Year: 2012
Femi Otedola leads toxic Nigerian bank debtors
With a humongous loan portfolio of $1.2 billion, Femi Otedola, President Goodluck Jonathan’s business friend is the biggest danger to…
Rights Group Slams 12 Governors Over Teachers’ Strike
Eromosele Ebhomele A civil rights group, Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), has expressed unhappiness over the alleged reluctance…
Flock of sheep storms sports shop, sheepishly!
VIENNA (AFP) Behaving true to character, a flock of sheep took a wrong turn on their way down from their…
Cameroon ex-minister jailed for aircraft scam
A court in Yaounde on Saturday jailed former Cameroon minister Marafa Hamidou Yaya for 25 years for embezzling $29 million…
Obama blasts US reps for abandoning duty for polls
US President Barack Obama urged members of Congress Saturday to pass a series of measures stimulating economic growth and job…
Nigerians in massive protests over anti-Islam movie
Tens of thousands of Nigerians on Saturday protested on the streets of Nigeria’s city of Kano against an anti-Islam film…
Furore over deposition of monarch by government
There is furore in Cross River state , in Nigeria’s South South following the dethronement of the paramount Ruler of…
Iran expects war with Israel, says Guards chief
An Israeli war on Iran “will eventually happen,” but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head…
Australian Catholic Church admits 620 sexual abuses of kids
The Catholic Church in one Australian state has revealed that at least 620 children have been abused by its clergy…
Aviation Minister threatens to sue Arik Air
Though officials of Arik Air and Federal aviation agencies are expected to attend a meeting in Abuja today to verify…
Gridlock on Abuja-Lokoja highway over
Mr Sonnallah Ezekiel, the Koton Karfe Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Kogi, said that normal traffic flow…
Tastee Fried Chicken shut over tax default
Simon Ateba One of Nigeria’s favourite fastfood restaurants, Tastee Fried Chicken, TFC, was on Friday shut by the Lagos State…
Petrol scarcity: Senate panel summons oil minister, others
Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) has invited top petroleum officials to a consultative meeting over the perennial scarcity of…
Arik Air, Aviation Agencies Summoned To Abuja
Simon Ateba/Aviation Correspondent Nigeria’s Federal Government on Friday summoned Arik Air and aviation agencies to a meeting on Saturday in…
Illegal siren users to be arrested
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered all state Commissioners of Police to enforce the ban on the…
Police IG promotes 3 crime busters
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday in Abuja elevated two police sergeants, Frank Okorobon and Patience Biokoro, to…
Nigeria off budget target
With three months left for the expiration of 2012, and another budget proposal due in less than two weeks, Nigeria…
Agriculture Ministry to establish youth department
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will establish a Department of Youth in Agriculture to cater for youths…
In Pictures: Domino’s Pizza and Stone Creamery Opens In Lagos
Domino’s Pizza and Stone Creamery opened for business in Victoria Island, Lagos today. The ceremony was attended by the big…
Unions Call off Protests Against Arik Air
Simon Ateba/Aviation Correspondent Federal Government aviation workers have called off the two-day old protests against Nigeria’s largest airline , their…
Juve Blunder: Mikel shuts Twiitter account after abuse
Chelsea’s Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel was forced to close his Twitter account on Thursday after suffering a barrage of…
NOT AGAIN, JONATHAN!!!
The most generous response that can be given to President Jonathan’s recent statement on the people’s fuel subsidy protest is…
Controversy Over Chioma Ajunwa’s Triplets
The birth of triplets by Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medallist, Chioma Ajunwa Okpara, has been generating controversies since she was…
Lagos Deputy Gov Orders Fresh Virginity Test For Rape Victims
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has ordered fresh medical tests on the eight children allegedly raped by one man…
Jilted Man Sets Wife Ablaze
A jilted husband, Adesanmoye Kehinde, expressed his frustration after he was dumped by his wife, Jean Odegba, 29, by setting…
Bad Debt makes AMCON Take Over Aero Contractors
Simon Ateba From all indications, Nigeria’s aviation industry has plunged further into crisis with the take over today of Aero…
Arik Planes Still Grounded, Passengers Groan
Hundreds of passengers struggled to board planes in Nigeria on Friday, as the country’s largest airline, Arik Air, remained grounded…
No Going Back On Strike —NUT
Mr. Samson Idowu, Chairman, Nigerian Union of Teachers, Lagos State Chapter, said on Thursday that teachers in the state would…
7 Years After: CD Remembers Ubani
The Campaign for Democracy, CD, has remembered the contributions of the late activist, Chima Ubani, who died seven years ago…
Faleke, Others Defend Tinubu
Critics of the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for attending the convention…