Month: January 2012
EFCC Spokesman, Babafemi Quits
The spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Femi Babafemi, has resigned his appointment with the anti-graft…
Catholic Priest Escapes Assassination
A Catholic priest at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ejigbo Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Rev. Father Gabriel Ihenacho, narrowly escaped death…
Boko Haram: Fashola, Religious Leaders Meet
Hundreds of Christian and Muslim leaders have met in Lagos State to strategise on how to stop the incursion of…
NBA Protests In Lagos Against Subsidy Removal
Members of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association this morning took to the streets to protest the removal…
4 Face Trial Over Death Of Nigerian Teenager In UK
Four members of a teenage gang are now facing trial in London after a 17-year old Nigerian was knocked down…
Rerun: Police Restrict Movement In Port Harcourt LGs
Rivers Police Command has banned both human and vehicular movements in the local government areas that constitute Rivers East Senatorial…
NIIA DG, Commissioner Want Better Deal For Pensioners
Pensioners all over the country have been charged to form a formidable common front to arrest, further inhuman treatment by…
Fake Cop Remanded Over N1m Fraud
A man Mustapha Oludarisi, 45, alleged to have paraded himself as an officer attached to the Zone 2 Police Command,…
How To Curb Gang War In Lagos
Following the incessant youth clashes and gang wars in Fadeyi, Jibowu and Moshalashi areas of Lagos State, during which lives…
Subsidy Removal: Motor Parks Empty In Jalingo
Residents of Jalingo, the Taraba capital, have decided to stay at home because of the sharp rise in transport fare…
Bauchi Police Parade 12 Suspects
The Bauchi State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 12 suspected armed robbers arrested in different parts of the state during…
NEMA Officials Escape Attack In Ebonyi
The officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who went to Ezillo in Ebonyi to donate relief materials to…
Kaduna House Of Assembly Gets Facelift
The Kaduna State House of Assembly complex is undergoing a comprehensive facelift, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A…
Panic Buying Of Foodstuff In Jigawa
Residents of Dutse, the Jigawa capital, have commenced panic buying of foodstuffs in anticipation of price hikes resulting from the…
Subsidy Removal: Police Beef Up Security
The Police Command in Cross River says it has beefed up security around government establishments within Calabar metropolis and major…
Use Of Covered Number Plates Banned In Lagos
The Lagos State government has announced a ban on the use of vehicles with covered or without registered number plates.…
Fraudster Bags 7 Years Jail Term
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Abdulkadir Ntiem to seven years imprisonment for defrauding Mark Anthony Ugochukwu…
Zamfara Youths Protest Against Subsidy
Hundreds of aggrieved youths in Zamfara State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the removal of petroleum subsidy by…
IBB Varsity Dismisses 4 Students For Misconduct
The authorities of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai in Niger State, has dismissed four students for gross misconduct,…
Ali Makes Case For Grassroots Sports
Former national long jump champion, Yusuf Ali, has charged the National Sports Commission, NSC, and other sports stakeholders in the…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
Martins To Splash N400m On Charity
Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins says he is planning to spend over N400 million (over $2.5 million) to help the poor…
London Olympics: Obajinmi Wants Early Preparation
Former Nigerian international and board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Gloria Obajinmi, has called on the National…
Handsworth Boss Upbeat, Despite Defeats To 3SC, Kwara Utd
Team Manger of Handsworth, Tajudeen Olasukanmi, has said that he is not disturbed with the defeat his team suffered in…
Mighty Stars Aim High
Players and management of Mighty Stars Football Club of Mainland are aiming high in 2012. The club management have concluded…
Adebutu Cup Enters Q/Final Stage
The quarter final of U-19 Kessington Adebutu Soccer Championship will hold on Saturday at the Oshodi Sports Centre. In the…
Ashafa, Others For Mamora Cup Final
Senator Gbenga Ashafa who is representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the House of Senate and other sports personalities are…
New Generation Resume Training Monday
Despite the fact that some clubs have started preparation for Lagos Challenge Cup and other football competitions, New Generations Academy…
LDFA Super 8 Playoffs: Current Boss Assures Good Outing
Team Manager of Current FC, Bello Quadri, is confident that his team will have a good outing when the Lagos…
Nigeria Has Global Literary Appeal
 Maggie Robertson and Penny Compton, Producer of the Welsh Hay Festival and the Programme Officer respectively were at The Lagos…
Of Biblical Jonathan And Boko Haram —Isaac Asabor
As a Christian, the war-like situation which the belligerent members of the infamous Boko Haram sect has created in our…