Year: 2012
Porto To Chelsea: Pay £85m Or Forget Hulk
Chelsea have been told that they will have to pay £83million if they are to sign Porto striker Hulk this…
Don’t Let Gyan Go, Hayatou Urges Ghana
CAF President Issa Hayatou says the Ghana Football Association (GFA) must try to convince striker Asamoah Gyan to return to…
NFF To Axe Osaze, Yakubu, Others
The lacklustre performance of Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Osaze Odemwinge and other foreign-based professionals in the goalless draw Nigeria recorded against Rwanda…
Borrowing From Boko Haram —Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye
As a sociologist, I am constantly fascinated by society and the dynamics that propel and shape it. The Nigerian society…
No, Ojukwu Did Not Cause The War Of Secession —Lasisi Lajunwon
It was wrong and belated for anybody to conclude that the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu caused the secession…
Stop Abuse Of Emergency Lines
As important as emergency call is, it is disheartening that some residents of Lagos State have abused it by making…
Driver Remanded Over Failed Abortion
The Police at Ikoyi Division, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a driver, Joseph Peter, 25, before an Igbosere Magistrate’s…
Alimosho Moves Against Lassa Fever
The Chairman, Alimosho Local Government Area, Mr. Israel Olusola Adekunle has enjoined residents of the local government area and Lagos…
PDP Chieftain Slams N30m Suit On LAWMA
An aggrieved chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Engineer Kamal Giwa, whose house was allegedly demolished by the Lagos…
SSANU Gives Another Notice Of Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Wednesday said it would embark on an indefinite strike over the…
Landlady, Daughter Remanded For Beating Tenant’s Wife
A landlady, Mrs. Comfort Ugba, along with her daughter, Nwaka, have been arrested and charged before the Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court,…
Salesgirl Convicted For Stealing N700,000
An Abuja Area Court on Wednesday sentenced a 21-year-old sales girl, Rejoice Eni, to one month imprisonment on a three-count…
Abortion Causes 50% Maternal Mortality
A Chief Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Francis Alu, says abortion contributes to almost half of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Alu, who…
Unlawful Detention: Police To Pay N12m Damages To Sales Boy
An Abuja High Court, on Wednesday, ordered the Nigeria Police to pay N12 million to a 34-year-old man, Mr. Odu…
Lagos To Empower Special Athletes
Lagos State Ministry of Youths Sports and Social Development, MYSSD, has promised disabled athletes in the state of support to…
Judo Boss Begs NSC Over Exclusion From Olympics
President of the Nigeria Judo Federation, NJF, Issa Matori, has expressed dissatisfaction over the exclusion of Judo as one of…
Scrabble: Federation Ready For Adamawa Tourney
Nigeria Scrabble Federation, NSF, is set to kick start their programmes for the 2012 season with the Kwete Scrabble tourney…
Cricket: NCF Confirms Wiltshire As General Manager
The board of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, has confirmed the appointment of George Wiltshire as the General Manager/Chief Operating…
My Team Can Beat Gateway In Ogun FA Cup
Omokarhie Godwin, chief coach of Handsworth Football Club of Sango Otta, in this interview with SUNDAY AKINTOYE, speaks on the…
Shocker! Sanyaolu Suspends Larry FC
The chairman of Larry Football Club of Agege, Olanrewaju Sanyaolu, has suspended his club following the financial crisis facing the…
Chairman’s Cup Kicks Off 17 March
The much awaited Chairman’s Cup seven A-aside football competition will hold on 17 March at Ile-Pako playground, Orile- Agege, Lagos.…
Adepitan Cup Final Holds Sunday
The much awaited final of the Adepitan Cup will hold on Sunday at the Archbishop Aggey Memorial Secondary School, Mushin,…
Yusuf Cup: Labro Plot Messiah Dawn Fall
Labro chief coach, Adeniyi Adetula, is confident that his team will beat Messiah FC when both clash this Saturday in…
62 Teams For Alimosho Unity Cup
No fewer than 62 clubs in Lagos are expected to take part in this year’s Alimosho Unity Soccer Championship which…
Mercedes Benz SL 63 Rolls In
Mercedes-Benz has announced another introduction to its roadster range, and the SL 63 AMG rolls in to join the SLS…
Kia’s Futuristic K9
Kia has revealed the first official photographs of its all-new flagship sedan to be launched during the first half of…
Peugeot Reveals Next 208
Peugeot is set to reveal how its next GTi incarnation will shape up when the 208 GTi Concept previews the…
Divorce Petition: Court Adjourns Till 4 April
A Lagos businessman, Fidelis Chukwunmike Ogwugwa, will on 4 April this year open up his case in a divorce petition…
384 Orile Iganmu Landlords Urge Supreme Court To Review Judgment
Three years after the Supreme Court delivered judgment in a 35-year old case involving Orile Iganmu land in favour of…
Evoque Drops Its Top
Is Land Rover really going to build the convertible version of the Evoque that you see here? That all depends…