Year: 2012
Serial Murder Suspect Arrested
Police detectives at Homicide Department of State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a…
Fashola Demands Refund Of N16b Illegal Deductions By FG
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday called on the Federal Government to refund the N16 billion deducted from…
Man Kills Girlfriend Over Phone
A youngman, Lawrence Ufan Ette, has allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a stone during a fight in the…
Lagos Charges Commuters On Water Transportation
Due to the repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge, the Lagos State Government has charged commuters to explore the…
INEC Deploys 8 Commissioners, 10 RECs For Edo Guber Poll
INEC has deployed eight National Commissioners and 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to Edo for the July 14 governorship election.…
Nigeria Under Corruption Siege
The personified theme of the lecture was witty. But it smacks of the blatant disregard for virtue and the impunity…
Oba Sacks Rebellious Chief
For claiming to be a traditional ruler, the paramount monarch of Efon, Ekiti State, the Alaaye of Efon, Oba Emmanuel…
Lagos, Ekiti To Cooperate On Outdoor Ad Management
The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, and the Ekiti State Signage and Advertisement Agency, EKSAA, have started co-operating…
3 Armed Robbers Killed In Gun Duel
Policemen from Denton Police Station, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have killed three robbery suspects during a gun battle that last…
Woman Detained Over N10m Fraud
An Ibadan-based businesswoman, has been arrested and detained by police detectives attached to Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos over…
Lucky Escape For Kidnapped Girl
A 22-year old girl who was returning to her mother’s shop was abducted by a motorcyclist and taken to Ketu,…
Manko Inspects DFID Project At Isokoko
The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Umar A. Manko and his deputy, Isaac Eke, recently paid a visit to Isokoko Police…
Our Lawmakers Must Be Responsible
Constituency funds and the use to which they are put is becoming a serious cause for concern to Nigerians as…
Who Is Afraid Of Declaration Of Assets?
By Isaac Asabor It is no more news to say that President Goodluck Jonathan’s uncouth response to a question on…
NYSC And The Audacity Of Posting
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In view of the various ethnic and tribal entities that constitute the Nigerian federation, lack of unity…
A Pearl Of Great Price
How important is your health? What amount of money would you be willing to pay to buy health if you…
Lists To Live By (2)
I would like to start by thanking the people that read and responded to my last week article. From the…
Honour Us Now, Okocha Tells NFF
Former skipper of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, has charged Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, to honour the country’s…
Federer Eyes Olympic Gold
The morning after Swiss maestro, Roger Federer, won a record-tying seventh Wimbledon championship, he returned to the site of his…
Wenger Rejects Brazil Coaching Job
Arsene Wenger has turned down an offer to coach Brazil. SunSport reports that Wenger is reported to have been sounded…
UAE Club Sack Maradona
Former Argentina World Cup-winning captain, Diego Maradona, has been sacked as coach of United Arab Emirates Club, Al Wasl. The…
Player Dies After Clash With Goalie
Indian media reports say a soccer player in the eastern city of Jalpaiguri has died after failing to receive medical…
You’re Good To Go, Agent Tells Bolt
Usain Bolt’s agent has revealed that the triple Olympic champion has made a full recovery from muscle tightness that hampered…
5 Million Electronic Cigarettes For Smokers
The most valuable thing is that since 2 July, five million electronic cigarettes produced specifically for 2012 Olympic Games have…
Wamulwa Laments
Heartbroken long distance runner, Tony Wamulwa has described as painful the harsh reality of missing out at the London 2012…
D’Tigers On The Rise, Applause For Diogu In America
Before Nigeria’s male national basketball team, D’Tigers booked their place in the basketball event of the London 2012 Olympics, they…
Doping: US Goalkeeper Warned
The United States Number 1 goalkeeper, Hope Solo, has received a warning after testing positive for a banned substance. The…
I Left Ojebode Because He Was A Christian
Sherifat Ololade Ogbungbade, ex-wife of the late Samuel Ojebode, also explained why she separated from the late footballer and former…
Drogba, Yak To Clash In China
Drogba joined Chinese side, Shanghai Shenhua from reigning UEFA Champions League champions, Chelsea after signing a two-and-a-half year deal reportedly…
Oyo Govt Should Immortalise Ojebode
A former IICC (now 3SC) player, now a coach, Idowu Tubuse, a.k.a Slow Poison, recalls the days of Samuel Ojebode…