Year: 2010
Gunmen Assassinate Human Rights Activist
A human rights activist, Chief Chidi Nwosu, was on Wednesday assassinated by unknown gunmen in his hometown, Ameke, Abam, in…
P.M.NEWS Manager Loses Home To Fire
By Adeyera Olubunmi & Abiose Lukman Two days after Christmas, disaster struck at the Sogunro Estate, Ogba, Lagos home of…
I’m Frustrated At Everton — Yakubu
Yakubu Aiyegbeni has bemoaned his frustration at sitting on the Everton bench. Manager David Moyes made clear his lack of…
Quota System Killing Our Football —Ikpeba
By Adebobola Alawode There is no doubt that Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is using quota system to appoint coaches to…
NPL Crisis: Sacked Owumi Can’t Contest —Baribote
Former Chairman of Bayelsa United, Rumson Baribote, has declared that the deposed chairman of the board of Nigeria Premier League,…
My Child ’ll Bounce Back; Says Dad Of Plateau Player
By Adebobola Alawode Solomon Olaniyi, father of recuperating Plateau United midfielder, Olayinka, who was a victim of the Christmas eve…
Henin Returns From Elbow Injury
Henin has been out of action since injuring her elbow at Wimbledon. Former world number one Justine Henin returns to…
Table Tennis: Kaffo Wants More ITTF Coaching Course
Former African number one female table tennis player, Bose Kaffo, has made a clarion call to other states of the…
Oldest Swinger Enters Record Book
Golfer Richie McKay has been crowned the oldest swinger in town because he still plays his favourite game – at…
Alaro Cup: Maradona Coach Rues Defeat To Merciful Tree
Chief Coach of Maradona Football Club, Sulaiman Togun, has expressed disappointment over the defeat of his team by Merciful Tree…
Preview Of 2011: Stakeholders Expect Busy Year
As the year 2010Â draws to a close tomorrow, stakeholders in grassroots football are already looking forward to a bright…
Ivory Coast: One Nation, Two Presidents
By Ben Nanaghan The build-up to the 2010 Ivorian Presidential election was as dramatic as the election itself. The election…
Accidents On Our Roads
Despite warnings to motorists and commuter bus drivers by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to drive cautiously and observe…
Explosions Rock At Political Rally In Bayelsa
Twin explosions rocked a political rally in oil rich  Nigerian state of Bayelsa, according to Agence France Presse, AFP. A…
Lagos Suspends Toll On New Road
The Lagos State Government has suspended the collection of toll on the the Lekki Epe Expressway originally billed to start …
Abuja Night Clubs Owners Mourn Loss of Customers as Prostitutes Scramble For Men
While other business owners are counting their gains as result of increased patronage engendered by the yuletide celebrations, the situation…
NFF Appoints Shorunmu To Assist Siasia
The Annual General Meeting, AGM of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF ended this evening with the body approving the sum…
Nigeria’s Premier League Boss Sacked
The good job started by Nigeria Premier League, NPL boss, Davidson Owumi, which has seen an upward development of the…
ACN Raises Alarm Over Plan To Impeach Gov. Aregbesola
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the plan to impeach Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State is real,…
Inherited Wife Kills Policeman
By Oluwole Adeboye & Olatunji Obasa A traffic warden attached to Ijora Divisional Headquarters, Lagos State, South-West, Nigeria, has been…
Jos Crisis: Don’t Take Up Arms; Kumuyi Tells Christians
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has warned Christians in Jos, Plateau State…
Activists Score Fashola Low On Rural Dev.
Simon Ateba Activists, under the aegis of Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, yesterday scored Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, low…
Ogun PDP Crisis Deepens
By Biodun Onafuye/Ijebu Ode The crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, deepened yesterday…
2 Passengers Drown In Lagos Lagoon
By Paul Sanusi Two unidentified passengers drowned in the Lagos lagoon this morning as the commuter bus with registration number…
Reactions Trail Ladoja’s Defection To Accord Party
By Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Reactions have started trailing the defection of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja…
Thieves Burgle ATM Facility
An Automatic Teller Machine, ATM, located at an eatery at Idimu Road, Egbeda, Lagos, South West Nigeria has been burgled…
INEC Sued For Negligence
By Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Ahead of the fast approaching 2011 general elections, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned…
Gbagbo Clings To Power In Ivory Coast
Laurent Gbagbo clung to power today as West African leaders conferred on what to do next after he rebuffed their…
Dad Kills Son, Self On Xmas Eve
Christmas Eve will never be the same for this Cape Flats family again. This is after 10-year-old Dakota Arendse’s young…
Robbery Suspect Electrocuted
By Paul Iyoghojie A member of a four-man gang of suspected robbers identified as Ibrahim who broke into a house…