Year: 2012
Oil firms in talks with Nigeria over coming law
Nigeria’s oil minister said Tuesday the government is in talks with petroleum firms on a potential compromise for a proposed…
Jonathan urged to address infrastructure deficiency
Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Chairman, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), on Tuesday called for the setting up of Infrastructure Investment…
Tax weary Nigerian doctors in warning strike
Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Tuesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged abnormal tax…
Adenuga donates N500m to Bayelsa flood fund
The Chairman of Globacom Group, Chief Mike Adenuga Jnr., on Tuesday donated N500 million, about $3.4million, to the Bayelsa Flood…
Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…
Wife of Ogun state lawmaker kidnapped with friend
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Folasade, wife of the lawmaker representing Ijebu North-East State Constituency in Ogun state southwest, Nigeria, Samson Onademuren…
Theft: Atuche, ex-bank chief seeks recall of EFCC’s witnesses
Henry Ojelu Former Managing Director of Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), Francis Atuche who is facing trial over N27.5 billion…
Nigerian sports festival: soccer fans riot
It was free for all on Tuesday after Team Osun held their Enugu State counterparts to a 1-1 draw in…
President Jonathan’s brother for burial Saturday
President Jonathan will leave Abuja for Bayelsa State on Thursday to participate in the burial ceremonies of his younger brother,…
IOC suspends India
India has been suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) because of its stance of electing tainted officials, a source…
Police dismiss bomb rumour
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday dismissed rumour of a bomb explosion at a shopping complex in Lokogoma, a settlement…
Mali: Veering Toward A Nigerian Vietnam
BY OSUOLALE ALALADE With the unnerving undercurrents of developments in the vast wastelands of the Sahel and the Sahara in…
Richard Branson’s Anti-Corruption Crusade In Nigeria
By Olumuyiwa Jimoh It is not often that we hear Western top business men talk about corruption in Nigeria and…
Countdown To Africa Cup Of Nations In South Africa
By Giles Goford South Africa will soon host the Africa Cup of Nations, two years and seven months after they…
Boko Haram: Time For Nigerians To Defend Themselves
Last Sunday, the Christian community in Chibok, Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, watched helplessly as members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko…
Weightlifting: Okonkwo Dedicates 3 Gold To Rivers People
Carol Okonkwo, a Team Rivers weightlifter, has dedicated the three gold medals she won to the people of the state…
US General details Boko Haram link’s with Mali’s Al Qaeda
General Carter F.Ham, an American military commander in Africa has detailed how Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants have been receiving training…
NCC Begins Test Run of Number Portability
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will begin test run of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) preparatory to its full implementation…
Traffic Law: Police Feed Fat On Okada Riders
It is often said that one man’s problem is another man’s blessing. To commercial motorcyclists, a.k.a. okada riders, the recent…
Games In Crucial Stage, As Athletics Begins
The 2012 National Sports Festival enters the crucial stage today, as the athletics event commenced at the tartan tracks of…
Arsenal Must Beat Olympiacos, Says Wenger
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger wants the Gunners to beat Olympiacos FC in their UEFA Champions League tie tonight as the…
Robbers Kill 32 Policemen In Lagos, 140 Robbers Killed
No fewer than 32 policemen have been killed in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria by armed robbers during gun battle within…
70% Awaiting Trial In Nigerian Prisons —Prof. Angwe
Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Professor Bem Angwe, has observed that 70 percent of inmates in Nigerian prisons have…
Robbers Force Banks To Close Hurriedly
Banks in Akure on Monday hurriedly closed their doors to customers following rumours of possible robbery attacks. The News Agency…
Freed Prisoner Arrested Again For Robbery
A freed prisoner has been arrested for robbery again. Ibrahim Isah, 30, who was released from prison custody two weeks…
Ghana Holds Presidential Election Friday
Ghana holds what is expected to be a tight presidential election on Friday as the emerging country and new oil…
Touts Still Kings Of Lagos Motor Parks Over 3 Months After Ban
When the Lagos State government enacted the traffic law, the provision mostly applauded by the residents was that which banned…
Vision 20: 2020 An Illusion —NESG
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) says Nigeria cannot realise its goal of becoming one of the largest 20 economies…
LGs Not Meeting People’s Expectations —Ikuforiji
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has described chairmen of local governments in the state and…
Olanrewaju Dreams Wheelchair Gold
One thing that Olajumoke Olanrewaju wants is to claim a gold medal in the wheelchair athletics event of the ongoing…