Month: January 2012
Global Terror: Potential Flashpoints In 2012 —Frank Gardner
With much of the Middle East in flux, suspicions intensifying over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a deepening political crisis in Pakistan,…
Disaster In The Niger Delta
As Nigerians grapple with the problems of Boko Haram, fuel subsidy removal and galloping inflation, another national disaster is happening…
Toyota Aqua Hybrid Debuts In Japan
Toyota has announced the introduction of the Aqua in Japan, a month after it made its debut at the Tokyo…
BMW Donates 4,000 To Olympic Games
BMW is to ship 4,000 brand-new luxury vehicles in from Germany to escort dignitaries and officials in a move described…
Porsche Expects Record Year
Porsche expects its new-car sales to grow by more than 6.5 per cent in 2012, giving the sports car maker…
Chevrolet Hits Sale Record In 2011
With its 100th birthday behind it, Chevrolet is on pace to set an all-time global sale record in 2011, having…
‘I Want To Popularise Symphony’
Renowned music director, soloist and scholar, Dire Adarabierin-Oba has resolved to help make symphony popular among music lovers in Nigeria.…
How Subsidy Largesse Polarised Nollywood
Feelers reaching Showbiz Trends revealed that the New Year eve fuel subsidy removal consultative parley between President Goodluck Jonathan’s team…
Aeroplay Drops Debut Album
Aeroplay, a budding hip-hop music group has launched the promo version of its debut album. The launch, held last week…
Night Of Songs For Onyeka’s Mom
Come Friday Night, five of Nigeria’s notable divas —Stella Monye, Yinka Davies, Kenny St Brown, J’odie and Omawumi— will lead…
Chika Ike Bags UN Ambassador Award
Nollywood actress, Chika Ike, has joined the legion of movie and music stars selected for the prestigious United Nations Ambassador…
First 10 Rock Nigerian Idol Top-30
In an exciting way, the competition is getting hotter on Nigerian Idol, the country’s biggest music reality show, as the…
Hyundai Aims To Sell 7m Vehicles In 2012
Hyundai Motor announced recently that it is targeting to sell seven million vehicles worldwide this year, an increase of 6…
Hello, There’s A New Lada
Assuming that there are any Lada fans out there, this is rather big news – considering how seldom the Russian…
NLC To Shut Down Nigeria
After an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC,…
Mass Protest Continues In Ilorin
Protest over the removal of fuel subsidy continued Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as hoodlums hijacked it, setting…
Jonathan’s Loyalists Lambast IBB
The issue of fuel subsidy removal has pitched former military dictator, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB, against loyalists of President…
NLC Meets Over Strike, Economic Activities Low
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC, and other trade unions today held a…
How Death Row Actress Rabi, Escaped From Prison
Rabi Ismaila, the Nigerian actress who was recently sentenced to death by hanging, has escaped from the Hadejia prison in…
3 Killed As Cult Groups Clash In Ijebu Ode
A clash between cult groups in different parts of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria has left three persons dead while…
Fashola Signs Year 2012 Appropriation Bill Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday signed into law the State’s Year 2012 Budget with a call on…
BUK Students Join Protest
Students of Bayero University, BUK, Kano today gathered at the Silver Jubilee roundabout to protest the removal of subsidy on…
Landlord Batters Tenant’s Wife Over Sex
A Lagos landlord, Nuru Rasaki of 7, Michael Adeboye Street, Idimu Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been arraigned before Ejigbo…
Light Traffic In Lagos
Following the multiplier effect of removal of fuel subsidy on the Nigerian populace there is light traffic on some Lagos…
Glo Tasks NFF On Nigerian Football
Telecommunications giant, Globacom has called on the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to diagnose the challenges facing the nation’s football and…
Boko Haram: People Stay at home in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna As the three-day ultimatum issued by the dreaded Boko Haram sect for Southerners to leave the north…
Subsidy Protests: Ibadan Streets Empty
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Three days after the Federal Government removed fuel subsidy in Nigeria, the effect has been biting harder as…
Subsidy Removal Will Increase Poverty — Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has lamented the New Year day removal of fuel subsidy…
House Adopts Law Reform Commission Report
In a bid to improve the judicial system of Lagos State, the state House of Assembly has adopted the Law…
Man Docked For N4.6m Fraud
A middle-aged man has been sent to Kirikiri prison for defrauding innocent persons to the tune of over N4.6 million.…