Year: 2012
Serena’ll Be Fit For Roland Garros
Serena Williams, who withdrew on Saturday prior to the Rome Masters semifinal with China’s Li Na, has declared that she…
Federer Set For French Open
Two weeks of late nights and big wins finally caught up with Roger Federer, as the world Number 2 now…
Yusuf, 2 Others Fly Nigeria’s Flag At Wheelchair Tennis W/Cup
Paralympic Games bound Wasiu Yusuf, Alex Adewale and Jude Uwaize would be flying the country’s flag as the Wheelchair Tennis…
2 Indian Cricketers Freed After Drug Test
Two Indian Premier League cricket players were among nearly 100 people detained for drugs tests after police busted a party,…
Young Stars Sweep Cycling Tour Awards
Young Stars Club cleared awards at fourth stage of Cycling Tour in Ghana at the weekend Isaac Sackey of Young…
Athletes Beg Fashola For Boats
Athletes that took part in the just concluded Lagos State Boat Race for Clubs Championship has made a clarion call…
Emulate Chelsea, Trapattoni Tells Ireland
Giovanni Trapattoni has told his Republic of Ireland players anything is possible as they prepare for their daunting Euro 2012…
Bayern Star Aims High
Ukraine’s experienced midfielder, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, who plays for Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, is confident that the adrenaline of…
Injury Rules Out Berezutsky
CSKA Moscow defender Vassily Berezutsky will miss next month’s European Championship in Poland and Ukraine with a hip injury, Russia…
Lewandowski Relishes Poland Call-Up
With UEFA EURO 2012 less than three weeks away, Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is savouring the “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity of representing…
Hodgson Warns English Players of Misbehaviour
England’s new manager, Roy Hodgson, has laid down the law over how he expects his squad to behave during Euro…
Ibile Games: Bariga Clears Badminton Gold
Players of Bariga Local Council Development Area, LCDA, gave a good account of themselves in the badminton event of the…
Fitch cuts Japan’s credit rating
Fitch cut Japan’s credit rating by two notches on Tuesday, citing its “leisurely” efforts at shrinking a massive public debt,…
Nigerian Man Bags 18 Years Jail Term Over $250,000 Scam
Justice Habeeb Abiru of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday sentenced Ifeanyi Eze, aka Chedi Ojukwu to 18 years…
NATIONAL SECURITY: Fashola Advocates Adequate Attention To Small Crimes
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday called on security agencies in the country to pay more attention to…
Sovereign Wealth Fund: Out Of Court Settlement Hits Brickwall
Following the collapse of the Federal Government’s proposed out of court settlement in the disputed N1 billion deducted from the…
We’ve Lost Confidence In Jonathan–Reps Member
Deputy Minority leader, Federal House of Representatives and ANPP member, Suleiman Kawu Sumaila said some members of the house have…
Falana Calls For Urgent Resolution Of Doctors’ Strike
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has again called for an urgent resolution of the ongoing doctors’ strike in Lagos, southwest…
Security Operatives Destroy 3000 Drums Of Illegally Refined Diesel
Men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), on Sunday set ablaze over 3000 plastic drums containing illegally refined diesel…
Another police officer shot dead in Anambra
Unidentified gunmen have killed a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Emmanuel Ochiobi, attached to the Central Police Station, Onitsha…
Lagos Shuts Lord’s Chosen, 4 Others
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has shut down the Lord’s Chosen Church, two other churches and two mosques…
Woman Delivers In A Commuter Bus
The sweet fortune of motherhood smiled on Mrs. Grace Obehi in the early hours of Sunday in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
How Cocaine Trafficker Stalled Eagles’ Trip To Peru
The man who stalled the Super Eagles of Nigeria’s trip to Peru on Saturday was arrested in a dramatic manner…
3 Suspected Mushin Gangsters Docked For Murder
Three suspected members of a faction that has terrorised the Mushin area of Lagos state have been arraigned before an…
Senator Gives Up On Police
In what seems like a vote of no confidence on the Nigerian police, a Nigerian senator has appealed to military…
Fashola Harps On Accurate Financial Account Statement
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has stressed the need for timely and accurate monthly financial statements by accountants in the…
OPC Forces Okada Rider To Divorce Wife
Members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, have forced a 36-year old commercial motorcyclist (Okada rider), Morufu Adelakun, to divorce…
Irate Youths Attack Council Boss
Mr. Okpo Ekere, Transition Committee Chairman of Mbo Local Government in Akwa Ibom, was attacked by irate youths in the…
Kwara Set To Rehabilitate 200 Hospitals
As part of its objective of strengthening healthcare delivery in the state through 500 metres access to quality primary healthcare…
LASG Tackles NMA Over Sacked Doctors
The Lagos State Government has urged the Nigeria Medical Association to stop spreading falsehood, noting that sacking doctors who irresponsibly…