Year: 2012
NBA slams CBN over N5,000 currency
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Friday slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the…
Paralympics : Nwokorie Wins 2nd Gold For Nigeria
Ivory Nwokorie has won Team Nigeria’s second gold medal in the women’s 44kg powerlifting event of the London 2012 Paralympic…
Oyerinde’s murder: Benin court remands Ugolor in prison
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Environmental rights activist, Rev. David Ugolor and nine others were on Friday arraigned at an Oredo Magistrate court…
USA book semi-final tie against Nigeria
An extra-time winner from Nigerian-American player, Chioma Ubogagu lifted USA to a 2-1 victory over North Korea in Friday’s quarter…
Taliban releases video of severed heads of Pakistani soldiers
Pakistani Taliban released a video showing what appeared to be the severed heads of a dozen soldiers on Friday as…
Ivory Coast jails ex-leader Gbagbo’s deputy
A top leader of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s party was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday…
Chelsea’s Abramovich scores a goal in court
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, won his bitter legal battle with fellow oligarch Boris Berezovsky…
Euro players in 11th hour cross deals
English Premier League clubs have until 2200GMT on Friday to buy and sell players before the transfer window shuts until…
50 Cents, Mariah Carey’s manager kills self
Chris Lighty, the New York hip-hop mogul behind megastars like 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Sean “Diddy” Combs, has committed…
Traffic Law: We’re Ready, Say Police
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, say they are battle-ready to enforce the new road traffic law, which has…
Student Arrested With Pistol, 82 Bullets
Men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a self-acclaimed undergraduate of a university in the…
125 Harvard Students Face Probe For Cheating
Some 125 Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or…
Contracts: Oyinlola Faces Probe
Former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and 69 others are to appear on Monday before a panel of inquiry set…
Funeral Boss Docked For Battering Journalist
The Funeral Director, POS Funeral Services, Bayo Ogunsola, was today arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s court for allegedly assaulting a …
Joy Petroleum: Directors Dismiss Petition Against Saraki
Mrs. Preye Obahor, wife of Matthew Obahor, deceased aide of Senator Bukola Saraki, has dissociated herself and other directors of…
Ebute Metta Gang War Claims 2
At least two persons were feared dead and several others injured as hoodlums invaded some streets in Ebute-Meta, Lagos State,…
Fuel Scarcity Looms In Benin
Petroleum products consumers in Benin City could be in for another round of fuel scarcity as the Nigerian National Petroleum…
36 Jailed For Flouting Edo Traffic Law
At least 36 persons have been convicted by the Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo Mobile Magistrate’s courts in Edo State, southsouth Nigeria,…
‘New N5000 Note’ll Fuel Inflation’
A member of the House of Representatives, Kehinde Odeneye, representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency, has disclosed that the plan by…
Vieira Scared Of City’s Foes
Patrick Vieira admits Manchester City face the toughest of tasks after being drawn in a daunting Champions League group. Roberto…
Adesokan Fulfils Gold Promise To Nigeria
Nigeria’s Yakubu Adesokan, who twice broke his own world record yesterday to win a gold medal in the Powerlifting event…
Knowing What Works For You (2)
Building a relationship to a point where you can boldly talk of understanding each other is not a day’s deal.…
PDP’s Riot Act And Fear Of 2015
As 2015 draws near, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be fighting the battle of a lifetime as fear…
Corruption: Buhari, IBB Wash Dirty Linen In Public
A war of words is brewing between former Heads of State, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida, over who ran the…
PDP BOT: My Resignation In Africa’s Interest —OBJ
Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that his resignation as the Chairman Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Nigeria Sitting On Keg Of Gun Powder
Coordinator, Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, United States of America, USA chapter, Taiwo Oladotun Ogunleye, in this interview with Political Platform,…
Lekki LCDA Gives Security Priority
The Lekki Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has pledged to give security of lives and property…
Nigeria, China Parley On Research
Nigeria and China have flagged-off a 10-day joint marine research cruise to further strengthen their bilateral relations for the development…
Maritime Stakeholders Plan Legal Action Over Charges
Port users have bemoaned the current shipping charges at the gateways, vowing to seek legal redress against port concessionaires and…
UK Firm To Build N500m Bulb Factory In Nigeria
A United Kingdom-based company, Dyode Limited, has said that it plans to build a N500million factory in Nigeria for the…