Year: 2012
It’s Not Politically Motivated —Ademinokan
A lot of people were surprised to see you organise a gospel music concert. What inspired you to organise the…
2 major blows hit Somalia’s Al-Shebab
Somalia’s Islamic insurgents and affiliates of Al-Qaeda suffered two major setbacks today. In Kenya, their backer, Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo…
Igbinedion Varsity denies frustrating medical students
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The management of Igbinedion University (IOU), Okada, has denied the allegation that it has been deliberately frustrating its…
Taliban behead 17 party goers
The Taliban beheaded 17 party-goers, including two women dancers, in Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand province as punishment. The brutality reawakens the…
Over 80 per cent of Ogun state prisoners await trial
No fewer than 1,660 inmates out of the 2,016 inmates in prisons in Ogun State are currently awaiting trial for…
NDLEA destroys 21,000kg of hard drugs
Simon Ateba Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ahmadu Giade has vowed to put an end to…
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo’s party spokesman, scribe arrested
Ghana on Sunday confirmed that it has arrested the spokesman of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, but said no…
Women urge sex boycott in support of Togo protests
Women from the Let’s Save Togo coalition called Sunday on all females in the country to refrain from sex for…
Ogbu header nets Heartland Fed trophy
Sunday Akintoye An extra minute goal from Brendan Ogbu was all that defending champions, Heartland Football Club of Owerri needed…
Cassava can be a miracle crop, says expert
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Sunday in Abuja that cassava would become a miracle crop in…
Third Mainland Bridge safe
The Federal Ministry of Works has debunked speculations in the social media that the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, was about collapsing…
Memorial service for UN House bombed victims
Nigerian and UN officials gathered in Abuja today to hold a memorial service for victims of last year’s suicide bombing…
Saudis smash Al-Qaeda plot
Saudi authorities announced on Sunday they had foiled a “terror” plot by elements suspected of links to Al-Qaeda, mostly Yemenis,…
27 oil workers freed by Nigerian soldiers
Nigerian military forces stormed the hideout of a militant gang operating on the waters of oil-producing Cross River State and…
Nigerian bags death sentence over drugs in Malaysia
A Malaysian court on Sunday sentenced a Nigerian man to death after convicting him of trafficking more than 14 kilos…
Nigeria plans study of national electricity demand
This will shock Nigerians: Officials have been guessing the national electricity demand in expanding the nation’s power infrastructure. According to…
Flood destroys 85 houses, injures 8
No fewer than 85 houses and 146 farms have been destroyed by flood in Kofa and Tofani villages in Kusada…
Etisalat offers $35k prize for broadband innovation
Etisalat Nigeria has launched a 35,000-dollar prize for innovation in mobile broadband product or service in Africa. A statement by…
Soyinka, Tinubu advocate fresh ideas at book launch
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has launched the book entitled “Financialism:Water from an Empty Well” in Chicago, Illinois, United States…
Nigeria Thrash Italy, Cruise To Q/Final
Tunde Oyedele Nigeria’s Falconets on Sunday cruised to the quarter final of Japan 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, after…
N5000 Notes: ACN tells Sanusi ‘don’t do it’
ACN cautions Central Bank on the introduction of the new N5,000 note The Action Congress of Nigeria has cautioned the…
Farmer shoots son dead, mistaking him for monkey
A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old…
Ethiopian Air Dreamliner lands in Lagos
The Ethiopian Dreamliner 787-800 series aircraft has made its first landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.…
Governor Ajimobi signs 18 bills into law
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has assented to 18 bills recently passed by the state House…
Teenage Chinese sex workers arrested in Lagos
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Officials of the Nigerian immigration Service have arrested 13 teenage prostitutes who were brought in from China by…
Keshi snubs Mikel, invites Uche, 10 Others For Liberia
Tunde Oyedele Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi stood his ground not to condone indiscipline in the team, as he…
Apple wins patent case against Samsung
Apple won more than $1 billion in a massive US court victory over Samsung on Friday, in one of the…
Generator fume kills 3 friends in Jigawa
Three friends were found dead Friday in a room in the Ringim Local government Area of Jigawa state. There was…
Killed Irish man wanted to leave Nigeria
The Irish engineer, Robert Gray, killed by bandits in Taraba state, north eastern Nigeria had worked for a number of…
Flood kills 11 in Northern Nigeria
Flooding in two areas of northern Nigeria has killed at least 11 people and displaced hundreds, officials and residents said…