Year: 2012
Togo vows to stop opposition rally Tuesday
Togo’s security minister on Monday vowed that an opposition rally planned for a key district in the capital would not…
Man U lose to Everton
Manchester United failed to score in their English premiership league match Monday as they lost to Everton 0-1, despite fielding…
Shell pays $383m to Nigeria’s security agents
An oil industry watchdog said Monday that Shell paid Nigeria’s military and police $65 million over two years to secure…
Lagos To Honour Odegbami, Rufai At Fed Cup Final
Taiwo Adelu The Lagos State Government has said it would honour some Nigerian football legends who once featured in the…
Crisis as Edo doctors elect 2 chairmen
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Crisis appears to be brewing in the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), following the…
Police, Prisons not in sync on Nigeria’s Jail Break
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin More than 36 hours after the jail break at Oko Minimum Prisons in Benin City, the Police and…
Kwara state suspends urban law
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Nigeria’s Kwara state has suspended the implementation of the Urbanisation Law 2009, which empowered the state…
Maku allays fears over Nigeria’s rising debt
Nigeria’s minister of information, Mr Labaran Maku, has dispelled fears that Nigeria’s foreign debt of 5 billion U.S. dollars could…
Ministry issues another flood warning
The Federal Ministry of Environment has issued yet another warning predicting a heavy downpour, which may cause flooding between now…
SEC appoints UBA, Stanbic market lenders
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Plc and Stanbic IBTC Plc have been appointed securities lending agents for equities and bond…
Gunmen kill 2 guests of PDP boss
Unidentified gunmen have killed two persons in Mubi, Adamawa state. One other person was injured in the attack on Sunday…
Explosion destroys school in Yobe
The police in Yobe on Monday said that a section of Damagum Primary School in Damagum Local Government Area was…
After the messy oil spill, Mobil begins clean up
Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) on Monday began the clean-up of Ibeno coastline contaminated by an oil spill reported on 13…
Mimiko slams Oke, Akeredolu as anti-progress
The Olusegun Mimiko campaign Organisation on Monday lashed out at both Olusola Oke and Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, governorship candidates of…
Governor Jang’s ex-aide eyes vacant senate seat
Mr Gyang Pwajok, the Plateau Government’s Chief of Staff, who resigned last week, is to contest the Plateau North senatorial…
Prison authorities probe death of Clifford Orji
The Lagos State Command of Nigeria Prisons said that the cause of death of Clifford Orji, an inmate, was being…
Madonna sued in Russia over gay support
Several Russian activists have filed a 10-million-dollar lawsuit against Madonna, claiming they were offended by the pop diva’s support of…
CAF champ league: Sunshine Stars consolidate position
Sunshine Stars of Nigeria recorded a 2-1 away victory against Aso Chlef of Algeria on Saturday to consolidate its position…
Assange: South American nations back Ecuador
South American nations on Sunday backed Ecuador’s decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, urging dialogue to end…
Policeman kills self, after shooting wife, daughters
A Nigerian Police Corporal, Anthony Ugwuoke, on Sunday at Edda Village, Ugwuachara in Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi state,…
Entertainment, Headlines, News
Beyonce’s UN video sets social media record
A music video by pop singer Beyonce helped inspire one billion messages for World Humanitarian Day on Sunday, which the…
Federer wins 5th Cincinnati Masters
Roger Federer won his sixth title of the season as he beat Novak Djokovic 6-0, 7-6 (9/7) in a battle…
Sudan minister, 31 others die in plane crash
A cabinet minister was among 32 politicians, generals and others killed on Sunday when a plane crashed on its way…
Imam warns muslims against suicide
The Imam of Gwallaga Mosque in Bauchi metropolis, in north western part of Nigeria, Sheikh Suleiman Bashir, on Sunday warned…
PDP tells rival parties: ‘watch your tongues’
The Peoples` Democratic Party (PDP) has called on opposition political parties to guard their utterances in the interest of the…
Tukur: I will let my son face the music
National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Nigeria’s ruling party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says if the court of law finds his…
Assange thanks Ecuador, asks Obama stop witch-hunt
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, holed in the Ecuadorian embassy asylum in London spoke toady for the first time since June,…
Gunmen storm Nigerian prison, 12 escape
Jethro Ibileke/ Benin Gunmen have stormed the Oko Minimum Prison on the outskirts of Benin City, west of Nigeria. They…
FIFA World Cup: Nigeria’s Falconets spank Korea
Nigeria’s Falconets on Sunday began their FIFA U-20 Women’s Cup campaign on a promising note with a 2-0 spanking of…
Eid-el-Fitri: Jos, Kano spared by terrorists
Jos, the Plateau state capital, was calm and peaceful today as Muslims celebrated the Eid-el-Fitr festival to mark the end…