Year: 2012
Yabatech Student Wins Miss Global Nigeria 2012
A student of Industrial and Fashion Design at the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Pamela Ifeneme, has emerged winner of…
Hotel Staff Docked For Rape
A housekeeper with one of the prominent hotels in Abuja was on Wednesday docked before Magistrate Folasade Oyekan on an…
Abia to arrest child hawkers, prosecute parents
The Abia State Government said children found hawking during school hours will be arrested and their parents prosecuted in line with…
Bandits kill 2 soldiers in an ambush
Two Nigerian soldiers have been shot dead by suspected armed robbers while escorting workers salary of Guzamala Local Government Council in Borno…
New director appointed for TY Danjuma foundation
The TY Danjuma Foundation has appointed Dr Edugie Abebe as its new Interim Executive Director, according to a statement issued…
EFCC tenders documents in pension scam case
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 13th , 2012, tendered two sets of documents in the prosecution…
Akure insurance broker suspended
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Wednesday in Abuja suspended Prime Investment Insurance Brokers Limited from doing business as insurance…
Sub Varela puts Portugal on track at Euro 2012
Portugal beat Denmark 3-2 in their Euro 2012 Group B clash here on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of…
LASU graduates octogenarian, 22,033 others
An eighty-year-old Amodu Alimi has received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology at Lagos State University. Pa Alimi who gained admission…
Racism: African American gets $25m compensation
A US jury has awarded $25 million in damages to an employee of a Luxembourg-based steel company who for years…
Di Matteo gets Chelsea contract
Chelsea on Wednesday appointed Champions League-winning boss Roberto Di Matteo as their permanent manager and first-team coach on a two-year…
Nigeria to issue visitors visas at point of entry
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved a new visa policy for the country designed to boost tourism, attract foreign investment…
Bribery Scandal: Reps Hold Session Friday
The House of Representatives, whose members are enmeshed in a bribe-for-clearance scandal, will reconvene from its break to hold a…
Hotel worker docked for rape
A housekeeper with one of the prominent hotels in Abuja was on Wednesday docked before Magistrate Folasade Oyekan on an…
Jonathan hails General Abubakar at 70
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on the occasion of his 70th…
Delta state donates patrol vehicles to police
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Wednesday donated 60 patrol vehicles and communication gadgets to the state Police Command in…
Lawan Keeps Cops Waiting
Farouk Lawan, the embattled Chairman of House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on subsidy payments who is currently enmeshed in…
Fire Guts National Stadium’s Restaurant
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE The ground floor of O’Jez Restaurant, located in the heart of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos was…
Man Butchers Neighbour, 2 Kids
A man suspected to be insane incurred the wrath of Ikot Ansa youths over the weekend when he invaded the…
Air Nigeria Still Grounded
Air Nigeria’s planes which have been grounded for more than a week will remain grounded until the airline completes a…
Results Are Known Before Nigeria’s Elections —Ghanaian Minister
The Ghanaian Minister of Communications, Haruna Iddrisu, jolted Nigerians who attended the first anniversary of the 7th Assembly and commemoration…
160 BRT Workers Sacked
The management of the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has dismissed at least 160 workers guilty of various offences…
4 Trapped In Collapsed Building
Three persons have been rescued from the rubble of a building which collapsed in Apo Mechanic Village are of Abuja…
Niger, Chad, Mali face hunger prospect, says FAO
In its latest global food forecast for this year, the UN’s food agency, the Food and Agriculture Organisation has predicted…
Fashola Tasks Nigerians On June 12
The historic election of June 12, 1993 should inspire all Nigerians to be patriotic to change things they do not…
Two Feared Dead As Danfo Bus Collides With Truck
Two persons were feared dead yesterday, when a commuter bus commonly called Danfo, collided with a fast-moving truck at the…
Dana Air Crash Was Consequence Of FG Failure —Lagos Lawmaker
A lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has explained that the recent…
500 Policemen Get Anti-Bomb Training
A total of 500 policemen have undergone training to beef up the Nigeria Police anti-bomb unit, otherwise known as Explosive…
6 Killed In Kano
Gunmen have shot dead six persons at Rimin Kebe in Tudun Murtala, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano, the News…
Tinubu Awards Bursary To 624 Students
Senator Oluremi Tinubu (ACN-Lagos Central) on Tuesday announced bursary awards, totalling N6.2 million, to 624 students in her constituency. The…