Year: 2012
The African goal king at Chelsea
In the past fortnight, we have probably seen every facet of Didier Drogba’s on-field character, in what might end up…
FIFA: Guardiola’s 7 Magic moments
Friday 27 April 2012The most successful coach in the history of FC Barcelona has announced that he will head for…
Boko Haram: Jonathan, PDP Blast Azazi Over Comments
The National Security Adviser, General Owoye Azazi (retd) on Saturday came under fire over his claims that the controversial clamour…
South-South Govs Call For New Policy On Power, Oil And Gas Sectors
In order to empower states of the South-South Region to generate, transmit and distribute power to complement the federal government’s…
3 Journalists, Driver Die In Oshiomhole’s Convoy
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s re-election campaign began on a tragic note on Saturday following the death of three…
Gunmen Shoot Man in Nigerian City
A middle aged man identified as Mr Dennis Osanta was Friday evening shot by unidentified gunmen at Ogere-Remo in Ikenne…
Media Attack: Don’t Be Despondent, Adegbite Urges Nigerian
As more reactions continue to trail Thursday’s attack on ThisDay and other media houses in Abuja and Kaduna by Boko…
Rivers NUJ Condemns Bomb Attack On Media
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council, has condemned the bombing of the offices of ThisDay, The Sun…
I Killed My Girlfriend Over Abortion Money, Man Tells Police
Jim Zaccheus, the 27-year old security guard who allegedly killed his girlfriend, Miss Peace Mathias and buried her corpse in…
Another Bomb Rocks Gombe Varsity
The Gombe State University, Gombe, Northeast Nigeria was bombed yesterday night by a gang of armed men suspected to be…
Police Beef Up Security At Media Houses
Nigerian police stepped up security at newspaper buildings on Friday as authorities probed unprecedented attacks on the media, with two…
Kidnappers Want N50m For Catholic Priest
Kidnappers of a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Nwika Gbinu have demanded a N50 million ransom for the man of God…
How Youth Died Over Chelsea
Fresh facts have emerged about how a young man identified as John Idoko from Benue State, Northcentral Nigeria, was stabbed…
Insecurity: PDP Is Part Of Our Problem —Azazi
National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi has placed part of the security challenges facing the country at the doorstep of…
Man Impregnates Father’s Wife
A young man, Emmanuel Okon Akpan of Okoyong community in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria,…
ThisDay Bombing: Jonathan Must Wake Up Now —Makinde, Aturu, Others
Eminent Nigerians have reacted to the bombing of Thisday and other newspapers in Abuja and Kaduna State, calling on President…
Nigerian Girl Jailed 12 Years In UK For Murder
A teenage girl who organised the killing of a 15-year-old schoolboy at Victoria Station on Facebook and kicked him as…
NMA Can’t Stop Us From Recruiting New Doctors —LASG
The Lagos State Government says the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA cannot stop it from recruiting new doctors for its public…
Court Remands Police Officer For Killing Colleague
An Osogbo Senior Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a police officer, Johnson Igbonnie, 34, be remanded in prison, for…
Senator Ashafa Seeks Probe Of GSM Service Providers
Senator Gbenga Ashafa representing Lagos East Senatorial District, has moved a motion for the examination of the activities of GSM…
Party Urges LASG, Doctors To End Disagreement
The African Renaissance Party (ARP), Lagos State chapter, on Thursday pleaded with the Lagos State Government and striking medical doctors…
Guardiola ends affairs with Barca
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola announced Friday he is leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a four-year…
Jonathan, NUJ, NBA Angry Over Attack On Media
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday condemned the bomb blasts at newspaper houses in Abuja and Kaduna, describing it as “ignoble,…
The Court ‘ll Vindicate Me —Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Sabit Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who is facing trial for money laundering charges at…
Power Outage Disrupts Southsouth Summit
The opening ceremony of the ongoing 2nd South-South Economic in Asaba, Delta State was yesterday interrupted several times by power…
National Assembly Should Enlist Lagos 37 LCDAs Now —LG Supervisor
The two chambers of the National Assembly, Abuja, Nigeria have been called upon to enlist the 37 LCDAs in Lagos…
Woman Held Over Husband’s Death
Mrs. Gladys Awupri has been arrested by the police in Cross River state, southsouth Nigeria for allegedly killing her husband.…
ACN, PDP In Battle Of Wits Over Good Governance
For years to come, the cold war between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ondo 2012: ACN And Its Many Aspirants
Following the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that October 20, 2012 is the date for the gubernatorial…
‘Nigeria Has Failed To Provide Social Security’
The lawmaker representing Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency 01 in the House of Representatives, Moruf Akinderu Fatai, MAF, says that Nigeria as…