Year: 2012
Inspector, 2 Robbers Killed In Bank Raid
A police Inspector and two suspected armed robbers were killed today when policemen from the Apapa Division of the Lagos…
Akinyemi Named DG Of Ekiti State Communication Bureau
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has appointed Mr Kayode Akinyemi as the Director General of the newly-created Bureau of Strategic…
Thugs Batter Photo Journalists In Lagos
Four days after Mr. Benedict Uwalaka, a senior photo journalist with the Leadership Newspaper, was pummeled by mortuary attendants at…
Oba Akran Declares Badagry Festival Open
In a gathering of who is who in Badagry Local Government Area, which took place at the local government Secretariat…
PHCN Unions Acting Like Outlaws —Bart Nnaji
Professor Barth Nnaji, the Minister of Power on Monday said the various unions to which workers of Power Holding Company…
TERRORISM: Group Decries Action Of State Govs
The Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution in Africa, a Non-Governmental, Non-Political Organization with Regional Offices in other African…
Gunmen in Cab Rob RCCG Pastor
A Pastor (simply called Gideon) with the Redeemed Christian Church of God was over the weekend robbed of all his…
Increasing Revenue, Wasteful Spending
The six months target hit by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has resulted in more posers for the Goodluck…
Open Letter To Gov Fashola: My Detention By Apapa DPO
BY ADE OSIJO Dear Governor, I am writing to you as one of your greatest admirers because of your passion…
What If Jonathan Resigns?
BY HENRY CHUKWUEMEKA ONYEMA For once, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said something that warmed my insides. He bluntly told Boko Haram…
Jonathan And The Image Problem
These are certainly not the best of times for President Goodluck Jonathan. Fifteen months after he was sworn in as…
Opeifa Padfootball Enters Third Round
The third round of the Opeifa Lagos Padfootball championship begins today at Monica Street, Agege in Lagos. Out of more…
Assad’s regime collapsing, says former PM
Former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad’s government is falling apart and only controls 30…
Nigeria’s Plateau state splits as bridge collapses
The Shendam bridge in Jos on Tuesday collapsed, cutting off most parts of Plateau South from the rest of the…
Power minister invites scrutiny of PHCN pension funds
The Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, has requested leading Civil Society Organizations (CSOS) in the country to look into…
28 die, many missing as flood ravages Plateau state
Flooding caused by heavy rains in Plateau state, central Nigeria, has killed at least 28 people, with many others still…
Borno sacks caretaker council committees
The Borno government has announced the dissolution of its 27 local government caretaker committees in the state after the expiry…
Police officer arrested for killing driver
The Bayelsa State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in…
Prophet turns woman sex slave for fake spiritual aid
Cyriacus Izuekwe A self-styled prophet, Dennis Mmadu, 35, is now cooling his heels at Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
Gov. Akpabio: State police panacea to security problems
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state said the establishment of state police will help check the spate of violent…
New Gold, NB plc gain in Monday trading
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) re-opened on a positive note on Monday as investors showed renewed interest…
Olympics: Chukwumerije wants sports managers sacked
Sen. Uche Chukwumerije on Monday in London called for sanctions against all the people responsible for the country’s failure to…
NUC conducts forensic survey of Achievers varsity
Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has commenced a forensic survey of the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, having lifted the…
Jonathan breaks fast with muslim diplomats
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday called on Muslims to use the remaining period of the Ramadan to seek Allah’s intervention…
Exxon Mobil causes oil spill in Akwa Ibom
An oil spill has been detected along the coast of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, near operations for US…
UNILAG not UNIBEN Nigeria’s first in web ranking
University of Lagos has been ranked number one among Nigerian universities, in the latest webometric ranking of 100 universities in…
PDP boss: ‘They want to chop Airhiavbere’s money’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verbal altercation between members of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the…
FG denies deducting salaries of PHCN workers
Simon Ateba The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied claims that it had been deducting 25 percent salaries of PHCN…
FG declares Monday and Tuesday public holiday
Monday 20th and Tuesday the 21st August have been declared as public holidays to commemorate the 2012 Eid-ul-fitr Sallah celebrations…
Riot in Senegal after boy dies in custody
Police fired teargas at stone-throwing demonstrators in south-eastern Senegal Monday, injuring one person as protests erupted over the death of…