Year: 2012
1 Dies In Danfo Accident
A yet to be identified woman lost her life while seven others were seriously injured this morning in an auto…
Alleged ‘Illegal’ Aliens Arrested In Ogun
Thirty suspected illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Southwest Nigeria. The suspects were mainly Nigeriens…
Fire Guts Lagos Environment Ministry
Part of the third floor of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was gutted by fire…
N894m Contract Scam: Bankole’s Trial Resumes
Trial of former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole over an alleged N 894 million contract scam resumed…
Law Against Hemp Smoking At Recreation Centres Underway
Chairman of the Lagos House of Assembly Committee on Youths Sport and Social Development, Babatunde Ayeni, has said the Lagos…
Illegal Abortion: Boyfriend, Doctor, Nurse Arrested
A 43-Year-Old Ghanaian, Abba Godwin, who resides at No 10, Tunde Taiwo street, Epe, Lagos State, has been arrested over…
Cable Thief To Spend 6 Months In Jail
An Igbosere magistrate’s court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cable thief,…
Man Jailed 3 Years For N36m Loan Default
An Igbosere magistrate’s court has sentenced Ezekiel Ajayi, 53 and Florence Aliu, 54, to three years imprisonment each for fraudulently…
Commissioner Unfolds Plans To Combat Lagos Floods
The Lagos State Commissioner for The Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, on Tuesday said his ministry had mapped out plans to…
NDLEA Discovers Illegal Laboratory
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Ahmadu Giade, on Tuesday said the agency had discovered a secret…
Lagos Assembly To Establish Vigilance Groups
With the refusal of the Federal Government to grant the request for State Police in the country, the Lagos State…
I Invited My Friends To Burgle My Master’s House —Suspect Confesses
A domestic servant, Chukwuemeka Igbonugo, 21, has allegedly confessed to the police that he invited some of his friends to…
How I Emerged Unilag’s Best Student
Akhigbe Iziren, an indigene of Edo state was the University of Lagos’ overall best student at the institution’s convocation ceremony…
Agent Bolts With Client’s Money
A clearing agent, Ismaila Rafiu, who allegedly collected N250,000 from a man as clearing charges for his car, on Tuesday…
Man Receives 10 Strokes Of Cane For Theft
An Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that an accused, John Apever, be given 10 strokes of cane for…
The Boko Haram Story You May Not Have Heard Of —Hean Herskovits
I found this on Facebook – it is a detailed view of the Boko Haram story (Note: this is not…
Ikemba Goes Home!!! —Joe Igbokwe
Dikedioranma Ndigbo goes home leaving behind Nigeria sharply divided the way he saw it in 1966. Dead bodies of kids,…
Rwanda Tie: Akpoborie Doubts Eagles’ Chances
Former Nigerian international, Jonathan Akpoborie, believes the Super Eagles have little chances of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of…
Wrestlemania: Superking Set For Oshiomhole Tourney
National Wrestling Alliance of Nigeria, NWAN, heavyweight champion, Innocent ‘Superking’ Okoroji, has vowed to give a good account of himself…
Olympics Swimming Qualifier: Nigeria May Not Participate–Obadina
Coach of the Nigeria Swimming Federation, Saheed Obadina, has disclosed that Nigerian swimmers may not participate at the Olympics swimming…
Olympics Table Tennis: NTTF Boss Expresses Confidence In Players
President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, NTTF, Abdulwahab Omotosho, has expressed confidence in the players that will wear the…
Nigerian Golfers Gear Up For Election
Being an election year into the leadership of the Professional Golfers Association of Nigeria, PGAN, every activity at the tournament…
What Makes You Unique?
Recently I ran into an old friend and hardly recognised her because she had lost so much weight. The transformation…
Beauty, Brains And Talent
I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 5pm and I still had one more homework to…
SURE Was Programmed To Fail
President Goodluck Jonathan’s announcement on Monday at the 58th National Executive Meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, that the…
Tevez Offers Apology To Man City
Manchester City finally got the apology they had been waiting for when striker Carlos Tevez said he was sorry for…
UEFA Champions League: Napoli Beat Chelsea 3-1
Chelsea will have to overturn a two-goal deficit if they are to reach the Champions League quarter-finals after they lost…
Boko Haram claims Maiduguri Market Attacks
A man claiming to be a spokesman for Nigeria’s extremist sect Boko Haram said Tuesday that the group was behind…
Atiku Backs National Confab
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he was not opposed to a national conference, provided the ultimate objectives are…
Jonathan to attend Somalia Confab in UK
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to the United Kingdom, Wednesday morning, to attend the International Conference on Somalia, scheduled…