Year: 2012
Ronaldo, Benzema have boots stolen at Bayern
Real Madrid suffered a nasty surprise in the build-up to their Champions League semi-final clash at Bayern Munich on Tuesday…
Di Matteo: Chelsea to play perfect games against Barca
Roberto Di Matteo believes Chelsea will need to play two “perfect” games to beat Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final.…
13 Boko Haram members arrested, one killed
Nigerian soldiers killed one suspected member of the Islamist Boko Haram sect and arrested 13 others in dawn raids Tuesday…
Corruption: Prosecution’s non-challance sets 55 free
More than 172 civil servants from Kogi and Kwara on Tuesday appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in…
G/Bissau junta set for crackdown
Guinea-Bissau’s new ruling junta banned marches Tuesday and warned it would crack down on demonstrators as the African Union suspended…
Appeal Court Dismisses Ex-Gov Fayose’s N1b Libel Suit Against TheNEWS
The legal move by a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, to restore his reputation has suffered a…
49 Year Rent Arrears: Court Ejects Law School From Lagos Property
A Lagos High Court has ordered the Nigerian Law School to vacate the property situated at 213A, Igbosere Road, Lagos…
Lagos Oba Loses N18m To Fake Journalist
A suspected fake journalist has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly duping a Lagos monarch to…
Man Beheaded As Towns Clash
Two communities in Cross River State may soon clash as a man, Raymond Egbara, was kidnapped and later beheaded recently…
Lagos Govt Queries Doctors Over Strike
The Lagos State Government has issued queries to all doctors who embarked on a three-day warning strike last week. The…
94-Year Old Billionaire Marries For 5th Time
If you had almost five billion dollars, what would you do? For Karl Wlaschek, the answer is marry a lot.…
Lagos Unveils New Job Creation Strategies
The Lagos State government has unveiled fresh strategies to reduce unemployment among school leavers and graduates in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…
Works Ministry To Prepare New Maps
The Federal Ministry of Works is to produce series of maps in 2013, aimed at promoting national development, the Surveyor-General…
Ogun Declares War On Robbers
The Ogun State government has purchased five Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) as part of efforts to beef up security in…
Lawyers Berate INEC Over Plan To Prosecute Electoral Offenders
Some Lagos lawyers on Monday described as belated, the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute offenders in…
Okonjo-Iweala Usurps Jonathan’s Powers —Tolu Igbehinadun
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance also doubles as Nigeria’s 1st Co-ordinating Minister in her 52nd year as an…
Time To Stem Rising Cases Of Child Abuse And Rape
The alarm recently raised by the Director of the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi, that…
Enough Of 3rd Term Hullabaloo —Odunayo Joseph
The recent interview granted the Channels Television by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo during which the vexed issue of third term was…
Mourinho: Pressure On Bayern
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho insists there is no pressure on his team in tonight’s first leg of the Champions…
Monte Carlo Masters: Nadal Scared Of Opening Match
Clay king Rafael Nadal has admitted that he is nervous about his Wednesday start at the Monte Carlo Masters, a…
Babangida Tasks Keshi On Team Quality
In a bid to assemble a formidable senior national team, former Nigerian international, Tijani Babangida, has advised Super Eagles Coach,…
NFF Will Revive Nigerian Football
Aminu Maigari, President of Nigeria Football Federation NFF, in this interview with Francis Achi in Abuja, narrates the challenges facing…
Kurumeh Makes Case For Karate
On hearing that Karate may not feature at the 18th National Sports Festival billed for Lagos State later this year,…
Cricket: Bangladesh Coach Quits In June
Australian Stuart Law will step down as the national cricket coach of Bangladesh in June due to family reasons, the…
Scrabble: Awowade Donates Sports Equipment To Lagos Council
In his bid to contribute his quota to the development of scrabble in Lagos State, former Nigerian international, Femi Awowade…
Lawson Satisfied With Team Lagos’ Progress
Chief Coach of Team Lagos football squad, Olatunde Gustav-Lawson, has expressed satisfaction over his side’s performance when they played a…
Djokovic Battles To Sustain Form
World number one, Novak Djokovic, hopes momentum is still with him as he launches his clay court season at the…
Nigerian Players Drop On Ranking
The sordid state of tennis in Nigeria is gradually affecting the status of the country’s players not only on the…
Applause For Lagos Tennis Clinic
The recently concluded 1st Annual Lagos State Tennis Association Coaching Clinic, held at the tennis court of the National Stadium,…
ITF To Donate Equipment To Nigeria
International Tennis Federation, ITF, instructor, Susan Dyrbus, has revealed that ITF will donate wheelchairs, racquets and balls to the country’s…