Year: 2012
Rolling Stones plan 50th anniversary performance
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Thursday hinted that the band could perform again later this year as the veteran…
NDLEA Begs FG For N780m To Train Officers
More than a year after they were recruited, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is still waiting for the…
Workers’ Union Divided Over Oshiomhole, Airhiavbere
Two days to Edo state governorship election, members of the workers’ union of Edo state-owned Edo Line are at loggerheads…
Court Orders EFCC To Release Daniel’s Passport
Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court Thursday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the International…
Budget Performance: Lagos Generates N183.27 Billion In 6 Months
The Lagos State Government has generated N183.27 billion in six months as part of the 2012 budget performance appraisal. This…
Kano To Train 100 Pilots Abroad
At least 100 indigenes of Kano state are to be sponsored by the state government for training as pilots and…
P-Square Lose Mom
The mother of Paul and Peter Okoye of P-Square fame, Mrs. Josephine Okoye, is dead. She died about five hours…
Abubakar Confirmed As IG
The Nigeria Police Council has confirmed the appointment of Mohammed Abubakar as the substantive Inspector General of Police. This was…
Dana Must Resume Flight Operations — ART
A group of aviation analysts and professionals under the aegis of Aviation Round Table, ART, have said that Dana Air,…
Oyedepo Wins N2b Slap Case
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Sango Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has dismissed the N2 billion fundamental human…
Tenants Trapped In Sealed Up House
Trapped tenants occupying a three storey building 1, Osoro Street, Papa Ajao, Mushin, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have sent a Save…
Driver Throws Road Marshal Out Of Moving Bus
In his desperate bid to evade arrest and prosecution, a driver, Seun Adenuga, allegedly threw a Federal Road Safety Corps…
Nigerian state set for another mass wedding
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano All is set for the second phase of the Nigerian Kano state mass wedding for 250 couples slated…
Nigeria Witnessing Genocide —Lagos Lawmaker
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, has described the recent…
Lagos Assembly Stops Trading On Walkways
The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed the chairmen of the 57 Local Government Councils and Local Council Development…
Lagos Deputy Governor Commends Lagos Legislator
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has commended a member of the State Assembly, Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet over the…
Lagos Assembly Berates PDP Over Comment On House Activities
The Lagos State House of Assembly has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State for condemning the House…
Is It Still Household Of God?
By Lajuwon Lasisi Many of the new generation churches have brought some untoward or unfavourable cheering circumventive and lopesided doctrines…
‘Don’t Divide Nigeria’
With the security and other social problems facing the country, Nigerians have been urged not to think of dividing the…
Still On The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
By Tayo Ogunbiyi A lot has been written and said about the poor condition of the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway. We…
Aviation Industry: The Way Forward
For decades, the Nigerian aviation industry has been moving in circle with nothing fundamental changing about it. History in the…
Haye Vows To ‘Kill’ Chisora
David Haye has vowed to “kill” British heavyweight rival, Dereck Chisora, when they meet in a grudge boxing bout at…
Liberia Can Beat Nigeria —FA Boss
President of the Liberia Football Association, LFA, Musa Bility, says he’s sure that the Liberian national soccer team, Lone Star,…
Remembrance For Teslim Balogun
The Teslim Balogun Foundation yesterday at the SWAN Secretariat, National Stadium, Lagos State, unveiled plans for the 40th memorial anniversary…
Tennis: Serena Advances At Stanford Classic
Sluggish Serena Williams struggled through her jet lag to complete a 6-2 6-1 victory over collegiate champion Nicole Gibbs in…
D’Tigers’ll Shine At Olympics —Adeka
Head Coach of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club, Daudu Adeka, has hailed the performance of D’Tigers for qualifying for the Basketball…
Ghana’s Zakari Fumes Over Exclusion From Olympics
Veteran Ghanaian Sprinter Aziz Zakari is demanding answers from the Ghana Athletics Association(GAA) after his exclusion from the country’s contingent…
Falana, Nigeria’s rights lawyer becomes SAN
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, alongside 24 others has been elevated to…
America’s Hurdle For D’Tigers In B/Ball Preliminaries
There is no doubt that Nigeria’s D’Tigers will have their hands full in the basketball event of the London 2012…
Abesan Dareta Cup Begins
All is now set for the maiden Abesan Dareta U-17 Football Fiesta, which kicks off on Saturday in Lagos. The…