Year: 2012
Let Dana, FG Come To A Compromise
The Ministry of Aviation and the Presidency seem to be in a dilemma regarding the way forward for Dana Air…
Uquah Set For Live Jazz Music
Villa Jazzmatazz Surulere, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a performing arts centre founded by Sam-Uquah, a graduate of music from the University…
Mystery fire kills Septuagenarian in Lagos
A 67-year-old woman was burnt to death in an early morning fire at a wing of a twin-duplex on 511…
Akinyemi: Abuja money makes Nigerian governors lazy
A former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised state governors to deeply harness available state resources…
Husband Deprives Wife Of Sex For Five Years
Jamiu Yisa A sex-starved house wife, Mrs. Modupe Falola, stunned the audience at an Agege Grade A Customary Court, Lagos,…
Nigerian-born Rapper, SKD releases new video
SoundKnockDown – aka – SKD – What’s My Name – Official video – 2012 – YouTube Soundknockdown, a.k.a SKD, a…
Olympics: Women’s football results
Results from the women’s Olympic football tournament on Wednesday: At Cardiff Group E Great Britain 1 New Zealand 0 Cameroon…
Nigerian governor locks out aides for lateness
UBONG GEORGE/MAKURDI The Benue State Head of Service, Mr Michael Iordye and two commissioners saw the other side of Governor…
Gunmen Attack Nwosu, The Sun Editor
Eromosele Ebhomele Editor of The Sun newspapers, Steve Nwosu, has been shot by unknown gunmen at the Maza-Maza area of…
Olympics: Brazil maul Cameroon
Brazil striker Cristiane became the most successful goalscorer in Olympic women’s football history on Wednesday as the South Americans opened…
US sells missiles to Kuwait to fend off Iran
The Pentagon said Wednesday it planned to sell 60 Patriot missiles to Kuwait in a deal worth an estimated $4.2…
Olympics in North Korea flag blunder
London’s Olympics got off to an embarrassing start Wednesday when North Korea’s women footballers refused to play after a mix-up…
Mimiko formally announces bid for second term
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, western Nigeria, on Wednesday in Akure formally declared his intention to contest for a…
Dana Crash: Coroner told victims died of multiple injuries
A Consultant Pathologist, Professor John Obafunwa, on Wednesday in Lagos said that 60 per cent of the victims of the…
Aba council workers remain on strike
The workers of Aba North and Aba South Local Government Areas of Abia state, eastern Nigeria, have remained at home…
CBN stops capital outflow by Nigerian banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will no longer permit any further outflow of capital from Nigerian banks…
Greece drops triple jumper for racist tweets
Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was kicked out of the Olympics on Wednesday for a racist tweet which poked fun…
Olympics: Teams GB, US, Japan win soccer openers
Hosts Great Britain enjoyed a winning start to the London Olympics Wednesday. Britain’s women’s footballers beat New Zealand 1-0 at…
UN lifts ban against aides of Ex-Liberian leader
The United Nations Security Council’s Liberia sanctions committee has lifted the travel ban imposed on close aides and relations of…
2 Indians shot dead in Nigeria
Suspected members of Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a gum arabic factory in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on Wednesday, killing two…
Archbishops of Jos, Beirut get new Vatican posts
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appointed Lebanese and Nigerian clergymen to a Vatican department aimed at countering growing secularisation in…
EFCC docks bizman over dud cheques
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Chief Executive Officer of Tafag Nigeria Limited, Engr Thompson O…
Jonathan denies buying cars for African first ladies confab
President Goodluck Jonathan has denied reports that his government bought 200 cars for the African First Ladies Summit which formally…
Jonathan appoints new CEO for Nigeria Ports
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Habibu Abdullahi as the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports…
Man Docked For Duping Fiancée
A 23-year old man, Austin Giwa, was on Monday charged before an Egor Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Benin City,…
Suspected Oil Subsidy Thieves Docked
The arraignment of oil company executives indicted by the fuel subsidy panel before an Ikeja High Court was stalled today…
SUV Plunges Off Lagos Bridge
A year old baby, her mother and a driver narrowly escaped death this morning when their black Mitsubishi Montero Sports…
13 Arrested Over Land
Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit stormed New Oko-Oba area of Lagos State,…
The Ex-Ghanaian President’s Link With TB Joshua
As the Vice-President of Ghana between 1997 and 2001, John Evans Fifii Atta Mills, who passed on yesterday at the…
Jonathan Awards Tompolo Contract For 20 Patrol Boats
Former militant leader in the Niger-Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupkolo, also known as Tompolo, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract…