Year: 2012
Egypt Football Supporters ‘March For Martyrs’
Hundreds of hard core fans of Cairo’s Al-Ahly football club, Ahly Ultras, marched through central Cairo on Wednesday to demand…
Xmas Bombing: Nigeria declares ex-soldier wanted
Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) has declared a Habibu Bama, a former soldier, wanted in connection with the Christmas Day…
TASUED Student Buried Amid Tears
The student of the scrapped Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun,TASUED, who died yesterday in an accident was this afternoon…
Prison Fire Kills 300 Inmates
According to the Associated Press, AP, Lucy Marder, chief of forensic medicine for the prosecutor’s office, said early Wednesday some…
Kwankwaso offers succour to Kano’s bomb victims
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Some respite has come the way of grieving relations of the dead victims of 20 January Boko Haram…
Bayelsa governor sacks the old brigade
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Less than 24 hours after taking oath of office as the Governor of Bayelsa State,Seriake Henry Dickson…
Lamorde is Nigeria’s new anti-graft czar
After a thorough screening and grilling, the Nigerian Senate this morning confirmed Ibrahim Lamorde as the substantive chairman of the…
Tuface To Marry Annie Macauley, Proposes To Lover On Val’s Day
In what could be described as the most shocking but pleasant revelation of the year, multiple award-winning singer, Innocent Ujah…
Boko Haram Again: Car Bomb Found In Maiduguri
Soldiers on Wednesday found and safely detonated a car bomb in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Military spokesman, Col. Victor…
SS3 Student Opts For Pidgin At Assembly Probe
It was a show of shame yesterday at the Oyo State House of Assembly when an SSS3 student of United…
3 Killed As Area Boys Clash At Fadeyi
A woman said to be sleeping in her room at Akorohunfayo Street at Fadeyi, Yaba, Lagos southwest Nigeria was one…
PHCN Workers Pray Over Privatisation
All workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, led by Monzor M. Musa, president of their workers union, Joe…
8,159 Students Graduate From UNILAG
A total of 8,159 students graduated from the University of Lagos today. Out of the total number, 4,375 received first…
Police To Change Uniform Again
Acting Inspector-General of police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar has announced in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, southsouth Nigeria that efforts were…
Memorial Procession, Prayers For Fuel Subsidy Victims To Hold In Lagos
Forty days after the beginning of Nigeria’s biggest street protests and strikes against the removal of fuel subsidy by the…
We Are Ready For Liberia —Eagles
Ahead of today’s international friendly match against the Lone Star of Liberia, Nigeria’s Super Eagles, who are mainly home-based players,…
Nigeria Crashes In FIFA Ranking, Zambia Jumps 28 Spots
Nigeria’s failure to participate at the just concluded 2012 Africa Cup Of Nations, AFCON, held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea,…
Nigerians Tasked On Blood Donation
Dr. Temilola Alayande, Head, Lagos State Voluntary Blood Donation Organisation, has advised Nigerians to develop a more positive attitude towards…
Laywers, Residents Laud Non-Custodial Sentence Initiative
Lagos lawyers and residents on Tuesday reacted to the noncustodial sentence introduced by the Lagos State Government, describing it as…
Judge Frees 47 Inmates
The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, has freed 47 prison inmates in the last one week, according…
Boko Haram: Security Implications Of America’s Intervention —Lajuwon Lasisi
The other time, a Greek Gift of unserviceable Navy warship was launched in Lagos with pumps and pageantry after Nigeria…
Lurid Details From The House Of Reps Probe —Peter Claver Oparah
In the heat of the annoying crisis engendered by the Jonathan administration’s increment of petroleum prices on January 1, I…
Time To Prepare For The Rains
The storm that hit parts of Lagos on Monday morning with gale force winds travelling at 120 kilometres per hour…
Lagos Public Toilets Horrible, Lawmakers Cry Out
Lagos Public Toilets Horrible, Lawmakers Cry Out Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have lamented what they described…
Darkness Hits Storm Ravaged Areas In Lagos
The aftermath of the rain storm that hit many areas in Lagos State on Monday has thrown most of the…
Man Charged With Raping Student In Hotel
A 36-year old man, Sunday Okoye, has been arrested by the police and charged before Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State,…
Armed Robbers Lay Siege To Epe
Armed robbers have since January laid siege to Epe, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, dispossessing residents of their money and other valuables.…
Land Speculator Docked Over N7m Fraud
A Lagos businessman has been arraigned before an Igbosere magistrate’s court on a 10-count charge of obtaining N7 million from…
Galadima Charges NFF Boss, Maigari
Former Chairman of Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Ibrahim Galadima, has urged the current board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,…
Olympics: Ndanusa Allays Fears Over NSC Committee
President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Sani Ndanusa, has said that there is no problem with the National Sports Commission…