Year: 2012
Court Bans Sales Of Samsung Galaxy In US
Samsung’s rival to iPad, Galaxy Tab, has been banned from sale in America, after a judge handed Apple a victory…
Firm To Start Solar GSM Network In Nigeria
An Indian technology company, VNL, is set to revolutionise the telecommunication sector in Nigeria with the introduction of the first…
Paga Mobile Money Gets Fresh Fund
Nigeria’s pioneer mobile firm, Paga, has secured fresh funds from four investment companies, Adlevo Capital, Omidyar Network, Acumen Fund, and…
Maltina Dangle N7.5m As Dance All 6 Commences
Riding on the wings of a successful national consumer promotion tagged Maltina sharing happiness promo where five lucky Nigerians won…
P&G Fetes Pampers Premium Care Mothers
Procter & Gamble, the makers of Pampers Premium Care, a diaper that offers skin protection for babies, hosted winners of…
Nigeria signs MOU with US firm for 6 refineries
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with an American energy firm to build six oil refineries, in a project…
PDP Dreams victory in Edo polls
Mr Olisa Metuh, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, has said that superior ideas and track record of performance…
Fire guts Nigerian prison
Fire has gutted part of Yola Prisons, in Adamawa state, north east of Nigeria. The fire, which started around 8…
Oando, Integrated Oil fault Subsidy report
The Integrated Oil and Gas Ltd. and Oando Plc have faulted the Aig-Imoukhuede led Technical Committee reports on verification of…
Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Scam texts
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to candidates contesting…
Jonathan commissions bullet proof factory, APC
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan said in Kaduna on Monday that henceforth , the country would not import military equipment that…
Rain postpones matches at Wimbledon
Wimbledon chiefs face a fixture backlog after heavy rain forced play to be abandoned on every court expect the covered…
Still bad news for RIM’s Blackberry
There is no relief in sight for Research in Motion, makers of the smartphone BlackBerry. The latest market survey in…
US court orders Twitter to hand over Occupy tweets
A New York judge Monday ordered Twitter to turn over data on one of its users involved in the Occupy…
9 workers slaughtered in Maiduguri
Nine Nigerian construction workers were killed early Monday in the restive northeastern city of Maiduguri, the base of the Islamist…
Mugabe in Singapore for 2nd medical check
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe left for Singapore Monday for a “routine” check-up, the second health-related trip this year for Africa’s…
Court grants robbery accused bail
A High court judge in Enugu city, east of Nigeria, Justice Chiene Nwobodo, has granted bail to one Chukwuka Owoh…
Heavy Rain Devastates Ado-Ekiti
A rain storm in the early hours of Monday caused havoc in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The downpour blew…
Sharapova Crashes, Serena, Kvitova Survive
World number one Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon on Monday, while four-time winner Serena Williams and defending champion Petra…
Can Dasuki Cage Boko Haram?
It hardly came as a surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan’s axe was brought into action on 26 June. And by…
Dasuki’s Job Is Tough, says Col. Nyiam
Tony Nyiam, a retired army colonel and one of the brains behind the 1990 coup against the regime of General…
FRSC To Prosecute Operators Of Right-Hand Vehicles
By Jethro Ibileke/ Benin The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Edo state Sector, has given operators of right-hand steering wheel vehicles…
Senator Albishir Dies In Auto Crash
A senator who served between 1999 and 2007, Usman Albishir, is dead. He reportedly died this morning in an accident…
EFCC Withdraws Fraud Charge Against Abiola’s Son
By Henry Ojelu A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja Monday discharged and acquitted Deji Abiola, son of the late…
Man Sentenced To Life In Prison Over Cannabis
By Simon Ateba A 42-year old man in Maiduguri, Borno State, North East Nigeria, has been sentenced to life in…
How Fuji Star, Sunny T Died
By Ayodele Lawal More facts have emerged about how Fuji music star, Sunday Tua Adesokan, aka Sunny T died yesterday.…
Snatched Car Offered For Sale To Owner
By Yusuf Mohammed A car owner was stunned when he saw his Toyota Camry car which was snatched from him…
3 Bankers Docked For Fraud
By Cyriacus Izuekwe Three Lagos micro finance bank managers have been charged before a Yaba Magistrate’s court for their alleged…
14 Suspected Cult Members Arrested
By Emmanuel Una/Calabar Police operatives attached to the Quick Intervention Squad on Saturday arrested 14 persons at different locations in…
Gov Race: Edo INEC Raises Alarm Over Fake SMS
By Jethro Ibileke, Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised the alarm over fraudulent text messages sent to…