Year: 2012
Group Wants More Rewards For Paralympians
A religious group, Muslim Right Concerns, MURIC, has called on the Federal Government to do more to appreciate Nigeria’s physically…
New Range Rover Breaks Cover
Land Rover launched its all-new Range Rover at a dramatic event held at The Royal Ballet School in Richmond, London.…
Kia Pro_Cee’d Set For Revelation
These are the first pictures of the new Kia Pro_cee’d – the three-door version of Kia’s all-new second generation Cee’d…
Honda CR-V Stuns Abuja
The 4th generation Honda CR-V again received a thunderous applause penultimate week when The Honda Place (THP), authorized marketers of…
Nissan Recalls 51,000 Quashqai
Nissan has issued a safety recall for 51,000 Qashqais worldwide, over a fault which can lead to the steering wheel…
2013 Yaris, Auris For Paris Motor Show
Ahead of the Paris Motor Show next month, Toyota Motor Corporation has released details of its debutants at the show.…
Mikel Obi apologises for Juventus blunder
Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel has apologised for the Champions League blunder that allowed Juventus to snatch a 2-2 draw…
Thousands of Nigerians protest anti-Islam movie
Thousands of Muslims marched in Zaria today and burnt US and Israeli flags on Thursday to protest a US-made anti-Islam…
Nigerian governors to sue FG over deductions from account
The Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) has said it would return to court to challenge the Federal Government ‘s deductions from…
UEFA Champions League: All the results, scorers
Results from the opening round of UEFA Champions League group phase fixtures on Wednesday: Group E At Donetsk, Ukraine Shakhtar…
Wunmi Adebayo: Police refute lover’s confession rumour
AbiodunOnafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State police command has refuted claims that the male friend of the murdered undergraduate student of Tai…
Nigerian senate wants Arik Air as national carrier
The Senate Committee on Aviation on Wednesday recommended that Arik Air be allowed to serve as Nigeria’s national carrier, a…
NNPC: Nigeria targets 52m tons of gas yearly
Nigeria plans to attain over 52 million tons per annum liquefied natural gas production capacity on completion of ongoing projects,…
Jonathan to address UN assembly next week
President Goodluck Jonathan has been listed among 38 Heads of State that will speak at the general debate of the…
Nasarawa boosts Nigeria police patrol fleet
The Nasarawa State Government has donated 33 Toyota vans worth more than N300 million to the Nigerian Police Command in…
MAPOLY expels 14 students, proscribes union
No fewer than 14 students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun, have been expelled for their roles in the…
Plateau senate race: Pwajok PDP candidate
Mr Gyang Pwajok, the former Chief of Staff to Plateau Governor, on Wednesday emerged as the PDP senatorial candidate for…
Senator floods constituency with boreholes
Senator Bukola Saraki, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, has approved the construction of 70 bore holes for…
Rain wreaks havoc in Ibadan again
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN After less than three hours rain, Ibadan, Capital of Oyo State, South west Nigeria suffered yet another…
NNPC selects 2 Japanese firms for Brass LNG
Nigeria’s immense gas resources took global attention in Tokyo, Japan yesterday at the maiden edition of the LNG Producers –Consumers…
HTC unveils new smartphone
Taiwan’s HTC unveiled its first smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows on Wednesday, in a boost for the US software giant’s…
Capitalism v Welfarism: Romney hits back at Obama
Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama Wednesday of fostering a “web of dependency,” amid a sharpening battle over their competing…
Killed by robbers: The tragic death of an undergraduate
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Late Sunday 9, September, 2012, Wunmi Adebayo, a 21 year-old 200 level student of English Language of…
Amaechi stops salaries of striking lecturers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of oil-rich Rivers State,South-South Nigeria,today directed the Ministry of Finance to stop further…
Lagos Chief Judge Harps On Justice For All
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has restated the commitment of the Lagos State judiciary towards proper…
Jonathan barrages Senate with requests
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded to the Senate the medium term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper for…
17- Storey Building Where Criminals Torture, Kill Victims
An abandoned 17-storey building where criminals rape, kill victims and share their loot, has been uncovered in Oto-Awori Local Council…
Man Murders Friend Over Piano
A man, Obinna Nwobodo, who allegedly murdered his friend, Ken Elijah, in his room over a piano musical instrument during…
Tension In Taraba Over Impeachment Saga
Tension is high in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Northeast Nigeria, over the insistence of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP,…
I See Great Future For Nigeria —Jonathan
Nigeria is blessed with capable hands and its future is great, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. The president said at…