Year: 2010
Nigeria confirm World Cup warm-up matches
Nigeria will play a friendly against Saudi Arabia on May 25 in Austria, as preparation for the World Cup next…
Nigerian inflation climbs to 12.5%
Nigeria’s annual inflation rate rose to 12.5 percent in April from 11.8 percent in the preceding month, driven by increases…
Lawmaker Charges Youths On Sports
After successfully hosting the second edition of the annual Hon. Kamorudeen Ogunbadejo marathon organised by the legislator in the legislative…
I Regret Missing Challenge Cup
Lateef Ishola, Team Manager of Rising Stars Football Club of Isolo speaks with SUNDAY AKINTOYE about the poor performance of…
Boska Cup: Glory Youth FC Suspend Players
Chief Coach of Glory Youth Football Academy, Olusola Babatunde, has suspended his players for two weeks following their poor run…
Namadi Sambo Sworn In As VP
All is set for the swearing in of the new Vice President, Namadi Sambo, today in Abuja. Though earlier reports…
Four Journalists Sue Gov. Oni’s Aide For N500m
Four Ibadan, Oyo State-based journalists have instituted a N500 million suit against Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS)…
11 Killed As Cult Groups Clash
The relative peace in Edo State was disrupted when cult groups clashed in Benin City, leaving 11 persons dead. The …
American Jailed For 24 Years
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos this afternoon sentenced an American lady, Sharon Dennis Thorpe, to 24 years imprisonment…
‘I’ve Been Raping Women For 15 Yrs’
Pascal Anomneze of 318, Ijegun Road Obalagbe outskirt of Lagos stunned Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court presided by S.O. Solebo when he…
SSS Abducts High Court Judge
Some armed men suspected to be operatives of State Security Service (SSS) have abducted Alhaji Musa Anka, a High Court…
Shot Guber Aspirant To Be Flown Abroad
Engineer Ini Ekong Udonwa, a People’s Democratic Party governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State is battling to stay alive after…
Lagos Speaker Appeals To China For Visa
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, yesterday, used the opportunity of the visit of the…
Fashola Is A Barometer —Ayobo-Ipaja LCDA Boss
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has been described as a barometer with which the performance of other governors…
Shell Project Nears Completion
A major Royal Dutch Shell oil and gas project nearing completion in oil-rich Niger Delta is set to produce more…
Why We Are Seeking Reform –Magistrates
Spokesperson of Lagos State magistrates, Mrs. M. B. Folami, has explained why they are agitating for reform in the magistrate’s…
‘Yoke Placed On Yar’Adua Killed Him’
Lagos-based evangelist, Prophet Joshua Adeboboye, has revealed that it was the yoke placed on the late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua…
‘Lagosians’ll No Longer Accept Mediocrity’
“The time for mediocrity is gone and Lagosians are now weary of putting inexperienced and unpopular persons in positions of…
‘Igbo’ll Back Fashola For 2nd Term’
Lagos State Chairman of the Igbo Coalition and a member of the G40, Chief Chris Ekwuilo, has declared that Igbo…
Religious Leaders Tasked On HIV/AIDS
Bishop U. Edema, the convener and co-ordinator of Fighting HIV/AIDS From The Pulpit has urged religious leaders to be courageous…
Rule With The Fear Of God, Makinde Urges Political Class
The Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Sunday Ola Makinde, has charged members of the political ruling class to rule with…
Power Shift Takes Shine Off Presidential Lounge
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has been visiting the presidential lounge of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, without…
Seeing Armed Robbers Irritate Us
Alhaji Rilwan Hussain a.k.a Yasalam is the chairman, Osun State Police Command Vigilance Group set up in 1989 by the…
Eagles’ Shirt Not Do Or Die Affair —Yobo
As the battle for who makes the final 23-man list of the Super Eagles for the South Africa 2010 FIFA…
Eagles Need Unity To Succeed, Says Canada-Based Nigerian Fan
Elijah Onosemuode’s favourite memory of cheering Nigeria’s national soccer team came in 2007 in Victoria during the U-20 World Cup…
Eagles Celebration Night Holds In Abuja
The Nigeria national football team, Super Eagles, will be sent off to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in grand…
Lagos Set For Youth Cup
Lagos State is set to host the Lagos International Youth Cup with Spanish giants, Valencia Youth Team , Super Sports…
Foreign Wrestlers To Honour Fashola
British Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Miloko will lead 19 other top foreign wrestlers for the maiden edition of Intercontinental Wrestling Championship…
Lagos Appoints Coaches For Adopt-A-Talent
The Lagos State Government has recruited coaches that will help run the Adopt-A-Talent programme, a project aimed at identifying talents…