Year: 2012
Can Anyone Run The Bank Of England Successfully?
By Robert Peston It has of course been criticised for not providing any decent warning or pre-emptive evasive action, as…
Obasanjo’s Call For A Revolution
By Phillips Ball Nigeria’s former military cum civilian President for 11 years, General Olusegun Obasanjo is at it again. The…
Corruption: No To Death Sentence
The call by the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, that those found guilty of corruption should face the death penalty is,…
Lagos Traffic Shifts Matches At Onikan
Due to traffic congestion on the Lagos Island, the Main Organising Committee, MOC of the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival,…
Why Team Ogun Rejected Yabatech’s Hostel –Official
The Ogun Sports Council has said that the reason behind its rejection of the Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech’s hostel…
Andy Warns Opponents
Collins Andy, a Para Table Tennis Player for Team Akwa Ibom has warned his opponents not to underrate him in…
Enugu Ladies Whip Benue In Football
The female football team of Enugu State Wednesday evening defeated their Benue opponents 3-0 in the football event of the…
Akwa Ibom Beat Osun In Football
The Akwa Ibom female football team on Wednesday defeated their Osun counterparts 4-1 in the Group B preliminaries of the…
ABC Flags-Off 2012 Year End Safety Campaign
Authorities of the Federal Roads Safety Corps and Vehicle Inspectorate Office in Nigeria have thrown their weight behind the annual…
Utility TrucK With A Difference
The new SsangYong Actyon Sports Pick-up is a utility truck with a difference. Uniquely designed to outmaneuver competitions, Actyon Sports…
Stallion Launches Sokoto Service Support Centre
Stallion Motors Nigeria, multiple automobile franchisees has inaugurated an ultramodern 3S (Sales, Service and Spare Parts) facility in Sokoto, Sokoto…
Ford Ranger Wins Award
The new Ford Ranger has won the International Pick-Up Award 2013 as decided by a pan-European judging committee. In coming…
PAN Donates Ambulance To FRSC
In fulfillment of its corporate social responsibility, PAN Nigeria Limited has donated a brand new ambulance to the Federal Road…
Chinese killed in Lagos, wife shot
Simon Ateba Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson…
Businessman Slams N1b Suit On NIMASA DG
A Lagos businessman, Prince (Dr.) Henry Omorodion, his company, Hensmor Nigeria Limited and a Director of the company, Barrister (Mrs.)…
Teenager Caned 20 Strokes For Theft
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that Auwual Ibrahim of no fixed address be given 20 strokes of…
Oyinlola sues NJC over Justice Salami
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former governor of Osun state, south…
EFCC Accuses Court of Indulging Kogi Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on November 28, 2012, accused the presiding judge of the Federal High Court…
Another banquet hall to be built for Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja bureau chief At a time many Nigerians are complaining about government’s profligacy, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday…
Sanusi Faults Revocation of Lagos-Ibadan road Concession
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN,has faulted the recent revocation of the concessioning contract of…
Boko Haram: 900 Corpers Opt Out Of Kano, Niger
Following the directive from the National headquarters of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to redeploy any any corps member…
Security Beefed Up In Abuja
Security has been beefed up in Abuja following the attack on the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in…
7.5m Girls Drop Out Of School
The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday said that of the 10 million primary and secondary…
Ladies Prefer Thin Over Macho, Study Suggests
Macho features have long been touted as an evolutionary asset that heterosexual women look for in a potential mate. But…
NYSC Member Jailed 8 Months For Internet Fraud
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced a member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Ibok Benneth,…
6 Injured In LAGBUS Mishap
Six people were yesterday injured in an accident involving a LAGBUS with registration number KSF 76 XA and a commercial…
Civil Defence Corps Man Dies On Top Of Girl Friend
Officials of the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps, Calabar, over the weekend monted a manhunt for a lady who allegedly had…
LASG To Close Down Illegal Driving Schools
The Lagos State Government says it will soon begin to clampdown on illegal driving schools in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.…
Is Uk Education Sixth In Global Ranking?
By Sean Coughlan The UK’s education system is ranked sixth best in the developed world, according to a global league…
Can Asia Save Africa From Drug-Resistant Malaria?
By Jonah Fisher In a wooden hut on the Thai-Burmese border, a community health worker pricks the finger of six-month-old…