Year: 2012
Apple unveils bigger screen iphone 5
SAN FRANCISCO(AFP) – Apple on Wednesday introduced a new iPhone 5 with a bigger screen and slimmer body that analysts…
Corruption: Why the EFCC lost steam
Simon Ateba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan administration of being unwilling to…
Pony birth claim triggers controversy
Controversy has continued to trail the alleged delivery of a strange creature that looked like a pony during prayer session…
Robbers Attack Bank, Police Station
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Tension enveloped most parts of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital including the State Police Command Headquarters Wednesday…
Dana Air begins staff retraining, recertification
Simon Ateba Dana Air said on Wednesday it has begun a process of recertification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,…
Akingbola Denies N47.1b EFCC Fraud Charges
The embattled former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Pls, (now Access Bank) Wednesday entered the witness box at the Lagos High Court…
Lagos promotes 2,815 workers
The Lagos State Civil Service Commission on Tuesday announced the promotion of 2,815 workers who wrote the 2012 promotion examinations.…
3 feared dead in water tank at Amesi, Anambra
The Obinato Community in Amesi, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra, was on Tuesday thrown into mourning, following the death…
CJN Swears In 25 New SANs
Twenty Five legal practitioners who were recently elevated to the rank of senior advocates of Nigeria were on Wednesday sworn…
Okada Ban: Police Beat Rider To Death
The first casualty of the ban on okada operations on major highways in Lagos State emerged yesterday when a policeman…
Beautify Your House Or Go To Jail —Lagos Tells Landlords
The Lagos State Government has ordered all home owners in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to beautify the perimeter areas of their…
My Driver Sleeps With My Wife —Man Tells Court
A Lagos-based businessman, Tope Oluwatuyi Fasanmi, has dragged his wife, Zainab Fasanmi before the Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Lagos,…
Woman Bathes Househelp With Hot Water
A woman has allegedly bathed her 11-year old househelp with boiled water and inflicted serious injuries on her body at…
Diezani Returns From UK
The Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, is back from the United Kingdom where she was said to have been…
Company Loses 100 Laptops To Computer Village Fraudster
A Lagos-base company, West Gate Nigeria Limited, has lost 100 laptops worth N8.5 million to a suspected fraudster at Computer…
Okada Riders Pledge Compliance With Traffic Law
Emerging from a meeting with Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, leaders of commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in the State,…
We Will Ensure OBJ Is Probed —CACOL Boss
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, acquired wealth through corrupt means and must be probed, the Chairman of Coalition Against…
Group Battles To Save Nigerians On Deathrow
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and two Nigerians on death row in The Gambia, Michael Ifunanya and Stanley…
Ikuforiji, Aregbesola, Others Bag FRCN-NUJ Awards
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji has won the Legislative Man of the Year…
Lagos Assembly Urges Improved Patronage Of Public Health Centres
The Lagos State House of Assembly has decried the low patronage of Public Health Centres (PHC) in the 20 local…
Fake Brake Oil Producers Nabbed
The police at the Trade Fair Complex Division, Ojo, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested two suspected fake brake lubricant…
’20 Percent Of India’s Foreign Patients Are Nigerians’
National President of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN), Dr. Godswill Okara, has revealed that over 20 percent…
How Often Must I Work Out? (2)
Last week, I took some time to highlight three important components that are required for overall fitness. I wrote about…
Dana Drama
I had planned to write about a different topic this week but something stronger happened and it hurts so much …
Between The President And The Media
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “If it were left on me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or…
ICAN: N5,000 Note Will Devalue The Naira
The Institute of Chattered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, wishes to refer to the August 23, 2012 press statement by the…
Who Deserves A National Honour?
Recently a list of 149 so-called eminent Nigerians to be conferred with National Honours by President Goodluck Jonathan on 17…
HELL IN THE RING: Fans Enjoy Bouts, But Boxers Suffer It All
Every profession has its own hazards, and sports generally are no exception. But, boxing ranks high as a dangerous sport.…
Glo Launches Soccer Academy
Leading telecommunications company, Globacom has demonstrated its commitment to sports development in West Africa as it unveils the Glo Soccer…
Arsenal Plan Shock Move For Drogba
Arsenal are considering a shock move for Chelsea legend Didier Drogba, according to British tabloid The Sun. The report states,…