Month: January 2012
Delta To Sanction Teachers Rejecting Posting
The Delta Government has warned that henceforth, any teacher who rejects posting to any part of the state will lose…
Niger Govt To Pay N2.8b As Mobilisation Fees
The Niger State Government has earmarked N2.8 billion for payment of mobilisation fees to contractors handling its various road projects.…
Army Denies Killing MASSOB Members
The Nigerian Army has denied killing members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB)…
71 Bomb Blast Victims Still In Hospital
The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran,has said that 71 victims of the multiple bomb blasts on January…
Pilgrims Blame NIPOST For Late Delivery Of Luggage
Some pilgrims from Bauchi State who performed last year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have expressed concern over the delayed arrival…
Indemnity Bond Face-Off: Bank Sues Consolidated Hallmark Insurance
A commercial bank in Lagos, Equitorial Trust Bank, has dragged Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Company before a Federal High Court in…
Police Seek Warrant To Arrest Lagos Businessman
The Nigerian Police Force has filed an application in a federal high court in Lagos, urging the court to issue…
Lagos Businesswoman Slams N10m Suit On Lufthansa Airlines
A Lagos businesswoman, Mrs. Folashade Okoya, has filed an application for final judgment before a federal high court against Lufthansa…
Two Docked For Diverting 33,000 Litres Of Petrol
Two men, Christopher Nnanna, 42, and Timber Chuba, alleged to be fuel distributors at a Lagos depot have been arraigned…
Scrabble: NSF Poised For More Tourneys In 2012
Nigeria Scrabble Federation, NSF, has promised that the year 2012 will experience a positive turn- around in the sport. While…
Karate: Federation To Train Coaches, Referees
In its bid to equip its personnel, the Karate Federation of Nigeria, KFN, has concluded plans to stage a National…
Ikeja League: Messiah Dismiss Trainozini’s Threat
Chief Coach of Messiah FC, Ushurhe Anthony says his team are not afraid of Trainozini FC when both teams clash…
Ogun FA Cup: Handsworth Need N3.5m
These definitely are not the best of time for the defending Champions, Handsworth FC of Ogun State Challenge Cup. Handsworth…
Glory Coach Sad Over Losing Adebutu Cup
Chief Coach of Glory FC, Idowu Omotosho, has expressed disappointment over his team’s defeat at the U-20 Kessignton Adebutu Cup…
Dynamic Eye Ladoje Cup
Team Manager of Dynamic Football Club of Agege, Femi Folarin, says he is confident that his team will win the…
Lawmaker Pledges Commitment To Football Development
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bashir Oloto, has reiterated his committment to focus more on grassroots…
Jeep Compass Heads The Right Way
More and more women are driving Jeeps these days, for several reasons. They look good, they’re beautifully finished, they perform…
Porsche Builds 100,000th Cayennes
The 10th anniversary of Porsche’s Leipzig plant is being celebrated with a production milestone of 100,000 second generation Cayenne. The…
Hyundai Rattles Volkswagen
Earlier this month, Volkswagen threw a party in New York’s Museum of Modern Art to mark a breakthrough year in…
Ford’s Nightmare Over Camry
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally has suggested that his stylish new Fusion sedan is seeking sales supremacy…
GM Moves 9m Vehicles In 2012
The General apparently enjoyed a very strong 2011 moving more than 9 million vehicles on a global scale, a gain…
Renault-Nissan 2011 Vehicles Sales Reach 8m
The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold 8.03 million vehicles in 2011, up from 7.28 million a year earlier, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn…
Mercedes Aims To Sell 2.7m Cars
Daimler plans to more than double output of Mercedes brand vehicles to 2.7 million by 2020 in its drive to…
Before The Vampires Taste Blood —Gbenga Ogundare
I thought the President is a dove? So he told us some market days ago at the village square when…
Boko Haram: Which Way Nigeria? —Godday Odidi
I want to use this medium to call on President Goodluck Jonathan to take a concrete action on the so-called…
The Challenge Of Boko Haram —Osuolale Alalade
Boko Haram has dragged Nigeria into the turbulence of the mainstream of human history. It has also extended historic antagonisms…
Crises In Our Football: Enough Is Enough
Last Friday, the murky waters of football administration in Nigeria was stirred by yet another pebble when an Abuja High…
Edo 2012: Group Backs Oshiomhole
The camp of those that have endorsed Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for second term has increased with another…
Fake Cheques Land Man In Jail
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has sentenced an electrician, Adeniran Sikiru Adekunle, 39, to three years…