Year: 2012
Assange: British police keep vigil at Ecuador’s embassy
WikiLeaks Julian Assange was holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy on Friday with police guarding its exits after Britain warned…
Robin Van Persie now goner be Red Devil
Manchester United completed their swoop for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie on Friday after the Dutch star passed a medical…
Ahmadinejad: Israel a cancerous tumour
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state that Israel…
Murray booted out of Cincinnati Masters
Olympic champion Andy Murray was sent crashing out of the Cincinnati Masters on Thursday, going down to a shock 6-4,…
Opposition decries press crackdown in Gambia
Gambia’s press union and an opposition party on Thursday condemned the shutting down of a community radio station for providing…
Imo’s local parliament moves to fix bride price
The Traditional Parliament in Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, on Thursday in Owerri passed its first resolution on the harmonisation…
Obama backs Biden for VP
The White House on Thursday ruled out dropping Vice President Joe Biden, and told Republican nominee John McCain that with…
US scientists unveil robots that can hide
Scientists in the United States on Thursday said they had devised a rubbery robot, inspired by the squid and octopus,…
More die in workers’ strike at South Africa’s mine
An illegal strike at a South African platinum mine run by leading global producer Lonmin claimed more lives Thursday as…
Oil spill found as Shell shuts flow station
Shell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied…
176 die in Sierra Leone’s cholera epidemic
Sierra Leone’s government on Thursday declared a cholera outbreak a national emergency after 176 deaths and 10,800 reported cases since…
Insecurity: Police seek cooperation with NURTW
In an effort to stem the rising wave of violent attacks and loss of lives and properties, the Nigeria Police…
3 Women Jailed For Begging
The Special Court in Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has sent three female beggars to jail for begging in…
Nigeria’s oil minister allays fears over fuel scarcity
As queues builds up in petrol stations in some parts of the country, Mrs. Dieziani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Petroleum…
Apapa Bank Raid: Slain Inspector Left 3 Wives, 8 Children
The victim of the armed robbery raid at a bank in Apapa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday, Inspector Taiwo Ajetunmobi,…
PHCN Workers Call Off Strike, Give FG 1 Week Ultimatum
Workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have called off the nationwide strike they embarked upon in protest…
Journalists Protest Brutality Against Colleagues
Members of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, today staged a protest against the brutalisation…
Police Defuse Bomb In Rivers
The police in Rivers say they have defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in the state-owned banana farm at Ueken…
Businessman Slams N920m Suit On Keystone Bank
There is no respite yet for Keystone Bank Limited (formerly Bank PHB Plc) as two of its staff Anayo Nwosu,…
Warring Parties Restrained Over Disputed Land
A Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has ordered two warring parties laying claim to a…
Lagos Govt Asked To Check Excesses Of Omo Onile
The Chairman of New Haven Estate Association in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr. Victor Okereke, has appealed…
PHCN Owes NNPC N26bn For Gas Supply
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) owes the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) and other gas operators N26 billion for…
Odimegwu uses police to arrest ex-business partner
A Lagos businessman, Mr Okon Iyanam, has petitioned Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, over alleged unlawful arrest…
Lagos Neighbourhood Watch Arrests Robbery Suspects
Officials of the Neighbourhood Watch in Lagos have arrested four suspected robbers at Ajangbadi, Oto-Awori area of Lagos State, Southwest…
Nigeria’s Poor Olympic Performance
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded London 2012 Olympics is arguably the worst the country has ever participated in since…
Before All The Planks Are Pulled
BY ‘DIMEJI DANIELS Being a Nigerian President at this time is like walking a tight-rope, or having planks pulled one…
Ecuador grants WikiLeaks founder Assange asylum
True to its promise for a definite pronouncement, Ecuador announced Thursday it has decided to grant political asylum to Julian…
State Police Inevitable
The agitation for state police in Nigeria came to the fore again, Tuesday, 14 August, when a presidential panel dismissed…
A Pastor’s Dream Of A New Nigeria
My Dream For A New Nigeria, a book by a clergyman, explores the socio-economic problems militating against Nigeria’s match to…
Golf: Ikoyi Club 1938 Set For 16th Nigeria Cup
The Ikoyi Club 1938 is set to host the 2012 edition of the Nigeria Cup, the most prestigious golf tournament…