Year: 2012
Clash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state Monday afternoon,…
Bayelsa PDP adopts Jonathan as leader
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Bayelsa State have taken a resolution that President Goodluck…
Amosun suspends Ijebu East council officials
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, in Western Nigeria, has suspended the chairman and members of the…
DPO, 3 Boko Haram members die in shootout
A policeman and at least three suspected Boko Haram gunmen died Monday following an early morning bombing and shooting raid…
Jonathan Urges Nigerian To Have Faith In Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country as government was doing its best…
We Must Resolve That Never Again Shall We Spill Our People’s Blood
Perhaps at this point it will be remiss of me and dangerously ominous not to take a position about the…
Activists, Okada Riders Protest Traffic Law
Four members of the Joint Action Front, JAF and leaders of commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, were arrested this morning…
Zuma Visits Mandela In Hospital
South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday visited former President Nelson Mandela in hospital. Zuma expressed satisfaction on the condition…
Yuletide: Onitsha Markets’ Leaders Ban Okada
Markets’ leaders in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of the South-East, have banned commercial motorcyclists from entering their markets during…
Obaro Ibru Is New Acting M.D Aero Contractors
Mr. Obaro Ibru is the new acting Managing Director of Aero Contractors, following the resignation of the Managing Director of…
Fire Guts 116 Houses In Lagos In November
At least, 116 houses were gutted by fire in Lagos State last month, says the Director, Lagos State Fire Services,…
Frantic Search For Okonjo-Iweala’s Mum
The police in Delta State have launched a frantic search for Professor Kamene Okonjo, the 82-year old mother of the…
Traffic Law: Accident Rate Drops By 60% —LASUTH CMD
The Chief Medical Director, Lagos State Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Prof David Oke says that since the beginning of enforcement of…
Deregistration Of Parties: INEC Should Take A Second Look
As expected, the deregistration of 28 political parties last Thursday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has elicited various…
Parties Deregistration Unconstitutional —Lawyers
Some Lawyers in Lagos on Sunday criticised the de-registration of 28 political parties by INEC and described it as a…
Infant Mortality: Lagos To Save 6m Children By 2015 —Adefulire
The Lagos State Government says it intends to save the lives of over six million children and 200,000 mothers in…
A Governor, Three Ministers And Their Burden
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, created a media firestorm last week when…
Sports Festival: Champions Delta Home Of Sports; Says Uduaghan
Basking in the euphoria of Team Delta winning the 18th National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Eko 2012′, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, has…
I Send You Forth, Preach The Message
One of the secrets my mentor shared with me is that every day, I should set aside between 30 minutes…
Mrs. Fashola Lights Up W/Africa’s Tallest Christmas Tree In Lagos
In the spirit of the Yuletide, the First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola lit up a giant Christmas…
Messi: I Want Titles, Not Records
Lionel Messi insists that his record-breaking 86-goal haul in 2012 will count for nothing if Barcelona miss out on La…
Injured Fabregas Out For 4 Weeks
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas could be out of action for up to four weeks after tearing a thigh muscle in…
Ghana’s Korblar Is Glo Tour Champion
Ghanaian and Nigerian dual tour card holder, Emos Korblah, has won the final tournament and the biggest purse of the…
Lagos Celebrate T20 Cricket Gold
Vice Chairman of Lagos State Cricket Association, Ephraim Barnaby has said that the gold medal that Team Lagos won in…
Opportunists Won’t Allow The Refineries Work
Comrade Tokunbo Korodo, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Lagos Zone, in a chat with FEMI AYODELE,…
Govt Playing Politics With Steel Industry
Dr. Sanusi Mohammed is the Executive Secretary of African Iron and Steel Association. In this interview with OLUOKUN AYORINDE, he…
Daunting Cargo Task
Port users express worries over night cargo clearance Almost a year after the commencement of a 24-hour operation at the…
Rewarding Industry
Pay-TV firm, MultiChoice Nigeria, celebrates young entrepreneurs driving its super-dealership initiative When, in 2007, pay-TV company, MultiChoice Nigeria introduced its…
Lending Investors A Helping Hand
The Nigeria Stock Exchange introduces new value added services in its continuing efforts at building investor confidence and transforming the…
Impressive Zenith
Zenith Bank posts impressive performance in its just released third quarter report For Zenith Bank plc it is a roller…