Year: 2012
Opeifa Padfootball Tourney Begins 5 August
The much awaited Opeifa Lagos Padfootball Championship will kick off on 5 August at the Agege centre. Over 500 participants…
Players’ Welfare Crucial To Junior League -Disu
Former coach of the Flying Eagles and Technical Director of Lagos Junior League has said that the welfare of the…
Rio’s Experience Very Vital
Young Reds defender, Scott Wootton spoke exclusively to ManUtd.com at the end of the South Africa leg of the DHL…
Man Burns Wife’s Property
A jilted man, Michael Onyilo vent his frustration on his estranged wife, Peace, after she dumped him and went for…
BRT Driver Docked For Killing Block Industry MD
A BRT driver, Shakiru Olatilewa, has been docked at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting at Abule Egba on a four-count…
First US woman in space dies at 61
Sally Ride, the first US woman to journey into space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer,…
President Jonathan Vows to End Crude Oil Theft
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said his administration is determined to put an end to stealing of crude oil he…
Nigeria nets N2.43t in taxes
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday recorded N2.43 trillion revenue through taxes in the first half of 2012.…
New promising TB drug unveiled
Researchers reported progress Monday with an experimental drug cocktail that killed a record 99 percent of TB bacteria in two…
Workers shut down 3 Katsina tertiary schools
Workers of three tertiary institutions in Katsina State, North western Nigeria on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike to protest…
Death toll reaches 35 in Jos flooding
More people have died in the flood that followed a heavy rainfall in central Nigerian city of Jos. The heavy…
Imo varsity vows to publish names of cultists
Nigeria’s Imo State University, Owerri, on Monday said it would release the names of students to be expelled from the…
5 Nigerians die in auto crash in New York
Five Nigerians, including two children, were killed at the early hours of Sunday in a car crash near the Van…
SSS invites Pastor Bakare for a Chat
Nigeria’s State Security Services, the SSS in Lagos has invited the Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener…
Makoko: Fashola explains demolition of shanties
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has explained why his administration had to intervene in the Makoko fishing community in…
Shot Delta state top bureaucrat moved out of state
Mr Okey Ofili, the Head of Service of Delta state, south south Nigeria, who was shot Sunday by suspected kidnappers…
Stocks close higher in Lagos
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday opened the week on a positive note as some highly capitalised…
Nigeria’s Northern governors parley on security
Disturbed by the current security challenges confronting the region, the Northern States Governors Forum has fixed an emergency meeting of…
Commuter Dies, 9 Injured In Auto Crash
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A fatal accident occurred Monday afternoon in Awowo village, along Abeokuta- Lagos expressway in Ewekoro local government area…
Oshiomhole: Why I’m in politics
I’m In Politics To Nurture New Leaders– Oshiomhole JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that he…
Fed Cup Q/Final Results
Lobi 3-1 Sharks Pillars 3-2 Plateau Heartland 2-0 Crown Prime 2-0 Enyimba
Lagos NUJ Prays For Missing Ex-NTA Staff
The Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, this morning organised a prayer session for former Nigeria Television…
Nurse Bathes Lover With Acid
The police in Calabar, Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, have arrested a nurse, Dorothy Hayford Nkanu, who allegedly poured acid…
Amosun Swears In Elected Ogun State Council Chairmen
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun this morning swore in the newly-elected local government council chairmen in the State at the…
Lagos State Forensic Lab To Gulp N89b
The proposed first ever Forensic Laboratory in Africa by the Lagos State Government will gulp N89 billion. The laboratory will…
Fire Razes Alimosho Plank Market
Goods and properties worth over N100 million went up in flames as a midnight inferno razed down some parts of…
Evicted Makoko Squatters Protest At Alausa
The evicted squatters at Makoko demanded that Lagos State Government respect their right when they embarked on a peaceful protest…
We Will Resume Flight Operations Soon —Air Nigeria
Suspended Air Nigeria has disclosed that it will resume local and regional flights soon. The airline, owned by businessman, Barrister…
Fashola Calls For Religious Harmony
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Sunday called on Muslims to co-habit in unity, love, patience and understanding with…