Year: 2012
Porsche, Aston Martins, Champagne and Nigeria’s Rich
Warning: If you are a poor Nigerian, do not read this story because you gotta cry! (Reuters) – Nigeria’s super…
INTER SCHOOL CLASH: Student’s Finger Cut Off
An SS1 student of Surulere High School, Eric Moore, Surulere, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Yinka Oyedele, is now on the run…
Student Dies During Sex Romp
A 28-year old man, Nura Mustapha, a trader at Alaba-Rago Market has been arrested in a hotel room for having…
Boko Haram Threatens Journalist
A journalist in Nigeria mentioned as a possible intermediary in talks between the West African nation’s government and a radical…
Stealing Is My Business —Youth Tells Judge
An ex-convict, Idowu Dosumu, who had been jailed thrice, has confessed at a Lagos court, Southwest Nigeria that since he…
Two Killed In An Auto Crash
Two teenagers were killed this afternoon while one person was seriously injured by a hit and run vehicle at the…
Nigeria’s Fraud Unit Gets New Helmsman
Mr. Johnson Babatunde Ogunsakin has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos. The unit’s…
Intruder Jolts Nigeria’s Ex-VP
Oluokun Ayorinde/ Abuja One week after a man climbed a telecom mast to protest alleged non-payment of debt by former…
State Congress: Court Adjourns Suit Against Lagos PDP Chiefs
The suit instituted by some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, against the…
Nigeria: Reps Members Quit Over Bribery Crisis
The controversy surrounding the probe of the Security and Exchange Commission by the House of Representatives has claimed its first…
Atiku Raises Alarm Over Embarrassment By Conmen
One week after a man climbed a telecom mast to protest alleged non-payment of his debt by former Vice President…
Activists Kick Against Senate Bill To Gag Labour
The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has kicked against a controversial bill at the Senate which seeks to…
Lagos Assembly Our Role Model, Sokoto Lawmakers
Members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly have confessed that they are always guided in their activities and operations…
Britain, Nigeria Partner Against Drug Money
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has disclosed that it is currently in talks with Britain’s Serious Organised Crime…
Man Sets Company Ablaze
A company worker, Ndubisi Onwena, has been arrested by the police in Lagos and charged before Ejigbo Magistrate’s court for…
50 Lagos Workers Cheat Death
At least 50 Lagos State workers on Monday evening escaped death by the whiskers when the staff bus conveying them…
Fire Guts UNILAG Science Faculty Block
What could have been a major disaster was averted this morning as fire gutted the University of Lagos’ Faculty of…
3,000 Aged People Want Welfare Package
Over 3,000 aged people in Lagos State have called on government at all levels to enact a policy that will…
NYSC Boss Warns Against Indecent Dressing
The Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Nnamdi Okore-Affia, has warned corps members to desist from indecent dressing that could…
Boko Haram: Group Seeks Full Investigation Of Suspects
The Committee for Democracy and Rights of the People (CDRP), has called on government authorities to ensure that suspected criminals…
Police Arraign 43 Recruits For Forgery
Police recruits numbering 43 were on Monday, arraigned before four Magistrates’ Courts in Ilorin for allegedly presenting fake documents for…
Road Rehabilitation: Bi-Courtney Gets Protection
The police authorities have asked the Ogun State Government to stop interfering with the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway being…
Corps Member Insists Osun Monarch Raped Her
The ex-corps member, who was allegedly raped by an Osun monarch in 2011, on Monday told an Osogbo High Court…
Accused Personally Cross-Examines Wife Over Acid Bath
A man, charged with bathing his ex-wife with acid, on Monday refused to have a legal representation in court but…
Messi Highest Paid Footballer
Lionel Messi is world’s best player — and the top paid too. The Sun reports early today that the brilliant…
Improve Yourself, Keshi Charges Mikel
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Steven Keshi, has challenged John Mikel Obi to improve on his game and start…
Ronaldo Eyes Brazil FA Job
Former Brazil star Ronaldo, a member of the local organising committee of the 2014 World Cup, yesterday registered his interest…
Tennis: Argentina’s Del Potro To Play Croatia
Juan Martin del Potro will play for Argentina in their Davis Cup quarter final at home to Croatia next month,…
Ghanians After My Life, Sacked Stevanovic Cries Out
Sacked Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has written to the world’s football governing body, FIFA, to impress on the Ghana Police…
Apatira Table Tennis Tourney Ends
Adio Ayoka Apatira Memorial Foundation Table Tennis Championship was concluded last weekend at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Hall, Rowe Park,…