Year: 2012
Kia K9 Begins Sales In Korea
Kia’s new flagship K9 sedan has begun selling in Korea. The company’s first rear-wheel drive large sedan in over a…
Lagos Assembly Halts Demolition Of Market
The proposed demolition of Onigbongbo Market by the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has been halted…
Emirates Airline profits go downwards
Dubai’s Emirates airline group posted a 61-percent slump in net profit in the year to March 31 due to unprecedented…
Ex-Senator Omisore sues Nigerian newspaper
Former Senator Iyiola Omisore has sued Global Media Limited, publisher of the National Mirror for N1 billion for alleged libel.…
Nigerian juvenile on death row freed 17 years after
A 31 year old Nigerian who was sentenced to death as a juvenile has expressed his happiness at being released…
State of Nigeria’s listed stocks today
The price list of stocks listed in Nigeria at the end of trading Wednesday 9 May. Please click here for…
Okomu Oil, PZ, Briscoe lead price gainers
Twenty three stocks appreciated at the end of trading at the Nigerian Stock Exchange Wednesday. Paintcom, Dangflour, Okomu Oil, PZ,…
Army arrests 2 Boko Haram members, kills 1
Soldiers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed a suspected member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect and wounded…
Brazilian leader steps in to stem 2014 World Cup Collapse
The appointment of an ally of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff to the organising committee of the 2014 World Cup was…
Obama declares support for gay marriage
President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic…
Falcao Wins Europa Cup for Atletico Madrid
A double by Colombian striker Radamel Falcao inspired Atletico Madrid to a 3-0 win over fellow Spaniards Athletic Bilbao in…
Lamorde Warns Civil Servants On Corruption
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has charged public servants to eschew all…
LASG Warns Okada Riders Against Traffic Offences
The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye has warned all commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as…
Severe windstorms forecast for Nigeria’s Southsouth
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned states in Nigeria’s South-South region to prepare adequately for severe windstorms as…
Ex-Edo PDP Woman Leader Petitions IGP Over Threat To Life
Barr. Lucy Omagbon, former Woman Leader of Edo State Chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who recently defected to the…
N399m Scam: Ex Pension Boss Gets Bail
Embattled former Director in the Pension Office at the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Sani…
KITCHEN TRAGEDY: Gas Explosion Kills Lawyer, Sister
Barrister Mercy Ephraim, the petite wife of Okon Ephraim representing Calabar South in the Cross River State House of Assembly,…
No Plan To Sack Ministers —Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the ongoing speculation that he is set to reshuffle his cabinet ahead of his one…
Bomb Scare: Security Still Lax At Lagos Airport
Planes continued to take off and land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport today after a bomb scare last night that…
Controversy Over Baby Born With Quran
A big controversy is raging in Lagos following the birth of a baby boy said to be clutching a miniature…
Doctors’ Strike: Lagos Calls NMA’s Bluff
The Lagos State Government says the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA cannot intimidate it in a bid to recall the 788…
Falana Seeks Reorganisation Of EFCC
Mr. Femi Falana, a lawyer and human rights activist, has called on the Federal Government to reorganise the legal department…
Mark Blames Senators For Corruption, Inefficiency
Senate President David Mark said the inefficiency and corruption in the system could have been “reasonably abated” if senators carried…
Nigerians React To Doctors’ Sack By LASG
Reactions were mixed as some Nigerians reacted to Monday’s sack of 788 striking doctors by the Lagos State Government. Founder,…
Lotto Boss Nabbed Over Refusal To Pay Winnings
After evading arrests several times, the Managing Director of Skytouch Lotto in Ibadan, Mr. Olalekan Falodun, has finally been arrested…
EFCC Arraigns Man,79 For Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday dragged 79-year old Clement John Adiamiko Uwemedimo aka ‘Professor’ and his…
Bizman Rescued From Kidnappers
The Rivers Police command at about 7.30 pm last night rescued a Port Harcourt-based businessman kidnapped on 3 May, 2012…
NUPENG Challenges Fashola On Seized Tankers
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Tuesday requested the Lagos State Government to publish details…
Illegal Car Tracking: Police Hunt For Company Boss
Police attached to the Federal Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have begun a manhunt for a…
Boko Haram: The Final Warning By CAN —Joe Igbokwe
Last week, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, President Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor issued what he called the final warning to the…