Year: 2012
Omoolope Returns
Frontline female gospel musician, Adejoke Bankole also known as Omoolope is about to set a new record as she drops…
Enugu govt buys Colliery Hospital
Nigeria’s Enugu State Government has purchased the Nigerian Coal Corporation headquarters and the hospital complex located in Enugu at the…
Akwa Ibom: Akpabio Knows Fate Friday
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till Friday, 1 June, to hear and deliver judgment in an appeal by the…
Date set for 2013 Grammy Awards
The 55th Grammy Awards, the music industry’s annual mega-bash, will take place on February 10, 2013 at the Staples Center…
4 Die As Church Building Collapses
Four construction workers died instantly while two others were trapped when a church building under construction collapsed at Sagbe in…
NUC boss defends Jonathan on UNILAG
Professor Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC on Thursday defended President Goodluck Jonathan’s renaming of…
Fashola recalls sacked Lagos doctors
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has broken the deadlock over the 788 sacked doctors in the state.…
Crude oil prices slump
Oil prices dived to fresh multi-month lows Thursday, driven by weak data in top global crude consumer the United States,…
Confession Of A 10-Year Old: ‘I Cannot Do Without Sex Daily’
A 10-year old girl who was a victim of sexual abuse has made a shocking confession, saying that she cannot…
UNILAG: ACN slams Jonathan, denies link with protests
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has denied the PDP’s accusation that the party was behind the protests by the…
UNILAG VC, Sofoluwe Buried
The remains of the late Unilag Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, were buried today at Ikoyi cemetery, Lagos. Before the…
Deputy NURTW Boss Escapes Assassination, Driver Killed
The deputy chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Odiolowo-Ojuwoye branch, Ilupeju, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Alhaji Sulaiman…
Lagos House Moves To New Complex
Prominent Nigerians this morning gathered at the Lagos State House of Assembly for the grand opening of the ultra-modern complex…
BAT Debunks WHO’s Industry Interference Accusation
British American Tobacco today rejected accusations of so-called “industry interference” in public health policymaking by the World Health Organisation and…
Peacock Group Unveiled in The UK
Fast growing Nigerian Travel Management Company, Peacock Travels and Tours Limited, has opened five new subsidiaries in the United Kingdom,…
Kidnapped German Engineer Killed
A German kidnapped in Nigeria in January, purportedly by Al-Qaeda’s north African branch, was killed by his captors Thursday during…
Nigeria’s CBN governor seeks to halt plagiarism trial
Embattled Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Thursday challenged the jurisdiction of a Federal High…
Unilag Don Slams Jonathan Over Name Change
A senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Dr. Joseph Awoyinfa of the Faculty of Education, has slammed President…
N4 Billion Debt: Bank Urges Court To Wind Up Company
In a bid to recover a debt of N4.2 billion, Diamond Bank has filed a wind up petition against a…
‘Why There Is Infrastructure Decay In Universities’
The national president of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mr. S. C. Ugwoke, has commended the University…
N170m Fraud: ICPC Set To Assemble Witnesses, Materials Against Ogbulafor
Justice Ishaq Bello of an Abuja High Court has granted ICPC leave to assemble materials and witnesses in the suit…
2015 Poll: Court To Hear Case Seeking To Ban Jonathan 21 June
An Abuja High Court has fixed June 21 for hearing in the suit praying to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from…
Fashola’s Aide Mobilises Christians For Ondo Guber Poll
Christians in Ondo State have been advised to unite and form a formidable group to support a credible candidate in…
Ikeja PHCN Begins Mass Installation Of Pre-Paid Meters
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company on Wednesday said it had started mass installation of pre-paid meters to customers within the…
Commuters, Motorists React To Students’ Protest On 3rd Mainland Bridge
Motorists and commuters on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings as protesting students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), now Moshood Abiola…
What Future For Our Children? —Sola Ogunmosunle
On Sunday, 27 May, Nigerian children celebrated Children’s Day with the theme: “Let’s build a culture of peace and security…
2015 And All That Jazz —Chido Onumah
Shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in on May 29, 2011, I noted that his government should at best…
Renewable Energy, The Best Alternative
With only about 47 per cent of Nigerians having access to electricity at the moment and a daily production wobbling…
Tinubu: How best to immortalize Abiola
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has suggested ways the Federal Government could appropriately honour Chief M K…
Akin Adesokan Meets Home-Based Writers
An evening of readings featuring Professor Akin Adesokan brings together writers and arts lovers in Lagos. Nkrumah Bankong-Obi was there. Life…