Month: January 2012
FA Cup 3rd Round Derby: Man United Beat City 3-2
Manchester United held on to quell a spirited second-half comeback by Manchester City as they knocked the holders out of…
Wole Soyinka: Back To The Trenches, Predictably!
Rarely has government alienation from the people it is meant to serve been so pronounced as demonstrated in the…
ACN Tasks Jonathan Over Speech
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said President Goodluck Jonathan’s televised speech defending his government’s decision to withdraw fuel subsidy…
Attacks In North East Dangerous For Nigeria’s Unity —Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned in the strongest terms the latest round of ethnic and religious terrorist attacks…
LET NOT THIS FIRE SPREAD!!! An Appeal By Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and JP Clark
The fears we have all secretly nursed are coming to realisation. The nightmare we have hugged to our individual breasts,…
Analysis: President Jonathan Cuts a Pathetic Figure
Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan’s handlers did him a disservice Saturday night when he delivered another address to Nigerians on his…
Labour Derides Jonathan’s Broadcast
Organised labour has responded to President Goodluck Jonathan’s nationwide broadcast Saturday, describing it as a mere rhetoric. Labour said…
ACN Govs Declare Position On Subsidy
The governors elected on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) met on Saturday, 7 January, 2012 at…
Subsidy protest: Jonathan makes concessions in National broadcast
The Full Text of the broadcast by President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerians on Saturday 7 January Dear Compatriots, 1.…
Cameroon FA Appoints Song As Lions’ Team Manager
Rigobert Song, the legendary and emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon makes an unexpected return in the Lions’…
Enyimba Employ Eguavoen as Head Coach
Enyimba have appointed former U-23 head coach, Austin Eguavoen as Head Coach/Technical Adviser for the 2011/2012 Nigeria Premier League (NPL)…
Sunshine, Dolphin Clash As Nigeria Premier League Season Kicks Off
The 2011/12 Nigeria Premier League, NPL, season rolls out Saturday with the clash between champions Dolphin and runners-up Sunshine Stars…
In Pictures: Youths , Hon. Dino Melaye Protest Against Fuel Subsidy Removal
Pictures shows youths and Hon. Dino Melaye protesting on the fuel subsidy removal at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja Friday. Photos:…
Deregulation Is A Necessary Change, Jonathan Insists
Despite the wave of protests against it across the country, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan insisted on Friday that deregulation of…
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Boko Haram Embarks on Mass Slaughter
The militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram which has carried out bombings and gun attacks especially in the North Eastern parts…
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SUBSIDY REMOVAL: Court Stops Labour’s Planned Strike
The Federal Government on Friday at about 5:53 pm secured through an ex-parte motion, an order from the National Industrial…
Sekibo Wins Rerun Election
Senator George Thompson Sekibo of Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, has been declared the winner of the rerun election of Rivers East…
Protesters Vow To Make Nigeria Ungovernable For Jonathan
A large number of youths under umbrella of Occupying Nigeria,ON, trooped out Friday in Kaduna to protest the sudden removal…
Soldiers Kill Ex-IG, Ehindero’s Nephew
Soldiers in the Joint military Security outfit, OP-MESSA shot dead the nephew of former Inspector General of Police, Niyi Ehindero…
Ex-Works Commissioner Arraigned
Mr. Venatius Ikem, the Cross River State Commissioner for Works who was relieved of his duties by Senator Liyekl Imoke…
Biggest Phone Outlet Shut At Computer Village
Officials of the Lagos State government have shut down Slot, the biggest distributors of communication equipment at the Computer Village,…
Lagosians Groan Over Increase In Prices of Food
The removal of fuel subsidy on 1 January has started to take its toll on prices of staple food items…
Lagos To Borrow N66.4 Billion To Finance 2012 Budget
The Lagos State Government is to borrow N66.4 billion to finance this year’s budget, says Commissioner for Economic Planning and…
‘Subsidy Responsible For Piracy’
Senior Special Adviser to the President on Maritime, Mr. Oyewole Olugbenga Leke, has attributed the incessant incidence of piracy and…
Fuel Subsidy Removal Will Accelerate Development — Minister
As Nigerians are still in shock over what is now being described as President Goodluck Jonathan’s new year ‘gift’ to…
NPA Flags Off 24-Hour Operations
About 24 years after it banned night pilotage of vessels in and out of the ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority…
Strike: Workers Vow To Be Peaceful
As the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) warms up for strike on Monday to protest the removal of oil subsidy, union…
Boko Haram Kills 6 Deeper Life Worshippers As Ultimatum Expires
As a three-day ultimatum by the Boko Haram sect to Southerners and Christians living in northern Nigeria expired yesterday, gunmen…
Beninois Arrested With Human Skull
Operatives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a Beninois, Tunzon Sylvester, 25…
Plateau Lawmakers Reject Emergency Rule
Federal lawmakers representing Plateau have decried the emergency rule imposed on some local governments in the state, saying it was…