Year: 2011
Sanya Unity Cup: Eleven Strikers Eye Victory To Qualify For 2nd Round
Eleven Strikers will have their hands full when they confront Chicago FC in their make or mar last group match…
Traders Demand Bank In Bakolori
Traders at the grains market in Bakori Local Government area of Katsina State on Wednesday appealed for the opening of…
‘Cart Pushers Stay Banned’
Lagos State government has reaffirmed that the law banning cart pushers’ operation in the state is still very much in…
Edwin Clark Calls For Al-Mustapha’s Release
Former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late dictator Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has won an ardent supporter in…
Siasia Sues NFF Over Breach Of Contract
Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has launched a legal action against the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), following his sack…
NFF Appoints Keshi As New Eagles’ Coach
Stephen Keshi was Wednesday appointed new Nigeria coach, but he will initially be on a salary less than predecessor Samson…
Wife Of Ex-Speaker Of Edo Assembly Kidnapped
Mrs Felicia Omokhodion, wife of the former speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Bright Omokhodion, has been kidnapped. She…
CLO, Opposition Parties Call For Regional Governments
Opposition political parties and the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) on Tuesday said that any state which could not generate at…
Commissioner Fault Post-UME Debate
Prof. Patrick Muobaghare, Basic and Secondary Education Commissioner in Delta, has advised the Senate to drop the post-University Matriculating Examination…
FG Urged To Ban Importation Of Toothpick
An industrialist, Mr Paul Okpue, has called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of toothpick to encourage local…
Nasarawa Assembly Suspends Screening Of Commissioner-nominees
The Nasarawa House of Assembly on Wednesday suspended the screening and confirmation of three of the 18 commissioner-nominees whose names…
HAJJ 2011: Lagos Doles Out 175 Saudi Riyal, Free Food To Muslim Pilgrims
Determined to give succor to the state pilgrims in the holy land of Saudi Arabia, Lagos State Government is giving…
Excessive Sweating Causes Foot Odour, says Doctor
Dr Glory Adamu, a general practitioner, has identified excessive sweating on the feet as responsible for cases of foot odour.…
Allow Farida To Do Her Job -Momoh
The National Chairman of CPC, Chief Tony Momoh, has advised that EFCC Chairman Farida Waziri be allowed to do her…
Suspected Kidnapper Locks 10-year-old Girl In A Freezer
Mother luck snatched a ten -year-old girl from the jaws of death after she was locked up in a fridge…
N3.3b Fraud: Okereke-Onyiuke’s Absence Stalls Trial
The absence of a former Director-General of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, on Tuesday stalled further hearing in the…
Love For Cars My Biggest Headache —Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has said the love for cars is his greatest headache.…
Obasanjo Challenges Army Engineers On Food Production
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday challenged the Nigerian Army Engineers, popularly known as SAPPERS, to refocus attention from their…
Boko Haram: JTF Begins House-To-House Search For Arms In Borno
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno says it has commenced house-to-house search for arms in the state which has…
I Am In The Race To Win —Gov Sylva
Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, says he is still in the race to clinch the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ticket…
Robbers Sack Police Station, Blow Up Bank
Gunmen have attacked the Akamkpa Divisional Police station on the outskirts of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria.…
Fire Razes NASCO Building
A six storey building, known as NASCO building, has been gutted by fire at Apapa area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…
Total, Conoil, Oando Fuel Stations Shut
The Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment on Tuesday in Lokoja sealed off the NNPC Mega Station and 10 others…
Cult Groups Clash In Ijebu-Ode
At least three persons have been killed by suspected cult groups in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Following the attck,…
MD Remanded For Defrauding Microfinance Bank
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Datane J. Services has been arraigned by the police at the…
Guber Ticket: Bayelsans Unruffled Over Sylva
Bayelsans appear to be unruffled about the purported disqualification of Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa state from contesting the forthcoming…
Guard, Accomplice Jailed For Attempting To Poison Employer
A security guard, Genesis Anthony and his accomplice, Victor Jegede, on Tuesday jointly bagged five years imprisonment for attempting to…
Acid Attack Victim Needs N24m For Surgery In Canada
Miss Franca Ogbu, a 100-level student of Federal University of Technology, Yola, who was sprayed with acid by a fellow…
Cybercrime Costs $1tr Globally — British PM
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday one trillion dollars has been lost through cyber crime across the world.…
Arik Carries 8m Passengers, Acquires 23 Planes
Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, has disclosed that in five years, it has flown eight million passengers and acquired 23…