Year: 2012
G. Cappa Workers Protest Over Unpaid Salaries
Aggrieved workers of the construction company, G. Cappa Plc, stormed their 8, Tailor Road, Iddo, Lagos office recently to protest…
Killings: HRW Slams Nigeria’s security agencies, Boko Haram
Eromosele Ebhomele The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has blamed the Nigerian security agencies and the Boko Haram sect for the…
Mimiko, Akeredolu, Oke harp on girl-child education
Jamiu Yisa The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rotimi Akeredolu, that of the Labour Party, LP,…
Suicide: Mother of twins jumps into river
A few days after she was delivered of a set of twins, a Nigerian woman, Shekinat Abdurazaq, 27, committed suicide…
Gbajabiamila heads Reps probe of Otedola-AMCON deal
The House of Representatives on Thursday has set up a nine-member committee to investigate the alleged payment of N140 billion…
Mother, daughter drown in Anambra flood
A woman and her daughter reportedly drowned in Ihiala, Anambra, on Wednesday when they went to harvest cassava from their…
Flood: Bayelsa cut off from Nigeria, cries Governor
Governor Seriaki Dickson of Bayelsa state, on Thursday said that the state has been cut off from the rest of…
Fayemi unveils 10 roads, 5 water plants at anniversary
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday inaugurated 10 major roads totaling 103 km in fulfillment of the resolve…
Golf: Rose stops Woods to face Westwood
England’s Justin Rose produced a Tiger Woods like shot to defeat the 14-time Major winning American in Belek, Turkey and…
UNILAG student jailed for internet love scam
Henry Ojelu For allegedly defrauding an American lady, Kathy Lunsford through the internet under the pretext of marriage, a University…
In Pictures: Jonathan visits flooded Lokoja town
President Goodluck Jonathan has begun a tour of flood ravaged states of Nigeria. He started off in Kogi, where the…
English FA charges Ashley Cole after Twitter blast
Ashley Cole faces punishment from the Football Association after the Chelsea defender admitted a charge following his foul-mouthed outburst on…
Thugs beat teachers after Oba’s grand child flogged
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Teachers of the Federal Government Girls Secondary School in Benin City, have threatened to down tools over…
US court lifts ban on Samsung-Google phone
A US appeals court Thursday lifted a sales ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones in a patent fight with Apple, saying…
Federer beats Wawrinka to retain number one
Tennis world number one, Roger Federer survived a huge scare Thursday to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals and guarantee a…
JAMB Doubts Varsities’ Readiness For 2012 Admission
Indications emerged on Thursday that many applicants who applied for entry into Nigerian Universities for the 2012\ 2013 session would…
OIL SUBSIDY SCAM: Capital Oil Boss, Uba Remanded
A Tinubu, Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court this afternoon ordered that Capital Oil boss, Patrick Ifeanyi Uba and four others, Nsikan…
Total Closure Of 3rd M/Bridge Sunday
The Lagos State Government has said the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed totally to traffic on Sunday to allow…
Quack US Doctor On Trial Over Death Of Nigerian
A woman who called herself the ‘Black Madam’ is facing trial on murder charges for allegedly performing illegal buttocks-enhancing procedures…
Tanker Drivers Block Lagos/Ibadan Road
Vehicular movement was obstructed Thursday on the busy Lagos/Ibadan expressway, Ogere-Remo axis in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, as petroleum tanker…
Pastor Docked For Visa Fraud
Pastor Nwusulor Emmanuel of House of Liberation Assembly located at Canal Estate, Isolo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, is now cooling his…
Lagos ACN Urges Ondo People To Vote For Akeredolu
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has urged indigenes of Ondo State to vote massively for…
IRS Awaits Report Over Damaged Plane
IRS Airline, whose plane was damaged on Wednesday after it collided with an abandoned truck on the Lagos airport taxiway,is…
Woman, 48, Jailed For Dumping Day-Old Baby
A 48-year old woman has been sentenced to a six-month imprisonment for abandoning her day-old baby in the bush. According…
200 LASTMA, KAI Men Embark On Field Project
The 200 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI currently undergoing intensive…
Pharmaceutical Company Sues Taskforce On Counterfeit Drugs
In a bid to redress the injustice alleged to have been meted out to them, two Directors of a pharmaceutical…
Crew Members Face Bunkering Charges
Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has filed criminal charges of conspiracy and illegal possession of automotive gas oil against…
Students To Receive Lectures Via Video
The Director of Computer Science and Information Technology (COMSIT) Directorate of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Isaac A. Adimula, has…
SUG Election Heats Up ESUT, FEDPOADO
Students of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, will be going to the polls as they gear up…
Yabatech, A Great Work Of Art
Nigeria’s foremost college of technology, Yabatech, has been described as a beautiful work of art. This submission was made by…