Year: 2012
Ram Charging: Energy Wins National Tourney Again
Just as it did in 2010 and 2011 editions of the National Ram Charging Championship on Sunday, Energy made a…
When Will Nigerian Players Get It Right?
If there has been a sport that has witnessed a downward slide in Nigeria over the years, it has to…
Education Games For P/Harcourt
The 17th Nigeria Colleges of Education Games, NICEGA, has been scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from 11…
The Ambivalence Of Fadeyi —Isaac Asabor
For many years in Fadeyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, many a law-abiding citizen has been facing a dilemma; should he search…
Civil Demonstration And The Moral Question —Akido Agenro
The demonstrations held around the country in protest against the Federal Government’s deregulation policy has been hailed by public commentators…
In Defence Of Journalism: Why We Publish Negative Stories —Simon Ateba
The compound word ‘pent-up’ means confined, restrained, not expressed, subdued or curbed. For instance, pent-up emotions or pent-up anger! Today,…
Police Reorganisation, Task Before New IGP
Since he assumed office as the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has been talking tough and sounding like a…
Airtel, First Bank Sign MOU On Mobile Money Service
The landscape of e-banking services in Nigeria is set to witness a major shift as two leading companies in banking…
Etisalat Wins African Telecoms Deal Award
Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications operator, Etisalat, has emerged winner of the ‘African Telecoms Deal of the Year…
NCC Clamps Down On Illegal Phone Makers
The fight against unapproved mobile phones in Nigeria took a more robust push with the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, sealing…
Student Watches Pornography Inside Classroom
A female student (name withheld) at Ejigbo Secondary School, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria has been caught watching pornographic scenes on…
Europe seals 310 billion dollar Greece bailout
Euro zone Finance ministers sealed an unprecedented deal early Tuesday for a new 237-billion-euro ($310 billion) bailout designed to keep…
Fashola, UK envoy discuss better business ties
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday received the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Peter West…
Lagos governor urges closer religion-state links
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday advocated the deepening of relationship between governments and religious bodies as means…
2 Nigerians charged with printing fake US dollars
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two fraudsters before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal…
Uduaghan Appeals For Loyalty From Subordinates
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has appealed for loyalty from subordinates to their bosses. He said that by…
Delta Partners With Germany In Skill Acquisition
Delta State Government and the German Government are to partner in skill acquisition programme. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan announced this when…
EFCC Arraigns Two Suspects For Counterfeiting American Dollars
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned two suspects before Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court,…
NERC Warns Power Distribution Companies Against Unapproved Charges
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday warned electricity distribution companies not to charge their customers rates outside what…
5 Boko Haram Suspects Arrested In Minna
Five persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram and believed to have masterminded the bomb attack on Christ Embassy…
Fuel subsidy removal jacks up Nigeria’s inflation
Nigerian inflation jumped to 12.6 percent in January from 10.3 percent the previous month, driven by hikes in petrol prices…
Global warming: summer drought looms in UK
Britain on Monday declared a drought in the southeast and warned that the rest of the country faced widespread water…
Ecobank Assures Customers of Seamless Services Delivery
Ecobank Nigeria has assured customers of seamless service delivery at all its over 600 branches nationwide. This follows the seamless…
Boko Haram: Many killed in Maiduguri market
Suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the Nigerian northeastern city of Maiduguri…
Lagos Island Boils, 4 Dead, Houses, Vehicles Burnt
Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was a theatre of war this morning as scores of youths from Idungaran in Isale…
Incest: Lekki Farmer Knows Fate 19 March
The Lekki farmer who was accused of incest before a Federal High Court in Lagos, Yesiru Onajobi, 50, will know…
Sodomy: Man Rapes Friend, Then Begs Him With Bread
The police at Takwa Bay Division, Lekki, Eti Osa Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a man known as Denis Oteri,…
Boko Haram Executes Cleric, District Head
The Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday night executed Alhaji Mustapha Geidam, the Distract Head of Geidam in Yobe State, North…
I Won’t Contest In 2015 —El-Rufai
Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and chieftain of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Nasir el-Rufai has…
9ice For House Of Reps
Abolore Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has declared that his eyes are fixed on a seat at the House of…