Year: 2012
4 traders killed in Yola
Less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked muslim worshippers in Potiskum, another set of gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead…
13 kids, 6 others die in Qatari mall fire
A fire that erupted on Monday at a nursery in a main shopping centre in the Qatari capital killed 19…
CAR president becomes Celestial Church evangelist
The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, was elevated to the status of religious leader Monday, state…
Nigerian Reps on trial challenge court’s power
Nnamdi felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed…
Court Extradites Nigerian To US Over $30m Fraud
Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday granted the request of the Attorney General of…
ESTACODE SCAM: Hembe, Ifeanyi Move To Abort Trial
An Abuja High Court on Monday, adjourned till 2 July to deliver ruling on two separate applications filed by the…
Court Extradites Nigerian to US Over $30m Fraud
Ayorinde Oluokun Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, May 28, 2012 granted the request…
Etisalat Lights Up DELSU With Cliqfest
Nigeria’s most youth-friendly telecommunications company, Etisalat last week ignited the spirit of competition among students of the Delta State University…
Nigerian Appointed London Police First Black Commander
Mr. Victor Olisa, a UK-based Nigerian and a Chief Superintendent with the London Metropolitan Police has been appointed as the…
Boko Haram Shoots Imam, Muslims At Prayers
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in…
Sacked Doctors: Rights Groups Warn NUPENG Against Strike
A coalition of human rights group has warned the National Union of Petroleum Energy and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG against…
Children’s Day Parade: 5 Students Arrested With Charms, Alcohol
Five secondary school students were on Sunday arrested at the venue of the Children’s Day Celebration in Abeokuta, Ogun State,…
Criminal Cases For Speedy Trial, CJN Promises As He Swears In 12 Judges
Proceedings in criminal cases file by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC,…
UN Court To Jail Taylor On 30 May
Liberian warlord Charles Taylor will be sentenced for war crimes by a special UN court on Wednesday, after being found…
FERMA’s 80-tonne Lagos Asphalt Plant Ready Soon
A multi-million naira, 80-tonne-per-hour asphalt plant, being built by the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) in Lagos would be ready…
Sex Scandal: Oshiomhole Drags Magazine To Court
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Monday dragged a soft sell news magazine, News of the People to a…
2015: Anyaoku Tasks Politicians, Media
Former Secretary General of Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku has appealed to the media and politicians to spare the country of what…
Atiku Wants Zoning Removed From PDP Constitution
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has implored the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to, in the spirit of…
Hair Dresser Electrocuted
A 23-year old girl, Blessing Eyo Okon, a hair dresser, was electrocuted at about 12:45 pm on Friday afternoon when…
Lagos Assembly Holds Last Session In Old Chambers
The Lagos State House of Assembly this morning held its last session at the old Assembly chamber as the lawmakers…
Fashola’s 2nd Tenure: What The People Say
As Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration clocks one year in his second term in office, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE takes a look at…
Jonathan To Address Nigerians On Democracy Day
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will broadcast to the nation tomorrow, Tuesday, 29 May, 2012, at 8.00am. The broadcast, to be…
Agreements Between ASUU, FG Unimplementable –NUC
Some agreements reached between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), though reached in good faith,…
Engineer Suggests Ways To Tackle Insecurity
A civil engineer, Saint Eyitayo Baba Ikuomola, has said that the only way Nigeria can overcome the insecurity that has…
‘Corrupt Senators, Reps Should Not Attend Sittings’
Former Plateau Governor Fidelis Tapgun, has said that National Assembly members facing corruption charges should not be allowed to attend…
Textile Union Tasks Govt On Local Goods
The National Union of Textile Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN) on Sunday called on the Federal Government to be consistent…
Firm Cries Out To IGP Over Police Harassment
A housing development firm, Five Seven Ventures Limited, has called on the acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Muhammed Abubakar, over…
Eko Atlantic City To Create 150,000 Jobs
The Eko Atlantic City is to generate over 150,000 jobs for Lagosians when completed and in operation, says Mr. David…
Lagos To Recruit 5,000 Students For Vacation Jobs
The Lagos State Government is set to engage another batch of 5,000 school leavers for vacation jobs this year as…
First Lagos Traffic Radio Takes Off Tomorrow
The Lagos Traffic Radio will begin operation tomorrow, says Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba. The station will give…