Year: 2012
Subsidy scam: Nigeria makes U-turn on prosecution
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Rattled by the spate of criticisms from home and abroad over the position of the Attorney General of…
Johnson Cup Final Hold Sunday
By Sunday Akintoye The final of Mobolaji Johnson football championship will hold on Sunday at the FIFA Legacy pitch of…
You Can Go Now, Lyon Boss Tells Bastos, Lloris
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has left the door open for several members of his first-team squad to leave the club…
Clijsters Bids Wimbledon Bye
When Kim Clijsters first came to Wimbledon as a junior, she described the All England Club as being “like Disneyland…
Nigeria backs internet freedom
Nigeria is among 85 countries in the world backing a United Nations initiative to guarantee freedom on the internet. The…
Fears of bomb attacks trigger Panic in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Speculations that members of the Boko Haram sect were planning a massive bombing of the troubled Nigerian…
Suicide Bombers Under Influence Of Hard Drug -NDLEA DG
By Simon Ateba The Director General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Ajayi, has linked the…
Sunny T Gets Burial Date
By Ayodele Lawal The remains of the top fuji at Sunday Tua a.k.a. Sunny T Adesokan will be buried on…
‘Ram bonus’ war imminent in Nigeria
The Kano State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress,is to declare its stand soon on the plan by the State…
Varsity teachers to conduct Edo state polls
The Edo State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to recruit 5,000 lecturers and undergraduates of the University of Benin…
Air Nigeria returns leased planes
The Air Nigeria Airline says it will return four of its aircraft to the lessor, GECAS, following the request to…
One person injured in Kaduna blast
The Nigerian Army has confirmed an explosion from an improvised explosive device along Kaduna-Zaria road. The explosion which occurred between…
Boko Haram states: NYSC redeploys corps members
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The leadership of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)on Wednesday evening finally yielded to appeals and protests by Corp…
Amosun: Illegal structures cause Ogun flooding
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said that illegal structures are responsible for the flooding in the…
Reps Slash Fees For Number Plate, Driver’s Licence
Daniels Ekugo House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has recommended a downward review in the prices…
Another bomb explodes in Kaduna
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Few weeks after three churches were bombed in the cities of Zaria and Kaduna , another bomb…
Dasuki: I’ve Boko Haram phone numbers
The new National Security Adviser, NSA retired Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) continued his tour of crisis ridden parts of Northern…
RVP: The Gunner wants to be a goner
Robin van Persie has rejected the offer of a new Arsenal contract, the striker announced via his official website on…
Obama pushes for immigrants
American President Barack Obama saluted 25 newly-minted US citizens on Wednesday in an independence day pitch for immigration reform four…
Abba Abacha absent at Swiss trial
The corruption trial of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha’s son was adjourned on Wednesday until next week because of…
Wimbledon: Federer v Djokovic, Murray v Tsonga
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and six-time winner Roger Federer face a titanic Wimbledon semi-final showdown after the two title contenders…
Nigeria’s First Female Chief Justice: A profile
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja With the nomination of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria to the Senate…
Judge arrests House report on oil subsidy scam
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As the $620,000 subsidy probe’s bribery allegation rages, one of the oil marketers indicted by the…
All set for Nigeria’s first female chief justice
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja All appears to be set for the emergence of the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria,…
Jonathan promises to protect corps members
Nigeria’s central government, led by President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday in Abuja that it will do everything necessary to…
Abuja On Alert After Shopping Mall Attack
Nigeria’s capital was on alert Wednesday after an explosion went off outside a popular shopping centre, in the latest attack…
Stephanie: Okotie’s Church Members Crashed Our Marriage
By Simon Ateba & Eromosele Ebhomole Stephanie, the beautiful ex-wife of Reverend Chris Okotie, has broken her silence barely a…
MONEY LAUNDERING: Ikuforiji Knows Fate Thursday
By Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria will tomorrow decide whether the 20-count criminal charge…
US Warns Its Citizens In Nigeria
The US embassy in Nigeria today warned its citizens about threats to American targets through the independence holiday week in…
9 Families Get N43m From Dana Air
By Simon Ateba Dana Air yesterday compensated nine claimants of the ill-fated flight 992 with $270,000 (about N43 million) following…