Year: 2012
No Venue Yet For AGN Election
Barely five days to the commencement of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) election, no venue has been announced yet.…
Mile 12 Traders Threaten Showdown Over Leadership
Traders at the Mile 12 Market in Ketu, Lagos, have threatened to shut down the market to protest what they…
Free uniforms for State of Osun pupils
About 750,000 pupils in public primary schools in Nigeria’s state of Osun are to benefit from the government’s free uniforms…
France: Sarkozy beaten by Socialist Challenger
Socialist challenger Francois Hollande stamped his authority on the French presidential race Sunday, beating Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round…
Pope honours Oyo, boss of Nigeria’s news agency
Mrs Oluremi Oyo, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is now a ‘Dame’ of the Catholic…
NNPC debunks House report on oil subsidy claims
The NNPC has picked holes in the House of Representatives Committee probe report on petroleum subsidy regime and denied it…
Osaze piles more misery on Liverpool
Liverpool’s woes in the Barclays Premier League continued on Sunday as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at home to…
Super energy saving bulb goes on sale in USA
A prize-winning, super energy saving LED bulb from Dutch electronics giant Philips, said to last over 20 years, went on…
Everton throw English Premiership title race open
Everton twice came from two goals behind to share the points in an extraordinary 4-4 draw away to leaders Manchester…
Nadal wallops Djokovic for Monte Carlo title
World number 2, Rafael Nadal has won the Monte Carlo Masters for an unprecedented eighth straight year, defeating world number…
Nigeria’s rising debt worries opposition party
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the country’s rising external debt, saying it negates everything the Federal Government…
Nigeria Police foil bank robbery in Abeokuta
The Nigeria police in Abeokuta foiled a robbery attempt at a branch of Guaranty Trust Bank in Kuto, a statement…
Iran clones America’s drone
An Iranian military commander today said the Islamic republic is building a copy of a US spy drone captured in…
Turnout High in French Presidential poll
Millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see…
In Pictures: Tambuwal visits Governor Aregbesola
House of Representatives’s Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal visited Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola at the weekend in Osogbo, amid criticisms by…
Ghastly road accident kills 3 Ekiti Poly students
Three students of the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti have died and five others critically injured in a ghastly road accident weekend…
Nigeria Police: How we found the Spanish doctor
Nigeria’s Enugu State Police Command has spoken on how the kidnapped Spaniard, Jose Manuel Machimbarrena Corcuera, working with the Niger…
Lagos Poly wins NIPOGA Games
The 17th edition of the NIPOGA Games has ended in Ede, Osun State, with the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) winning…
Ekpoma bank workers urge action on banditry
Bank workers in Ekpoma in the Esan West Local Government Area of Edo have vowed to paralyse commercial activities in…
Oil Subsidy Scam: Nigeria sacks 2 Auditing Firms
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In a surprise, but suspicious move, the Federal Government has announced the termination of its contract with Akintola…
Under fire G/Bissau junta backpedals
The junta in Guinea Bissau on Saturday said its plan for a two-year transition had only been a suggestion, in…
Madrid Clinch El-Clasico, Eye League title
Real Madrid defeated defending champions Barcelona 2-1 in El Clasico at Camp Nou on Saturday to open a seven-point lead…
We Depend On Loan, Lagos Agency Cries Out To State Assembly
The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) has won the sympathy of members of the state House of Assembly…
SA Tourney Not My Priority – Obuh
Chief Coach of the Flying Eagles, John Obuh has said that the invitational U-20 tournament slated for Capetown, South Africa…
D’Tigers For China Tour, Play Britain In America
In order to ensure that Nigeria’s senior Basketball team, D’Tigers perform excellently at the Olympics Playoff tournament in Venezuela in…
Nigeria: Kidnapped Spanish doctor freed
A Spanish doctor kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on April 4 has been freed and is in…
Bollywood Actress Kidnapped, Beheaded By Co-stars
A young Bollywood actress, Meenakshi Thapar, was allegedly kidnapped and later beheaded by two actors in an attempt to extort…
Stray Airforce Rocket Hits Building In Port Harcourt
Residents of Woji in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital scampered for safety at about 7 a.m. Friday when they…
No survivor as plane crashes in Pakistan
Up to 130 people are feared dead after a Boeing 737 crashed while trying to land in bad weather near…
Thugs On Rampage In Akure
At least 70 hoodlums today invaded the BTO Hall along Ilesha Road in Akure, Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, and disrupted…