Year: 2012
The origins of Man United, PSV, CSKA Moscow
Modern football is a business all of its own, but back when the game was just a pastime, some of…
Nigerian student jailed for knife attack
An Upper Area Court in the Nigerian central state of Plateau Friday sentenced an 18-year-old student, Yahaya Mohammed to three…
Nigerian stock market closes higher
Shares worth N2.95 billion were traded in 3,435 deals on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday. This was against the…
Lagos Lifts restriction on movement Saturday
The Lagos State Government will not restrict movement of people and vehicles during Saturday’s environmental sanitation, the Commissioner for the…
Theodore Orji floors opponent at Supreme Court
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Abia state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji on Friday floored a fellow party chieftain who had…
US slammed over access denial to Wikileaks suspect
US rights activists Friday condemned a lack of disclosure in the case against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, saying there was…
Fulani, Tiv Farmers’ Feud To End Soon —Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto and leader of Nigeiran Moslems, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad has promised to assist the government of Benue…
3 Policemen, 4 Others Killed In Bank Robbery
Three policemen and four other persons were killed on Thursday as robbers invaded a commercial bank in Ilasa-Ekiti, Ekiti East…
ACN Decries Activities Of Thugs On Rivers Roads
The Rivers State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, says the increasing number of thugs on roads and…
Police Battle Robbers, Kill Two
Special Anti-Armed Robbery Squad,SARS, complemented by a patrol team from the Diobu Divisional Police Division of the Rivers State Police…
43 HIV Sex Workers Arrested
Forty-three commercial sex workers who have contracted the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus, popularly referred to as HIV are among the 100…
Pastor’s Confession: My Wife Asked Me To Have Sex With Other Women
Pastor and founder of the Glory of God Ministries, Charles Nwoji, has confessed before an Ojo Grade ‘A’ customary court,…
13 Illegal Aliens Nabbed
The police in Kano have arrested 13 Nationals of Niger Republic for allegedly entering the country without valid entry documents.…
Electricity From Coal: Experts Slam Minister
As the Nigerian economy continues to tumble due to poor electricity supply, experts and analysts yesterday excoriated the Minister of…
Southwest Doctors’ ll Join Lagos Doctors’ Strike —NMA Chair
South west doctors will also go on strike on Tuesday to compel the Lagos State Government to recall the sacked…
Lagos Oba Wins 32-Year Old Idimu Land Dispute
The Oba of Isheri Olofin in Egbe/Idimu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Oba Wahab Ayinde Balogun…
Give Us Mechanic Village, Auto Techs Tell Fashola
To avoid incessant demolition of mechanic settlements and harassment of its members in Lagos state, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has…
Ex-Senate President, Nnamani Defends Buhari
Former Senate President Ken Nnamani said on Thursday in Abuja that General Muhamadu Buhari only called for free and fair…
Banker Docked Over N3.1m Theft
A 29-year old employee of Fidelity Bank Plc., Blessing Enyie, was on Thursday docked at a Somolu Magistrates’ Court in…
‘2.3m Nigerian Kids Live With HIV’
A non-government organisation, KALVAC Human Development Initiative has revealed that about 2.3 million Nigerian children live with the dreaded Human…
Father Of Quads Gets Automatic Job
Imo Transport Company has offered automatic employment to Mr. Matthew Ukuegbu, the father of a set of quadruplets recently delivered…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Jonathan’s 2nd Term: Northern Politicians Launch Onslaught
With barely three years to the 2015 general elections, the battle line for the presidential race appears drawn as prominent…
Lagos PDP Set To Rebuild Party
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed its readiness to rebuild and nurture the party…
Lawmaker, Residents Seek Improved Security
A member of the House of Representatives representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, James Abidun Faleke, could not have wished for more.…
Customs Seizes N101bn Goods Over False Declaration At Lagos Port
As a fallout of the cancelled benchmark scheme on imported items, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) few days ago clampdown…
Inadequate Funding Hinders Maritime Growth
Inadequate understanding of the workings of the maritime industry by Nigerian banks in formulating policies has been identified as the…
Piracy Bill Presented To Stakeholders
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has presented a Draft Bill on Piracy and Other Unlawful Acts at…
NIMASA Task Force Arrests Boat Over Illegal Activities
The Joint Task Force Monitoring Team led by NIMASA recently intercepted and arrested a fibre boat named AMOMO MARINE carrying…
Navy Hands Over Seized Vessel To EFCC
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the vessel, MT Takoradi,…