS PAY GLOWING TRIBUTE TO MKO
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other prominent politicians as well as…
MEND DENIES ABDUCTING TWO RUSSIANS
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)has denied abducting two Russian sailors but knows the gang holding…
Serbia v. Ghana: Live Report
PRETORIA (AFP) – WOW! WHAT A WIN FOR GHANA over Serbia in Pretoria. It’s the first win for an African…
Algeria v. Slovenia: Live Report
POLOKWANE, South Africa – WHAT A RESULT FOR SLOVENIA as that 1-0 win over Algeria sees them top Group C…
Hopes remain in Lagos as Nigeria lose to Argentina
There were neither flags nor vuvuzelas, just plenty of tension back home as disappointed fans watched the Super Eagles lose…
Trovan: Pfizer Hopeful US Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal
Though disappointed by the recent brief filed by the office of the Solicitor General of the United States of America…
Abuja Court Allows EFCC To File More Evidence Against Nyame
Justice Adebukola Banjoko of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory , on Friday, June 11, 2010, turned down attempts…
England v. USA: Live Report
RUSTENBERG, South Africa (AFP) – 2102 GMT: ENGLAND WILL BE DISAPPOINTED they didn’t make a winning start and the game…
Taiwo Injured In Eagles’ Narrow Loss To Argentina
Nigeria’s Super Eagles this evening proved bookmakers of the FIFA World Cup wrong as they lost by a narrow margin…
2010 World Cup: Unpredictable Eagles In Narrow Loss To Argentina
Nigeria’s Super Eagles this evening proved bookmakers of the FIFA World Cup wrong as they lost by a narrow margin…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
Argentina v. Nigeria: Live Report
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – 1600 GMT: A DAZZLING DISPLAY BY LIONEL MESSI helps Argentina to a well deserved victory over Nigeria.…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
South Korea v. Greece: Live Report
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) – 1535 GMT: SOUTH KOREA TAKE CONTROL OF GROUP B with the first win at…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
France v. Uruguay: Live Report
CAPE TOWN (AFP) – So the second game of World Cup 2010 in South Africa ends in a second draw…
South Africa v. Mexico: Live Report
SO THAT’S THE FIRST GAME of World Cup 2010 in South Africa done and dusted. Oh, how close the Bafana Bafana…
Gov Sacks Third Wife, Police Seize Her Vehicles
Governor of Bauchi State and the in-law of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Mallam Isa Yuguda has sacked his…
Fashola: I Once Failed My WASCE
Governor Bbatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria, says he once failed the West African School Certificate Examination, WASCE, and could…
I Didn’t Have Sex With Muma Gee — Emeka Ike
The winner of the Gulder Ultimate Search, GUS, Celebrity Showdown and star actor Emeka Ike has said that he did…
Oba Of Benin Declares War On Criminals
Acting on the instructions of Oba of Benin, Ereduawa Omonoba Ikuaponopona, traditional worshippers have stormed the streets of Benin City…
Sex Club Defies LASG, Fails To Remove Signpost
The government of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, has ordered Ocean Blue, a strip club operating in Opebi axis of…
Man Hacks Friend To Death
A tout, Joseph Okon Asuquo exhibited the height of bestiality in Mbiabo Ikot Offiong in Odukapani Local Government Area of…
Andy Uba In Adultery Mess As Pastor Mistress Delivers
The romance of Andy Uba, Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to former President Olusegun Obasanjo with Pastor Faith Vedelago, a…
Ban Okada And Face War, Riders, Lagosians Warn Lawmakers
The recent threat by the Lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Nigeria, to ban the use of motorcycle…
Cop Drags UBA To Court
United bank for Africa, Plc, Ilupeju branch, Lagos State, Nigeria, and three of the staff have been dragged before the…
Kidnappers Hold Kano, Jigawa Hostage
Politicians and business- men in Kano and Jigawa states in northern Nigeria now live in fear as kidnappers have held…
Lagos AC Chieftain Tasks New INEC Boss
A chieftain of the Action Congress (AC), Otunba Yomi Ogunnusi, has called on the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent…
Ajibola Apologises To Daniel Over VC’s Position On N50b Bond
Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and founder of the Crescent University, Prince Bola Ajibola, has tendered an unreserved…
NECO Candidates On The Rampage
At least 100 students of Queency International School, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria, yesterday took to the streets to protest what they…
I Was Forced To Implicate Myself —Ex LASTMA Staff
A dismissed LASTMA official, Abayomi Tom Dollas, standing trial before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding innocent citizens of…
I Thought I’d Retired
Newly appointed Nigeria’s Minister for Commerce and Industry, Senator Jubril Martins Kuye was on Sunday honoured with a grand reception…