Year: 2011
Workers Give NIPOST Ultimatum Over Pay
The National Union of Postal and Telecommunication of Employees (NUPTE) has given the management of Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) a…
Yuletide: FRSC Advises Motorists To Be Cautious
The Ogun State Command of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has warned motorists to obey all traffic rules and ensure…
How Christopher Akagbue Emerged Ultimate Hero
Christopher Akagbue, a model and an undergraduate of the University of Lagos has emerged winner of the eighth season of…
Insecurity: Jos Trade Fair Cancelled
The Plateau Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (PLACCIMA) has announced the cancellation of the annual Jos Trade Fair…
Tiwa Savage, Uti, Others Win FAB Awards
It was a fantastic night as celebrities and fashionistas from all over Africa converged in their hundreds at Landmark Village,…
Top 10 Mics Hots Up
As the 23 December concert date for the Top 10 Mics draws closer, the momentum is gathering faster with the…
Man Nabbed With Arms, Airforce Uniforms
The police in Area ‘H’ Command, Ogudu, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a robbery suspect at Ojota during a…
Court Remands Four Suspected Kidnappers
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arraigned three men and a woman before an Ebute-Metta…
Police Detain Houseboy For One Month
A 31-year-old man, Jacob Kinho, has been detained by the police from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba…
Tim Dakolo Set For Live Lounge Tour
Idol West Africa winner and emerging vocalist, Timi Dakolo, is embarking on a performance tour. The tour titled, Live Lounge:…
Kween Onakola Drops Kweendoncome
Afro Soul music singer, Kween Onakola has dropped her debut album titled Kweendoncome. According to information made available to Showbiz…
Nigerian Idol 2 Hits Tv Screen
It was a mixed basket of emotions for viewers at the weekend as Nigerian Idol, the hit television music reality…
Rauf Aregbesola: 365 Days Of Progressive Revolution
Only recently, our beloved Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, celebrated his one year in office. Progressive Nigerians and Osun…
LASU New Fee Regime: Why Fashola Must Not Succumb To Blackmail
To be a good leader, the vision to probe into the future, to set achievable goals is paramount. For instance,…
‘I’ll Cut Shortage Of Information Through Electronic Means’
Abdulazeez Umaru, a Higher National Diploma (HND 1) student of Mass Communication, is the newly elected Students Union Public Relations…
‘UNILORIN’s A Pacesetter’
The Vice-Chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Prof. M. Ola-Rotimi Ajayi, has described the University of Ilorin in glowing…
Fire Guts Lasu Library
What could have resulted to a monumental loss was averted recently when fire gutted a part of the Lagos State…
No Xmas Break For Eagles —Keshi
Super Eagles’ coach, Stephen Keshi, has told home based Eagles to be ready to sacrifice their Christmas break when the…
Nigerians Mourn Bada
Nigerians have continued to mourn the death of former Olympic silver medalist, and Technical Director of Athletic Federation of Nigeria,…
Tributes To J.K. Randle At Olympic Dinner
The 2011 J.K. Randle Olympic Dinner was held yesterday amid pomp and circumstance as people from all walks of life…
SWAN Cup: TheNEWS Beat Galaxy
TheNEWS football team yesterday at the Legacy pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, continued their campaign in this year’…
NBB of C In USA For WBC Convention
Executive members of Nigerian Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, are currently attending the 49th Annual World Convention of…
Kemi Surakat Beach Soccer Begins 19 Dec
All is now set for the Kemi Surakat Beach Soccer Championship which will hold from 19-24 December. The grassroots tournament…
Club Owner Sends SOS To Amosun; Over Use Of Dipo Dina Stadium
The lull in sporting activities in Ijebu Ode and its environs is giving sports lovers of the ancient city a…
‘Karate Not A Dangerous Sport’
A Nigerian karateka, Joseph Omu, has debunked the claim that karate is a dangerous sport that should not be encouraged…
Motorsport
Sylvain Guintoli of the Effenbert-Liberty Racing Ducati team says he is looking forward to picking up in 2012 where he…
Nigeria’s President Removes Petrol Subsidy
President Goodluck Jonathan this afternoon presented N4.749 trillion 2012 Budget proposal to a joint session of National Assembly while he…
Nigerian Court Annuls Senator’s Election
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday nullified the nomination of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, Senator…
Suicide Bomber Dies In Maiduguri
A powerful bomb blast targeting a military post has rocked the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing…