Year: 2012
Capital Market Forbearance Package Out Soon
The president, Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), Mr Emeka Madubuike, on Sunday said that the Federal Government’s forbearance…
Leveson Report Proposals On Media ‘Would Be Illegal’
By Liberty’s Shami Chakrabarti A key adviser to Lord Justice Leveson has said his plan for compulsory press regulation would…
Sports Festival: Anambra Disgraced Over Cameroonian Mercenary
Team Anambra have been disgraced for fielding a mercenary and breaking the rules of the ongoing National Sports Festival. The…
Still On Special Status For Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The on-going constitutional review process across the country has once again offered the Lagos State Government the…
Separate Yourself For Breakthrough
The encounter between my mentor and Dele is gradually drawing to a close. My Mentor excused himself to freshen up…
‘Why Lagos Athlete Was Suspended’
Segun Oguntade, Secretary, Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), has explained why a Lagos athlete, Fatima Bello, was suspended for three…
Eaglets Won’t Disappoint In Morocco —Amunike
Assistant coach of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amunike, has assured that the team will do the country proud in next…
Boko Haram bombs 2 Nigerian cities
Two Nigerian cities rocked with bomb explosions Monday, believed to be the handiwork of militants of the Boko Haram sect.…
Hectic Basketball Schedule In First Quarter
The first quarter of the outgoing 2012 witnessed a busy schedule of events in the Nigerian basketball scene and on…
Kaduna’ll Win Hockey Gold, Says Skipper
Skipper of the Kaduna State male hockey team, Allu Daniel, has said that his side will go all the way…
‘Why Yobe Lost Basketball Match To Team Rivers’
A Yobe State male basketball player, Umaru Mohammed, has blamed his side’s loss to their Rivers State counterparts in the…
Team Lagos Can Not Intimidate Edo State
Adeleke Safiat scored four goals, as Edo State ran riot against Team Kaduna State in a female football event of…
How Fela Influenced Me – Tony Abulu
Having produced blockbusters such as Back to Africa and America Dream, Tony Abulu, the United States- based Nigerian filmmaker, and…
PDP wins 22 of 23 councils in Kaduna polls
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Peoples Democratic Party has displayed superiority over the major opposition Congress for Progressive Change in Kaduna State…
Pope debunks Christmas myths in new book
in a new book on the early life of Jesus, has debunked several myths about how the Nativity unfolded. According…
Bianca: Ojukwu’s Will authentic
Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, widow of Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has urged critics of her husband’s Will to contest…
OBJ v Jonathan: A Troubled Relationship
Grave symptoms of ill-health appear in the relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former president Olusegun Obasanjo, raising the possibility…
Daring Security Agencies
Insecurity fears deepen as terrorists take their attacks to military and police facilities Terrorists are becoming increasingly daring these days,…
A Deadly Highway
With its deplorable state, the Calabar-Ogoja highway in Cross River State may well be Nigeria’s worst road The two men…
Anger Over Loan Burden
The National Assembly raises the red flag over excessive borrowing by states and the federal government With an accumulated debt…
Nigeria: Still Devolving @ 52
By Akin Owolabi Nigeria, for reasons not traceable to rationality, has, since Lord Lugard’s amalgamation of the Southern and Northern…
Government Not Doing Enough To Tackle Youth Unemployment
Ibrahim Abdullahi was senate president of the Children Parliament, Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure,…
Boko Haram strikes terror at night, kill 10
Like a thief in the night, suspected Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10…
Nigeria hosts Pan African Parliamentary confab
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A conference to be organized by Pan-African Parliament on African governance platform and promotion of African Union…
Nigeria’s Eaglets Beat Mali, Qualify For AJC
Bamidele Olowosoagba Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets Sunday evening booked a place at Morocco 2013 African Junior Championship, AJC, when they defeated…
Nigerian Sports Festival : Day 5 Round up
Some reports on actions on Saturday and Sunday 1-2 December at the National Sports Festival in Lagos Nigeria, tagged Eko…
Delta state closes camps for flood victims
Nigeria’s Delta state government has closed all camps opened to cater for the recent flood-ravaged victims in the state, Dr…
Sokoto Sultan urges Nigeria to tackle insecurity
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar over the weekend warned that Nigeria’s development will continue to…
Arsenal to face nemesis Swansea in FA Cup
Arsene Wenger’s underperforming Arsenal team will be travelling to Swansea for the third round of the FA cup the weekend…
Zuma’s $28m expensive country home ignites row
South Africa’s opposition on Sunday called on the state ombudsman to widen a probe into controversial $28 million upgrades at…