Year: 2012
Lagosians Reject Cremation Bill
By Eromosele Ebhomele Officials of the Lagos State Government as well as members of the Lagos State House of Assembly…
Why We Gave Cheques To Affected Residents —Dana Air
By Simon Ateba Dana Air yesterday explained that the cheques it gave to nine affected residents on Tuesday were palliative…
Panic Over Bombs In Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna For over two hours today residents of Kaduna metropolis were thrown into confusion due to alleged rumours…
Honeywell International Slams N20b Suit On Honeywell Nigeria
By Akin Kuponiyi In a bid to stop infringement of its Trade marks and disturbance of its business Honeywell International…
Varsity Drop Out Charged With Unlawful Drugs Export
By Akin Kuponiyi An undergraduate dropout of Anambra State University of Technology, Obiabumo Godfrey Obaemeka, alleged to have been trafficking…
Court Attaches G. Cappa Account Over Unpaid Debt
By Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos high court sitting in Ikeja, southwest Nigeria, has ordered that all monies in the account…
We Need To Improve On Community Policing
The Lagos State Police Command has the daunting task of protecting the lives and property of over 15 million people.…
Lawmakers Summon Julius Berger, Others Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited the management of Julius Berger and the Federal Controller of Works for…
Nigerian Women Still At A Disadvantage
The statistics on gender inequality in Nigeria are alarming and women continue to be at a grave disadvantage. According to…
Murder Incorporated
By Chido Onumah It was not until weeks after that I realized I had lost a former colleague in the…
A Suicide Mission
By Simon Ateba It infamously became known as the Munich massacre: The Summer Olympic games of September 1972 in Munich,…
Goodluck Jonathan And His Assets
By Peter Claver Oparah So President Goodluck Jonathan doesn’t want to declare his assets? And he doesn’t give a damn…
Oshiomhole Warns Voters Against Selling Cards
The Edo State Government has warned the electorate to desist from selling their voters’ cards, stressing that the action was…
Lagos-Kano Train To Run Before End Of July
Mr. Adeseyi Sijuwade, Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), said on Wednesday in Lagos that the Lagos-Kano train…
Man Jailed 3 Years
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 21-year old man, Odunayo Balogun, to three years imprisonment for…
Olympic Basketball: Nigeria Upset Lithuania
By Bamidele Olowosagba Nigeria’s senior national basketball team, D’Tigers upset pre-tournament favourites and world number 4 team, Lithuania early today,…
Federer Dares Djokovic In S/Final Tie
Because grand slam tennis is as much a contest of the mind as a battle of technique, Roger Federer already…
Symphatisers Besiege Ojebode’s Residence
By Gbenro Adeshina / Ibadan As tributes pour in for the late Samuel Ojebode, the former Nigeria player, who died…
Formula One Driver Loses Eye
Formula One test driver, Maria de Villota, lost her right eye in a crash during a testing session and remains…
Keshi: Eagles Fear No Foe, As N/Cup Draws Hold Today
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, says his team fear no opponents as the draws for the final…
T.B Joshua Predicted My WBO Title Win
King Davidson, who won the World Boxing Organisation, WBO, International Light Middleweight belt last week, has revealed the inspiration behind…
IFAB Set To Approve Goal-Line Tech
Goal-line technology is expected to finally be given the go-ahead by football’s law-makers today. After months of testing, the International…
Woods For Matchplay Event In Turkey Tourney
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are among the big names who are being attracted to participate in a new matchplay…
Onabogun Upsets Olape At Chess Tourney
By bimbo ajayi A s the 35th Nigerian Breweries International Chess Championship continues at the Sports Indoor Hall of the…
Cricket: States Want Equipment Support From Federation
States have called on Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF to give them equipment support for the development of cricket in their…
NDLEA: Nigerian Bombers Influenced by Drugs
Simon Ateba The Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Ajayi, has linked the escalation…
896 Teams For Lagos Street Soccer
By bimbo ajayi A total number of 896 teams were drawn into various groups as the MTN Lagos Street Soccer…
Damilola Taylor Coach Rues Team’s Defeat
By Sunday Akintoye Damilola Taylor Academy Coach, Sulaiman Ahmed has attributed their defeat in the final of U-13 Eko Football…
Used Kits Foundation To Kit 5 Academies
By Sunday Akintoye In order to boost football development in Lagos, Used Kits Foundation has concluded plans to kit Five…
LABOG Cup: Dynamic Celebrate Victory
By Sunday Akintoye Dynamic Football Club of Agege have continued their celebration after defeating their opponents, Azico Football Club 1-0…