Year: 2012
APGA: Between Extreme Unction And Extinction
By Isidore Emeka Uzoatu These are indeed trying times for us floor members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)…
Making Quality Bread Available To Nigerians
Since the Federal Government increased the duty paid on the importation of wheat into the country by 15 percent, there…
Nations Cup: Eagles Won’t Blow Last Chance –Keshi
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, has assured Nigerians that his team won’t blow their last opportunity to…
Baribote: Nigeria League Is Developing
Chairman of Nigeria Premier League, NPL, Rumson Baribote believes that despite all the shortcomings, the local league is still developing.…
Sunshine Goalie Want To Play For Arsenal
To goalkeeper Moses Ocheje of Sunshine Stars of Akure, plying his trade for Arsenal Football Club in the English Premier…
Players Relish Play Penalty Football
Some goalkeepers and footballers, who participated in the Play Penalty Football Tournament, are still relishing fond memories of the event,…
Travellers Stranded As Highway Collapses
Commuters in Calabar, Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria have been faced with harrowing experience when traffic logjam lasted for days…
Bring Back New Era Tourney, Wheelchair Players Appeal To Remi Tinubu
When you see them smiling, you may not know how much pain they go through. But when you see them…
Ndanusa Hails Wheelchair Players
President of Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has hailed the performance of Nigeria’s representatives at the tennis event…
How Bloggers Exposed Nokia’s False Advert Claims
Facts have emerged on how Nokia deceived consumers to purchase its new phone brand, Lumia 920, with fraudulent advert claims.…
Airtel Wins Triple At Industry Awards
Airtel Nigeria on Saturday night clinched three industry awards at the 8th edition of the Nigerian Telecoms Awards. The telecoms…
Etisalat Nigeria Slashes Tariff For Hajj Pilgrims
From 1 September till 30 November, 2012 new and existing Etisalat customers travelling to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage…
UBA Launches MasterCard For Customers
Pan-African banking group, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to dominate the electronic card segment of Nigeria’s…
South African Airways Introduces New Baggage Policy
South African Airways says it has introduced some innovative changes to its baggage policy. The airline in a statement said…
Karate: ‘NSC Should Go Back To Schools’
One Insshin-Ryu Muay Thai karate and kickboxing tutor, Supol Martins Gabriel has bemoaned the dwindling fortunes of combat sports in…
Ondo to deploy 50 tricycle ambulances
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has announced that 50 tricycle ambulances and 10,000 mobile phones would be distributed across…
Nigerian varsity develops new cancer drug
The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) has discovered a new drug and method for the treatment of cancer,…
17 trucks laden with stolen fuel arrested
The Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline vandalism constituted by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has intercepted 17…
British press hails Murray for landmark
British newspapers hailed Andy Murray’s historic achievement in the US Open final on Monday as he ended a 76-year wait…
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Murray overpowers Djokovic to win first Grand Slam
History-making Andy Murray ended Britain’s 76-year wait for a men’s Grand Slam champion when he beat 2011 winner Novak Djokovic…
Obama leads Romney in new polls
US President Barack Obama received a significant bounce from his party’s convention last week and now leads the White House…
Hacker shuts down web host
A member of a hacker collective claimed credit Monday for downing the Web hosting firm GoDaddy, which manages millions of…
Woods now 2nd in world golf rankings, McIlroy leads
(AFP) Rory McIlroy has consolidated his lead atop the world rankings with his second straight win on the USPGA Tour…
Special Prayers for Nigeria on 22 September
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Prominent Nigerian leaders, including President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President David Mark, will on 22 September, 2012, converge at…
Nestle gains as NSE index drops by 0.67 per cent
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange opened on a depressed note on Monday as many equities suffered price depreciation. This…
Police I.G calms nerves on security jitters
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Monday, urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the police in their…
Strife-torn Somalia elects new president
Lawmakers on Monday in Mogadishu elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as Somalia’s new president after the 56-year-old university lecturer got the…
Nigerian banks sabotaging anti-corruption war, says EFCC chief
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has decried some unethical practices in the banking…
How We Lost Millions To Robbers —Bureau de Change Operators
Victims of Sunday serial robbery operations in many parts of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have been counting their loses running into…
Bedridden Fuji Star, Ojuyobo Dies
Fuji star, Bayo Akanni a.k.a. Ojuyobo, is dead. Checks revealed that the Fuji star recently went under the doctor’s knife…