Year: 2012
Senate slashes costs of number plates, driver’s licence
The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs has slashed the price of the new vehicle number plate and…
Aregbesola calls for special agency for northern affairs
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has called for the establishment of a Ministry of Northern Affairs or an agency to…
Lagos government set to evict sacked doctors
The Lagos State Government has given an eviction notice to the recently sacked doctors who are still living in official…
Plateau State: Herdsmen slaughter family of 7
Suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria have hacked and shot to death seven sleeping family members at a Christian village in…
41 injured in Guinea protests
At least 41 people were injured Thursday in clashes between Guinea police and opposition protesters demanding long-delayed legislative polls. A…
Sony, Panasonic shares in big fall
Sony and Panasonic shares plunged to their lowest levels in more than three decades on Friday as investors fretted about…
Airtel ranked best in quality service
Leading Telecommunications Services Provider, Airtel Nigeria has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian…
2 Rep members For Trial Over SEC bribe
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja As controversies continue to trail the ongoing probe of the Security Exchange Commission by an Adhoc…
Justice Salami set to get back job
Felix Nnamdi/ Abuja Nine months after he was removed from his duty post, the suspended President of the Court of…
208 Ex-militants On Scholarship At Igbinedion University -Kuku
A total of 208 ex-militants of the Niger Delta region are currently on scholarship pursuing various degree programmes at Nigeria’s…
Crisis Looms In Kwara House Of Assembly
There has been uneasy calm in the Kwara State House of Assembly over allegations of fraud running into millions of…
EFCC Arraigns Two Bank Managers, Five Others Over N25M Frad
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday arraigned three bank staff, two civil servants and two companies before…
Governor Oshiomhole’s murdered aide buried
The remains of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Personal Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State, was laid to rest on…
Nigeria jacks up electricity rates
After several denials about plans to review upwards, electricity tariffs, Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday in Abuja formally…
Nigerian Stocks: 19 firms gain, 23 lose
Dangote Flour, Presco Plc, Flour Mill and Cadbury plc were the major gainers on the Nigerian Stock Exchange as 23…
Unilever shareholders approve N5.29b cash payout
The shareholders of Unilever on Thursday approved N5.29 billion dividend declared by the company for the financial year ended Dec.…
Audu v Wada: Tribunal reserves judgement
The Kogi Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved judgment in the petition filed by Prince Abubakar Audu of Action Congress…
86 survive as Abuja bound Dana plane lands in Lagos
A Dana Air flight carrying 86 passengers from Uyo on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International…
Nigeria assists Congo blast victims
Nigeria said Thursday it has donated relief materials to victims of munitions blasts in Congo in March which killed at…
Woods nine strokes off pace at Players
Tiger Woods stumbled to a two-over par 74 in his opening round on Thursday at the Players Championship, nine strokes…
Nadal falls in Madrid, Serena Williams survives
Rafael Nadal went down in frustration as the second seed lost his first match of the season on clay, with…
2 Lovers, 96 Other Suspects Charged
Two lovers, Ado Bala and Fati Umar from Riruwai Local Government Area, Kano, northwest Nigeria, who killed their baby after…
Gov Suswam Terminates Tenure Of LG Bosses
In line with the new law guiding local government in Benue State, the State Governor Dr Gabriel Suswam has terminated…
Suspected Robbers’ Arms Supplier Arrested
The Benue State Police Command has arrested Tyozumgwe Tarvihi who allegedly specializes in the manufacture of locally made weapons for…
Taskforce Recovers Guns, Ammunition At Apapa
The Lagos State Government has said it recovered guns and ammunition under the Ijora-Marine Bridge, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, during the…
Youth Hangs Self With Belt
A 22-year old man, whose name was given as Godfrey living with his elder brother, Peter, at 10, Nkese Effiong…
Lagos Begins Work On N71billion Airport
The Lagos State Government has begun work on the Lekki-Epe International Airport, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, which will gulp N71 billion.…
Ogun Varsity Lecturer Freed, Family Pays Kidnappers N10m
Respite has come the way of Dr. (Mrs) Ruqayyat Olusola Otulana of the Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences,…
Island Club Crisis Deepens
The crisis rocking the elitist club, Island Club of Lagos has deepened as a member, Tunde Oduwole, has dragged the…