Year: 2012
Sustaining The Battle Against Cancer —Biliqis Bakare
It has no respect for age, race, social status and financial exploits. It is simply a leveler. The rich, the…
Obscene Profligacy Of Our Lawmakers
Barring all unforeseen circumstances, our 109 senators are expected to take delivery of their official Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs this…
Learn From Chipolopolo’s Victory, Nigerians Advise Keshi
Nigeria’s Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has been advised to learn a football lesson from the title triumph of…
Liberia Tie: Eagles Train In Monrovia Today
Super Eagles of Nigeria will train this evening in Monrovia ahead of their international friendly game against Liberia tomorrow at…
I Usually Train On Empty Stomach
Nigeria’s number one female wheelchair tennis player, Remilekun Basanya, told Damilare Okunola how bad she feels with the way the…
Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme: Elias Dreams To Surpass Bolt’s Record
The ambition of every young athlete is to become world star someday. Folabi Elias, one of the athletes discovered in…
Monidams Schools Hold Inter House Sports
The annual inter-House Sports competition of Monidams Schools will hold on 3 March at Itoki Community High School, Itoki, Ogun…
Astro Turf Commissioned In Ikorodu Funfactory
“The establishment of sporting facilities at Ikorodu Funfactory, especially the Asro Turf is a dream come true and this will…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Ilorin As Marketers Begin Strike
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ilorin Unit, on Monday ordered members to shut their filling stations in…
NBA Probe: Court Reserves Ruling
A n Ikeja High Court will on April 23 decide whether or not to stop the Ikeja branch of the…
CAN Urges Nigerians To Pray For Peace
Nigerians have been urged to pray for peace, irrespective of their mode of worship or level of knowledge and understanding…
Why I Cannot Dump ACN, Oshiomhmole -Ize-Iyamu
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Vice-Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the Southsouth region, has refuted insinuations making…
Jonathan Assures US Trade Delegation
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said his administration has the political will to support investors in Nigeria, and create an…
Governor Ajimobi champions Western Nigeria Integration
Leaders from the South West, Nigeria today gathered at Premier Ibadan for the first Legislative summit tagged, “Achieving Regional Collaboration…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
Zambia national team get heroic welcome
Zambia’s national team arrived home Monday to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of fans who gathered to greet the Copper…
Obama Unveils Election Year Budget
US President Barack Obama Monday proposed a $3.8 trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs…
100 million Nigerians earn less than $1 a day, says agency
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The number of Nigerians living on less than $1 per day or absolute poverty has increased since 2004…
Speeding Driver shot in kaduna Governor’s House
By Femi Adi/ Kaduna A man who drove dangerously into Government House in Kaduna state was shot by soldiers today,…
Rain Wreaks Havoc In Lagos, One Killed
An early morning rain today wreaked havoc in parts of Lagos. The rain which destroyed about 20 buildings at Sabo,…
74-Year Old Fake Ghanaian Lawyer Arrested After 15yrs Of Practice
The police at the Maroko Division, Lekki Eti Osa, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a Ghanaian, identified as…
Pregnant Woman Burnt To Death
A pregnant woman has died in a commuter bus in Lagos, southwest, Nigeria when the bus caught fire while in…
NURTW CRISIS: 111 Suspects Nabbed
A combined team of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS and the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special (Enforcement)…
Jonathan Targets 270,000 Jobs With New Scheme
President Goodluck Jonathan this morning launched the Public Works, Women and Youth Empowerment Programme designed to create 270,000 jobs by…
ACN Backs Usani As Gov Candidate For Cross River
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has reaffirmed Pastor Usani Usani as its duly nominated goveernorship candidate for Cross River,…
Jonathan Calls For Prayers From Facebook Friends
President Goodluck Jonathan has called on his Facebook friends to pray for the success of the reform initiatives his administration…
Edo PDP Primary: Osunbor Group Tasks Delegates
The media/publicity director of the Osunbor Grassroots Solidarity Movement, OGSM, in Nigeria and in the Diaspora, Mr. Matthew Ebatamehi Aramunde…
Fake Army Major Wanted For N159m Fraud
A Nigerian businessman, who parades himself as Major Emmanuel Okwuosa, has been declared wanted by the police over $1 million(about…
South-West Women Want Increased Representation In Govt
The first South-West Conference of Women in Governance ended in Lagos at the weekend with a call by the women…
99,000 Pilgrims Perform 2011 Hajj –Commission
The Nigerian Hajj Commission said on Sunday that 99,000 pilgrims performed the 2011 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Malam Muhammad Bello,…
Unemployed Graduates Get N2.8m NDE Loan
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) says it has disbursed N2.8 million to four unemployed graduates in Cross River under…