Year: 2012
Keshi Leads Home Boys Against Niger
After almost a month without engaging in a national assignment with the senior men’s national team, the Super Eagles, coach…
D’Tigers’ Hope Dashed
Another Olympic year has come and gone in London, where the appetite for big-time international basketball was huge, both for…
Federation Cup: Lagos To Mobilise Students For FInal
Plan is underway to mobilise about 5,000 students to watch the final of the 2012 Federation Cup at the Teslim…
Fake news posted on Reuters News site
The Reuters News website has been hacked for the second time this month, with a fake report that Saudi Arabia’s…
Zambia lose, Ghana draw in friendlies
African champions Zambia lost in South Korea and Ghana drew in China Wednesday, as they prepared for Cup of Nations…
Fleeing Rape Suspect Re-Arrested
A youth who was standing trial for alleged rape escaped from police custody at Ago Okota Police division, Lagos State,…
ACN insists Jonathan sack spokesman
Jonathan must fire Doyin Okupe, ACN insists, warns against cover up The Action Congress of Nigeria has insisted that Dr…
Sanitary inspectors coming to Kaduna
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State has ordered the state Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to re-introduce sanitary inspectors.…
Expand Plateau peace talks, Jonathan advised
The Taroh nation in Nigeria’s volatile Plateau state has suggested that on-going meetings by the Presidency toward peace should not…
Guardian: Ecuador will grant Assange asylum
Ecuador President Rafael Correa was set to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Britain’s Guardian newspaper said on its…
Damaturu residents flee besieged town
Hundreds of residents of Damaturu in Yobe state fled Tuesday after arrests by troops and rumours of new attacks by…
Muslim leaders set to expel Syria’s Assad
Muslim leaders Tuesday began an emergency summit of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) with a proposal to suspend…
Late Steve Job’s home burgled
A Californian has been arrested and charged with stealing $60,000 worth of computers and other items from a home belonging…
Samsung smartphones more popular than Apple’s
Samsung extended its lead over Apple in the smartphone market in the second quarter despite a slowing demand for mobile…
Brazilian leader gets Olympic flag
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff received the Olympic flag on Tuesday as the competition’s world governing body warned that the country…
Ugolor: Court fixes Thursday for ruling on bail
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Justice Esther Edigin of Benin High court 4 has fixed Thursday, 16 August for ruling in an exparte…
Edo State: Deputy leaves PDP candidate in the cold
JETHRO IBILEKE/ Benin Johnson Abolagba, running mate to Gen. Charles Airhiavbere of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 14,…
Declaration of political autonomy Illegal, says NBA
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Tuesday in Abuja declared the declaration of political autonomy by…
Committee kills Nigeria’s state police idea
Canvassing the same shop-worn arguments, the retired DIG Parry Osayande led Presidential Committee on re- organisation of the Nigerian Police…
Bombs kill 2 Boko Haram bombers, one passerby
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers met their end today as the bombs they were carrying on…
Tompolo: The Billionaire Militant
Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo, a former militant has risen to become a strong ally of the federal government, and a…
Nigeria As Gulf Of Pirates
Incessant pirate attacks dim Nigeria’s maritime prospects Despite sustained efforts by the Nigerian government to check the activities of pirates…
State Police: To Be Or Not To Be
The call for an amendment of the constitution to provide for state police ignites a raging controversy and a sharp…
Why Soyinka Is Special
Professor Robert Elliot Fox, a United States of America citizen who taught in Nigeria for seven years and considers it…
1000 bombs recovered by Nigerian police in Kano
The Anti-Bomb disposal unit of the Kano State Police Command recovered and defused 996 different calibre of Improvised Explosive Devices…
Offa Poly student charged with cultism
A 21-year-old student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state, Emeke Nwokobia has been charged before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court…
Pastor Impregnates Daughter Twice After Wife’s Death
Pastor Emmanuel Alex in charge of a new generation church in Egan, on the outskirts of Lagos, has been arrested…
Airtel Empowers Nigerians In Top Management
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Rajan Swaroop, has restated Airtel’s commitment to Nigeria and Nigerians as evidenced…
Man Docked For Issuing Dud Cheque
A 49-year old businessman, Harry Patrick has been arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly paying…
Car Kills Pregnant Woman On Okada
A Pregnant woman died as vehicle knocked down a commercial motorcyclist (okada) which was conveying her this morning in Shasha…