Month: January 2012
Renault Sells 2.7m Vehicles Globally
Renault has announced that its global group sales in 2011 reached a record 2,722,062, versus 2,627,365 in 2010, a rise…
Toyota, Mercedes, BMW Retain Top Auto Brand Values —Report
Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and BMW retained their ranking among the world’s top 15 global brands, while Volkswagen and Nissan made the…
Kia Ends 2011 With 18% Increase In Global Sales
Kia Motors Corporation announced that its global sales for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants),…
Elantra, Evoque Win Awards
The new Hyundai Elantra is the 2012 North American Car of the Year, while the Range Rover Evoque is the…
Boko Haram Attacks Army Outpost, kills Soldier
Daring militants of the Islamic Sect waging a war against Nigeria and the Christians, have attacked an army outpost in…
Escape of Boko Haram Suspect: Nigeria’s Police Chief in Trouble
Hafiz Ringim, the Inspector General of Police is in trouble over last Sunday’s escape of Kabiru Sokoto, an alleged Boko…
Oshiomhole Warns Petrol Marketers
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has warned petroleum marketers in the state that the government would not hesitate to…
BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS GET BAIL
As a cross-section of Nigerians lament over the escape from custody of Mr. Kabir Sokoto, a Boko Haram suspect allegedly…
Lekki-Epe Expressway Row: Lagos To Sue Tribune
The Lagos State Government says it is heading to court over what it calls unfounded reports on the Lekki-Epe Expressway…
Court Adjourns Sacked NLC Scribe’s Suit To 29 Feb.
The National Industrial Court, NIC, on Wednesday adjourned further proceedings in the suit filed by sacked former General Secretary of…
ACN Asks Jonathan To Remove Soldiers From Lagos
The Lagos State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to listen to the…
Robbers Raid Beer Depot
Gunmen at about 8.30 a.m. today raided a beer depot along Ikwerre road in Rumuigbo, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers…
Escape Of Boko Haram Suspect: Zakari Biu Faces Dismissal, Jail
Controversial Police Commissioner Zakari Biu who was suspended yesterday over the escape of Kabiru Sokoto, a suspected Boko Haram chieftain…
Woman Pays Prophetess N2.7m For Deliverance
A business woman, Mrs. Folashade Giwa is now counting her losses after she was made to part with about N2.7m…
Fuel Scarcity Bites Hard In Lagos
Long queues were observed at filling stations in several parts of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria today as fuel scarcity bites harder.…
Boko Haram Suspect’s Escape: Oritsejafor Wants Police CP Prosecuted
National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor has called for the immediate prosecution of the Commissioner of Police,…
Reps Begin Probe Of Subsidy Management
The ongoing probe of the management of fuel subsidy by the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee continued this morning with…
Truck Crashes Into Filling Station
Many people escaped death this morning on Ikorodu road in Lagos, following an accident involving a tipper truck. The truck,…
Lawyers Back Suspension Of Strike
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) says it supports the organised labour’s decision to suspend its strike because it will pave…
Judge Warns Against Disobedience Of Court Orders
An Abuja High Court judge, Justice Folasade Ojo, on Tuesday warned against the flagrant disobedience of court orders, by legal…
Keshi Cleared For SuperSport Job
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has okayed Super Eagles’ head coach, Stephen Keshi, to work as a TV pundit at the…
Port Operators May Protest Over Demurrage
Mr. Jonathan Nicol, General Secretary of Shippers Association of Lagos State, on Tuesday said that port operators would protest demurrage…
Facts You Must Know: Subsidy Made Simple (SMS) —Tunde Bakare
Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare delivered this expose on Fuel Subsidy at The Latter Rain Assembly last Sunday. Please read, digest, and…
DPR To Force Filling Stations To Sell Petrol At N97 A Litre
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it will force filling stations that have petroleum products to sell at approved…
Remove Soldiers From Our Streets
The recent deployment of soldiers on the streets of Lagos by the Federal Government came as a shock to both…
Child No. 6 For 2Face
Those who believed pop icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly called 2face, when he told the world he was no longer sexually…
SERAP Tasks FG On Oil Cabal
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a human rights group, has urged the Federal Government to display exemplary political…
Oil Marketers Confirm Availability Of Petrol
Independent marketers and oil majors on Tuesday assured Nigerians of the availability of petrol in all their filling stations. They…
JTF Arrests 6 Suspected Boko Haram Leaders
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said in Maiduguri on Tuesday that it had arrested six…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Umuahia, Calabar, Aba
Umuahia, the Abia capital and its environs have been hit by fuel scarcity. An investigation by a News Agency of…