Year: 2012
Caretaker Committee Takes Over Lawanson NURTW Units
In a bid to forestall further breakdown of law and order in Lawanson, the Chairman of the Lagos State Council…
‘Lagos Mega City Requires Artistic Impression’
An artist, Alamutu Olatunji, on Wednesday in Lagos said that more artistic impressions would boost Lagos State’s aesthetics in line…
Fake Army Captain Arrested
A 30-year old man who claimed to be an Army captain is currently being detained at the Gowon Estate Divisional…
Officials Of Aviation Firm Face Criminal Charges
Two officials of Top Brass Aviation Company, Roland Iyoyi and Benedict Adeyileka, may soon be arraigned before a Federal High…
Wenger Hit With Improper Conduct
Arsene Wenger has been charged with improper conduct by UEFA after confronting referee Damir Skomina following Arsenal’s 3-0 win over…
Barcelona Whitewash Leverkusen 7-1, As Messi Scores Historic 5 Goals In Europe
Lionel Messi scored five goals as Champions League holders Barcelona destroyed unfortunate Bayer Leverkusen to confirm their place in the…
Bobby Brown In Lagos For Africa Tour
Bobby Brown, American R$B/Pop singer and former husband of late music diva, Whitney Houston arrived Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday for his…
Reporter Faces Threat For Investigating N28m Scam
A reporter with Delta State based newspaper, Zion Nationale, Jude Obiemenyego, recently had more than he could chew while he…
FMC Officials Deny Embezzling N88m
The management of Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, southwest Nigeria, has debunked allegation that top officials…
Poverty: Bane Of Failure In National Examinations
Education has been described as the panacea to negative social vices such as hooliganism, thuggery and others that are threatening…
Two Wounded As Hoodlums, Police Attack Students’ Hostel
Hell was let loose on Tuesday at Onikolobo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, southwest Nigeria, when at least…
BBC Disowns Man Found Dead In Kaduna
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, has disowned Mr. Godwin Stevens Okwumbo, who was found dead in…
Hackers hit Vatican’s Website
The hacking group Anonymous took down the Vatican website on Wednesday, saying it was targeting the “corrupt” Catholic Church, a…
New Tech: waterproof accessories coming your way
Whether in the bath, the toilet or in the car, you need never be separated for an instant from your…
Disgraced IMF chief Faces UK students protest
Students at Britain’s Cambridge University angry that disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been asked to address students have…
Governor Dickson Under Pressure For Plum Appointments
Less than a month after the swearing in of Governor Seriake Dickson as governor of Bayelsa State after the ouster…
PHCN Staff Killed Over N100 Levy
A staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has been stabbed to death over N100 levy. Sikiru Adedayo,…
Shootout At Lawanson: NURTW Crisis Worsens
In a manner reminiscent of a guerilla warfare, Lawanson Motor Park and its environs were engulfed in chaos and commotion…
Boobs Affair At Big Brother Audition
It was a battle of boobs among the hundreds of ladies, who thronged the Lagos, Nigeria open casting/auditions of contestants…
Nigeria Named In £2.3m UK Fraud
An attempt to wire two million pounds to Nigeria by suspected fraudsters has been foiled by the UK Police. One…
Boko Haram Attacks Police Station, Prison
Suspected Islamists have attacked a prison, police station and local government office in northeastern Nigeria, wounding at least three police…
Southwest Govs, Leaders Unfold Region’s Development Agenda
The six state governors of the South Western part of Nigeria were on Tuesday joined by notable personalities from the…
The Joke Is On You, Mr. President —ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to take a long, hard look at himself in…
Lagos Fashion Week Kicks Off Today
Nigeria’s biggest city from Wednesday hosts the second Lagos Fashion Week, which organisers say will showcase local design talent and…
ACN: Let President Jonathan Watch his words
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to take a long, hard look at himself in…
Bachelors And Marriage-Phobia —Isaac Asabor
Marriage, no doubt, is the oldest human institution ordained by God. It is absolutely natural for any bachelor or spinster…
Ojukwu: Biafra And The “Abandoned Properties” Question —Charles Ugwuanyi
Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu meant different thing to different people. To the authorities of Kings College then, he could have…
Boko Haram storms prison, police station
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have attacked a prison, police station and local government office in Konduga, forty kilometres from Maiduguri,…
Public Utilities And Reckless Residents
Every time government hands over a project to a community or commissions one, the government always urges the community to…
Orumen Wants School Girls In Flamingoes
Former member of the technical committee of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Godwin Dudu-Orumen has advised the coaching crew of Nigeria’s…