Year: 2012
End Of Year Review: Fashola, Abesan Cups Reign Supreme
Many grassroots football competitions were held in the third and fourth quarters of this year, but the Babatunde Raji Fashola…
Timson Cup Final Holds Sunday
The final of U-15 Oba Gbolahan Timson Soccer Competition will hold on Sunday at the Sports Complex of University of…
Bolowotan Eye Premier League
Nigeria National League (NNL) club, Bolowotan have set themselves a target of winning promotion to the Premier League at the…
French worker abducted in Northern Nigeria
A group of 30 gunmen who stormed a residence in Rimi, near Katsina in northern Nigeria where expatriate workers were…
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UEFA: Tough ties for Man U, Real, AC Milan, Barca
. Arsenal too faces Bayern Munich’s daunting Obstacle AC Milan versus Barcelona and Real Madrid versus Manchester United are the…
Jonathan leads FG delegation to Yakowa’s burial today
The Federal Executive Council devoted its weekly meeting on Wednesday to the honour of six victims of last Saturday’s fatal…
China cracks down on religious group
China has arrested more than 800 people in a crackdown on a Christian sect which spread doomsday rumours and challenged…
2 killed in Nigerian bank robbery
Two persons were killed by armed robbers while no fewer than five others sustained injuries during a bank robbery in…
Forex smuggler Arrested in Nigeria With $130k
Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested a suspected forex smuggler, Bash…
Okada protest: Fashina, 3 others arrested
The Chairman of the Joint Action Forum (JAF), Dr. Dipo Fashina, General Secretary, Mr. Biodun Aremu and members of the…
Principal in virginity test scandal suspended
The Ogun state Government in western Nigeria, on Wednesday waded into the reported case of a Principal, Mrs Olufunke Aladeojebi,…
Nigerian army promotes 113 officers
The Nigerian Army Council has approved the promotion of 22 Brigadier-Generals to the rank of Major-General. According to a statement…
Woman returns stolen kids to police
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A Nigerian middle aged woman, Eloho Igwe who allegedly stole two children last week in Benin City, Edo…
Facebook lover gets new trial date
A Nigerian court has fixed 18 January to commence trial of Arthur Obiora, “the Facebook lover’’, charged with attempted rape…