Year: 2012
Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu is Togo’s new PM
Togo’s president has named Commerce Minister Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu as the new prime minister to replace Gilbert Houngbo who resigned suddenly…
14 killed at Batman movie premiere
At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema…
Nigeria’s fastest woman eyes Olympic gold medal
As the minutes tick away from the commencement day of the London 2012 Olympics, one Nigerian athlete to watch at…
Ex-Liberian leader Taylor appeals sentence
Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed his conviction and 50-year jail sentence for war crimes in Sierra Leone, the international…
Gunmen kill 5 persons in Kano, Maiduguri
Gunmen on Thursday shot dead at least five people, including a policeman, in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, the…
AFP: Mali kidnappers paid $18.4m ransom
A ransom of 15 million euros ($18.4 million) was paid for three European hostages to the Movement for Oneness and…
Spain: Huge protests erupt over austerity measures
Huge protests against crisis pay cuts and tax hikes filled the streets of Spanish cities late Thursday, as angry workers…
N2.5m Fraud: Ex- Banker Jailed Five Years
Justice Dije Aboki of High Court of Kano State has sentenced Mr. Idris Ado Zango, 31, an ex- banker who…
Banker docked for N77m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a banker, Mrs. Nneka Nwilene at the Federal High Court III,…
Permsec Jonathan arrives Bayelsa for swearing-in
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Mrs Patience Jonathan,the Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan,and also Bayelsa state permanent secretary designate, today visited the…
Budget: Reps warn Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala against breaches
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The House of Representatives today took a hard stance on the inability of the executive to implement the…
October 1 bomb meant to rattle government
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of one of the alleged masterminds of the Independence Day twin bomb blasts in Abuja,…
Edo PDP EXCO gets quit order after poll rout
JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin Following the crushing defeat suffered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in July 14 governorship election in…
Burial Plans for Senator Dantong, Fulani out
The Plateau State Government on Thursday released the burial programme for late Senator Gyang Dantong and the Majority leader in…
Islamic Council prays for ailing scribe, Adegbite
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Supreme Council for Islamic affairs has called for prayers for its ailing Secretary General, Dr.…
Smugglers dig 700m tunnel, instal rail line
Slovakian police have discovered a 700-metre-long smuggling tunnel between Slovakia and Ukraine, the Slovakian interior and finance ministers said on…
Wimbledon gets a new schedule from 2015
Wimbledon will be moved back one week from 2015 in a bid to allow players more time to rest and…
Soldiers Go Wild In Lagos After Fashola’s ‘Humiliation’ Of Colonel
Soldiers went wild yesterday and attacked officers of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit at…
8 Jailed 44 Years For Kidnapping
The Delta Command of the State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday in Asaba said it has secured the conviction of…
Goldie Returns Home
Singer Goldie Harvey, Nigeria’s representative evicted from the ongoing Big Brother StarGame returned home last night from Johannesburg, South Africa.…
ACN Vs PDP Tussle In Badagry: Tribunal Defers Verdict
The Local Government Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, this morning deferred till 27…
Shell To Challenge $5b Fine By Nigeria
Shell will challenge a $5.0 billion (four billion euro) fine imposed by Nigeria over an offshore oil spill last year,…
Gawat Still Missing
Nine days after ex-NTA staff, Alhaji Rasaq Aremu Gawat was declared missing, the incident is still being trailed by mixed…
Truck Kills 2 Inside Car
A truck ran over a car and killed two occupants on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway yesterday. The victims, who were yet…
Housewife Arraigned Over Drug Importation
A Lagos businesswoman, Imonle Funke, has been arraigned before a federal high court in Lagos on a one-count criminal charge…
Loan Tussle: Bank Drags Firm To Court
In a bid to recover a debt of N75,389,939.87, United Bank for Africa Plc, UBA, has dragged a Lagos company,…
Smoking Drivers To Pay N20,000
Any driver in Lagos State caught smoking while driving will now be made to pay N20,000 as fine in the…
Lawmakers May Phase Out Kerosene
The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Energy says it is considering supporting a gradual phasing out of the…
‘Incessant Killings, A Dangerous Trend In Nigeria’
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, has condemned…
‘Funding Is Bane Of Africa’s Development’
A senior lecturer in the Philosophy Department, University of Lagos, Professor Olumuyiwa Adebanjo Falaiye, has described lack of proper funding…