Year: 2012
US actress files fresh suit over anti-Islam movie
Los Angeles, AFP: An American actress who says she was “duped” into appearing in the anti-Islam film that has sparked…
UN agencies honor Obasanjo, others
Two United Nations agencies on Sunday in New York conferred on former President Olusegun Obasanjo the South-South Awards for Global…
Essien’s Wedding Plan a Hoax?
Taiwo Samson Did Real Madrid and everyone else goof about the planned wedding today by Ghanaian star, Michael Essien, to…
Chevron’s Agba quits Oshiomhole’s cabinet
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday accepted the resignation of Prince Clement Agba, the state Commissioner for Environment and…
Benue River also floods the highway
The recent overflow of the River Benue has blocked parts of the Makurdi-Gboko Highway, especially from Tyo-mu end, about 13…
Flood: 5 bodies found at River Niger banks
The Nigeria Red Cross Society said on Monday it had recovered three corpses washed ashore River Niger in Lokoja. It…
Minister soft pedals on Arik Air legal threat
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has suspended her planned legal action against Arik Air over allegation that she…
Sacked NIMC Workers Calls For DG’s Sack
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The recently disengaged former employees of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, who allegedly lost their…
35 Boko Haram militants killed, says JTF
Nigeria’s military said Monday it has killed 35 suspected Boko Haram Islamists in a crackdown on the insurgent group in…
Governor’s wife offers scholarship to 30 kids
Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Nigeria’s Kwara State Governor, on Monday said that she would take full responsibility for the education…
Tax: German Catholic Church goes tough
Germany’s Roman Catholics who refuse to pay a church tax will be barred from receiving the sacraments or becoming a…
Bankole’s Contract Scam Trial Stalled
The contract inflation scam trial of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole scheduled for Monday was stalled following…
Lagos Public Schools Shut, As Teachers Begin Strike
Activities were paralysed in all public schools in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, today as teachers began indefinite strike to press…
Crackdown On ACN Stalwarts In Kwara Imminent -ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned of an imminent crackdown on its members in Kwara state in the aftermath…
Our Ordeal On Lokoja-Abuja Highway —Travellers
Thousands of commuters remained stranded on Abuja-Lokoja road this morning as a result of flood that has taken over the…
Lagos Assembly Orders Fashola To Shut Illegal Abattoirs
The Lagos State House of Assembly, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to quickly rise up…
Emission Test For Vehicles Underway
The Lagos State Government is to begin compulsory emission test on all vehicles in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to ascertain their…
Road Construction: Lagos Generates 37,000 Jobs
The Lagos State Government has created 37,000 jobs through the 161 contracts awarded this year, says Commissioner for Works and…
Lagos To Deal With Erring Hajj Pilgrims
The Lagos State Government has vowed to deal with any pilgrim who misbehaved in Saudi Arabia during next month’s hajj…
Traffic Law: LASG Mobilises Councils For Enforcement
The Lagos State Government has begun mobilisation of its 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas, LCDAs, for…
LASEPA Takes Anti-Pollution Campaign To Grassroots
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has taken its campaign against all forms of pollution, especially noise, to the…
200 LASPOTECH Students Donate Blood
Over 200 students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu and Isolo campuses donated blood to the Lagos State Blood Transfusion…
The Rich Will Soon Cry
By Dimeji Daniels I no longer have time for theories, neither do I have time to criticise President Jonathan which…
Dana Air: Release To Service, Justifiable
I can understand the national outcry when the minister of aviation lifted the suspension imposed on Dana Air. I can…
Unfair Trial Of Corruption Cases
By Ojelimafe Anthony Adamu Abubakar who was arrested on 19 March, 2012, at Darazo market in Bauchi State, Nigeria, while…
Between Hisbah And State Police
The agitation for state police and the debate it has generated will not cease despite the hypocritical stance of the…
Sharpen Your Business Intelligence(2)
This is the second part of the lesson I started last week. It builds on the insights shared in the…
Madrid’s Match Disrupts Essien’s Wedding?
Ghana midfielder Michael Essien’s secret but massive celebrity wedding scheduled for England today has hit a snag forcing its postponement,…
Repton Boxer Ready To Fight For Nigeria
If he has his way, a London-based boxer, Ben Falaja, has declared his wish to don Nigeria’s colours whenever he…
Flamingoes Ready For Azerbaijan
Nigeria’s U-17 female side, the Flamingoes are set to take on the hosts, Azerbaijan in their second group match at…