Month: January 2012
Nigeria: Bridge, Car Bombed In Bayelsa Capital
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt On the eve of the visit of Nigeria’s vice president, Namadi Sambo, to President Goodluck Jonathan’s state,…
Nations Cup: Teams Complain Over Sub Standard Hotels
The issue of bad hotel facilities is threatening to overshadow the start of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with…
Channels TV loses reporter in Kano Attacks
A journalist working with Channels Television was among the people killed in the multiple bombs experienced in Kano Friday. Channels…
Ex-Gov Daniel Loses Bid To Quash Charges
An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, on January 20, 2012, dismissed an application filed by a former governor…
Fashola Spells Rights and Duties Of Citizens
Governor Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola(SAN) on Friday received members of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, who brought…
Drogba Won’t Leave Chelsea Until Summer
Didier Drogba has confirmed he intends to stay at Chelsea at least until the summer reports Mirror Sports. The 33-year-old…
Curfew slammed on Kano after Multiple Bombs
Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram has reportedly bombed the Zone 1 Police Headquarters in Kano and other parts of the…
U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier: Flamingoes’ll Beat Kenya – Coach
Peter Dedevbo, the Chief Coach of the Flamingoes, the female U-17 team of Nigeria, has assured football fans across the…
Nigeria, Kenya Match: NFF Rules Out Financial Incentives For Flamingoes
Chris Green, a board member of Nigeria Football Federation NFF, has said that the football authority has no plan to…
U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifier: 30 Players For Falconets Camp
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has invited 30 players to the camp of the U-20 women national team, the Falconets,…
Independence Day Blast: Okah Loses Bid To Delay Trial
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday refused an application brought by Mr. Charles Okah who is standing…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: NBA Tasks Fashola To Roll Out Palliative Measures
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch has asked the Lagos State Government to roll out palliative measures for residents…
Attempt To Bomb Army Barracks Foiled
Commander of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig-General Tukur Y. Buratai has disclosed the arrest of suspects with links with the…
Soldiers In Lagos: Who Is Lying?
. Lawyers Seek The Withdrawal of the soldiers The intrigues surrounding the deployment of soldiers to Lagos state, South-west Nigeria,…
Nollywood Star Dies
Veteran Nollywood actor, David Ihezie, is dead. The Enugu-based actor died yesterday night after a battle with illness. He was…
Lawmakers Walk Out On Governor
Members of the Benue State House of Assembly have staged a walk out on the governor of the state, Gabriel…
Sylva Dismisses Late Night Order On Dickson’s Candidacy
As the race to the Government House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, takes twists and turns, Governor Timpre Sylva, has dismissed…
Randy Landlord Stabs Brother’s Wife Over Sex
Barely two weeks after a Lagos landlord, Rasaq Adisa Atanda, was arraigned before Ejigbo magistrate’s court, Lagos for battering his…
Jonathan Silent On Ringim
Nearly 48 hours after the elapse of the marching order from the Federal Government to Hafiz Ringim, the Inspector General…
Imoke Sure Of Ticket —Supporters
Loyalists of Senator Liyel Imoke, governor of Cross River State, are upbeat that he will win the People’ Democratic Party,…
Wife Of PDP Stalwart Missing
Alhaja Fatimoh Abimbola Odofin, wife of a former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairmanship candidate in Eti Osa Local Government, Lagos…
SuperSport Job: NFF To Cut Keshi’s Salary
For the three weeks the Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi and his assistant, Daniel Amokachi, will be…
Parents Protest Hike In School Fees
Parents and guardians of pupils of a Catholic school, St. Peters Primary and Secondary School Ejigbo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria…
KAI Officials Remanded For Murder
Two officials of Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, the law enforcement arm of the Ministry of the Environment, Lagos State, southwest…
Consumers Want FG To Regulate Food Prices
Some consumers across states have urged the Federal Government to establish a price regulatory agency to regulate the prices of…
Eagles Missing In Action As Nations Cup Kicks Off
For the first time since 1986, the Africa Cup of Nations will begin without soccer loving Nigerians watching Super Eagles,…
Nigeria: E-Payment Hiccups Delay Salaries of Federal workers
Three banks officials have said in Lagos that the delay in the e-payment of Federal Government workers’ salaries was due…
Lagos 2011 Budget Records 77% Performance
The 2011 Budget of Lagos State recorded a cumulative year performance of 77 percent with a fourth quarter performance of…
JAMB Rules Out Extension Of Sale Of UTME Forms
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday ruled out the extension of the sale of forms for this…
Get Out Of Lagos, LG Boss Tells Soldiers
President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to heed the call by the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola and other…