Year: 2012
Boko Haram Kills 6 In Maiduguri
At least six persons have been killed by Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Northeast…
MAPOLY Cult Clash Leaves Five People Dead
At least five people were shot dead yesterday following a clash between two rival cult groups, the Eiye Confraternity and…
Fuel Subsidy: Lagos, Transporters Agree Slash In Fares
The Lagos State Government and transporters in the state have reached a compromise by slashing transport fares in the state.…
Amaechi Signs 2 Bills Into Law
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has signed into law two bills passed by the State House of Assembly. The…
Keshi Invites 30 Eagles For Liberia Friendly
Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, has invited 30 players to camp in preparation for their 15 February international friendly…
Liberia Call Up 22 Players For Nigeria Friendly
Acting Head Coach of Liberia’s national football team, Thomas Kojo, has called up 22 players, mainly home-based for the international…
Fashola hands over maternity hospital, roads in Lagos
A string of facilities that included roads and a maternity centre, was unveiled by Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola…
Court saves new Nigerian Governor
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declined a request to make an order stopping…
Boko Haram Spokesman Quizzed
Nigerian authorities on Thursday questioned a man believed to be a spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram after his arrest…
Boko Haram: Court May strike out case against senator
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before which embattled Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume is standing…
Fawehinmi Condemns Ruling In Favour Of Bankole
Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has condemned the ruling by an Abuja High Court on the…
Boko Haram Crises: MASSOB Hires Buses For Igbos
To bail out Igbos stranded in the North, the leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of…
Pastor Flogged, Family Thrown Out Of Home
A Lagos landlord has been charged before an Ikeja magistrates’ court in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly flogging and…
NURTW LATEST: Olohunwa’s Home Vandalised
Thugs loyal to one of the warring factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Lagos State…
LASG Warns Trouble Makers At Motor Parks
Hard times await anyone caught instigating trouble at any motor park in Lagos just as driving without number plates or…
Maid Steals Employer’s $5,500
A house maid, Grace David, 29, from Akwa Ibom State, has been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a…
Customs Boss Certificate Forgery: Court Set To Rule On Keyamo’s Application
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has fixed 27 February to deliver ruling in an application filed by Lagos-based lawyer,…
I Went For His Wife, Randy Neighbour Stuns Judge
A 24-year old man, Wisdom Emmanuel yesterday made a shocking confession before an Apapa Magistrate’s court, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
SMEs’ Fortune In Zero-Subsidy Regime —Gbenga Kayode
The socio-economic aftereffects of the recent controversial removal of subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government of Nigeria have begun…
Ironsi And Jonathan: Faces Of The Same Coin? —Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
In recent times I have been reflecting about Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; the manner of man he is and the position…
A Curious Ruling
A day after it was showered with accolades for displaying courage in a landmark judgement, the Nigerian judiciary received knocks…
Company Dragged To Court Over Failed Consideration
Ten business executives who reside at various parts of Lagos State southwest Nigeria have slammed N60 million on a fund…
Isolo Set To Kick Out Polio
As part of efforts aimed at eradicating polio and propagate the campaign on the essence of immunization at the grassroots,…
KAI Detains Sanitation Violators For Three Hours
The first environmental sanitation exercise of the year, which took place last Saturday, took a new dimension on Lagos Island,…
Bayelsa Acting Gov Freezes State Accounts
All accounts of the Bayelsa State Government have been frozen in the aftermath of the sacking of Governor Timipre Sylva…
Police Arraign 3 For Murder
Three persons, Friday Adebisi, 25; Joseph Adebisi, 22 and Sheu Usman, 25, all residents of Aiyetoro area, Ilorin, were on…
INEC Fixes 15 Feb. For Rerun Polls In Anambra
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 15 for re-run elections in Anambra South Senatorial District, Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal…
Dog Sellers Raise Prices To Stay Afloat
With the rising transport costs following the increase in the price of petrol, dog breeders and sellers in Jos and…
Robbery Lands 3 In Prison Custody
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered three men arraigned before it on a three-count charge of armed robbery to…
Police Arrest Students For Cultism
The Police in Lagos have arrested two students of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, over alleged cultism and attempted…