Year: 2012
Terror in Jalingo as drinking joint bombed
Just some days after the slaying of 40 people in Adamawa state by yet to be identified gunmen, terrorists have…
Ikoyi/Obalende LCDA Ruling: No Cause For Alarm -ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has reacted to the judgment of the Lagos State Local…
Nnaji assures Aba firms of better power supply
Former Nigerian power minister, Professor Barth Nnaji, who is also the Chairman, Geometric Power Plant, a private power company, has…
Fact-checking Obama-Romney Debate
Washington DC (AFP) A $5 trillion tax cut, a doubling of the deficit, a $716 billion Medicare raid. Were the…
Obama calls debater Romney impostor
DENVER, COLORADO (AFP) Barack Obama demanded truth from the “real Mitt Romney” on Thursday as aides promised a “hard look”…
Flood sacked woman gives birth to triplets
A flood-displaced Nigerian woman, Mrs Ojiugo Ifeadigo, has had her tears wiped with the birth of a set of triplets…
Gombe evacuates students from Mubi
Nigeria’s Gombe State Government has evacuated 360 of its citizens studying in various institutions in Mubi, Adamawa state, following an…
Taraba deputy governor impeached
The Taraba House of Assembly on Thursday removed the Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Abubakar. Twenty out of…
Amosun pledges even development in Ogun State
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has promised to ensure fairness in the distribution of social…
Heavy trades at NSE jack value
A block sale of 3.171 billion shares of Dangote Flour plc , worth N30.1 billion jacked the value of transactions…
Desmond Tutu wins $1m African Leadership award
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won the “one-off’’ Extraordinary award of Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Mo Ibrahim, the chairman of the…
2 EFCC staff jailed over bribe
Two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku, who were arraigned on October…
Kano government shuts 30-year-old newspaper
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Triumph Publishing Company owned by Kano state Government, northwest Nigeria has been shut down on the orders…
Senator Boroffice architect of his fate, says Mark
The Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday in Abuja distanced himself from the alleged plot to remove Senator Robert Boroffice…
Okah ordered October 1 bombing, says witness
Another prosecution witness on Thursday at a Johannesburg court in South Africa said that Henry Okah gave instructions for the…
Oil Subsidy scam: EFCC to Arraign fresh suspects
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded arrangement to arraign fresh suspects in the on going…
Jonathan Appoints New Service Chiefs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday afternoon appointed Vice Admiral Ola Ibrahim, as the Chief of Defence Staff against all expectations…
FLOOD: Relocate Now, Lagos Tells Residents
The Lagos State Government in Southwest Nigeria, has warned occupants of flood-prone areas in the state to relocate to other…
Why I Joined Kidnapping Gang —Female Suspect
A 36-year old woman, Ngozi Onuonwu who was arrested in Lagos for her alleged involvement in kidnapping has opened up…
Nigeria’s Drug War In Danger —Legislator
With just four sniffer dogs across the country and meagre resources, Nigeria’s drug war is in danger and the anti-narcotics…
Dead Baby Found In Refuse
A dead baby has been found in a refuse dump at the entrance of Gowon Estate, close to Egbeda, Lagos,…
Tribunal Declares Obanikoro’s Son LG Election Winner
The Lagos State Local Government Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja has declared Babajide Obanikoro, son of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to…
Lagos Assembly Summons Education Commissioner
The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned the state Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye, to appear before the…
Set to be Convicted, Accused Changes Plea
Set to be convicted for alleged conspiracy and assault, two unemployed men on Thursday recanted and told an Oshodi Magistrates’…
LASG Explains Retraining Of LASTMA, KAI Officers
The Lagos State Government says it decided to train all officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and…
Traditional Ruler Drowns
A traditional ruler in Ndokwa area of Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has reportedly drowned during evacuation from his domain. His…
Court Dismisses Stay Of Execution Suit Against Oba Of Isheri-Olorin
A Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Complex, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has dismissed a stay of execution application filed against the…
Politicians And Isaiah’s Prophecy
By Isaac Asabor Dictionary of the bible authored by D.M. McFarlan defined Prophecy as a “…unique gift of God, an…
Driver Kills, Buries Teenager Secretly
A commuter bus driver, Abdulateef Babatunde, 42, allegedly killed a teenager in an autocrash and conspired with his conductor, Hassan…
Nigeria’s Education Sector In Limbo
Fifty-two years after independence, Nigeria’s education sector seems to be moving backward and plans by the Federal Government to hike…