Year: 2012
Boko Haram Panic In Cameroon
Islamist religious extremists, Boko Haram sect has spread its tentacles to Cameroun, Nigeria’s neighbour to the east, giving rise to…
Time Bomb Found At Seme Border
A team of policemen from anti-bomb squad of the Lagos State Police Command this morning announced a shock find at…
Ibori Pleads Guilty In London Over Loot
A former Nigerian state governor pleaded guilty in a British court on Monday to siphoning off $250 million of Nigerian…
Igbos In London Protest Against Boko Haram Killings
More than 200 people from London’s Igbo community recently marched on Downing Street calling for an end to the targeted…
Angry Church Members Kill Suspected Fleeing Bomber
Angry worshippers at the headquarters of Church Of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Jos on Sunday killed one of the…
Lagos Assembly Hails Fashola’s Deflooding Programmes
The Lagos House of Assembly has hailed Governor Babatunde Fashola and the Ministry of the Environment for their all encompassing…
FG To Revive Textile Companies
The Federal Government planned to use the 20 percent levy on imported textile materials in revitalising dead textile companies, the…
Bombing: Gov Deploys Security To Churches, Mosques
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State has directed security agencies to beef up security around churches and mosques to check…
Lagos, Community Leaders Strategise For The Rains
As the rains are being expected, the Lagos State Government and communities in the state’s Central Senatorial District have met…
2,000 Sit For Agric-YES Exam
About 2,000 unemployed youths stormed the Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority, ADA, Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, last week to sit…
Cashless Economy: Nigerians Want More Awareness
A cross section of Nigerians have urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to carry out more enlightenment campaigns on…
Jonathan And His Phantom Palliatives —Peter Claver Oparah
I cannot help but laugh out loud when I read the scandalous report that President Goodluck Jonathan has discarded the…
The Imperative Continuity Of The Struggle To List Lagos Councils
The struggle for the listing of the 37 additional local government councils of Lagos State in the federal legislature has…
Acid Test For Keshi
Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, will on Wednesday, 29 February, 2012, face his very first major challenge when he…
A New Dawn In Ekiti —Dimeji Daniels
A new chapter was on Friday crafted into the history of Ekiti, a chapter that would forever remain indelible in…
‘Nollywood Still Incubating’
Veteran Nollywood actor, Victor Edogun is someone you will hardly find granting press interviews or promoting himself like most of…
Entertainers Pray Against Untimely Death
Apparently due to the untimely deaths and sicknesses that have ravaged the Nigerian entertainment industry in recent times, practitioners in…
Damasus Now Women4Africa Ambassador
Nollywood actress, singer and motivational speaker, Stella Damasus, has been voted the new ambassador of Women4Africa, a United Kingdom based…
Youths Charged To Embrace Nollywood
Rather than roam the streets in search of white collar jobs, youths in the country have been charged to explore…
Actress Laide Bakare In Auto Crash
What could have been another tragedy in the Nigerian movie industry was averted last weekend when popular Yoruba actress, Laide…
Ifeanyi Dike Back In Hospital
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Prince Ifeanyi Dike, has returned to the hospital in…
NPL: Draw With Sunshine Excites Eguavoen
Former Super Eagles’ Coach, Austin Eguavoen, was full of excitement yesterday evening after his side, Enyimba International of Aba, held…
Eagles Depart For Kigali
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are expected to depart for Kigali at 11p.m. today ahead of Wednesday’s 2013 African Nations Cup first…
I Don’t Need Big Names To Win —Keshi
Chief Coach of Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, says he does not need big names to beat Rwanda in the Africa…
Nigeria Premier League: Why Dolphins Lost To Sharks —Coach
Assistant coach of Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt, Zachary Baraje, says his team lost the derby against their city…
Shame Of A Coach: Eaglets Handler Goes To Europe For U-17 Players
Will the Head Coach of the national U-17 side, Manu Garba, tell Nigerians what he is up to? Somebody needs…
Nigeria Premier League: Heartland Beef Up Squad
Cup holders, Heartland have signed former Enyimba goalkeeper, Chijioke Ejiogu popularly called Arugo Monkey. Ejiogu joins the Naze Millionaires as…
NBBF Must Learn From Nigerian Football’s Woes
Not long ago, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, led by Alhaji Aminu Maigari, were bombarded with intense criticism for failing…
Nowitzki Wants Motivation
Dirk Nowitzki was in unchartered territory after the Mavericks won the NBA title last year. “I didn’t know what to…
Platini: Why I’m Against Blatter
European football supremo Michel Platini believes that Joseph Blatter is not corrupt but reiterated that the planned introduction of goalline…