Year: 2012
Isekolowo Cup Kicks Off In Ibeju Lekki
The first Isekolowo Soccer Championship has kicked off at Idiagbon Community in Ibeju Lekki Local Government, Lagos State. The grassroots…
Enitan To Grace Fashola Cup Final
Lagos State Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Social Development, Enitan Oshodi, will be among the Special Guests of Honour at…
Basirat Cup: Damilola Taylor, Samdek Battle In Final
Damilola Taylor Football Academy will have their hands full when they confront Samadek Football Club in the final of U-15…
Mancini Deal Pleases Toure
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has welcomed the news that manager Roberto Mancini has signed a new five-year contract with…
Fans Pay €311 To Watch Real Training
Real Madrid are charging fans in the United States of America up to €311 to watch the Spanish champions train…
Sea Lion Is World’s First Amphibious Sports Car
It reaches up to speeds of 290kmh on land and 72kmh in water. And at a bargain-basement price of US$295,500…
Pastore Welcomes Lavezzi To PSG
The former Palermo player, Javier Pastore is very happy to be linking up with his compatriot, and hopes that the…
Toyota Tops Best Global Green Brand
Toyota has retained the number one position in the second annual, Best Global Green Brands, says a report published by…
Skoda Flaunts Yeti
Cleverly designed with the trappings of an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle), Skoda Yeti strikes a perfect balance between on road…
Renault’s Leading Effort
The Renault Logan is existing proof that large, stylish and technologically advanced cars don’t necessarily have to be overpriced. The…
Housewife Faces Drug Charges
A Lagos housewife, Omolayo Iphigenia Adeniyi, alleged to have been aiding her husband, Adegboyega Abayomi Adeniji, who holds dual nationality…
Five Policemen Arrested Over Murder Of Commuter Motorcyclist
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Ngozi Braide, has confirmed the arrest and detention of five policemen…
Customs destroys poultry products worth N25m
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A, Ikeja on Wednesday said it seized and destroyed 6,000 cartons of…
Breach Of Performance: FCMB Dragged To Court
A federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till after the court’s vacation, a breach of performance…
80 die in Nigeria’s petrol tanker fire
Eighty bodies have been found at the scene of a fuel tanker which burst into flames as people scrambled for…
200 Homeless After Plateau Massacre
Gunmen who stormed a village and torched dozens of houses in central Nigeria have displaced roughly 200 people after weekend…
Presidential Candidate Sued Over Unpaid Loan
A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 19 October a debt recovery suit instituted by…
UNESCO names Port Harcourt World Book Capital
UNESCO on Wednesday announced the selection of Port Harcourt as the 2014 World Book Capital. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova made…
Ghana denies tough trading law to Nigerians
The Ghanaian Government has refuted allegations that Nigerian and ECOWAS citizens in Ghana are expected to pay 300,000 dollars and…
USA: Woman chained, tortured for 10 years by hubby
A West Virginia man has been arrested for torturing his wife, making her a slave and holding her hostage in…
Kwara Governor blames leaders for decadent Nigeria
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has condemned the attitude of leaders in the country which has led to the present…
Nigeria’s wheat importers unpatriotic, says minister
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina on Wednesday branded flour millers in the country as unpatriotic accusing…
Military Denies Further Killings in Plateau
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin has debunked reports in some sections of…
INEC Boss picks electoral officers for Edo Polls
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Atahiru Jega on Wednesday in Benin announced that he personally…
4 Arrested over murder of Oshiomhole’s aide
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Four persons have been arrested by the Edo state Police Command in connection with the murder of Olaitan…
Killing of army general: Police Arrest 4
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of retired Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. He…
Agric Ministry Extends Subsidy To Fisheries, Boosts Export
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will soon begin to provide subsidies to operators in the fisheries sub-sector…
Fresh Crisis Brews Between LASG, Doctors
The health sector in Lagos State may soon witness another strike as the doctors have started complaining that the Lagos…
Senate Confirms Aloma Mukhtar As CJN
The Senate this afternoon confirmed Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, a week after…
New Igbo Group Vows To Avenge Killings In The North
A new Igbo group, the Conference of Igbo Youth Organizations, CIYO, has warned that Ndigbo will no longer watch in…