Month: January 2012
Man Drugs Wife, Sells Baby For N350k
A 26-year old man, Ibrahim Oladele who drugged his wife, Damilola Balogun after she delivered her baby boy and sold…
Lagos ACN Cautions Protesters Against Looting
The Action Congress of Nigeria Lagos State chapter has cautioned protesters against oil subsidy removal not to allow hoodlums and…
Adamawa Guber Polls: Marwa Alleges Threat To Life
Ahead of the 21 January governorship poll in Adamawa, the CPC candidate, retired Brig Gen. Buba Marwa, on Thursday alleged…
‘OPC’ll Not Attack Hausa’
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) said on Thursday in Lagos that people or…
Hawkers Sell Petrol For N300 A Litre In Lagos
Four days into the labour-instigated nationwide protests against the removal of petrol subsidy, petrol now attracts as much as N300…
Commercial Activities Return In Jos
Commercial activities are gradually returning to Jos metropolis, Plateau State, as the strike organised the labour entered its fourth day.…
Strike: LASCO To Ignore Hoodlums
Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) on Thursday said it would not be distracted by the activities of hoodlums, as…
Strike: Business Activities Resume In Mararaba
Commercial activities have fully returned to Mararaba, a suburb of Abuja, four day into the nationwide strike by the labour…
Don’t Destroy Public Property, LASG Warns Protesters
Lagos State Government has cautioned against the use of text messages and various forms of social media networks to spread…
LUTH, EKO Hospitals Render Skeletal Services
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and Eko Hospital, Lagos, have been rendering skeletal services since the nationwide strike over…
Strike: Bank Customers Resort To ATM For Cash
As the nationwide strike called by labour entered the fifth day today, bank customers across the country have resorted to…
Traditional Ruler Begs Labour To End Strike
The traditional ruler of Igando, Oba Lasis Gbadomosi, has appealed to the NLC and TUC to suspend the ongoing national…
Subsidy Protest: EFCC site hacked with False arrests of oil moguls
Nigerian hackers have tampered with the website of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, www.efccnigeria.org, posting on the site…
NSG To Meet On State Of The Nation
The National Summit Group, NSG, has announced plans to host a national dialogue in a bid to find solution to…
Koro Set To Reconcile PDP Members
The chairman, Transition Committee, Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has set out to…
Do Not Disappoint Electorate, Council Boss Charges Appointees
The chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Kehinde Bamigbetan, has charged the new political appointees in…
Olympic Handball: Why Nigeria Withdrew From Qualifiers — Yusuf
President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria, Dauda Yusuf, has explained the reason Nigeria pulled out of the 20th African…
Ndanusa Makes Case For Sports Academies
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has urged the National Sports Commission, NSC, and other sports…
Keshi’ll Take Us To Promised Land — Amadu
After watching Stephen Keshi-tutored local eagles displayed sublime football artistry in the international friendly game against Angola on Wednesday, the…
‘Local Players Not Ripe For Eagles’
Despite dominating Palancas Negras of Angola in the international friendly game played at the Abuja National Stadium on Wednesday, which…
NBB of C Hails Arrival Of Promotional Firms
Secretary General of Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, Remi Aboderin, has hailed the arrival of five new…
Boxing’s Mystery Man Revealed
The ‘mystery man’ accused by Amir Khan of interfering with judges’ scorecards in his world title defeat by Lamont Peterson…
Nigeria’s Unhappy New Year
Sola Odunfa considers why Nigeria’s poor especially feel so angry and exploited by the government’s removal of a fuel subsidy.…
Pathfinder Goes To Finishing School
Nissan has given us another tease of its new Pathfinder concept that’s set to be uncovered at the Detroit Motor…
VW Slams Toyota, Sells Eight Million Vehicles
Volkswagen Group boosted global vehicle sales to above 8 million for the first time in 2011, passing Toyota Motor Corp.…
Macho Makeover For Land Cruiser
This is Toyota’s facelifted-for-2012, much-more-macho Land Cruiser 200, just released in the Japanese domestic market, which will be introduced in…
Megane Upgrades
Renault has given its Megane – which we were surprised to hear is the brand’s top selling model range (would…
Dacia Lodgy Debuts
Dacia has released the first images of its new MPV called the Lodgy, which will make its debut at the…
Celebrities Campaign Against Fuel Subsidy
Celebrities and top music stars, namely the Fuji King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal aka K1 the Ultimate, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti,…