Year: 2012
Renamed UNILAG stirs deep controversy
Nigerians have been commenting on President Goodluck Jonathan’s renaming of University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University. While some Nigerians…
Abiola’s son shocked by protest over UNILAG honor
The family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, on Tuesday said that they were ecstatic over the renaming of the…
Corruption, Bane Of Nigerian Democracy, Says Abatemi-Usman
Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman, has identified the seemingly endemic corruption, problem of…
NATIONAL ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, ON DEMOCRACY DAY, MAY 29, 2012
Fellow Nigerians, One year ago, I was privileged to stand before you, to take the oath of office as President…
Boko Haram: Yakowa Assures Of Security
Few hours after the police detonated a bomb in the state today, Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has reiterated…
EX-Rector Sentenced To 3 Months Imprisonment
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, has sentenced the former Rector of College of Advanced…
UNILAG renamed Moshood Abiola University
The University of Lagos, with the acronym UNILAG, will now be known as Moshood Abiola Univerity. President Goodluck Jonathan renamed…
Kaduna police detonates bomb
Femi Adi/ kaduna Democracy Day in the Nigerian city of Kaduna would have been a bloody affair but for the…
Nigerian governor frees 235 prisoners
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State has ordered the release of 235 prisoners as part of activities marking his one…
French Open: Djokovic Untroubled, As Federer Levels Connors’ Record
Novak Djokovic’s bid for an historic Grand Slam enjoyed the perfect French Open start on Monday as Roger Federer celebrated…
Commission to monitor Nigerian prisons
Mr. Ewa Udu, Head, Legal Unit of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) has said the commission will henceforth monitor the…
Ex-Arsenal Boss, Dein Confirms For Soccerex Lagos
David Dein, former Vice Chairman of Arsenal FC and the Football Association, has joined the line up for the inaugural…
Maigari Echoes Commitment On Youth Development
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari has affirmed the commitment to youth development, declaring that he would…
Kids Scrabble Debuts In Lagos
As part of efforts to promote the game of scrabble in Nigeria, especially among Nigerian kids, a Lagos-based academy, Brainpower…
Osaze: I’m In Love With Sarah
Nigeria’s West Bromwich striker Peter Osaze Odemwingie is in love and he is not hiding his feelings. The Nigerian star…
Banks still shut in OOU, Ijebu-Igbo
Longe Omolaja/Ago Iwoye, Banks on the campus of Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago Iwoye are still shut despite the efforts…
Hazard Signs For Chelsea
Lille’s Belgian international playmaker Eden Hazard announced on Monday he had signed for Champions League winners Chelsea in preference to…
Pension scam: Accused persons trial stalled
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The resumed trial of former public servants before an Abuja High Court was on Monday stalled…
Enyeama now Super Eagles captain
Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi,has picked goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama as team Captain for the June 3 match against Namibia.…
5 Nigerian lads win platinum at Science Olympiad
Nigeria on Monday emerged best at the just-concluded third edition of the International Science Olympiad (ISO), winning five of the…
Rivers state plans tree planting
The Rivers Government is embarking on a tree and shrub planting project to beautify and protect the environment, the state…
Doctors issue strike notice over Lagos colleagues
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to prevail on the Lagos…
Governor slams rights groups over Bida polygamist
The Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, has criticised human rights groups for defending the Bida-based record polygamist, Alhaji Abubakar Masaba,…
Rivers ACN scores Governor Amaechi low
The Rivers State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has said that Governor Chibuike Amaechi’s administration has not done…
Shot Nigerian Council boss flown to India
Mr. Okpo Ekere, the Transition Committee Chairman of Mbo Local Government of Akwa Ibom who was mobbed by irate youths…
Varsity to honour Obasanjo, 2 others
The Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola, has selected three distinguished Nigerians to be conferred with honourary degrees for…
40 die, 40 missing in Nigerian communal clash
Forty people have died and forty declared missing in a communal clash between Ntan Obu-Ukpe in Odukpani Local Government Area…
Hugo Chavez records three million Twitter followers
Controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez now has more than three million followers on Twitter, making him the most popular Latin…
Mandela moves back to ancestral Village
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela will on Tuesday move back to his residence in his childhood village of Qunu,…