Year: 2012
Beach Marathon Winner Eyes Festival Gold
Eighteen-year old Awoyemi Olayiwola, who won the maiden Community Agenda for Peace, CAP-organised Beach Marathon last weekend says his ambition…
School Sports: Ago Egba Lift LCM Cup
Pupils of Ago Egba Primary School in Lagos Mainland have won the 2nd edition of Lagos Channel Management, LCM, Cup…
Nigeria At 52: Indeed, This House Has Fallen
By Peter Claver Oparah Fifty two years after what is largely described as our flag independence, Nigeria lies wrecked and…
Operation Code 09/09
BY M. A. AKINSEMOYIN I am now calling the nation’s attention to a menace that has further tarred the police…
Shame Of A Nation
After a lull in the activities of cultists in Nigerian tertiary institutions and even outside them, the death of over…
Having Healthy Relationship With Foods
Trust me, when I am out of shape, I don’t smile at the future. I dread the events that lie…
Patience Jonathan battles Cancer
Moyo Fabiyi Since 28 August 2012 when it was reported that Patience, the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan was flown…
Bakassi gone forever, says Robert Clarke
Simon Ateba The oil-rich Bakassi peninsula does not belong to Nigeria and there is no basis to call for a…
Seme-Border Customs Arrests Couple With Drugs
Simon Ateba Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service at Seme Border have arrested a couple (names withheld) with 30 compressed…
4 flood displaced persons die at shelter
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin One of the refuge camps for displaced flood victims in Edo State was on Tuesday thrown into mourning…
Nigerian Landlord docked for removing tenant’s roof
A 39-year-old Lagos landlord, Friday Obaje, was on Wednesday docked before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly removing the roof…
Death toll rises in Mubi Massacre
The death toll in the shocking massacre of Polytechnic students in Mubi, Adamawa state, north east Nigeria, has increased to…
Kayode Ajala’s Car Stolen From Auto Dealer
Two men who snatched a Toyota Sienna car belonging to Mrs Linda Ajala, wife of a prominent journalist, Kayode Ajala,…
Gov. Ajimobi recalls sacked workers
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Oyo state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has approved the recall of 1,499 workers out of the 3,000 civil servants…
Tinubu, ACN leader promises better deal for Ondo people
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of Action Congress of Nigeria said on Tuesday that an ACN government would…
Witness exonerates defunct Bank PHB CEO
A prosecution witness, Mr Benedict Omonua, on Tuesday exonerated a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, of the…
Senators Differ on the Nigeria’s 52nd Anniversary.
DESMOND UTOMWEN/Abuja For Nigeria to be saved from her numerous challenges and take her rightful place among the committee of…
EFCC closes case against ex-minister
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday at a Federal High Court in Abuja…
Killed Mubi Poly students were called out by name
Attackers who massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area in northern Nigeria on Tuesday called victims out…
Ogun Assembly Passes Bond Bill
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The Ogun State House of Assembly today passed the executive bill sent by the state governor, Senator…
Okupe slams critics of Jonathan’s October 1 Broadcast
Nnamdi Felix &Ayo Oluokun / Abuja Following criticisms by a section of the public that the Independence Day broadcast by…
NJC: We Don’t Need The President To Reinstate Salami
The controversy created by the consistent refusal by President Goodluck Jonathan to recall the suspended President of the Court of…
INCB Assesses Nigeria’s Anti-Drug War
A delegation from the International Narcotic Control Board, INCB, Vienna, Austria, is in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to assess drug control…
Floods Kill 148
Flooding across Nigeria has killed at least 148 people and displaced more than 64,000, the Red Cross said Tuesday, warning…
Smoking, Heavy Drinking Primary Causes Of Pancreatic Cancer -Study
As cancer has continued to ravage the world, a new study has found that people who drink and smoke heavily…
Nigeria: 32 Students Massacred
At least 32 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, have been killed. Though our correspondent said…
Whereabouts Of Kidnapped Commissioner Unknown
About 48 hours after Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Professor Hope Eghagha was abducted by unidentified gunmen, his whereabouts…
Bank Robber Shot Dead
A Lagos-based businessman (name withheld) narrowly escaped being killed as one of the robbers who trailed him on a motorcycle…
Tinubu, Fashola, Others Storm Ondo For Akeredolu
With the commencement of the mega rallies for the 20 October governorship race in Ondo State by the Action Congress…
2 Suspected Killers Of Brother Arraigned
Two brothers, Omotola Ajayi, 48 and Oluwatoyin Ajayi, 41 who allegedly killed their younger brother, Akinbuyi, 39, and sold some…