Year: 2012
SWAN Cup Hots Up In Lagos
The 2012 SWAN Cup, a soccer championship organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, Lagos chapter, kicked off…
Fenerbache Tracking Eneramo
Michael Eneramo is on the wish list of Turkey giants Fenerbahce in the January transfer market, reports said. The former…
Clijsters Bows Out With Win Over Venus
Former world number one, Kim Clijsters celebrated the end of her sparkling tennis career with a victory in an exhibition…
NEPA: Not Yet Uhuru
Considering the abysmal performance of NEPA over the years, one may conjecture that our elders may have had the organization…
LagosTraffic Law: Court dismisses motorcyclists suit
Henry Ojelu &Anthonia Ohiero A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today dismissed the suit filed by commercial motorcyclists (Okada…
Kamene Okonjo: Nigerian soldiers arrest 63 suspects
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin About 63 people were Wednesday arrested in Ozanogogo town, Ika South local government area of Delta State by…
Babalakin: EFCC Files Objection To Prohibition Application
Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), on Wednesday filed a notice of preliminary…
Boko Haram: Ndume, Konduga Contacted 73 Times
The State Security Service (SSS) told the Federal High Court on Wednesday in Abuja that Senator Ali Ndume’s call log,…
‘Nigeria Prone To Severe Hurricane’
A Consultant Meteorologist, Mr. Idowu Adebayo, says Nigeria is prone to severe hurricane, typical of that being experienced in America,…
Suspected Arsonists Raze Church In Ilorin
A Living Faith Church on Airport Road, Ilorin, was on Wednesday set ablaze by suspected arsonists, destroying property worth millions…
67 Prosecuted For Violating Traffic Rules
The mobile court of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Osun State Command, prosecuted 67 motorists for violating traffic rules…
Patients Decry Orthopaedic Hospital Doctors’ Attitude
Patients at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, on Wednesday decried the doctors’ failure to give them prompt attention. They…
Hell On The Highway
The Lagos-Badagry-Seme Expressway has over the years deteriorated and has today become a shame, and an example of what such…
RCCG Choir Member Docked For Attempted Rape
A 25-year old man, Chukwuma Iheme, was on Wednesday charged before an Ogudu magistrate’s court, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to…
Man Seeks Divorce Over Wife’s Refusal To Quit Job
A 46-year old man, Isa Bayero, on Monday asked the Grade 1 Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja, to dissolve his…
Royal Father Solicits Cooperation For LG Boss
The baale of Aboru in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Chief Salawu Bamgbopa, has advised politicians,…
Crisis Over Babalola Rhodes Estate
Novojo Farms and Fisheries Company Limited, an estate left behind by the late Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Babalola Rhodes,…
Three Bank Managers Face Criminal Trial
An Asaba high court in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, has adjourned till next year for continuation, the trial of three…
Prof. Adesanya Debunks Impersonation Allegation
A senior advocate of Nigeria, Professor Abiodun Adesanya, who was alleged to have been parading himself as a member of…
Adeyemo Dreams Nations Team Call Up
Winner of two gold medal for Bayelsa State in the 146kg Clean and Jerk weightlifting event of the just concluded,…
Athletes Wants Games On Annual Basis
The 18th National Sports Festival, NSF tagged “Eko 2012” held in Lagos State may have come and gone but some…
Woman held in Spain with cocaine breast implants
A Panamanian woman has been arrested in Spain with fake breast implants that turned out to be plastic bags containing…
Nigeria’s Reps Speaker orders Sanusi Arrested
Nigeria’s House of Representatives speaker has threatened to order the arrest of the central bank chief and 14 others over…
Nigeria saves $9.6b oil revenue
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday lodged N161.59 billion to the Excess Crude Account (ECA), bringing the new…
Jonathan, National Assembly leaders in nocturnal meeting
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday night met with the leadership of the National Assembly behind closed doors at the Aso…
Nigeria joins Francophone group as observer
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved Nigeria’s membership of the International Organisation of French Speaking Countries as an observer.…
Nigeria recruits 180,000 farmers for rice
The Nigerian Government has registered 178,490 farmers to plant rice, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji…
Hillary Clinton seriously ill
The normally indefatigable, globe-trotting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was Wednesday still laid low by a nasty stomach bug…
Brazilian club challenges Messi’s goal record
Brazilian club Flamengo are contending that their former player Zico held the record for goal scoring in a calendar year,…