Year: 2012
Woman Nabbed For Killing Hubby With Pestle
A woman who allegedly clubbed her husband to death with a pestle, Mrs. Chikodili Anaekwe, has been arrested by the…
Lagos Re-Opens Factory Where Machine Killed Worker
The Lagos State Safety Commission has re-opened the Industrial Metalizing and Packaging Company Limited, IMPCO, where plastic moulding machine killed…
Archbishop Urges Police, Judiciary To Hasten Prison Decongestion
The Most Reverend Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, has urged the police and the judiciary to…
Policeman Kidnaps Girl, Shoots Sister
A police Corporal, Mr. Emmanuel Okoye, attached to the Ifako Police Station in Lagos, has allegedly kidnapped a 17-year old…
Property Speculator Remanded For Fraud
Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Unit, Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID Annex, Lagos, have arraigned a man,…
ICAN Boss Urges Govt To Revive Refineries
Professor Francis Ojaide, the 47th President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has called on the Federal Government…
2 Markets Shut To Prevent Flooding, Epidemic Outbreak
The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment has shut Oke-Odo and Alamutu markets in Agbado Oke Odo and Mushin local…
Between Misogynist And Women —Isaac Asabor
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English succinctly defines misogynist as “hater of women”. There is no denying the…
Imoke: Still The Man For The Job —Silas Owoho
With opposition parties and their candidates just waking from their deep slumber long after Senator Liyel Imoke, the governorship candidate…
The Need For A Sovereign National Conference
There is a growing debate over whether the country should hold a sovereign national conference to decide its future in…
Ahead Rwanda Clash: Home Eagles Battle Pros For Shirts
Home Eagles have vowed to wrestle for shirts with the foreign-based professionals in Stephen Keshi’s team ahead of the 2013…
Boxing: Chisora, Haye Face Life Bans
Dereck Chisora and David Haye are facing life bans from boxing for their shameful Munich punch-up last weekend. Chisora has…
Lagos Junior League: Ikate Maul Igbogbo Baiyeku
Itire Ikate LCDA football team got back to their winning ways over the weekend with a 6-0 mauling of Igbogbo…
Nigeria Premier League: 3SC’s Home Win Excites Osaguona
Shooting Stars Sports Club, 3SC, of Ibadan, Oyo State won their second home game this season with a 1-0 win…
Why My Fight Is Being Delayed
Current International Women Boxing Federation, IWBF and Women International Boxing Association, WIBA, light heavyweight world champion, Nigerian Ijeoma Egbunine, who…
Asaba Alive For Wheelchair Tourney
Wheelchair basketball players in the country besieged the Township Stadium in Asaba, Delta State since Saturday, 18 February, 2012 for…
Pillars Ready For DSTV League
Coach of Kano Pillars Basketball Club , Sanni Ahmed, in this interview explains how his team were allegedly robbed of…
Chisora faces life ban over brawl with Haye
Heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora could face a life ban after his press conference brawl with bitter British rival David Haye,…
Oil prices hit 8-month high
Brent crude hit an eight-month high in Asian trade Monday after Iran halted its oil sales to France and Britain…
Fashola Meets Street Sweepers, Urges Improved Service Delivery
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Sunday met with the State’s Street Sweepers and Highway Managers as well as…
Wamakko Re-Elected Sokoto Governor
Aliyu Wamakko of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been re-elected governor of Sokoto State. He won the governorship election…
Director Mistaken For Suicide Bomber Dies
A director in the Ministry of Information in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, Isuwa Kiforo, died Sunday from the gun shot…
9 Disqualified, As ECOWAS Cycling Tourney Ends
The Technical Committee of the 2nd ECOWAS International Cycling Tour has disqualified nine cyclists out of the 66 who started…
Ladipo Charges Eagles To Beat Rwanda
President General of Nigerian Football and Other Sports Supporters Club, Rafiu Ladipo, has charged the Super Eagles to beat the…
La Liga: Uche’s Brace Sinks Sociedad
Nigerian striker, Ike Uche was on target twice on Sunday for his club, Granada as they thrashed Real Sociedad 4-1…
Bomb Blast At Christ Embassy
At least five persons have been injured by improvised explosive device planted outside a branch of Christ Embassy Church, Suleja,…
Ehiosun Grabs A Brace For Samsunspor In Turkey
Nigerian-international, Ekigho Ehiosun was in a superb form for his Turkish side, Samsunspor, on Saturday as he scored two wonderful…
Klitschko Knocks Brave Chisora To Retain WBC Crown
Dereck Chisora was out-punched by Vitali Klitschko in Munich early Sunday, but the British challenger showed plenty of heart in…
Ganiat Fawehinmi, Fashina, Others Attacked By Security Operatives
Mrs. Ganiat, wife of the late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, was one of those who fainted after officials of…
Fashola Urges Nigerians To See Diversity As Source Of Strength, Blessing
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday urged all Nigerians to see the nation’s diversity as a source…