Year: 2012
Spanish Diplomat Faces N250m Suit Over Arson
A limited liability company, Amzama International Ventures Limited, whose house was alleged to have been negligently burnt by a Spanish…
Cable Vandal Electrocuted
A yet to be identified suspected cable vandal has been electrocuted at Umugama Village, Umuchu Community in Aguata Local Government…
ICAN Leaves Ilupeju, Moves Back To Ebute-Metta Office Complex
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has relocated to its multi million naira office complex at 82, Murtala…
Tension At Psychiatric Hospital Over MD’s Appointment
There is tension and confusion at Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Edo state, southsouth Nigeria, following protest by members of staff…
KSA, K-1, Honour Obey At 70
As Evangelist Ebenezer Olasupo Remilekun Obey-Fabiyi clocks 70 today, the King Of World Beat, Otunba Sunday Ishola Adeniyi Adegeye aka…
Deputy KAI Boss Escapes Assassination
The Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI Brigade Provost Marshal, Commander Adeyinka Oni Adeboye, a.k.a. Zulu, has escaped an assassination attempt on…
Fashola Flags Off Festival
The Lagos Black Heritage festival 2012 got off to a colourful start on Monday with the State Governor, Mr Babatunde…
Barca Must Open Fire On Milan —Guardiola
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has said that it is crucial for his players to be firebrand against AC Milan if…
Tennis: Serena Back In Top 10
A quarterfinal appearance by Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open last week was enough to return her to the…
Keshi Still Homeless
A very close associate of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has hinted that the former skipper of the team, is…
Egypt Cancel Friendly With Nigeria
The proposed international friendly match involving the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Pharaohs of Egypt earlier scheduled for 12…
Woods Set For U.S. Masters
Tiger Woods entered into the spirit of Monday at the Masters but he will hope to be more successful when…
I Fear For Nigeria —Dimeji Daniels
Numerical strength is one effective tool that has been used the world over to negotiate terms and also to achieve…
Our Children Are Coming: The New Face Of Nigerian Literature —Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
They are mostly aged twenty to fifty. Often well educated, a good number of them live outside Nigeria where leading…
Kudos To Lagos Environment Ministry
For sometime now, the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of the Environment, has embarked on measures to prevent flooding…
Gunmen Abduct Reps Minority Leader’s Father in Edo
The family of the Minority Leader of House of Representatives, Samson Osagie, has been thrown into confusion following the abduction…
3 Arrested Over Murder Of Mobile Cop
Members of the Military Special Task force (STF) in Jos have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of…
Ex-Militants Block Road To Oil Terminal
Youths, who claimed to be former Niger Delta agitators on Monday blocked the access road to Qua Iboe Oil Terminal…
Banker In Alleged N4m Fraud
A former member of staff of Intercontinental Bank, Anthony Okafor, was on Monday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in…
Student Caught With Stolen Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Pants
A 19-year old secondary school student, Emmanuel Abiodun, was on Monday arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing…
7 NURTW Members Imprisoned For Murder
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded seven members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)…
PMAWCA Election: NPA Moves To Support Ghana
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Engr. Omar Suleiman has given an assurance that the authority is fully ready…
Lagos Oba, Others Summoned To Abuja Over Land Dispute
The Oba of Oworonshoki in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Oba Oloruntoyin Bashiru Saliu has been…
Parasoccer Players Storm Lagos For Promasidor Tourney
National Stadium in Surulere will be agog from Thursday tohrough Easter Monday as teams from Lagos and four other states…
Swimming: Federation Boss Blames NSC For Late Preparation
The failure of Nigerian swimmers to participate at the International Swimming Federation’s Olympic qualifiers holding in mid-June has been in…
I Want A Scandal -Free Career
Nigeria’s top tennis player, Destiny Ford-Da Silva, in this interview with Damilare Okunola, bared his mind on his tennis career…
Sharapova Eyes French Open Glory
Maria Sharapova says she hopes to put the disappointment of losing her second-straight final on hard courts behind her with…
How I Lost To Djokovic —Murray
Andy Murray blamed a misfiring return of serve after he suffered final heartbreak in the hands of Novak Djokovic, losing…
Shakara Tourney Ends In Lagos
The final match of the 1st Annual Shakara Tennis Open ended in grand style as Afeez Razaq defeated Badmus Abdulkareem…
Tough Run-In Positive For Us-RVP
Robin van Persie said facing some of the Premier League’s top sides during the run-in is a bonus for Arsenal…