Year: 2012
Nigerians Mourn Christmas Day Church Bomb Victims
Thousands of mourners in Nigeria are attending the burial service for people killed at a church on Christmas Day. The…
Ex-Gov Syliva, Aides On The Run
Speculations are rife in Yenagoa that Timipre Sylva, former Governor of Bayelsa State has fled the country to evade arrest…
ACF Dares Jonathan To Name Boko Haram Members In His Cabinet
Arewa Consulative Forum today told President Goodluck Jonathan to name those he said are Boko Haram members in his cabinet.…
Lagos ACN Condemns Increasing NURTW Violent Clashes
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has condemned the violent activities of National Union of Road…
Northern Group backs Boko Haram on Quit Order
BY FEMI ADI/ KADUNA The Northern based political group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF has justified the 2 January Boko Haram…
ASUU Suspends Strike
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has suspended its two-month old strike over government’s refusal to properly fund the…
Angry Lagos Lawmakers Walk Out On Council Chairman
There was confusion at the Kosofe Local Government Council secretariat yesterday after members of the Lagos State House of Assembly…
Boko Haram: Shekarau clears the air
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Former governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau this morning at his Bompai residence, Kano, northwest Nigeria said…
Boko Haram Crises: Uwazuruike Orders Igbos Out Of North
Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazruike has ordered Igbos…
NPAN Seeks Audit Of Newspaper Readership
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), as part of measures to add value to its offerings, is to commission…
2 Jailed For Kidnapping
Two sisters, Tokunbo and Adebisi Matuloko have been convicted for conspiracy and sentenced to three years imprisonment for their involvement…
Madalla Bomb Blast Victims Buried Amid Tears
About 20 unidentified corpses of the victims of the Christmas Day bombing at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State,…
DPO Beaten Up At Beer Parlour
A 30-year old man, Ifeanyi Okite, has been arraigned before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for beating up the Divisional Police…
3 Sentenced To Death For Armed Robbery
The Federal High Court, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts…
Court Transfers Boko Haram Suspects’ Case To High Court
An Abuja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday terminated the First Information Report on three persons accused of being members of the…
Lagos Shuts Mile 12 Market
The Lagos State government has shut Mile 12 market. Sources said the market was shut at about 6 a.m. today…
Liberian President, 3 Govs For Zik Leadership Award
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and three state governors, Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo,, Ibrahim Shema of Katsina and Peter…
New Number Plate: Don’t Patronise Touts, FRSC Warns
Dr. Kayode Olagunju, the FRSC’s Transport Standardisation Officer, has warned prospective applicants for the new driver’s licence and number plates…
Olohunwa, Mc Oluomo Banned From Lagos Nurtw Election
In its bid to curb violent clashes in various motor parks in Lagos State, the national leadership of the National…
5 Suspected Vandals In Police Net
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five persons for allegedly vandalising NNPC…
LASUBEB Urges Administrators To Be Responsive
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) on Tuesday urged school administrators and management committees to be more proactive…
Army Threatens To Demolish More Houses
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday warned encroachers on its cantonment at Ojo, Lagos to vacate the premises fast or face…
ASUU Strike: The Way Forward —Godday Odidi
As Nigeria battles to overcome the callous and infamous dreaded Islamic sect called Boko Haram which has succeeded in brutally…
Rochas Does Not Need This Needless Distraction —Peter Claver Oparah
Since he came to power as Imo State governor through a widely acclaimed popular mandate, I have written just two…
Ikeja Bomb Blast Victims Must Be Compensated
Ten years ago in January 2002, Lagos witnessed an unprecedented death toll when bombs went off at the Ikeja Military…
Jobless Graduate Stabs Friend
Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria are now battling to save the…
School Boy Slashes Friend With Blade Over N20 Debt
There was pandemonium at Ajeromi Ifelodun Secondary School, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, yesterday when an SS2 student used…
Pastor Seeks Divorce From Stubborn Wife
A Latter Rain Assembly Church pastor, Ilori Samuel Opeyemi, has dragged his wife of seven years, Abimbola Kikelomo before an…
We Have 17 Petitions Against Lagos LGs —Lawmaker
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy Affairs, Moshood Lanre Oshun, has disclosed…
Lawmaker Charges NANS On Academic Performance
The Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Dr. Abdurazak Balogun, has challenged members of the National Association…