Year: 2012
NASS To Equip MAN With Training Vessel
After about 30 years of existence, the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron in Akwa-Ibom State, may soon be equipped with…
Fiasco Entertainment Takes Over
Late last year, the Nigerian music landscape witnessed the emergence of a new entertainment outfit, “Fiasco Entertainment”, owned by Don…
Oyo government to buy 100 Daewoo buses
Nigeria’s Oyo State Government has approved the procurement of 100 buses at the cost of N1.7 billion. A statement issued…
Hajj flights suspended as 509 female pilgrims deported
The Saudi authorities have stepped up the deportation of unaccompanied Nigerian female pilgrims, sending back to Nigeria 508 of them…
IG Abubakar orders probe of groom’s death
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has constituted an investigation team to look into the circumstances leading to the…
Bomb factory found in Kano
The Police Command in Kano State on Thursday announced the discovery of a bomb factory at Hawan Hotoro Area in…
In Pictures: Governor Aregbesola receives Brig. Oluwole Rotimi
From Right, Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Former Military Governor of the Old Western Region, General Oluwole Rotimi…
Nigeria’s Oil Minister Replies critics of PIB
Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources and Chairperson of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke,…
Akingbola Fails To Produce Witness In Court
A former managing director of Intercontinental Bank Plc now Access Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola and one of his associates, Bayo…
2 killed in Epe Expressway crash
A yet to be identified female member of the House of Representatives representing Nasarawa state was involved in a head-on…
Budget Speech: Reps ask Jonathan to keep off
The hope of early passage of Nigeria’s 2013 Budget was put in jeopardy Thursday as members of the House of…
PDP Has Run Out Of Ideas -ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to brace up for tougher times ahead as the People’s Democratic Party-led Federal…
Ex-England captain, Terry gets 4-match ban
Chelsea captain John Terry was given a four-match ban by the Football Association (FA) after being found guilty of racially…
ExxonMobil chief warns Nigeria on new oil law
A bill seeking to overhaul Nigeria’s oil sector would lead to a halt in new investments if passed in its…
Sweet potato can replace wheat, says scientist
A Rwandan agricultural scientist, Mr Kirimi Sindi, has advised African countries to use sweet potato flour for confectioneries as an…
Tracking device catches Nigerian thief
The police in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja have arrested an electronic dealer at Zone 3, shopping complex, for allegedly being…
Court declines to put a marriage asunder
It is a popular lyrical admonition in Nigeria: What God has joined together, let no man put asunder. A Nigerian…
Police Corporal To Die By Hanging For Killing 3-yr Old Girl
An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade has sentenced a 35-year old Police Corporal, Okechukwu Nwabueze, to…
Former Bank PHB boss used embezzled N45m to pay church tithes – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused a former managing director of Bank PHB, Mr Francis Atuche, of…
Akwa Ibom House approves N125b extra budget
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Thursday passed a N125 billion supplementary budget into law. The request was…
Kidnapped Hotel Boss Freed
Respite came the way of the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, Segun Ayobolu as he was…
Grandma Arrested With Cocaine
A 65-year old grandmother, who is also a mother of six, was on Wednesday arrested for alleged drug trafficking, the…
Senate passes bill on labour welfare
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed a bill seeking to cater for the safety, health and welfare of Nigerian workers.…
Thank God For Giving Me Triplets — Chioma Ajunwa
Chioma Ajunwa, Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, has asked Nigerians to discountenance any report of any controversy over her new…
Train Crushes Woman
A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday hit and killed by a passenger train at Oshodi in Lagos when she was…
Panel Kicks Against Multi-Billion Naira Deal At Airports
Six months after forcefully ejecting Maevis Nigeria Limited from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a panel has…
Customs Raid Frozen Foods Company
Men of Nigeria Customs Services, NCS, from Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, this morning…
In Picture: Amaechi Commissions UN House in PH
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi (middle) with the Resident Coordinator, United Nations System in Nigeria, Mr. Daouda Toure (left)…
UNILAG Celebrates Golden Jubilee
Students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, Yaba, were in a high mood last Saturday when the school celebrated…
UI Holds Annual Cooking Competition
Imagine pepper “cultured” in a Petri dish, fish grilled in an autoclave, beef boiled in a conical flask, food cooked…