Year: 2012
Obama mocks Romney’s get tough with China vow
Bowling Green, Ohio, (AFP) – President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney’s get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe’s…
English League Cup results: Newcastle, West Brom out
Arsenal 6-1 Coventry Man U 2-1 Newcastle West Brom 1- 2 Liverpool QPR 2-3 Reading Norwich City 1-0 Doncaster Carlisle…
Kidnapped hotelier freed after ransom paid
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite came the way of Segun Oyebolu, the boss of popular Citi Hotels and Suites, Ijebu Ode, in…
Remembering Nigeria’s Hercules plane disaster
Eromosele Ebhomele Twenty years after the Nigerian military plane, Hercules C-130, crashed in Ejigbo, a suburb of Lagos State ,…
Danjuma Foundation gives N180m to NGOs
The TY Danjuma Foundation, a grant-making organisation, said on Wednesday that it would disburse N180.6 million to 17 non Governmental…
Professor Tella reinstated by OOU
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Former Vice Chancellor of the Crescent University Abeokuta, Professor Sherifdeen Tella has been reinstated by the authorities…
Senator Borrofice’s seat can’t be deemed vacant, says ACN
The Action Congressof Nigeria, ACN, has warned of surreptitious moves by the leadership of the Senate and by extension, the…
Murder of Kaduna motorcyclist by cop ignites tension
A Nigerian mobile police officer on Wednesday, at close range twice shot a commercial motorcyclist in the head in Kaduna,…
Gombe governor urges police flush out hoodlums
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, in central Nigeria, has directed the state’s police command to flush out hoodlums in…
Kano, Ogun states go tough on illegal schools
The Ogun state government has announced plans to clamp down on illegal private nursery and primary schools operating in the…
Flooded Lokoja-Abuja road to be re-opened
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the opening of identified bye- passes along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway to give reprieve…
Zawahiri speaks on ‘one-eyed’ bin Laden in video
DUBAI(AFP) – Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri resurfaced for the second time in a month on Wednesday in an online video…
171 Nigerian female pilgrims home after Saudi ban
About 171 of Nigerian unaccompanied female pilgrims, barred from entering Jeddah for the annual Hajj by the Saudi authorities, returned…
Gambia nabs Nigerian cocaine smuggler with 72 pellets in stomach
A Nigerian drug smuggler who confessed to swallowing 72 cocaine pellets,has been arrested in Banjul, Gambia, the anti-narcotics agency of…
I Got N2m From Our Operations —Suspect Confesses
One of the three armed robbery suspects allegedly caught with huge arms and ammunition, Uche Okeagbu, 23, has allegedly confessed…
Man Impersonates Fashola, Dupes Lawyers
A 30-year old man, Oladuiyi Femi, has been arrested for allegedly impersonating Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, to…
Corrupt Public Officers Buying Up PHCN, Says Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, says that majority of those winning the bids to acquire Power Holding Company of Nigeria…
Youth Caught With Gun At Event
A youth, Sulemon Omitogun, was yesterday caught with a pistol containing 18 rounds of ammunition at Ikotun in Alimosho area…
Your Report Embarrassed Me —Chioma Ajunwa
Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa Okpara, has insisted that she delivered triplets recently several years after she got…
Security Operatives Raid Pirates’ Den, Arrest Leader
Efforts by a combined team of anti-piracy operatives on the high seas have paid off with the smashing of a…
4 Remanded Over NITEL Cable Theft
Attempts by four suspected NITEL cable vandals to bribe the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Ikoyi Division, Lagos,…
Man Docked For Stealing Own Okada From Police Station
A 24-year old man, Godswill Ndubisi, has been charged to a Lagos court for allegedly stealing his seized motorcycle at…
Tight security at Edo Election Tribunal
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal began sitting this morning amidst tight security in Benin. The tribunal heard…
3 Mushin Terror Gang Members Held For Murder
Three Mushin robbery suspects have been arrested by the operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, at Adenji Adele…
Lagos Begins Training Of 7,960 Enforcement Officers
In preparation for full enforcement of the new traffic law, the Lagos State Government has begun the re-training of 7,960…
How Nigerian Players Rot Away In Foreign Lands
While going abroad to play professional football has brought riches, fortunes and fame to the likes of Stephen Keshi, Sunday…
441 Drivers Test Positive To Cocaine, Marijuana In Lagos
At least, 441 commercial bus drivers in Lagos State have tested positive to cocaine and marijuana, says Commissioner for Health,…
Bakassi Cession: Senators Urge Jonathan reopen case
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Members of the upper chamber of National Assembly on Wednesday morning asked the Federal Government to urgently file…
I’m Available For Nigeria, But…
Ben Falaja is a London-based boxer who represented Repton at the just-concluded Lagos ABA Versus Repton Boys Club of London…
Esin Warns Flamingoes Ahead Colombia Clash
Nigeria’s Flamingoes have been warned not to let the 11-0 bashing of Azerbaijan get into their heads and fail to…