Year: 2012
Protesters Block Ikuforiji’s Convoy Over Lagos Doctors’ Strike
Thousands of Lagosians this morning barricaded the main road leading into the Lagos State House of Assembly blocking the Speaker…
Nigeria’s Self-styled archbishop gets bail
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail to John Okeke, a Pentecostal archbishop, who allegedly stole property…
Woman Catches Hubby Having Sex With Girl, 10
A housewife has handed her husband to the police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, when she allegedly caught him having…
Prosecutor Seeks 80-Yr Jail Term For Charles Taylor
The chief prosecutor in the trial of Charles Taylor has suggested an 80-year sentence after the Liberian former president’s conviction…
Subsidy Fraud: Adoke Begs Soyinka To Shelve Strike
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), has begged activists to shelve…
FG Backs Fashola On Quit Notice To Truckers
Barely a week after the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) issued a quit notice to tanker drivers…
Fire Guts Tantalizers
The Ogba outlet of the fast food giant, Tantalizers Confectioneries was gutted by fire this morning. But the cause of…
Robbers Kill 2 In Ijebu-Ode
Armed robbers struck early this morning at Ijebu-Ode in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria and…
Anyaoku Calls For Federalism
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has called for the restructuring of the present federal structure to the 1963 regional…
Lawmakers To FG: Stop Witch-hunting, Face Real Governance
A call has gone to the Federal Government to face the real act of governing the nation and putting in…
Oni Rendered Impotent As Court Sacks Zonal Committee
A federal high court, last week, in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, set aside the zonal congress of the Peoples Democratic Party,…
Airtel To Showcase Nigeria’s Largest 3.75G Network
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has finaliSed arrangements to showcase the latest data and Internet offerings on its newly…
PHCN Workers Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries
The premises of Ikeja Distribution Company of PHCN was on Thursday barricaded by members of the Nigeria Union of Electricity…
Impeachment Saga Throws Ikosi Council Into Chaos
Clashes between supporters of the embattled Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, Abdulfatai Oyesanya and councillors seeking his impeachment,…
2 Jailed For Stealing Goats
An Upper Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced two men, Rufai Musa, 19 and Jamilu Zakari, 20 to nine…
37,000 JSS Students Fail Exam In Lagos
Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, Mrs. Modupe Coker, on Thursday said that 37, 000 pupils from the state failed the…
Road Protection Advocacy Society Formed
To support the campaign on good road usage by the Lagos State Public Works Corporation, residents of Iju-Ogundimu community have…
Wikki Focus On Future —Bosso
Wikki Tourists coach, Ladan Bosso has revealed that his side, who only won promotion last season, would stay within their…
ABS Coach Rues Worst Home Defeat
ABS coach, Kabir Dogo admitted that Sharks were superior to his wards in the club’s worst home defeat. Sharks ran…
Olympic Games: Makau Rues Omission From Kenyan Marathon Team
World marathon record holder Patrick Makau, who was omitted from Kenya’s Olympic team, did not run hard during last month’s…
U.S Scholarship For Youths
Talented Nigerian youths, gifted with soccer skills, stand a chance of winning scholarships to American universities. The initiative to be…
Elegushi Tug-Of-War Tourney Begins Today
The First Oba Yekini Adeniyi Elegushi Tug of War Beach championship begins this afternoon, at the Elegushi Beach in Eti…
Team Nigeria’ll Win Medals At Olympics
President of Nigerian Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr. Sani Ndanusa in this chat with DAMILARE OKUNOLA, bares his mind on the…
Police declare Air Nigeria Ex-director wanted
The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, said on Friday that it had commenced investigations into a case…
‘Mom Didn’t Want Me To Play Football’
Super Falcons player, Maureen Mmadu, born on 7 May 1977 in Onitsha, Anambra State; once played for Linköpings FC in…
Veteran Sports Journalist Dies
Sudhir Shrivastava, a veteran sports reporter and former President of the Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur, SJAN, passed away due…
AOC To Conduct Checks On Team
The Australian Olympic Committee will conduct stringent heart checks on the entire London-bound team following this week’s sudden and tragic…
Obijiaku Tipper For Greatness
Streatham’s Michella Obijiaku emulated Olympic medallists Kelly Sotherton and Mark Lewis-Francis last week by finishing second in the all-rounder rankings…
Oshiomhole’s campaign body set to protest aide’s murder
The Oshiomhole Campaign organisation (OCO) on Friday said it would on Saturday commence campaign for the re-election of Gov. Adams…
Mayweather, Cotto Set For Showdown
There is always something buzzing around Floyd Mayweather Jnr and typically it has nothing to do with serenity. Outspoken, profane…