Year: 2012
The World closes in on Boko Haram militants
Less than 24 hours after the United States labelled three leaders of the Boko Haram sect, terrorists, more trouble appears…
Kagawa now a ‘Red Devil’
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa has joined, the Red Devils Manchester United on a four-year deal from German champions Borussia Dortmund,…
Olympics: Britain’s triple jump champ in injury setback
Britain’s former world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu suffered a worrying injury setback just five weeks from the start of…
Rio+20 summit: The main outcomes
Following are the main outcomes from the 10-day UN Conference on Sustainable Development, which ended Friday in Rio de Janeiro,…
Abacha’s son faces fresh Swiss trial
Abba Abacha, the son of Nigeria’s former dictator Sani Abacha, will face a new trial in Switzerland starting July 4…
Kenya seizes Nigeria bound ‘peppered- ivory’
Kenya seizes 600 kg of Nigeria-bound ivory Kenyan security dogs at Nairobi airport Friday outsmarted traffickers and sniffed through a…
Soldiers Kill 200 Boko Haram Members
Ben Adaji/Jalingo At least 200 Boko Haram members have been killed since the renewed attack on the group by security…
Fashola Rejects State Creation
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has described the agitation for the creation of additional states by some…
Bakassi Indigenes Protest Over Oil Wells
In what appears to be pre-empting the Supreme Court judgment scheduled for the 10 July, 2012, thousands of Bakassi indegenes descended on the…
Kidnappers Of Doctor Demand N100m Ransom
The kidnappers of a medical doctor in Rivers state, southsouth Nigeria, Dr Frank ThankGod Chukwudi, have demanded N100 million as…
Pastor Arrested Over Death Of 6-year Old Girl
A Lagos pastor, Rev. Tom Joseph, has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate’s Court following an allegation that he gave…
Lagos Orders Drivers Back To School
The Lagos State Government has ordered over 100,000 commuter bus drivers and other professional drivers in Lagos State to go…
Yabatech Student Drugged, Raped On Campus
A student of Yaba College of Technology, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Adegoke Kehinde, has been arrested by the…
Fleeing Driver Crushes Pregnant Woman
A fleeing driver of a van has crushed a pregnant woman at Adekunle junction on the foot of Third Mainland…
Crashed Plane Well Maintained —Dana Air MD
The Managing Director of Dana Air, Mr. Jacky Hathiramani, Friday told members of the Joint Committee on Aviation probing the…
Lagos Vows To Stop Illegal Mast Installation
The Lagos State Government has vowed to enforce the law prohibiting illegal installation of masts, base stations and towers by…
No Compromise On Subsidy Bribe Scam — ACN Legislator
An Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, member in the House of Representatives, Munir Hakeem, has said that legislators representing the…
Ogun Civil Servants Begin Week With Health Walk
Civil servants in Ogun State Tuesday morning trooped out in large numbers as they embarked on a health walk to…
INEC To De-register Moribund Political Parties
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, said on Thursday in Abuja that more of the moribund…
SAHCOL Dismisses 15 For Theft
The Managing Director, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Ltd. (SAHCOL), Mr. Olu Owolabi, said on Thursday that 15 of his workers…
Teacher Docked For Beheading Hubby
A 25-year old teacher, Mrs. Rafat Agboola, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beheading her…
NNPC, SPDC Partner On NPDC Growth Target
As part of efforts to meet the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, 250,000 bpd target by 2015, the management of…
Ecobank Hits N32.3b Profit
Ecobank Group has reported a N32.27 billion ($207 million) profit for its 2011 financial year, representing a 57 per cent…
Coach Banks On Drogba To Rescue Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua manager Sergio Batista has backed new star signing, Didier Drogba to help turn their season around despite the…
Olympic Basketball Friendly: Nigeria Shock Britain
Nigeria’s senior national basketball team, D’Tigers yesterday in Houston, Texas, USA, shocked Team Great Britain in a build up game…
Fernebahce Want Yobo For N375m
Fenerbahce are ready to offer £1.5million (about N375 million) for Everton centre-back Joseph Yobo. The Nigerian, 31, has been on…
Nigeria Committee To Get High Performance Equipment
President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Sani Ndanusa, has disclosed that the NOC has concluded plans to acquire a high…
I Can Break Bada’s Record
Onakoya Biola is one of the five Nigerian quatermilers who broke the 46 seconds record at the Calabar trials. The…
I’m Not Afraid Of Bolt
Jamaica’s sprint sensation and fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt may be doing 9secs or so at the moment,…
Sunshine Stars Ready For Warri Wolves—Ogunbote
Still counting the points his team dropped when they played a goalless draw against Shooting Stars Sports Club, 3SC of…