Year: 2012
Kumuyi: ‘Fear Not Boko Haram’
In the wake of attacks on churches in the country by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the General Superintendent of…
Burglars Return Stolen Items 2 Days After
Like they say, wonders shall never end. Such was the case on 19 August, 2012, a day set aside by…
Fake US Embassy Worker Held
An unrepentant suspect, who operates in Enugu and Lagos, defrauding persons intending to travel to United States of America has…
Suspected OP MESA Men Kill Tricyle Rider
Armed men suspected to be members of Airforce OP Mesa, have killed a Keke Marwa rider and injured another at…
Sickle Cell Disorder Early Warning Signals – A Review
By Olukayode Oyeleye Traffic signs are static, but they are consistent. They are meant to instruct road users, whether transporters…
Self Esteem And Your Weight
Through the centuries, being plump was pleasing. Extra body weight proved that you had the money to eat more than…
Avoiding Future Dismal Sporting Outings
By Peter Claver Oparah And so Nigeria returned from the London Olympics empty handed? And so we came back not…
Clifford Orji: Need To Overhaul Our Criminal Justice System
The death of Clifford Orji, a suspected cannibal who was still awaiting trial more than 12 years after he was…
Let’s Talk About Sex
I stumbled on an article which got me thinking seriously. Not just because I had written something similar but because…
LG Launches World’s First Battery TV
LG Electronics has launched the world’s first battery LED television into the Nigerian market. The LG 32LS3800 Battery LED TV,…
Brazil Force Falconets To 1-1 Draw
Brazil, early today forced Nigeria’s Falconets to a 1-1 draw to deny them an early passage to the quarter final…
Tennis: Federer Is Top Seed At US Open
Roger Federer will be the top-seeded men’s player at the U.S. Open. The 17-time Grand Slam champion was ranked Number…
Federation Cup in Ilorin: Heartland Battle Prime FC In Semi Final
Nigeria Federation Cup holders, Heartland will face a stiff challenge today from giant killers Prime FC in a semi-final clash…
Di Matteo Scared, As Chelsea Tackle Reading
Brazilian midfielder Ramires has recovered from illness and could feature for Chelsea against promoted Reading in the European champions’ first…
Why I Signed For Barca—Song
Cameroon international Alex Song says he is “happy to join the best team in the world” after signing with Barcelona…
How Jonathan spoils Niger Delta Warlords
America’s Wall Street Journal today revealed the mind-boggling million dollar sums that the Nigerian government has been paying Niger Delta…
Okupe unfit to speak for Nigeria’s president, ACN says
The Action Congress of Nigeria has once again asked President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately fire Dr Doyin Okupe, his Senior…
Bomb factories uncovered in troubled Nigerian state
The Police in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi said they have uncovered two bomb-manufacturing factories in Abu Limit Estate and…
Disaster averted as bomb laden car arrested
Nigeria’s Borno Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted a bomb-laden…
Crocodiles devour their handler
A weird spectacle for holiday revellers turned tragic as crocodiles swooped on a 70-year- old man and tore him into…
Togo police fire teargas at protesters
Togolese authorities fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse a protest by several thousand people in the capital Lome, the latest…
Cameroonian prince, companion kidnapped in Bakassi
Pirates have kidnapped a Cameroonian traditional prince and his companion on the country’s volatile Bakassi peninsula, a security source and…
Anambra set to join oil producing states
The Anambra state government, in eastern Nigeria, has completed its Orient Petroleum Resources Plc drilling lines and support equipment for…
Jonathan visits Senegal
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday begin a two-day official visit to Dakar, Senegal. According to Dr Reuben Abati,…
Doctors: Girl, 11, has breast cancer not demonic attack
A medical mission in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria has detected breast cancer in an 11-year-old girl, according to one of…
Nigerian phone seller arrested with N27m hard drug
Simon Ateba Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended a 26-year old man in connection with…
Sokoto has abundant crude oil deposits, says Wammako
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has disclosed the presence of abundant crude oil deposits in his state. And he…
Ocean surge: PDP wants Eko Atlantic City stopped
Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party has blamed the frequent oceanic surge in Lagos State on sand filling of the ocean…
Court orders Mandela’s grandson arrested
An arrest warrant was issued for a grandson of Nelson Mandela on Monday after he failed to appear in a…
Ethiopia’s PM Meles Zenawi dies
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in power for over two decades, has died in hospital abroad, the government said Tuesday…