Year: 2011
Boko Haram Plans Fresh Attacks In Abuja, says US Embassy
As Nigerians continue to count the number of lives lost to series of bombs, suicide and gun attacks by members…
Wenger: Arsenal’s Best Yet To Come
Arsene Wenger is refusing to let improving Arsenal rest on their laurels after a fourth straight win. Goal machine Robin…
ACN Tasks Security Chiefs Over Yobe Attacks
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it is horrified at the scale of the terror attacks carried out…
Lagos Speaker Preaches Peace As Muslims Mark Eid Mubarak
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has urged muslims in the state and the country to…
Amaechi Moves Against Criminals
Following incessant robbery attacks in Port Harcourt, the the Rivers State capital, southsouth Nigeria, the state Governor, Chibuike Amaechi has…
International Friendlies: Eagles Open Camp Tuesday
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are expected to regroup after their last Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Syli Nationale of…
Boko Haram on Rampage , Kills 67 in Nigeria Northeast
About 67 seven lives have been recorded as lost so far to a series of coordinated attacks in Yobe and…
30 Killed In Damaturu
At least 30 people were killed last night in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital in Northern Nigeria. Reports say the…
Ronaldo Dedicates Golden Boot Award To Team Mates, Madrid Fans
Cristiano Ronaldo has dedicated the Golden Boot award to his Real Madrid teammates and teeming fans of the Spainish club…
Build Refineries Instead Of Subsidy Removal, Ikuforiji Advises FG
Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has kicked against the proposed removal of subsidy from premium…
Robbers Kill Policemen In Port Harcourt
A gang of armed robbers has ambushed a bullion van in a village called Elikpokwuodu in Rukpokwu,in Obio-Akpor Local Government…
Embrace Fear Of God, Atiku Urges Leaders
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged leaders at all levels to embrace the fear of God in the discharge…
Fashola Charges Lagosians To Embrace Peace
As Nigerian Muslims join their counterparts across the globe to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola…
DFID To Support 500,000 Girls Under Its Girl-Child Education Programme
 The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) says it will support 500,000 girls in Nigeria under its Girl-Child Education Programme. The…
Jonathan Commiserates With Gov. Dankwambo
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State over the death of his deputy, Mr.…
Why NFF Gave Keshi Eagles’ Job -Onigbinde
FIFA and CAF Instructor, Adegboye Onigbinde has given an insight into why the technical committee of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,…
Flood Victim’s Corpse Found At Ogba
 A corpse was Friday evening found floating in a gutter on WEMPCO road/Chemiron junction in Ogba area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…
Muslim Leader Calls For Fear Of God During Sallah
Alhaji Lukman Raimi, President, The Muslim Congress (TMC),on Friday called for the fear of God and submission to the will…
Tribunal Dismisses NCP Petition Against Uduaghan
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Delta has dismissed the petition filed by the National Conscience Party (NCP) candidate, Mr Collins…
AU Members Contribute Only 2% To Peacekeeping In 3 Years -Official
AU member states contribute only two per cent of the total peacekeeping funds of the organisation Adeyemo Biodun, Head, Finance…
N1bn Agric Loan Ready For Disbursement -Gov Orji
The disbursement of N1 billion loan to farmers in Abia would commence before 1 December, 2011, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia said…
Baba Suwe may sue NDLEA
Babatunde Omidina, a.k. a.  Baba Suwe, the popular Nigerian comedian who was held as a drug suspect  may sue the…
Police Parade Suspected Firearms Manufacturer
 The Bauchi State Police Command on Friday paraded a suspected firearms manufacturer along with other suspected criminals. Parading the suspected firearms…
Riots Break Out In Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Residents angered by an attack on a church rioted Friday in the  central Nigerian state of Kaduna,  the center of…
OPC Leader Arrested With Gun In Ijebu-Ode
 Leader of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, in Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, Akeem Adeshina, has been arrested by the police…
Baba Suwe Freed, NDLEA’s Embarrassing Loss
After 23 days in detention in the camp of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over suspicions that he…
Police Arrest 2 Bank Robbers
The police in Akure, Ondo State, have arrested two persons suspected to be members of a gang of armed robbers…
Analysis : What Went Wrong With Baba Suwe’s Arrest?
The real life drug drama starring Nollywood comic actor, Baba Suwe, has come to an end. At least for now.…
Prices Of Rams Soar
With barely 72 hours to the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Kabir, many Islamic faithful may not be able to slaughter a…