Year: 2012
Hakeem Rahman Clocks 56
Nollywood actor and Vice President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Hakeem Rahman, marked his 56th birthday yesterday. Rahman…
War Against Piracy: ‘We’ve Changed Strategies’
National President of the Yoruba Video and Films Producers/Marketers Association of Nigeria (YOVIFPMAN), Alhaji Toyin Usman, says the association has …
ALOMA MUKHTAR: Making of Nigeria’s Female CJN
Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar makes history as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. Here is her history of firsts,…
Mukhtar Will Save The Judiciary
Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is unrestrained in his affection for the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He tells GBENRO ADESINA…
Tough Job For Top Judge
Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar has a lot on her plate, as she starts life as the head of the judiciary…
Mukhtar, Nigeria’s first female chief justice, steps in
History was made in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal capital this morning as Chief Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar was sworn in at…
Why I Write About Ibadan
Professor Toyin Falola, 59, is an internationally acclaimed Nigerian historian. Born in Ibadan, Falola taught History at the University of…
Travail Of Air Nigeria
After repositioning towards routes expansion, Air Nigeria faces an unexpected major crisis Just as Air Nigeria began to bask in…
Dasuki, Horsfall, Azazi & A Nigerian Security Dilemma
The appointment of Col (retd) Sambo Dasuki as the new security Czar has important connotations for how security is conceptualised…
Flood sweeps bridges, 20 houses away
No fewer than 20 houses in Buanchor in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, south south Nigeria, were…
Serena wins Stanford title again
Serena Williams became the first woman since 2006 to back up a title at the WTA Stanford event as the…
Tennis: Isner wins at Newport, Cilic at Umag
John Isner fired 16 aces in a 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 victory over Australian Lleyton Hewitt on Sunday to win the…
How Benin residents marked Oshiomhole’s victory
Eromosele Ebhomele, Folarin Ademosu & Jethro Ibileke It was like a carnival this morning in Benin city, the Edo State…
Nigerian Killings: Army mounts ‘Operation sweep and search’
The Nigerian army said Sunday it plans to raid suspected militant hideouts in several central villages after attacks last weekend…
3 clerics docked for fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned three clerics before Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High…
Atiku, Fashola, Ajimobi congratulate Oshiomhole
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Lagos governor, Raji fashola and his Oyo state counterpart, Abiola Ajimobi have all rejoiced with Governor…
Oshiomhole: Tinubu, ACN salute Edo ‘people power’
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have hailed the courage and determination…
Nursing mum, 4 bankers charged with fraud
Justice C. O. Ogisi of the Delta State High Court, Asaba has ordered that five suspected fraudsters be remanded in…
Arik Air Blames FAAN For Accident
Simon Ateba The obsolete apron markings at the Jos airport made an Arik plane to brush the wing of a…
Bomb goes off near Nigerian Church
Bomb Goes Off Near Nigerian Church A bomb went off Sunday near a church in Okene, a major town in…
Victorious Oshiomhole seeks rivals’ cooperation
Eromosele Ebhomele, Jethro Ibileke & Folarin Ademosu Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has urged chieftain of the Peoples Democratic…
Bomb scare: Abuja minister cancels rock blast permits
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Alarmed by incessant bomb scares within the Abuja metropolis, the FCT Administration on Sunday withdrew all…
Oshiomhole: Supporters in celebration frenzy
Jethro Ibileke, Eromosele Ebhomele & Folarin Ademosun The serenity of Benin City, the capital of Edo State, ruptured in wild…
Serena so ruthless, reaches Stanford final
Top seeded and defending champ Serena Williams destroyed Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-2 in one hour on Saturday to reach her…
Villas Boas fires missiles at Abramovich
Andre Villas Boas’s bitterness at his sacking by Chelsea last season surfaced again on Sunday as he said at his…
D’ Banj Releases Oyato
D’banj, the popular Nigerian act, making worldwide wave, has released a new single titled Oyato. D’banj’s real name is Dapo…
Jonathan Congratulates Oshiomhole
A statement from the Presidency on the Comrade’s victory reads: “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan congratulates Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo…
Oshiomhole: How He Trounced PDP Rival
Eromosele Ebhomele The race was not near being a close one.It was a horse versus antelopes. And the outcome of…
Edo Election Result : Oshiomhole wins by a wide margin
.Promises not to disappoint at victory rally in Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress Party of Nigeria was…
Garcia knocks out Khan in 4th round
WBC champ Danny Garcia added the WBA light welterweight belt to his collection with a stunning fourth-round upset of Britain’s…