Year: 2012
Keshi Leads Stars To Ghana
Super Eagles Chief Coach Stephen Keshi will on Thursday lead other world football stars to the 2012 Glo/CAF Awards Gala…
Nations Cup: South Africa Removes Visa Hurdles
The South Africa Government have made special packages for CAF delegates as well of football teams intending to attend the…
States Taking Advantage Of Local Govts — Fafunmi
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts, Saka Fafunmi, has accused state governments across the country…
Champions League R/16 Draw: Barcelona, Others Know Foes Tomorrow
Barcelona FC of Spain and other teams will tomorrow know their Round of 16 opponents, when the draws for the…
Eagles Soar In FIFA Ranking
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up five places to 52nd spot in the December ranking made public today by the…
Reps Reject Police Trust Fund Bill
The House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking the establishment of the Nigeria Police Reform Trust…
Woman Jailed 3 Months For Stealing Husband’s Wig, Gown
A Kubwa Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year old woman, Elizabeth Akinagbe, to three months imprisonment for stealing. The…
Okada Riders Should Obey The Law
Despite the judgment delivered by the Lagos High Court affirming the right of the Lagos State Government to legislate on…
Christmas: Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar
With a week to Christmas, prices of foodstuffs and other items have skyrocketed in major markets in Lagos, Lagos State,…
DPR Threatens Erring Filling Stations
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kano State has threatened to shut filling stations found selling fuel above the…
Adetiloye’s Death: Ikuforiji Condoles With Fayemi, Anglican Church
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has commiserated with the Governor of Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria,…
Insecurity Killing Nigeria’s Nation’s Economy –Gen Abubakar
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday expressed worry that the insecurity in the country was affecting the…
Senate Condemns Air Mishaps, Orders Probe
The Senate has condemned what it described as the resurgence of air mishaps in the country, and mandated its committees…
Nasarawa To Flush Out Fake Teachers
The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Hussaini Abubakar, has said that the government will check the increasing cases of…
Customs Destroys N70m Poultry Products
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) destroyed about 20,000 cartons of smuggled poultry products worth over N70 million impounded by both…
Stella Damasus: What Type Of Person Are You?
First of all, I have every reason to be thankful to God, and particularly those He has used as source…
Lagos Assembly Fetes Christian, Muslim Staff
The Lagos State House of Assembly has held different services for its Christian and Muslim staff in the annual Outreach…
Osaze Wins Battle Against Keshi
The cold war between West Bromwich Albion of England striker, Osaze Odemwingie and Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi appears…
Nigeria’s Paralympians Are Hero Of 2012
Though Nigeria could not record any meaningful achievement in normal sports in the outgoing year, the country’s contingent to the…
Niger Battle Eagles’ Foes
The Mena of Niger will take on Nigeria’s first round foes Ethiopia and Burkina Faso as part of their build-up…
Eko 2012 Was Tough For Me
Kate Peter, a female boxer, won two gold medals in the last two editions of the National Sports Festival. In…
Reports: Chime, Enugu Governor had heart surgery
Sullivan Chime, governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Enugu had a heart surgery in the United States of America in…
Ferry travel saves Lagosians traffic nightmares
It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to…
Obasanjo: Nigeria In A Toxic Situation
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has raised an alarm over the insecurity in the country and called on the present leaders…
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Messi Agrees New Barcelona Contract
Reports from Spain on Tuesday say Lionel Messi has agreed a new contract that would keep him at Barcelona till…
VISA Scammer Jailed 16 Years
Justice Adebunkola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on November 21, 2012, convicted Femi Maurice who was arraigned…
Ogbemudia Loses Daughter-In-Law To Cancer
The house of two-time governor of the defunct Midwest and Bendel states, Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia was yesterday thrown into mourning…
Man Jailed For Fraud, Impersonation
Justice Call Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, on December 7, 2012, sentenced Fidelis Teseer Tule, who was…
Okonjo: Army Release 63 Suspects
The 63 suspects arrested last Saturday at Osanogoho, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, in connection with the…
Ayo Elmar Gives Succour To Children
Nigerian-born female fashion designer, Ayo Van Elmar, has embarked on a charity initiative dubbed Sunshine Project. It is aimed at…