Year: 2012
Nigeria: Clergy urges probe of lady’s brutal killing
The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a…
Businessman, Company Docked For Evading Customs Duty
A federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 26 October this year, the criminal charges of evading…
Boko Haram threatens media, denies peace talks
Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has debunked stories that its representatives are holding peace talks with the government and threatened to…
Man bites snake to death in revenge
Newsmen like defining news by the absurdity of a man biting a dog, instead of the more commonplace, dog biting…
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi for trial next month
Slain Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam will go on trial in September in the town of Zintan where…
Atiku sets record, gives $750k to US peace corps
The United States National Peace Corps Association, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace…
Nigeria’s telecom firms face fresh sanctions
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has concluded plan to invoke another round of sanctions on telecommunication operators beginning from September…
3 weeks after, 4 foreign oil workers freed in Nigeria
Four foreign oil workers who were kidnapped when unknown gunmen attacked their vessel in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria…
Egypt court remands editor in jail
An Egyptian court remanded editor Islam Afifi in custody on Thursday as he went on trial on charges of spreading…
Tinubu: The Opposition and Nigeria’s Challenges
Text of the speech by Nigeria’s opposition leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, delivered Wednesday at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, WASHINGTON,…
402 radio, TV stations licensed in Nigeria
The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Yomi Bolarinwa, on Wednesday in Sokoto said the commission had in…
Many Nigerian governors absent at forum
Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) on Wednesday in Abuja ended without the usual media briefing by its Chairman, Gov. Rotimi Amaechi…
Magistrates begin strike in Nasarawa
Magistrate courts in Lafia and other towns in Nasarawa State were shut down on Wednesday as the state’s chapter of…
Oil strike: PDP accuses NUPENG of sabotage
Nigeria’s ruling party, the PDP on Wednesday accused the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) of sabotaging…
Tribunal nullifies Offa council poll
The Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday nullified the re-run chairmanship election conducted in Offa Local…
Oil Money: Jonathan warns governors over sharing formula
The Presidency on Wednesday said it viewed with great grave concern what it described as “the current attempt by some…
Nigeria exposes 25 oil companies and their loots
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigerian government under blackmail and pressure by oil importers and unions went for broke Wednesday,…
Sacked Imo Council Chairmen Get Court’s Nod
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled chairmen of 27 local government councils in Imo state, South Eastern Nigeria, who were recently…
Heartland set Fed Cup final with Lobi
Sunday Akintoye, Ilorin Defending champions of Nigeria Federation Cup, Heartland Football Club of Owerri Wednesday evening defeated Prime FC Of…
Nestle plc, New Gold gain most as market resumes
Nestle Nigeria Plc, one of the highest priced stocks on Nigeria’s bourse packed on additional N11.03 weight today as the…
Coach Okon praises Nigeria’s Falconets
The Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Falconets, Edwin Okon, has commended his girls’ fighting spirit in their second group match, where…
Adamawa least developed Nigerian state
Nigeria’s Adamawa State, home of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, ranks lowest on the country’s human development index in education,…
Killer of S/Africa’s racist leader jailed for life
A South African farmworker was jailed for life Wednesday for killing the country’s white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche, two years after…
NUPENG threatens strike from Friday
Long lines formed at some petrol stations in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos on Wednesday after the National Union of Petroleum…
Good Samaritan jailed for catching a ‘thief’
A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced an employee of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Fasasi,…
Facebook Tragedy: How We Killed The General’s Daughter —Suspects
Two murder suspects who were paraded today by the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu…
Illegal Road Blocks: 8 Mobile Cops Arrested
Eight mobile policemen were on Tuesday arrested at various points between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states by a team…
Dead Baby Found
Residents of Benson Estate, Owutu, along Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway woke up Tuesday to see the corpse of a newly born baby…
‘How Nigeria Can Tackle Sickle Cell Disorder’
Nigeria can greatly reduce its Sickle Cell prevalence with increased public enlightenment, a minister’s aide, Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye said at…
16 Robbery Suspects Held
At least 16 suspected members of two armed robbery gangs identified as ‘O Strong’ and Get Ready that have been…